Patrick "Pad" West Cemetery.  Grant Parish, LA.
Submitted to Us GEN Web by Greggory E. Davies120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA  
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Patrick "Pad" West was a slave to the notorious Winn Parish outlaw John West,
leader of the West & Kimbrel Clan which roamed the Harrisonburg Road-Natchez 
Trace following the War for Southern Independence, 1866 to c. 1873.  "Pad" was
a loyal servant to West and  remained in West's service following emancipation.

  He and his family settled east of the John West homeplace
on the old Harrisonburg Road, just inside Grant Parish.  

 The Patrick "Pad" West Cemetery is about a mile north of LA Highway 500, 
and approximately one mile east of Pacton, Winn Parish, LA . 
(the cemetery is physically situated in Grant, and rests on the borderline
with Winn Parish).  Probably twenty graves are located in the cemetery,
but only three are marked with headstones.  They are:

Patric West ("k" left off marker)1847-1912 
Ann Amelia (Tyson)Wife of PatrickDied 11-5-1903 Mayhomad. at age 26