First known as Tap Cemetery because the little town of Tap was about 1/2 northeast of this site, it later became known as Redmud Cemetery because Redmud Creek was nearby. Will Barger homesteaded this land and was shot by a neighbor in April 1886. His wife died of TB in July 1886 and was buried by his side. The number of graves increased, and in 1906 the land owners on the north and the south gave one acre each for the cemetery. In 1909 the WOW took care of the cemetery as a project, and the day for the annual cemetery working was set on June 6. It is still observed each year.