The Alexander B. Nevill family came from Tennessee to settle in Titus County in 1838 and established a family burial ground on one acre west of their new home in the Alexander Nevill headright survey. The earliest burial on the site was Napoleon B. Nevill, who died in 1854 at age 20, and Alexander Nevill, born in 1804 and also dead in 1854, had the earliest birth date among those interred there. Another grave of interest is that of James C. "Sam" Rowland, a Nevill son-in-law and one of the few men officially hanged in Titus County. In 1906, Mrs. Mary Nevill deeded the family plot to the deacons of the adjoining Missionary Baptist Church. In 1913, the first decoration day brought families together to tend their plots and celebrate spring. The cemetery grew steadily throughout the 20th century, and by 1997 it contained 1,113 graves, including 1,071 with legible headstones and 42 with unidentifiable markers. Those buried there were primarily families of the Nevill's Chapel community, including veterans of the American Armed Forces and of American and international conflicts. Now covering six acres and cared for by a cemetery association, the cemetery continues to serve the community, and traditions such as an annual dedication day continue to be observed.