This cemetery was part of the original homestead of William Green and Adeline Burris Butler, who had migrated to Texas with their families before the Civil War. Eventually their ranching interests included land in five South Texas counties. Emmett, their 20-year-old son, killed in December 1884, was the first person buried in the graveyard. Among the 40 graves are members of the Butler family who were reinterred here from other sites, and some of their gravestones bear dates earlier than 1884. Maintained through a trust fund, the cemetery continues to serve the family.