Although there may have been burials in this cemetery before 1848, the earliest grave with an engraved headstone showing a date is from that year. His daughter Mary, who died at about 17 years of age on March 14, 1858, has the second earliest grave with a marked headstone. Many graves are marked only with field stones, and some are not marked at all. No official records have been found showing who purchased the lots or the names of the people buried here. Sarah Gober Temple and Franklin Garrett recorded the cemetery in the 1930s, and Harold & Betty Smith recorded it in 1982 and again in 1989 for the Smyrna Historical and Genealogical Society.