Families: Nugent Families of Liberty Chapel / Grant Parish Submitted to USGENWEB by: Grady L McFarland,379 Packton-Alex Rd,Winnfield,La ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: Personal database records, census of Liberty Chapel, Tyson bible records of Jack Lawrence and census / land records. Nugent Families of Liberty Chapel / Grant Parish There are at least three Nugent Family groups buried at Liberty Chapel. One can be traced back to Matthew Nugent(1724); one can be linked back to 1820 (William); and third group (not shown, but on census) has not been linked. When I did the Liberty Chapel census, individuals were linked by husband/wife/parents -- this list denotes by family as known. Those buried at Liberty Chapel are noted by L/C suffix after death date. Some may missed due to the number of grave markers (827). This file is dedicated primarily to the Liberty Chapel Cemetery Association. Due to computer formatting and tab settings required, margin problems may be encountered when printing out this file. Made best effort. Earliest Nugent identified: 1-Matthew Nugent b: 1724 in NC d: 1795 in Rapides Parish sp: Isabel Elizabeth MacBray b: 1730 m: bef 1750 d: 1793 in Rapides Parish Parents of Edmund, Matthew and Maria. Are not buried at L/C. 2-Edmund Nugent b: 1750 in Brunswick, NC d: aft 1910 sp: unk unk b: 1755 in NC m: 1769 in Rapides Parish This group not at Liberty Chapel. 3-Thomas Edmund Nugent b: 1770 in Brunswick, NC sp: unk unk b: 1775 in NC m: 1793 in Rapides Parish 4-Issac H Nugent b: 1794 in Rapides Parish sp: Sarah Louise Wilson m: Feb 1817 in Rapides 4-Hugh Nugent b: 1796 in Rapides d: Feb 13 1854 in Rapides sp: Jane Mackie sp: Mary C Price b: 1810 (census) m: 1830 in Rapides 5-Norris Nugent b: 1832 (census) 5-Hugh Jr Nugent b: 1835 (census) 5-Griffin Nugent b: 1838 (census) 5-Mary Ann Nugent b: 1841 (census) 5-Joseph H Nugent b: 1844 (census) 5-Matthew B Nugent b: 1847 (census) 5-Cornelius Nugent b: 1850 (census) 4-John Jack Nugent b: 1798 in Rapides 4-Thomas E Jr. Nugent b: 1800 in Rapides 4-Nelson Nugent b: 1803 in Rapides Parish sp: Cynthia Haley b: 1807 in Rapides Parish m: 1833 5-Nelson Jr Nugent b: Jun 18 1832 in Rapides Parish d: Oct 11 1920 in Grant Parish 5-Charles Nugent b: 1834 (census) 5-Robert Nugent b: 1837 (census) 5-Michael Nugent b: 1838 (census) 5-Rebecca Nugent b: Dec 24 1839 d: Jan 28 1928 - her descendants at Starks Cem sp: Christian Starks b: Mar 3 1825 m: Jun 17 1865 d: Nov 28 1902 - Starks Cem 6-John Henry Starks b: Dec 9 1856 6-Sarah A Starks b: Jun 28 1858 d: 1864 6-George B Starks b: Sep 7 1860 d: Mar 14 1914 sp: Bobbie Lincecum b: Feb 24 1860 m: Nov 18 1881 d: Jul 13 1949 6-Mary Elizabeth Starks b: Jan 31 1862 6-Armanda Rebecca Starks b: Jul 28 1863 d: Dec 30 1940 sp: Coleman Norris b: Apr 19 1856 m: Jan 15 1880 d: Feb 11 1922 7-Jim Norris 7-Chris Norris 7-John Norris 7-William Grant Norris b: Jul 7 1883 d: May 10 1955 sp: Alma May 8-Earl J Norris b: Sep 22 1907 d: Jun 20 1934 7-Lily Norris b: Sep 30 1885 d: Nov 3 1887 7-Nettie E Norris b: Feb 5 1894 d: Jan 27 1968 sp: Thomas R Varnell b: Sep 22 1890 d: Feb 14 1976 7-Nellie Mae Norris b: Feb 8 1896 d: Jul 31 1947 sp: Oscar Oliver Lawrence b: May 9 1874 d: Oct 20 1948 8-A. Beatrice Lawrence b: Jan 29 1916 d: Mar 3 1989 - Old Corinth-Winn sp: W. Reginald Long b: Nov 1 1911 9-Bobby Long b: 1938 9-Shirley Long 9-Billy Owens Long 8-Lois Lawrence b: Jan 1918 sp: Clarence O Dodge b: 1908 d: Jan 1 2000 9-Linda Dodge b: 1956 8-Arthur Jack Lawrence b: Jul 21 1920 sp: Lillian Clairice Wafford b: May 4 1922 m: May 1941 in Jena, La d: Aug 2 1967 9-Laurie June Lawrence b: Jun 20 1946 d: Nov 1 1946 9-Judy Nell Lawrence b: Jun 20 1946 9-Joy Ann Lawrence b: Jul 10 1943 9-Sara Beth Lawrence b: Mar 13 1953 9-Jack Jr Lawrence b: Nov 1 1956 9-John Jeffry Lawrence b: 1960 sp: Eva Wyatt b: Jan 1 1922 in Illinois m: 1969 in Columbia d: May 10 1994 8-Julius C. Lawrence b: May 5 1923 d: Jan 7 1993 8-Juanita (Petey) Lawrence b: Sep 24 1926 sp: Henry Doyle Sr Jones b: Apr 23 1921 d: Jul 24 1990 9-Henry Doyle Jr. Jones b: May 25 1948 sp: Katie Lafran (Fran) Newsome b: Aug 17 1952 in Miss. m: Nov 2 1973 10-Lawrence Wayne Jones b: Mar 4 1974 sp: Angela Beth Dickess b: Sep 16 1978 m: Jul 3 1998 11-Austin Riley Jones b: Nov 23 1998 10-Jarrett Dee Jones b: Jan 19 1977 10-Rusty Lynn Jones b: Jul 30 1981 9-Billy Wayne Jones b: Dec 11 1950 sp: Susan Kruer 9-Candy Sue Jones b: Mar 21 1956 sp: Steve Fletcher 7-Matthew Lee Norris b: May 1 1898 d: Mar 22 1975 sp: Ebie Pearl Sweat b: Oct 4 1900 in Selmer, Tenn m: Mar 19 1924 in Georgetown, La d: Apr 26 1988 7-Minnie Bell Norris b: Sep 18 1903 d: Jun 24 1977 sp: Bruce W Perkins b: Oct 11 1908 m: bef 1926 d: Oct 24 1992 6-Martha Starks b: Aug 17 1865 d: Dec 2 1902 sp: D.A. Hawthorne b: Mar 5 1865 d: Jan 19 1911 6-Lillie A.E. Starks b: Feb 14 1868 d: Jul 15 1943 sp: Conrad Amberg b: Oct 22 1848 in Switzerland m: Mar 26 1903 in Alexandria, La d: Dec 22 1940 7-John C Amberg b: Aug 6 1904 d: Oct 15 1973 sp: Annie Mae Garr b: Jan 28 1906 d: Dec 6 1955 7-Frank Amberg b: Mar 27 1906 d: Aug 14 1974 sp: Maudie Olden b: Sep 24 1913 d: Dec 2 1970 7-Gladys Amberg b: Feb 11 1911 d: Dec 17 1998 sp: Allen Franklin Cathey b: Nov 23 1908 d: Aug 18 1971 6-Matthew C Starks b: Aug 30 1869 d: Mar 25 1952 sp: Olive Olivia Lawrence dau/o John N Lawrence & Susan Emeline Tyson (dau/o James E. Tyson, s/o William & Sarah) b: Apr 17 1872 d: Oct 27 1897 - Tyson Cem - Grant 7-John M Starks b: Oct 10 1893 d: Jul 28 1964 sp: Irene Kellar b: Jan 12 1882 m: Sep 12 1898 d: Dec 3 1924 7-Vera Belle Starks b: Aug 30 1900 d: Aug 18 1905 sp: Carrie Smith b: Dec 31 1876 d: Aug 5 1959 6-Oliver Wade Starks b: Dec 5 1872 d: Apr 13 1951 6-Mary A Starks b: Feb 25 1875 6-William Comnard Starks b: Apr 6 1877 6-James Alexandria Starks b: Dec 22 1878 d: Aug 27 1969 in Guthrie, OK sp: Mary Ellen Fullerton b: Jun 28 1880 in Tenn m: Aug 20 1899 in Leesville d: Jan 24 1954 5-Thomas Nugent b: 1840 (census) 5-Ellen Nugent b: 1848 (census) 5-John Nugent b: 1841 (census) 2-Matthew Nugent b: 1754 in NC d: 1814 sp: Zylpha unk b: 1783 in Tenn. m: 1800 d: bef Jan 1866 Burial site of Matthew unknown. ? if Zylpha is at L/C. These are main group of Nugents at Liberty Chapel Cem. All at L/C unless noted. 3-Matthew William Nugent b: May 19 1802 d: Feb 21 1879 sp: Julia Ann Mackie b: Oct 8 1817 m: Jul 29 1834 in Rapides Parish d: May 8 1881 4-Emaline Nugent b: Feb 23 1836 d: Dec 18 1915 sp: Stephen A. Neal b: Feb 21 1827 m: 1855 d: Apr 15 1898 5-Nancy Alice Neal b: May 21 1852 d: Feb 14 1949 sp: Richard Cade Hargis m: Jan 27 1880 in Liberty Chapel d: Oct 17 1930 - no Hargis names on L/C census 6-Hattie Hargis b: May 9 1881 d: Mar 7 1936 6-Quincy Allen Hargis b: Mar 9 1883 sp: Maude Henrietta Dean m: Dec 30 1911 5-Josephine Neal b: Jul 20 1859 d: Apr 20 1889 sp: Edgar Collins - not in L/C 5-William Walter Neal b: Nov 27 1865 d: Aug 23 1936 5-Thomas Edmund Neal b: Mar 1868 5-Oliver Quincy Neal b: Nov 15 1870 d: Aug 21 1914 sp: Julia R Watson b: Feb 16 1878 d: Dec 25 1954 5-Mitchell A Neal b: Aug 8 1873 d: Aug 6 1943 5-Elisha Nugent Neal b: 1876 4-William M Nugent b: Aug 10 1837 d: Dec 19 1850 - ? 4-Matthew E. Nugent b: Jul 26 1839 d: Nov 6 1913 sp: Ruth Elizabeth Herring b: Feb 4 1844 m: Feb 20 1868 d: Nov 16 1892 5-Matthew Columbus Nugent b: Nov 16 1868 d: Dec 8 1955 sp: Lucy E Walker b: Jan 8 1873 m: Dec 18 1890 d: Jan 15 1909 6-Wyatt Luther Nugent - Grant Parish Sheriff b: Oct 30 1891 d: Apr 21 1936 sp: Lydia Ann Rosier b: 1895 m: Jan 8 1913 d: Nov 12 1976 6-Willie Hugh Nugent b: Feb 15 1893 d: Dec 14 1896 6-Earl Hubert Nugent b: Nov 7 1906 sp: Janie Virginia Nugent b: Sep 1 1907 m: Jun 12 1926 d: Aug 26 1987 sp: Mary Belle Hinton b: Nov 1 1883 m: Feb 16 1910 d: Mar 29 1948 5-Mary Elizabeth Nugent b: Oct 22 1870 d: Jun 28 1930 sp: James Edmond Nugent - s/o William / Tusette b: Jun 11 1856 m: Sep 27 1888 d: Apr 27 1928 6-Albert Edmond Nugent b: Aug 27 1889 d: May 25 1911 6-Charles Vincent Nugent b: Jul 20 1893 d: Dec 9 1953 6-Winnie Jane Elizabeth Nugent b: Sep 9 1895 6-Frederick Hugh Nugent b: Mar 3 1899 d: Mar 20 1981 6-James Ezra Nugent b:Sep 9 1901 6-Lloyd Hillman Nugent b: Aug 30 1907 5-Oscar Lee Nugent b: Sep 22 1872 5-Phineas Pinckney Nugent b: Nov 22 1874 5-Jessie Florence Nugent b: Dec 20 1876 d: Jan 31 1879 5-Thomas Overton Nugent b: Dec 12 1878 d: Jul 9 1953 sp: Nancy Alice Wilson b: Oct 10 1881 m: Dec 7 1899 d: Mar 27 1968 5-Arthur H. Nugent b: Dec 23 1880 d: Apr 19 1904 5-Robert U Nugent b: Nov 22 1882 5-Martin Luther Nugent b: Feb 7 1885 d: Jun 29 1910 5-Sarah Ida Nugent b: Oct 26 1886 sp: Henry C Bowman 4-Mary Jane Nugent b: Jun 3 1841 d: Nov 6 1904 sp: William Andrew Stevens b: Jun 15 1835 in Ala d: Oct 30 1911 5-Louisiana Volenia Stevens b: May 24 1866 d: Aug 21 1889 5-Julia Ann Stevens b: Apr 16 1868 d: Nov 26 1938 sp: Basil Erasmus Creed m: Dec 12 1888 d: Aug 8 1951 5-John Fletcher Stevens b: Dec 25 1870 5-Warren Asa Stevens b: Aug 31 1873 5-Clara Olive Stevens b: Aug 28 1878 4-Cornelius Nugent b: May 31 1843 d: Jun 17 1862 4-Julia Ann Nugent b: May 10 1845 d: Jul 17 1857 4-Sarah Ann Zylpha Nugent b: Jul 10 1847 d: Oct 4 1926 sp: Samuel B Sanford b: Apr 17 1837 m: Sep 7 1865 d: Nov 13 1887 5-Cornelius Nugent Sanford b: Jun 21 1868 d: Aug 23 1946 sp: Susan C Patterson b: May 22 1878 d: Feb 1 1917 5-William David Sanford b: Jul 22 1871 d: Feb 28 1956 sp: Ollie F. unk b: Oct 25 1876 d: Sep 12 1963 5-Ira Wynn Dr. Sanford b: Sep 20 1874 d: May 16 1942 5-Belle Osborn Sanford b: Jul 21 1877 5-Elmer Curtis Sanford b: Feb 22 1880 d: Oct 31 1936 sp: Cordelia Richardson b: 1885 d: 1964 5-Dennis Mackie Sanford b: Nov 17 1884 d: Apr 3 1951 sp: Edward S Gray b: Oct 22 1845 m: aft 1887 d: Mar 4 1901 4-Dennis Oliver Nugent b: Sep 19 1849 d: Dec 3 1897 sp: Virginia Taliafero d: Feb 21 1941 4-Henrietta Virginia Nugent b: Aug 7 1852 d: Jul 11 1887 sp: Edward S Gray b: Oct 22 1845 d: Mar 4 1901 4-Laura Alice Nugent b: Sep 15 1854 d: May 30 1922 sp: James Andrew Harvey b: Nov 29 1848 d: Jun 5 1908 4-Thomas Harrison Nugent b: May 31 1857 d: Jul 10 1899 sp: Julia Long - sis./of Huey P Long, Sr. b: Jul 16 1862 m: Dec 1 1880 d: Mar 14 1960 5-Minnie Alice Nugent b: Feb 5 1883 d: Nov 1 1931 sp: George Washington Murry b: 1879 m: Jan 6 1902 d: 1958 6-Julia Tince Murry b: Apr 4 1917 d: Oct 3 1983 sp: Tharon Earl Hyde - s/o Eben Hyde b: Nov 7 1912 m: Oct 10 1933 d: Mar 24 1977 7-Dixie Rayne Hyde b: Nov 11 1944 5-Oliver Hopkins Nugent b: Aug 20 1884 d: Mar 30 1976 5-James Albert Nugent b: Feb 26 1889 d: Sep 29 1951 in Winnfield - buried there sp: Enid Teddlie m: Jan 20 1914 d: Jul 13 1960 in Winnfield 5-Julia Ann Nugent b: Apr 8 1894 d: Oct 10 1961 sp: Dennis Brown Bocock b: Dec 11 1897 d: Mar 29 1971 5-Claude Harrison Nugent b: Jan 19 1896 d: Apr 10 1928 5-Lela May Jane Nugent b: May 7 1899 d: Jul 14 1966 4-Alonzo Hopkins Nugent b: Aug 29 1859 d: Mar 9 1919 sp: Mary Ida Buckelew b: Mar 30 1874 m: Jan 29 1888 d: Jun 14 1954 5-Cora Bell Nugent b: Aug 6 1897 d: Nov 7 1984 sp: Eaphram W. Slayter b: Nov 21 1888 d: Mar 8 1951 6-Claudia Modez Slayter b: Jul 28 1914 sp: Rudolph M. Merritt b: Sep 11 1914 m: Oct 3 1942 in Georgetown d: Jul 26 2000 - Tioga Cem 7-John Travis Merritt b: Jul 30 1950 7-Donald W. Merritt 4-Martha Cornelia Nugent b: Jun 1 1862 d: Mar 21 1933 sp: Stephen Roland Jr. Lee b: Feb 8 1859 m: Nov 12 1884 d: Feb 11 1929 3-Edmund Nugent b: 1808 in Rapides Parish d: Dec 12 1841 in lower Grant area - ? burial site sp: Elizabeth Ann Tyson - dau. of William & Sarah Vince Tyson b: Dec 28 1808 in Ga m: Oct 27 1829 in Rapides Parish d: Sep 5 1878 in Grant Parish - ? burial site 4-Matthew Nugent b: 1831 d: 1863 4-Zelpha Elizabeth Nugent b: Mar 18 1836 d: Mar 11 1920 sp: Charles Wesley Benton Richardson b: Jul 18 1840 in St. Helena Parish m: Jan 28 1864 d: Jul 15 1916 5-Ida Arizona Richardson b: Jan 25 1866 d: Oct 17 1921 sp: Robert Gentry b: Aug 1856 m: Nov 15 1883 d: Oct 15 1900 6-Robert N Gentry b: May 1885 d: Aug 18 1910 sp: Noah Corbett m: Dec 3 1912 5-Iowa Therressa Richardson b: Nov 4 1867 5-Moses Wilson Richardson b: Feb 11 1871 d: Nov 23 1886 5-Lela V. Richardson 5-Mary Emma Richardson b: Nov 20 1874 5-Robert Benton Richardson b: Apr 30 1877 d: Oct 5 1878 5-Effie Geneva Richardson b: Aug 11 1879 d: Jun 3 1945 5-Ada Elizabeth Richardson b: Nov 1 1881 d: Sep 27 1931 5-Eva Cordelia Richardson b: Aug 10 1885 4-Edmund Nugent b: 1837 (census) d: 1863 4-Martha Jane Nugent b: 1838 d: 1838 4-Naomi Ann Nugent b: 1839 d: ab. 1865 in Grant Parish sp: Charles Evans b: 1828 in SC m: 1854 d: aft 1880 in Houston area 5-Edward Nugent Evans b: 1864 d: 1918 sp: Julia Amelia Carver m: Jun 22 1898 5-James Evans b: 1857 5-Eliza Lanoria Evans b: Sep 1859 5-Charles Thomas Evans b: Apr 14 1866 d: Jul 22 1932 in Tx 5-John Evans b: ab. 1877 4-William Nugent d: bef 1850 4-Jame Nugent b: 1846 d: bef 1850 3-Cornelius Nugent b: Feb 10 1810 d: Feb 5 1865 sp: Amanda Sims b: Jan 21 1831 in Ga m: 1850 d: Oct 19 1879 4-Christopher Columbus Nugent b: Jan 16 1851 d: Feb 16 1885 4-Frances Oliver Nugent b: Sep 13 1855 d: Nov 28 1889 4-James Monroe Nugent b: Jul 25 1857 d: Jun 4 1908 4-Alice Laurette Nugent b: Aug 12 1860 d: Apr 15 1885 4-Leonadis A. Nugent 3-Sarah Ann Nugent b: Dec 23 1813 d: May 12 1876 sp: Jacob ( Jobe ) G. Tyson - s/o William & Sarah Vince Tyson b: Jan 18 1818 in Miss. m: Dec 12 1842 in Rapides d: Mar 22 1866 - most these Tysons at Frazier cem 4-Leroy S Tyson b: Mar 8 1843 d: Apr 8 1864 in Battle of Mansfield 4-Francis Tyson b: Dec 25 1845 d: bef. 1850 census 4-Olliver Alexander Tyson b: Feb 16 1848 d: Oct 15 1917 sp: Mary Ann Swafford b: Sep 8 1850 m: Feb 18 1869 d: Aug 1 1931 5-LeRoy Swafford Tyson b: Nov 23 1869 d: May 6 1902 sp: Elizabeth Glen m: Aug 1 1893 6-Oliver R Tyson sp: Minnie O Brown m: Mar 7 1897 6-Ruth Tyson 6-Cason Tyson 5-Lillie Tyson b: Jun 27 1872 d: Mar 24 1921 sp: John Singer m: Dec 22 1888 4-Jesse Bynum Tyson b: Dec 18 1849 d: May 15 1899 4-Mary Emma Tyson b: Oct 18 1851 d: Jul 31 1876 4-Edward B Tyson b: Jul 17 1857 d: Aug 14 1874 2-Maria (Mary) Nugent d: aft 1810 Married a Martin and lived in lower Rapides Parish area Note: Following Nugent has not been linked to any of above groups. He did live in Liberty Chapel area and most children with info known about are buried at L/C. William Nugent b: Nov 1 1822 d: Jan 6 1900 - L/C sp: Tusette Elizabeth Hollingsworth b: Oct 7 1831 m: bef 1856 d: Apr 10 1910 - L/C 3-Jane E Nugent b: 1847 (census) 3-Ann E Nugent b: Jan 1850 (census) 3-Martha E Nugent b: 1853 (census) 3-James Edmond Nugent b: Jun 11 1856 d: Apr 27 1928 - L/C Married Mary Elizabeth Nugent, d/o Matthew E Nugent/Ruth Herring See above for children. 3-Benjamin Nugent b: 1859 (census) 3-Robert P Nugent b: 1861 (census) 3-Matthew H Nugent b: Jan 4 1864 d: Mar 10 1925 - L/C 3-Westley A Nugent b: 1866 (census) - L/C sp: Laura V. Deen b: May 12 1874 d: Jun 24 1949 3-Oliver C. Nugent b: Nov 14 1869 d: Feb 5 1934 - L/C sp: Alice Rambo m: Feb 23 1898 Above names are all that could be linked with reasonable certainty. Parents of some husbands/wives, though known, are not all shown. Please allow for error. Feel free to submit corrections.