Isaac B. Webb (1802-1880) and Mary H. Webb (1816-1887) came with their family to this area of the Peters Colony in 1844. Within a year, they helped form a Methodist Society, the first church organized in Dallas County. In 1846, a log structure known as Webb Chapel was built and also served as the first school of the growing settlement. The churchyard became a cemetery in 1847 when the Webbs' seven-year-old daughter, Alice, fell ill and died. The Webb family and their descendants are buried at this site, which today is administered by the Webb Chapel Cemetery Association.