The graves in this cemetery are adjacent to the Moorleigh Lutheran Church or also known as the Gnaden Kirsche. The church had its origins at the Empangweni Mission at the foot of OHLOZA. A monument commemorating the graves moved from this mission started by Pastor Hardekend in 1853 are in the graveyard. The foundation for the church was laid in 18 November 1907 and the graves in the cemetery relate to this congregation. There are many of the German families in this graveyard which is dominated by the Rohrs, Dedekind, Fortmann, and Rencken families.
