Abraham Roberts, a member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, came to Texas in the late 1820s with his children and named the area where he settled New Kentucky. By the 1840s the area was known as the Spring Creek community and was settled by German immigrants. The first burial on this site is thought to have been that of Abraham Roberts, although the earliest community burial was probably that of infant Mary Schultz, who was born and died in 1858. The oldest surviving headstone is that of her young mother, Elizabeth M. Schultz, who died in 1859. Other notable graves include those of Abraham Roberts's son George and members of the Montgomery family. A separate burial ground nearby is thought to have been given to the slaves of the Montgomery Plantation by Abraham Roberts. C.A. Montgomery, who acquired the land from Abraham Roberts, deeded 202 acres to Henry Klabe in 1887 while reserving two acres as the Roberts graveyard. The two-acre tract, often called the Old Roberts Burial Ground, and an additional acre were deeded to the community for continued use in 1919. A 1997 count found 258 marked and 15 unmarked graves, and after being cared for by family members until the Roberts Cemetery Association was formed in 1971, the graveyard continued to serve the community.