John Sadler deeded this land to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of York Springs, then known as Petersburg, on October 4, 1858. After the chapel was destroyed by fire in 1897, a new church building was erected on Main Street in town. The cemetery contains the graves of prominent citizens, including Brigadier General William Warren Stewart and thirty other men from York Springs. Stewart was mustered into service in front of the Presbyterian Chapel on June 7, 1861, joining other Adams Countians in Gettysburg. These men formed Company K of the First Pennsylvania Reserves. Stewart's brevet rank of Brigadier General was the highest attained by any Adams Countian during the war.