Causey Cemetery, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by Sherry Sanford.




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T. 5S R. 5E
Section 15
NW 1/4  SW 1/4

1980, Published by Edward Livingston Historical Association, Inc., P.O. Box
67, Livingston, La. 70754-0067

1. Lucinda Luvina Gates
Jan. 9, 1856 - Sept. 16, 1872

2. Laura F.E. Morgan
Dau. Of C.M.S. Morgan
Aug. 19, 1867 - Jan. 21, 1881

This cemetery is also known as the Gates Cemetery.  It is shown on the U.S.
Geological Survey Map, Amite Quadrangle, 1959, as the Causey Cemetery.  It is
located about eight miles north of the Town of Holden and one mile north of
the Macedonia Baptist Church on the west bank of Hog Branch.  According to
State Tract Book No. 23, Page 50, located at the State Land Office, T.J.
Causey purchased the land on which the cemetery is located on December 20,
1855.

The cemetery has been neglected and was recently damaged by loggers.  Other
graves were visible but had no markers.

Source:  The above information was transmitted by telephone on September 4,
1972 to Clark Forrest, Jr., Holden, Louisiana, 70744, by Mr. Desire Gates,
Route 1, Box 225, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, 70454, after the latter had visited
the above area.