Established in 1891 two years after the founding of the city of Robert Lee. Developers L.B. Harris and Eugene Cartledge as president and secretary of the Austin and Northern Land and cattle company on Sept. 29 1891 sold for $1.00 this 11.7 - acre burial ground. Already site of several graves L. B. Harris and Eugene Cartledge deeded the land to Hayrick Lodge No. 696 A.F. & A.M. for "sole use as cemetery grounds for the members, relatives, and friends". Later it was named by the lodge. Buried here are 34 civil war veterans as well as soldiers of later wars and members of many of the families in Robert Lee.