Joel Ott Cemetery, Northeast of Livingston, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by Sherry Sanford




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Location:
T. 5S R. 6E
Section 5

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

Source:  Willie Smart Higginbotham, Rt. 1, Livingston, La. 70754 in June 1978.

1. Joel Ott
1782 - 1879

2. Ascitheca Wallace Ott

3. Samantha Ott

4. Alice Ott

Joel Ott, whose mother is unknown, was born in South Carolina in 1782.  He
came to Louisiana from Orangeburg, South Carolina, with his father.  First he
settled on an estate near Mt. Hermon, Louisiana.  Joel married Maria Cutrer on
July 11, 1814.  There were nine children born in this union.  His wife died in
the early 1830's ; he then married Ascitheca Wallace of Monticello,
Mississippi.  There were sixteen children born to this union.  He then moved
to Hog Branch, north of Holden, and settled in Section 5, Township 5 South,
Range 5 East where he died in 1879.  Joel was buried under a cedar tree behind
his house on the bank of Hog Branch.  His wife and three of four children are
also buried there according to Mrs. Oscar Lard.