Old Sterrett Cemetery was established around 1841. The oldest marked grave is that of Polly Webster (1822-May 3, 1841), daughter of Beulah Land founder Henley Webster, who was born February 5, 1805 in Anderson County, SC and died February 20, 1884. Henley Webster acquired this hallowed ground and the surrounding 40 acres on December 20, 1824. Legislative action dated May 28, 1828 established a postal road from Ashville through Beulah Land and Harpersville to Montevallo. Other pioneer settlers of Beulah Land included James Kuykendall Byers, Joel Falkner, Sr., William Gulledge Falkner, John H. Goodwin, Stephen M. Hollis, John Adams Kincaid, Henry Clay Rudd, Hiram Stracener, John H. Vick, and James Washington White.