The earliest burial date appearing on a marked grave is January 15 1849.  However family legend says there was a burial here prior to that date.   Reportedly a woman traveling with a wagon train came through the area and became critically ill at the time her group reached the point where the Jernigan family resided.   The Jernigans took the ailing woman into their home for aid and comfort and she died shortly afterwards.  The cemetery grounds had been previously designated for that purpose and the Jernigans allowed the family to bury her there.  her grave is unmarked and the date of her death is uncertain.  We do know that it was prior to 1849. Marsha Ivey and Robbie Sutlive (1996)