Stonewall Cemetery, Bossier Parish, LA Submitter: Clifton D. Cardin < cliftondcardin@juno.com > Official Bossier Parish Historian 6927 U. S. Hwy 80E Princeton, LA 71067-8445 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** STONEWALL CEMETERY Southeast of Bossier City Bossier Parish, LA Surveyed Mar 27, 1999 Stonewall Cemetery is only one of two cemeteries in Bossier Parish known to have been moved. It was originally located where the Barksdale Air Force Base Commissary is now, but was moved in the 1950's to it's new location. The easiest way to describe the new location, is that it is a few hundred yards due south of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, off of Goat Hill Road in southern Bossier Parish. It is legally described as Government lot 13A, Section 36, Township 17 North, Range 12 West.. I was taken to this site on March 27, 1999, by Murray Jones of Bossier City. Murray Jones had seen my cemetery book and had noticed that I did not have Stonewall listed, but had referred to it in my site locations. He wasn't able to clearly describe it's location to me, so I had to wait until he had time to take me there. The cemetery is unkept and needs attention. It contains 80 readable markers and many, many wooden markers placed there in the 1950's when the burials were moved to this site, on unidentified burial sites. The oldest headstone there is that of Mary Ann Woodard, who was born October 9, 1859 and died September 21, 1892. Her headstone records she was the wife of T. M. Woodard. The earliest born person buried there is most likely Louis A. Taylor, who was born about 1820 and died December 12, 1900 at 80 years of age. The most unique headstone is that of Nathaniel Louis who was born November 14, 1878 and died August 14, 1909. His headstone is marked 777, then 333, then UKT. The deaths of Joe and Lemnon Brown both occurred on March 24, 1944. They may have been brothers, as they are buried side by side and have identical headstones. The headstone of William Rogers reads' ...Earley Blest, instead of Early Blessed..." The headstone of Sillar Wesley reads that he was 66, but by his birth and death dates, he would have been 57, I don't know which is correct. The headstone of Dave Conway records that he served in the U. S. Army. If, so he is the only known African-American Union Soldier buried in Bossier Parish. HEADSTONE ** BIRTH ** DEATH ** NOTES TWO LARGE SLABS WITH NO MARKINGS Matilda (UNKOWN)**deth, Sep 3, 1918**9 is backwards This stone is poured concrete and the message is handwritten, very hard to read. Looks something like PICKUP, or PUCLUP. Nelson ANDERSON**Jul 10, 1890**Aug 3, 1904 Filmore BANISTER**n/a**Nov 9, 1901**38yrs/bu/Emma Banister Emma BANISTER**n/a**Sep 10, 1900**31yrs/bu/Filmore Banister Mamie Lee BELL**Jul 3, 1934**Dec 7, 1937 William BENDRAW**n/a**Aug 24, 1900 "Infant" BOOKER**n/a**Jul 1903**5 mos/Inf/J.&M.Booker Lizzie BRICE**n/a**Sep 6, 1904 Eula BROOKS**Aug 17, 1881**Nov 1, 1942**age 61 Burt A. BROWN**n/a**Jan 1903**3 mos J. C. BROWN**Jul 17, 1936**Mar 4, 1944**bu/Lemnon Brown Lemnon BROWN**Nov 13, 1931**Mar 4, 1944**bu/J. C. Brown Arrah BUTTLAR**n/a**Jun 28, 1973**34 yrs Ella CARR**n/a**Aug 1900**5yrs/d/J.&J.Carr Amelia CARTER**Jan 3, 1871**Jun 23, 1985 Eugene CHASE**n/a**Feb 28, 1937**LaCorps20Engrs Georgia CHASE**n/a**Sep 22, 1901**9mos14dys Martha COLE**Feb 10, 1890**Jan 10, 1923**MTA Stonewall Chamber 4291, Chalk Level, La Dave CONWAY**n/a**Apr 8, 1911**81 yrs Member of Stonewall B. C., Served in Army, 3 years, 6 months. Martha EDWARDS**n/a**Dec 23, 1900**54 yrs Willie FISHER**May 28, 1906**Oct 6, 1932**son of Cherrie Wallace Avery (Dea.) GEORGE**Nov 25, 1906**Feb 5, 1971**Masonic Emblem Dlorence GRANT**n/a**Aug 8, 1925**s/D.C.Grant Julia GRANVELL**Aug 15, 1874**Jun 28, 1910**bu/Sallie Lue Granville Gertrude GRANVILLE**Mar 12, 1898**Jan 21, 1968 Sallie Lue GRANVILLE**May 10, 1901**Dec 11, 1901**d/S.&J.Granville buried next to Julia Granvell Linnadd HAMILTON**n/a**Jun 11, 1924 Willie HAMILTON**Oct 15, 1900**Oct 4, 1901 Darcie HARRIS**Apr 12, 1892**Aug 13, 1964**age 72 Arthur HAWKINS**n/a**Dec 29, 1946**64 yrs Nathaniel JACKSON**n/a**Jan 17, 1924**Masonic Emblem Golden Light Lodge #187 Bettie JOHNSON**n/a**Jun 7, 1920**MTA Thompson Chamber 2042, Shreveport, La Millie JONES**n/a**Aug 8, 1923**76 yrs Adell King (Mrs.) KING**Aug 15, 1915**Apr 29, 1978**tmp/1Lot s/G.Williams Sallie Johnston KING**n/a**Mar 5, 1925**MTA Stonewall Chamber 4291, Chalk Level, La. Mary LEE**Nov 2, 1881**Oct 19, 1966 Three burial spots between Mary and Sam LEE Sam LEE**1885**Aug 20, 1965 July LOUIS**n/a**Sep 1898**8 mos Nathaniel LOUIS**Nov 14, 1878**Aug 14, 1909**777,333,UKT Salley MAGER**Dec 1886**May 1922 Sam MARSDEN**n/a**Sep 1, 1900**34 yrs Leala MARSHELL**Apr 6, 1916**Aug 19, 1941**age 25 Betsie McDANIEL**n/a**Oct 22, 1901**1 yr,5mos,22dys d/W. & L. McDaniel Bell McQUERTA**n/a**May 24, 1901**age 24 ?ett MILLER**n/a**1897**70 yrs Cary MONROE**n/a**Sep 13, 1942**Age 54/bu/JoeMonroe Joe MONROE**Oct 27, 1900**Aug 3, 1943**bu/Cary Monroe Julia NELSON**n/a**1899**50 yrs Jasper OWENS**Oct 11, 1880**Jun 16, 1935**55 yrs George QUIANNIE**Jan 9, 1920**Aug 23, 1942 "Unknown" PALM**n/a**Feb 3, 1929**age 60 Sarah ROGERS**n/a**Apr 10, 1899**17 yrs William ROGERS**n/a**Sep 1901 "Happy Infant Earley Blest, Rest in Peaceful Slumber Rest." "Unknown" RUFFUS**Sep 9, 1899**Jul 21, 1901**s/R.S.Ruffus Clyde SCOTT**Sep 3, 1909**Mar 11, 1969**LaPfcUSArmyWWII Mary SMITH**n/a**Aug 30, 1938**age 52/Mothers Gone Preston SMITH**n/a**Jan 24, 1933**LaPvt806PioneerInf Willard SMITH**n/a**Dec 17, 1943**LaPvt99CoastArty John W. STEWARD**Dec 26, 1903**Jul 29, 1939 Louis A. TAYLOR**n/a**Dec 12, 1900**80 yrs John TERRY, Sr.**n/a**Nov 18, 1941**80 yrs Guss THOMAS**Oct 23, 1915**Dec 3, 1954**age 39 Eliza TURNER**n/a**Nov 6, 1900**43 yrs Robert VINCENT**Jul 2, 1877**Jan 6, 1901 R. V. WALKER**Jul 10, 1896**Oct 15, 1898 Cherrie WALLACE**Mar 3, 1882**Aug 29, 1943**parent of Willie Fisher Henriette WALLACE**Oct 1, 1897**Dec 20, 1977**bu/Cherrie Wallace Lue WASHINGTON**1866**1928**top reads:E. H. & T.L. Sillar WESLEY**May 15, 1898**Jul 16, 1955**age 66 (Headstone wrong!) Amanda WHITE**n/a**Oct 11, 1906**59 yrs George WILLIAMS**May 1, 1898**Sep 21, 1962**LaPvtCoC375BnWWII Primus (Rev.) WILLIS**Mar 27, 1875**Nov 19, 1937**age 62 Creasy WILSON**n/a**May 21, 1900**81 yrs Mary Ann WOODARD**Oct 9, 1859**Sep 21, 1892**w/T. M. Woodard A. D. YOUNG**Jan 29, 1901**Nov 11, 1901 Girlie Lee YOUNG**1894**Mar 24, 1964**bu/Sam Lee Willie YOUNG**n/a**Dec 1899**s/J.&G.Young NE 4.0\IDB\spool.lstFrom ddame From: ddame Full-Name: Debra W Dame To: post to LADATA Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:29:18 -0600 Subject: Webster Parish; Richardson Cemetery X-Status: Unsent ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Richardson Cemetery Section 15, Township 18 N, Range 10 W Webster Parish, LA Submitted by Debra Walker Dame Inventoried 4 Feb 2001 by Mike O'Rourke < MDOR@juno.com > NOTE: There are 16 headstones here with no markings at all on them; also there is one footstone, unmarked, with no corresponding headstone. 1. Rosie C. TABOR Jan 10 1839 June 27 1921 Footstone reads "R. C. T." 2. W. T. TABOR Born Dec 2 1829 Died Jan 3 1893 "Gone to rest" Foostone reads "W. T. T. " 3. Eunica DORRIS Born May 17 1808 Died July 29 1881 "My Mother rest here" Footstone reads "E. D." 4. Jeannette F. BATTON Wife of Rev. Jno. L. McCORD April 27 1858 Feb 6 1929 "She hath wrought well in Christ" Footstone reads "J. G. M." 5. Mary C. WALKER Wife of S. Richardson Feb 10 1838 Mar 8 1925 Footstone reads "M. W." 6. Sanders RICHARDSON Sep 1 1810 Jan 9 1903 Footstone reads "S. R." 7. Lucinda OUTLAW Wife of Sanders Richardson Mar 11 1811 Feb 27 1882 Footstone reads "L. R." 8. Ludie RICHARDSON Dau. of M. T. & Anna V. Richardson Aged 17 yr. " At Rest" Footstone reads "L. R." 9. Ben F. RICHARDSON July 25 1867 Feb 26 1946 10. Lilla MAY Wife of B. F. Richardson Nov 29 1870 Mar 18 1927 "She was the sunshine of our home" Footstone reads "L. M. R." 11. Peter RICHARDSON May 22 1831 Apr 16 1915 Footstone reads "P. R. " 12. Luther L. Son of B. F. & L. M. RICHARDSON Jan 5 1900 Oct 5 1902 Footstone reads "L. L. R." 13. Martha Ann Wife of Peter RICHARDSON Born Jan 25 1839 Died Oct 11 1909 Footstone reads "M. A. R." 14. Anna V. RICHARDSON "Mother" Died April 11 1911 Aged 54 Yr. "None knew thee but To love thee" Footstone reads "A. R." 15. M. T. RICHARDSON "Father" Died Aug 29 1900 Age 47 Yr. "Asleep in Jesus" Footstone unmarked 16. Miles Alfred Son of Warren & Sarah C. WART Born Jan 31 1879 Died Dec 12 1882 Aged 3 Yr. 10 Mo. 12 Days Footstone reads "M. A. W." 17. Lillie Estelle Dau. of Warren & Sarah C. WART Born July 7 1874 Died Dec 16 1882 Aged 8 Yr. 5 Mo. 9 Days Footstone reads " S. C. W." (NOTE: submitter believes this footstone belongs to mother Sarah C. WART, two graves over.) 18. Tommie Son of Warren & Sarah C. WART Born Sep 10 1885 Died Nov 29 1885 Aged 2 Mo. 19 Days Footstone reads "T. W." 19. Sarah Catherine Wife of Warren WART Born Apr 17 1847 Died May 8 1907 Aged 60 Yr. 21 Days 20. Warren WART Co. I 4 Mo. Cav., CSA (no dates on marker) ********symbol********* 21. William P. GRAY Sep 29 1848 May 15 1930 Footstone is unmarked NOTE: this grave also has an unmarked headstone. 22. Esther R. GRAY Sep 16 1850 Oct 31 1921 Footstone is unmarked NOTE: this grave also has an unmarked headstone. 23. Lawson M. GRAY Dec 22 1889 Oct 18 1918 "Closed are thy sweet eyes From this world of pain But we trust in God to Meet again" Footstone reads "L. M. G." 24. John T. GRAY Jan 22 1886 June 15 1926 "Resting till the Resurrection morn" Footstone reads "J. T. G." 25. Janie E. GRAY April 10 1922 May 10 1974 "Rest in Peace" Footstone reads "J. E. G." 26. Bennet L. Son of C. P. & M. L. THOMPSON May 29 1892 Sep 26 1892 Age 4 Mo. "Gone to a better world" Footstone reads "B. L. T." 27. Charles S. Son of C. P. & M. L. THOMPSON Oct 5 1889 Oct 26 1889 Age 21 Days "Darling we miss you" Footstone reads "C. S. T." 28. MARTIN (double marker) Fannie Richardson James Franklin Aug 5 1850 Oct 25 1847 Aug 12 1879 Feb 15 1926 Footstone reads "Mother" Footstone reads "Father"