Kentucky native Washington Curtis Bullock (1821-1889) married Caroline Hunsaker in 1844. The Bullocks lived in Missouri, and in 1855 they came to Texas with their four children. In 1866 they purchased 280 acres here from former Peters Colonist Seborn J. Baggett. The cemetery began with the 1869 burial of Julia Caroline, the last of the Bullocks’ nine children, who died at age three. The family built a two-story brick home and operated a farm. W.C. Bullock established a rural school for his children and those of his neighbors and also served as Justice of the Peace. He was buried here after his death in 1889, and Caroline Bullock was buried here in 1899. The Bullocks’ heirs sold the remainder of the original acreage to J.R. Powers in 1902 and set aside the cemetery in the transaction. About 40 members of the Bullocks’ extended family and their descendants are buried here, including Confederate Civil War veteran Burnell B. Howell and World War II veterans William T. Cozby, first mayor of Coppell, and William H. Kirkland. Members of the Bullock family formally organized the Historic Bullock Cemetery association in 1992.