Watson Cemetery, Port Vincent, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue




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From the French Settlement Historical Register, published by the French Settlement
Historical Society, French Settlement, Louisiana 70733. The LaGenWeb Archives thanks 
them for contributing this information.

Vol. 5, December 1980

Location of cemetery:
T 8S R 3E
Section 58

     William Watson and Abigail Torrance, both died in the early 1830's, both are buried

on the Family Cemetery (Private), near their home on the Amite River, both graves are

unmarked, but location is well known by members or descendents of theirs.*

     According to Mr. Clifford Watson, Baton Rouge, La., this couple is buried about 2

acres south of the Watson Cemetery on the old home place in two sunken, unmarked graves.

It is believed that the site referred to as the Watson Cemetery may have been before the

Port Vincent Community Cemetery was donated in 1838 by Vincent Scivicque, and mostly 

Black are buried there.  Mr. Watson recalls being told that an old Negro slave of Peter

Salassi was buried there.

     No other information available at this time.

*NOTE: Copied from "Watson Clan", page 6. 

SOURCE: Mercy Aydell Cambre.  Her informants were Cleo Watson McDearmond, Clifford Watson,
Margaret Dupont Broussard and Hayard Dupont on August 8, 1979.