South Carolina native A. J. Hood, born in 1820, migrated to Cherokee County, Texas, about 1846. Ten years later, after representing that area during two terms of the state legislature, he moved his family here. Hood opened a law office in Weatherford, 11 miles northwest, and later served as district judge. The family cemetery was first used in 1865 for the burial of Hood's wife Elizabeth (McEwen), born in 1827. Located on land near their original home, this site was her choice for the construction of a future house, and her grave is marked with a stone from the nearby creek.