The cemetery was named Bouldin-Hammond Cemetery after two prominent pioneer family relatives of Captain Eli and his wife, Mary. Upon the death of Captain William Purnell Owens, who fought in the War of 1812, Eli Hammond established the cemetery. Captain Owens was the brother of Mary Purnell Owens Hammond, Eli’s wife. Other soldiers buried in the cemetery include LTC Arthur Owen, (War of 1812), father of Captain William P. Owens along with Captain Eli Hammond himself (Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Creek War). The earliest burial is of Captain William Purnell Owens in 1822 and the last burial was of Elizabeth Caroline Mitchell Baldridge in 1866. All known family members interred in the cemetery include the following: Baldridge, Blackbourn, Bouldin, Hammond, McLaren, Owen(s), and Routt.