Cemetery: Martin Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish Louisiana Pine Grove Church and Cemetery and Martin Cemetery History and listing of burials was compiled and graciously provided by Nelda Faye Gass Liles of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana for inclusion in the Natchitoches Parish LAGENWEB project. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ MARTIN CEMETERY Located approximately one mile south of Hagewood, LA on LA 117, left onto Natchitoches Parish Road 632 (John Whatley Road), one and one-fourth miles east to end of road at Pine Grove Church and Cemetery. The Martin Cemetery is slightly north of the Pine Grove Cemetery, located on private property, no road. None of the graves are marked. See also: History of Pine Grove Church and Pine Grove/Martin Cemeteries. The Wilkerson Burials --- Martin Cemetery Excerpted from Louisiana's Kisatchie Hills: History, Tradition, and Folklore by Kadlecek and Bullard, 1994, page 41. "This is one of the oldest Methodist Churches in the area. There's the church and cemetery. Then there's the Wilkerson family cemetery farther out in the woods. Very few people know it exists. There are Wilkerson in it, but they call it the Martin Cemetery. No one has been buried there for years." The Martin Cemetery Burials as listed on page 41: 1. Ida Estelle Martin, wife of E.S. Wallace, 13 Mar 1866/17 Apr 1920. 2. Edward S. Wallace, 29 Aug 1864/4 July 1923. 3. Tom J.M. Miller, 11 Jan 1847/23 Oct 1926. 4. Martha A. Miller, wife of Jim Miller, 1830/1882. 5. Tommy, son of John and Laura Wilkerson, 19 Aug 1902/2 Jan 1903. 6. Ida Clara Wilkerson, daughter of John and Laura Wilkerson, 1 Aug 1886/8 July 1938. 7. John Wilkerson, born 31 May 1854/died 2 Dec 1923. 8. Brother Barney R. Wilkerson, 5 Aug 1904/28 July 1923. 9. Jefferson H., son of J.H. and Laura Wilkerson, 11 Apr 1895/20 Apr 1919. 10. Alice D. MacDonald, daughter of John and Laura Wilkerson, born 22 Feb 1888/6 July 1910. (The Wilkerson family burials, as listed above, were confirmed in conversations with Don Wallace, a Wilkerson descendant, in September, 1997.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The MARTIN CEMETERY burials As listed in the plat constructed by Mrs.Alice Weatherford Martin Stephens in 1925, are as follows: JOHN MARTIN, s/o Joseph Martin, husband of Laura Martin MARY STEPHENS, d/o Alice and Laurence Stephens TOM MARTIN, s/o Jim and Mary Martin IDA WALLACE, d/o Jim and Mary Martin EDWARD S. WALLACE, h/o Ida Wallace JIM BUD MARTIN, s/o John Martin GEORGE MARTIN, s/o Joe Martin, brother of Ambrose J. Martin JOHNNIE MARTIN, s/o John Martin LAURA MARTIN, w/o John Martin MARY MARTIN, w/o Joe Martin, m/o A.J. and George Martin JOE MARTIN, s/o John Martin, h/o Mary Martin, f/o A.J, George, and Gussie Martin GUSSIE MARTIN, d/o Joe Martin, sister of A.J. and George Martin SALLIE LIGHTFOOT MARY MARTIN, w/o Jim Martin JIM MARTIN, h/o Mary and f/o Tom, Alice, Ida, and Fannie FANNY MARTIN, d/o Jim and Mary Martin MARY MARTIN, w/o Joseph Martin JOSEPH MARTIN, h/o Mary Martin, f/o Jim and John Martin EDWARD SHOEBROOKS NAME UNKNOWN, s/o John Martin NAME UNKNOWN, s/o John Martin GRAVE, UNKNOWN GRAVE, UNKNOWN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REFERENCES: 1. Biographical and Historical Memoirs: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana: Extracted from BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. Originally published 1890, Nashville and Chicago, The Southern Publishing Company. Mills, Donna Rachal. Mills Historical Press, Tuscaloosa, AL (1985). 2. Conversations with Wilmer and Avis Huey McQueen, 1997. 3. Notes written by Janie Wiggins Stephens, c.1966 4. Research notes of Nelda Gass Liles, 1997. 5. Family papers of Myrna Martin Cooper Dove. 6. Louisiana's Kisatchie Hills: History, Tradition, and Folklore. Kadlecek, Mabel R. and Bullard, Marion C.. Book Crafters Press, Chelsea, MI, 1994. (Copies loaned courtesy Mrs. Avis Burr Cato and Mrs. Myra Beasley Carter McGee). 7. Family Bible of Laurence Wallace and Alice Weatherford Martin Stephens, in possession of Lanora McCallister Welch. 8. Papers of Mrs. Mable DeWittie Stephens Jackson Brasher, now in possession of the William H. Liles, Jr. family. 9. Historical Briefs of the Coldwater Baptist Church, Hagewood, LA, 1912-1987. Excerpted from church records. 10. Plat of Martin/Wilkerson Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish Road #632, Natchitoches, LA., in possession of the Wm. H. Liles, Jr. family. 11. Pine Grove Cemetery Plat, Natchitoches Parish Road 632: Read by R.Hyams, 1994; by N. G. Liles, 1997. 12. Pine Grove Methodist Church Log, Hagewood, Natchitoches Parish Road 632, LA., courtesy Mary McCallister Brister. Back to Natchitoches Parish Cemeteries You are the 70th visitor to this page since this counter was installed on 2 Jan 1998.