Livingston Skinner (1795-1874) came to this part of Texas from Georgia in the early 1840s with his wife, Hedidah "Jodie" (Hughes) (1806-1881), and their children. Iron Bluff Cemetery began as a family cemetery at the northwest corner of their property. The first marked burial dates to 1853 and is that of the Skinners' daughter E.F. (Emily), and her sister N.E.A. (Amanda) was buried there the following year. Other family members interred there include son William Moses Skinner (1832-1907), a Confederate veteran, and daughter Sarah Ann and her husband Joseph D. Lilly (1816-1860), who was a Texas Ranger and the first sheriff of Titus County. Residents of Lone Star began using the burial ground, which once was also the site of the Iron Bluff Schoolhouse. Those buried there include numerous veterans of the Civil War; Livingston Skinner, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Creek Indian Wars of 1813-14; and veterans of World War II, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam. Iron Bluff Cemetery remains an important link to these veterans and to generations of other area residents who played important roles in the area's history.