John Hendrix, a native of North Carolina, came to Texas in 1846 with his wife, Ruth Strader Hendrix, their children, and seven other families. Their first camp in the area is marked by a large boulder in the cemetery. Hendrix ran successful farming and nursery operations and became a prominent and influential citizen of Grayson County. Shortly after his arrival, he established the cemetery on land he acquired after settling there, and the one-acre burial ground was eventually deeded to Grayson County. The first known burial, the infant son of M. and D. Perdue, took place in 1848. John and Ruth Hendrix are buried there, along with their son Josiah Tompkins and daughter Nancy Hendricks Jennings. Approximately forty-five marked graves remain in the cemetery, many dating from the last half of the nineteenth century, and some have illegible inscriptions. An unmarked section in the northwest corner of the graveyard was reserved for slave burials. Used for more than one hundred years by Hendrix family relatives and descendants, close friends, and associates, the cemetery remains a significant reminder of early Grayson County history.