Zachariah Motley migrated to Texas in 1856 from Kentucky with his family and slaves. He and his wife Mary, five sons and three daughters helped settle this area and built their home some 200' northeast of this site on a one-half acre portion of the original homestead bought from the Crittenden Survey. The earliest known burial, in 1863, was Penelope Motley McLain, a daughter and the wife of Capt. J.B. McLain. The plot is still in use and is owned and cared for by Motley descendants. Twenty-five known graves include family members and their slaves.