This cemetery was once the family plot of John May, who is buried here. Within his land, he set aside a plot, the dimensions of which were 220 yards by 115.5 yards, to be a burial place for his family and the people he kept enslaved. The area given for burials of those who were enslaved was at one far end of the cemetery, with most of these graves being lost, and only a few being marked with pieces of iron rock by the 1950s.

Sometime after the last burials in the late 1800s, the cemetery had been abandoned. By 1950, it was still visible but was overgrown with undergrowth and weeds. It was later discovered in a heavily wooded area on land acquired by the City of Ruston for a new electrical substation. The city erected a metal fence around the cemetery and has graciously taken over year-round maintenance of the site. Only one grave has a headstone with complete information on it. There is one grave with a partial headstone with writing and a few graves with only the footstone remaining. There are approx. a dozen graves marked with fieldstone. Two of the graves with only the footstones remaining have initials ending in "M", which apparently stands for May.

The original plot was much larger than it stands now, as the surrounding woods had crept into the boundaries over the years. The plot measures approximately 16 yards by 13 yards, a large difference from the original plot size in the 1800s of 220 yards by 115.5 yards.

This cemetery is located on the west side of US167 approx. 1 mile north of I-20 in Ruston. It is located on the north side of the substation and immediately south of Jefferson Ave.