Antioch Church, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue




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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

ANTIOCH CHURCH A small one-room building on the east side of Antioch Creek, north of the

Old Baton Rouge Road in Section 15, T6S-R4E, Antioch Church derived its name from the Bible.

Reference to Antioch may be found in several chapters of Acts.

     Built in the late 1800's, the church was also used for a school.  Some of the early

pastors were Jeff Wax or William Wax, Lou Powers, Joel Ott, and Bob Wascom.  Mrs. Lisa

Coburn and Horace McIntire were some of the school teachers. (1) -- Mrs. Willie Higginbotham

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(1) Interview with Mrs. Torah Stafford Collins and Mrs. Lula Wilkerson, daughters of Hiram
Stafford who attended school at Antioch, by Mrs. Willie Higginbotham.

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