The first board of directors were elders and deacons of the church in 1792. This board consisted of Jorg Kamp, Andres Tressler, Carl Uhl, Johannes Schlenker, Christian Braucher, and Mary Rischel. The New Bethel Zion Cemetery Association was incorporated in 1959. The board of directors always consists of three Lutheran members from Mt. Zion and three Reformed members from New Jerusalem Zion United Church of Christ.
At a special meeting on February 3, 1963, the New Bethel Zion Cemetery Association, Incorporated accepted a deed from the Lutheran and Reformed congregations of the church containing 50.7346 acres of land for the cemetery. The new cemetery area consists of six hundred nineteen lots with one thousand ninety-five burials.
