Allen Graveyard, 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.

     ALLEN GRAVEYARD Located on a hill one-quarter of a mile east of the Amite River in

Section 50, T7S-R3E, this family plot was originally called the Nickens Graveyard and was

used by the Nickens family through the middle 1800's.  Remains of the graves could be seen

until the 1920's, but today they are marked only by crepe myrtles and cape jasmines.

     The first tombstone is that of Mary Ann Allen, daughter of Lewis Allin and wife of 

Hardy A. Harris, who died in 1866, and the last was for Joseph Henry Allen, 1915.  The

tombstones and other Allens, including Lewis Allin and his wife, Elizabeth Cockerham,

remain and are in good condition.---Mrs. Anita Durand Buess
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