Cemetery: African American Cemetery #1 (actual name unknown), Claiborne Parish, Louisiana Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Kelly Christian Priestly, troubles @ bayou.com, Mar. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** African American Cemetery #1 Survey made 05 March 2000 Location: Section 11, Township 22N, Range 6W (Kisatchie National Forest) Directions: From Colquitt take the Old Colquitt Road (gravel) south 2.5 miles. Turn left on dirt trail (across the one lane bridge and atop the next hill). Go approx. .2 mile and graves will be on left, adjacent to the Barrow Cemetery. If anyone knows the actual name of this cemetery, please contact the submitter. Notes: Graves are scattered throughout the woods and cover an area of approximately .2 square miles. There are several apparent unmarked graves as well as graves marked with funeral home markers which were unreadable. Names with an asterick denote that some dates were taken from an additional funeral home marker. NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS Birch, Beener 26 Jul 1887 15 Feb 1888 d/o Jim & Rodie; Aged 17y, 7m, 9d Birch, Burke 1881 20 May 1914 s/o James & R. Birch Birch, Dillar** 1884 23 Nov 1946 Aged 63 years Birch, Jimmie 29 Aug 1894 12 May 1966 Aged 71 years Birch, Mack Art 27 Mar 1895 18 Nov 1934 Aged 39 years Birch, Mary Ann 1877 30 Jul 1957 Birch, Silverlean 31 Jun 1910 29 Aug 1924 Aged 14 years Birch, Willie** ----- 24 Feb 1963 Aged 65 years Bird, Jim 25 Jul 1873 25 Mar 1890 s/o Jake & Hedy Bird; Aged 17y, 8m Burch, Beulah Mae 10 Aug 1910 15 Mar 1946 Burch, Jane 1850 12 May 1919 Burch, Tom 15 Mar 1889 11 Jun 1956 LA Pvt Co A 162 Depot Brigade WWI Byrd, Alice 10 Mar 1870 09 Apr 1933 Aged 63 years Coleman, Sarah 1867 11 Apr 1910 w/o Tom Coleman Coleman, Tom 04 Jul 1846 15 Jan 1911 Aged 55y, 6m, 9d Herd, Katie 04 Mar 1802 12 Nov 1913 Aged 111 years James, Henry 28 Oct 1897 16 Oct 1918 s/o Joe & Emma; Aged 21y, 11m, 18d James, Jessie 1895 01 Jun 1920 "Battle & Holman Temple 1494, Homer" James, Mary 1901 30 Sep 1902 d/o J.K. & Mary James James, Mattie 1899 17 Sep 1902 d/o J.K. & Mary James Stenard, Joe ----- 25 Jul 1897 Aged 44 years Steverson, Silvia ----- 12 Feb 1890 w/o Stephen Steverson; Aged 40y Steward, Juda ----- 28 Mar 1885 w/o David Steward; Aged 68y; Erected by son Jos. Steward Thomas, Leana B. 12 Jul 1879 14 Feb 1964 Aged 85 years Turner, Emma Lue 27 Jul 1895 21 Oct 1918 w/o Thomas Turner; Age 23y, 2m, 21d Turner, Laura 01 Jan 1844 08 Jan 1900 w/o Taylor Turner Williams, John 01 Jan 1896 22 Mar 1952 LA Pvt 161 Depot Brigade WWI # # #