THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY BEGAN AS THE FAMILY CEMETERY FOR THE ABNER PRYOR WOMACK FAMILY WHO LIVED BESIDE STEELE CREEK. THE WOMACK FAMILY MOVED TO THIS AREA FROM POLK COUNTY IN 1859 WHERE THEY FARMED THE LAND AND RAISED LIVESTOCK. IN 1866, THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM J.P. BAKER. THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED BURIAL IS THAT OF JOHN A. WOMACK, ABNER’S GRANDSON, WHO DIED IN 1874, BUT NUMEROUS UNMARKED GRAVES EXIST. IN 1877, THE WOMACKS SOLD THEIR LAND TO JOHN LOREN WHITE AND ELIZABETH (MILLER) WHITE. THE FIRST BURIAL FROM THE WHITE FAMILY BEGAN WITH KATIE WHITE AFTER HER DEATH IN 1882. THE WOMACK AND WHITE PLOTS ARE DIVIDED INTO THEIR OWN AREAS WITH 38 DOCUMENTED GRAVESITES. HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2011