Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery 1840-1881, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Amos J. Barron, born and reared five miles from this cemetery. Information secured by the untiring efforts of Mr. Jim Davis, Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Old Town two miles north. **** ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ***************************************************** CEMETERY OLD PLEASANT HILL, IN DE SOTO PARISH 1840 - 1881 In 1881 the town was moved to the railroad, two miles south in Sabine Parish. ATKINS, W. D. ----------------------------- 1803 -- 1867 ATKINS, Elizabeth Joiner -------------------- 1805 -- 1881 ATKINS, W. B. ---------------------------- 1848 -- 1914 ATKINS, Franci G. --------------------------- 1855 -- 1944 Two boys, infants 1875 & 1896 ATKINS, Florence E. ------------------------ No marker, no date ARIE, Henry -------------------------- No marker BLACKSHEAR, D. A. ---------------------- Died 1894 BLACKSHEAR, Virginia Jordan -------- Died 1885 BLACKSHEAR, Francis 9infant) ------ 1896 BLACKSHEAR, Lillian ------------------ 1888 -- 1889 BLACKSHEAR, Alma Virginia --------- 1879 -- 1881 BLACKSHEAR, Ella ---------------------- 1876 -- 1879 BLACKSHEAR, Kittie ------------------- 1879 -- 1881 BLACKSHEAR, Walter ----------------- ? --- 1864 BLACKSHEAR, Ida ---------------------- ? -- 1858 BLACKSHEAR, Henry ------------------ 1819 -- 1858 BLACKSHEAR, Mary Davis ----------- 1881 -- 1963 BLACKSHEAR, Davis Henry -------- 1819 -- 1858 BLACKSHEAR, Lillian Potts --------- 1858 -- 1930 BAKER, Lillian -------------------------- 1894 -- 1908 BENNETTE, Mary ----------------------- 1887 -- 1889 CHAPMAN, B. F. ------------------------- 1826 -- 1887 CHAPMAN, Sarah L -------------------- 1826 -- 1898 CHAPMAN, Betty Brad --------------- 1858 -- 1860 CHAPMAN, Mary Lou --------------- 1883 -- 1955 CHAPMAN, Henry -------------------- No marker CHAPMAN, Elizabeth --------------- 1848 -- 1880 CHAPMAN, Armelia ----------------- 1845 -- 1903 CHAPMAN, Claira Francis ------- 1854 -- 1859 CHAPMAN, J. M. ------------------ 1881 -- 1898 CHILDERS, Donna ------------------ 1865 -- 1886 CHILDERS, Ella Hortense--------- 1848 -- 1857 CHILDERS, Johnnie --------------- 1851 -- 1861 CHILDERS, Leronia -------------- 1850 -- 1853 CHILDERS, Richard --------------- 1823 -- 1863 CHILDERS, Virginia ------------- 1828 -- 1851 CHILDERS, Marie Chapman ----- 1808 -- 1885 CHILDERS, John S. ---------------- 1808 -- 1885 CHILDERS, John ---- ---------------- 1799 -- 1859 CHILDERS, Marie ------------------ 1844 -- 1896 CHILDERS, Sallie Gale ---------- ? -- 1881 CHILDERS, Emma M. ---------- 1855 -- 1859 CHILDERS, Sallie ----------------- 1848 --= 1858 CHILDERS, Jarden H. D. ------- No date CHILDERS, Henry ---------------- No date DAVIS, Genevieve Jordan ------- 1884 -- 1946 DAVIS, James B. ------------------ 1863 -- 1883 DAVIS, Caroline --- --------------- 1858 --? DAVIS, Stephen ------------------1867 DAVIS, Hattie ---------------------- 1837 --1886 DUKE, Hattie ---------------------1905 ETHEREDGE, H. J. ------------- No marker EVE RSOLE, Kate -------------- 1878 -- 1900 FOSTER, Joshua ---------------- 1828 --1881 FOSTER, Sallie Jordan -------- 1815 --1908 FOSTER, N. J. ------------------- 1857 --1873 FOSTER, Baby Nat ------------ 1858 --1863 GARRETT, Willie --------------- 1895 --1942 GARRETT, Thomas ----------- 1897 -- 1941 GARRETT, P. G. -------------- 1862 --1918 GARRETT, Nettie ------------- 1890 --1936 GOOCH, Charlie -------------- 1861 --1861 GOOCH, Julia ----------------- 1841-- 1870 GOOCH, Marian -------------1889 GRAHAM, Virginia ----------- 1869 --1963 GRAHAM, J. W. ------------- 1855 --1896 HALL, J. B. ---------------------1853 HILL, Lizzie --------------------1861 -- 1910 HIILL, J. G. ---------------------1887 HILL, John H. ----------------1878 HUDSON, Henry -----------1887 HUDSON, Sarah ----------- 1825 --1852 JACOBS, John Sr. and children No marker JACKSON, Josephine ----- 1854 --1926 JACKSON, Thomas J. ---- Died in1906 JACKSON, C. O. --------- Died in 1908 JACKSON, Marvin ------- 1881-- 1883 JACKSON, Iriina ---------1876 -- 1878 JACKSON, Wyatt -------- 1880 -- 1882 JACKSON, Marion Davis ---- 1824 --1859 JAMES, John G. ------------ 1847 -- 1914 JORDAN, Martha Lucretia ------- 1838 --1851 JORDAN, John --------------------- 1812 -- 1880 JORDAN, Lucretia ----------------- 1816 -- 1887 JORDAN, Henry -------------------1859 JORDAN, Elizabeth -------------- 1826-- 1858 JORDAN, John --------------------- 1857 -- ? JORDAN, Thomas ---------------- 1840 -- 1877 JORDAN's, M. B. & Children JORDAN, Carrie -------------------1868 -- 1878 JORDAN, Eugenia ---------------- 1873 -- 1875 JORDAN, Sallie Marie ---------- 1880 --1881 JORDAN, Benjamen ----------- 1878 -- 1882 JORDAN, William H. ------------ 1836 -- 1909 JORDAN, Mattie Bell ----------- 1875 -- 1899 JORDAN, Captain John T. ---- 1840 --1929 KENNEDY, Hugh S. -----------1900 KENNEDY, Mrs. Agnes ------ 1829 -- 1896 KENNEDY, Miss Agnes------- 1871 --1896 KENNEDY, John T. ------------ 1863 -- 1875 KENNEDY, Lizzie ------------ 1855 -- 1894 KENNEDY, Dr. Robert H. -- 1850 --1881 KING, Richard (Elva) ---------1848 -- 1918 LEE, Lillian -----------------------1908 -- 1914 LEOPOLD, Joseph ------------1896 LEOPOLD, Eliza ---------------1846 -- 1884 MARTIN, Mrs. R. A. ---------- No marker McCASKILL, K. W. ----------- 1858 -- 1924 McCASKILL, Alice ------------ 1855 -- 1895 3 Children, no marker McCASKILL, Minnie Ella ----1885 McCASKILL, Tinnie -----------1893 McKAY, Isabella --------------- 1845 -- 1917 2 Children, no marker McGLINTY, Nettie ----------- 1881 -- 1886 McGLINTY, R.L ------------- 1875 -- 1881 McGLINTY, C. W. ---------- 1879 -- 1881 McGLINTY, W. L. ---------- 1884 -- 1885 McGLINTY, Willie ---------- 1893 -- 1926 McGLINTY, Lester --------- 1920 -- 1947 MORIS, Brella ---------------1897 -- 1915 MUMFORD, Dr. J. E. ------ 1850 -- 1927 MUMFORD, Mrs. Jennie J. --- 1858 -- 1903 O'PRY, Mary --------------------- 1837 -- 1909 O'PRY, Henry --------------------- 1856 -- 1911 O'PRY, Jamers ------------------ 1821 -- 1867 PAGUE, Hugh ------------------ No marker PARKER, Roger -------------- 1909 -- 1964 PENILTON, Victor ------------- 1859 -- 1897 PETTY, Captain E. F. ------- April 9, 1864 PRESTON, Mrs. Lillie ------ 1882 -- 1903 REDDING, Sarah A. Dickson 1860 (Wife of James T. REDDING) REDING, Minnie --------------- No marker Some graves might have been overlooked . No doubt many lost to sight. Foot note - Captain E. P. PETTY was burried on the spot where he was wounded and died, near the Childers - Gooch Mansion. His grave is within an enclosure with the inscription. Captain Petty's home was at Bastrop, Texas. Captain 17th. Cal-Infty Scurry's Brigade. Killed April 9th, 1864. Source: "A History of Pleasant Hill Louisiana" written by Amos J. Barron. The book has three sections 1, 2, and index. It also includes a description of the Battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864.