In the late 1850s, the Ralph Hunter League in eastern Henderson County was divided among David O. Warren's heirs, and settlement of the area began in earnest. According to local history, John Dickey Morrison (1830-1896), though not an ordained minister, delivered sermons to the assembled community from a small chapel on this site that became known as Morrison Chapel. The structure also served as a school for local children, and the community gradually took on the name Morrison Chapel community. The first marked burial on this site was Carolyn B. Corder (1879-1880), the infant daughter of William J. and Martha Corder, and more settlers followed by burying their dead around the chapel. When additional grave space was needed, the chapel was moved to another location off the cemetery grounds. The Texas and New Orleans Railroad came through the community in 1901 and renamed it La Rue for Joseph Thomas La Rue of Athens, whose efforts helped bring the railroad to the area. The chapel and school building was sold and moved into the town of La Rue in 1903. John E. Marr of Limestone County owned the property on which the cemetery was located, and in 1906 he agreed to deed two acres to the Morrison Chapel community. The cemetery gradually became known as La Rue Cemetery. In 1998, it held about 550 graves and was still in use. As the burial ground for many area pioneers and their descendants, it remains a record of the pioneer settlers of Henderson County.