This cemetery was established in 1863 adjacent to the Damascus Missionary Baptist Church. In 1967 the Texas Historical Commission put a State Marker in front of the building stating: "The Damascus Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1863; First Pastor, J. R. Dowell; original building was of logs; Had split log benches on peg legs. Replaced by frame building in 1892; the present Church was erected in 1950; a charter member of the Angelina County Missionary Baptist Association." It contains over 300 graves.