 A small one-acre cemetery was established on the hill overlooking North Wheeling (once called "Wheeling Hill") by the Woods family in 1831.According to local legend, Ebenezer Zane paused on the hill and declared the area he saw the "land of promise" for which he had been looking.Pioneer Robert T. Woods (1754-1831) (who had settled in the area with his brothers Archibald and Andrew) was the first interment.