[3] In 1839, McLemore established the cemetery behind a Baptist Church he had built at 6th St and 16th Ave, just outside East End Historic District.

[2] McLemore is now buried in the cemetery, along with fatalities of the 1871 race riot and the 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic.

Since then, the cemetery has been in a state of degradation with overgrown grass and weeds and crumbling headstones.

In 1971 Carol James, head of genealogy research at Meridian Public Library, conducted a census of the identifiable gravesites in the cemetery, totalling 96.

[4] James reported about the cemetery's lack of upkeep, stating that vandalism of headstones had been a problem.