CLAIBORNE PARISH TIES TO REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joan Hough Tomlinson johough@swbell.net April 4, 2007


It should be noted:
 
That all information on the Hough to Blakeney, Claiborne Parish to South 
Carolina, Revolutionary War tree was placed on it from the official records 
required for the application for membership in the Daughters of the American 
Revolution by LA & MS  descendants of Revolutionary War Captain John BLAKENEY of 
South Carolina and his soldier son, John BLAKENEY, Jr.  Should any descendant of 
the people listed seek detailed information concerning their ancestor, please 
correspond with the submitter at joanhough at aol.com or at johough at 
swbell.net.  
 
That Joan HOUGH, the submitter of this tree, was a resident of Claiborne Parish, 
living on the farm of her grandfather Walter Eugene HOUGH, for the first two 
years of her life.
 
That Clinton Emmett HOUGH was born in Claiborne Parish to parents who were born 
and died in Claiborne Parish. He was educated in Claiborne Parish and at LA Tech 
U.    His Hough grandparents Henry Clay HOUGH and Edna Ross MARSHALL are buried 
at the Gilgal Cemetery. His great grandfather Joel HOUGH is buried somewhere in 
Claiborne Parish.
 
That despite the listing on the tree-- of Webster Parish as the place of death 
for Walter Eugene HOUGH, he died on his farm at his residence in Claiborne 
Parish, almost on the Webster Parish, LA line –with a Minden Rural Route 
mail address.  He is buried at the Gilgal Cemetery.
 
That despite the listing on the tree for Lela Ava ADAMS, she was born in 
Claiborne, Parish, as well as died there. No official birth or death certificate 
is available for her; probate records were used for the tree.  She is buried at 
Gilgal Cemetery under the name of Lela ADAMS HOUGH.
 
That despite the listing on the tree-- of Minden, LA as the birth and death 
places of Claiborne Parish long time resident, Joseph Warren ADAMS, was born and 
died in Claiborne Parish.  His farm and place of residence was almost on the 
Webster Parish line.  The nearest coroner was in Minden, as was the funeral 
home—thus the incorrect listing on the official LA Death Certificate. Joseph is 
buried at Gilgal Cemetery.
 
That despite the listing on the tree-- of LA as the place of death of Simeon 
ALMAND, he died and was buried in front of his residence on his farm in 
Claiborne Parish, LA.  (No official records list this precise location.)
 
That despite the listing on the tree, Rachel LANEY, long time residence of 
Claiborne Parish, died in Claiborne Parish, LA.  No death certificate was 
available, her place of death was recorded on probate papers only as LA.  She is 
buried at Gilgal Cemetery as Grandmother ALMAND-KEMP.  She is, also, the 
descendant, through her mother; Nancy MAY, of another Revolutionary War soldier 
by name of Peter BOGGAN.  Her father, David LANEY, is the descendant of a 
Revolutionary War Patriot by name of Titus LANEY.
 
It can, most assuredly, be declared that many of the graves at Gilgal are 
occupied by Americans who were proud of the fact that those of their blood 
helped create a civilization out of a wilderness and helped America secede from 
its unwanted union with England and, in doing so, helped all Americans escape 
oppressive taxation and grossly unfair laws.  My ancestors, buried here at 
Gilgal,  like many others here, were proud that their ancestors fought the good 
fight that gained liberty for themselves, for their descendants, for their land 
and for all people now citizens of the USA.  
 
Joan HOUGH (HARRINGTON-Tomlinson)