In 1852 N.P. Sims gave 10 acres of land at High Springs for a church and burial ground to trustees of Bethel Methodist Church, and several graves remain there. G.H. Cunningham and P.C. Sims gave church trustees 10 acres at Bethel in 1868. The earliest marked grave is that of the Rev. J.W. Reynolds. In 1918 trustees of Bethel Cemetery Association bought 3.9 acres of the 10-acre plot from the church, and heirs of Cunningham and P.C. Sims gave 14 adjoining acres in 1961. The site has over 400 graves, including those of the 3 original land donors.