Asbury Cemetery began with the first recorded burial on the site, Asbury Lowery (1836-1855), and the burial ground was named in his memory. In 1863, Prairie Flower (1858-1863), the young daughter of Cynthia Ann Parker and Comanche Chief Peta Nocona, was buried here after dying while living with relatives of her mother; in 1965, her remains were moved to the post cemetery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for re-interment near the graves of her mother and brother, Chief Quanah Parker, during ceremonies attended by Comanche and Anglo descendants. Texas Ranger Adren Anglin (1796-1865) was also buried here in the graveyard's early years. In 1879, H.W. and H.L. Walker donated two acres, including the existing Asbury Chapel and Cemetery, to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, family members and descendants gathered for a cemetery memorial day to clean the grounds and share food and fellowship. Asbury Chapel eventually merged with the Edom Methodist Church. The first cemetery board of directors was organized in 1945 while John W. Miller (1884-1975) served as caretaker. Maintained by an association, the cemetery contains almost 400 recorded and marked burials and about 30 unmarked graves, among them what is believed to be the grave of pioneer Van Zandt County settler Esable Lindsey and six of her children. It remains a chronicle of Van Zandt County's pioneers.