Akins Cemetery, Allen Parish, LA
Contributed by Evelyn Cole.


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Directions:
As far a location--it's probably in Allen Parish.  We turned off La 112
 and went in a northerly direction.  It could be in Beauregard Parish or 
Vernon.  It is rather difficult to say.    If it is in Allen, it is in the
 north-western corner.   
 
            UNNAMED CEMETERY n\e of Sugartown  
                 We're calling it "Akins Cemetery" 
                                                    
      This cemetery is not alphabatized due to size and other considerations
which you will recognize right away. 

    At this time there is one old timey picket fence gravesite with a tin
roof. The remains of another are still in evidence. There is evidence of
someone having dug with a shovel into 2 of the graves. This was a sad thing
to witness. One of the roofed gravesites has been recently painted with
white paint.          
                                                 
     One grave is marked with a picket.          
     Three graves are marked with rich lighter "stobs".
     There probably are more graves whose markers have rotted away.

GARLINGTON, JOSEPH S  OCT 13 1829  JUL 23 1890   
WEST, MARGARET J  JUL 4 1883  SEP 27 1890        
GARLINGTON, MARTHA  FEB 1 1833  OCT 21 1889      
SMITH, SHERROD  NOV 8 1811  AUG 17 1887          
                                                 
The following was a hand carved wooden marker from the collapsed
 roofed grave: 
POTTER, FRANCES COMELIA  JAN 4 1885  DEC 8 1886 

     The following is the gravesite which has been recently painted. The
tombstone is very soft marble and has been worn away a great deal by time
and fingers (like ours, I'm afraid): 

Unreadable name--HUSBAND OF ---Y A. TOLE  OCT 8 1---  DEC 11 1872 
           FOOT MARKER READS "W.L.T." 
 
THOMAS  SON OF -------UNREADABLE---FOOT MARKER 
         READS "T.B.A." 
TOTALLY UNREADABLE--FOOT MARKER READS "J.O.A. 
AKINS, JOHN K   s\o L.A.GARLINGTON AND GREEN AKIN    
     MAY 30 1884    SEP 4 1862    FOOT MARKER READS "J.K.A." 
                                                                 
               Information compiled and submitted by: 
                Evelyn E Cole    and   Roberta B Doty 
                Deridder,La            Sugartown,La  
                          January 1992