Oliphant, Starns, or Hoggett CemeteryLivingston Parish, LouisianaFile prepared by Sherry Sanford




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This cemetery listing is from the La. Genealogical Register, June 1974The Register is the quarterly publication of the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society.  The LaGenWeb Archives thanks them for contributingthis information.Location of cemetery: North Center of Section 42, T.5S., R.6E.The above cemetery is known locally to different people by one of the threenames stated in the title.  It takes the names Starns and Hoggett from thesurnames of those buried there.  Mr. Burlin Starns, a lifelong resident ofthe area, stated that it was also called the Oliphant Cemetery because afamily by the name of Oliphant at one time owned the property on which thecemetery is located.  The cemetery is shown as the Oliphant Cemetery on theU.S. Geological Survey Map, Amite Quadrangle, dated 1959.The cemetery is located north of the Starns Bridge on the east side of theHolden-Montpelier road.  Mr. Milburn Cannon of Holden, with some directionfrom Mr. Starns, showed the cemetery to me.  It is on an old dirt roadwhich in the past crossed the Tickfaw River over Purvis Bridge.  PurvisBridge was located west of the old New Hope Church.  However, the dirt roadis now used only for logging and hunting and does not cross the TickfawRiver.  The dirt road, after leaving the Montpelier gravel road forks; theright fork, which comes to a dead end at the Tickfaw River, leads to thecemetery.The cemetery is situated near the west bank of Polecat Creek, a tributaryof the Tickfaw River, just west of the abandoned earthern embankment whichserved as the right-of-way for the logging train operated by Mr. JimMcCarroll of Holden, in a pine thicket under two large pin oaks.  A trailmarked by yellow ribbon tied on tree trunks leads to the cemetery.An old iron fence surrounds the graves of Jane Eavers Starns and SheltonStarns.  There is no fence around the grave of William Hoggett.  All graveshave been neglected.  The following information was inscribed on theheadstones:Jane Eavers StarnsJune 12, 1839 - December 10, 1920Shelton StarnsJuly 11, 1827 - January 8, 1899William HoggettCompany D16th Louisiana InfantryC.S.A. (Confederate States of America)The following information on William Hoggett was copied verbatim fromAndrew E. Booth's " Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers", 1920.Hoggett, William R., Private, Company D, 16th Louisiana Infantry.  EnrolledSeptember 29, 1861, Camp Moore.  Rolls from September, 1861 to March, 1862,Present.  Roll for May and June, 1862, ceased to belong to Company.Discharged April 16, 1862.Source:  Personal visit and interview by Clark Forrest, Jr., Holden,Louisiana 70744, with Mr. Burlin Starns and Mr. Milburn Cannon both ofHolden on November 19, 1972.