Daffin Cemetery (also known as Atkinson/Orr/Morris Cemetery),
Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus 

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DAFFIN CEMETERY - Rapides Parish
(also known as Atkinson / Orr / Morris Cemetery)

South from Alexandria on US Hwy. 165, turn right at blinking light in Forest
Hill (Castor Plunge Road).  Turn left on Bayou Clear Road between the Baptist
Church and Cemetery.  Go 1.9 miles, and cemetery is on the left just past the
Assembly of God Campgrounds.  A small sign can be seen from the road if the
land is cleared.  If not, one must search the area for the sign and cemetery,
located about .1 miles from the road.

This old abandoned cemetery is at the edge of the trees in the woods, and the
tombs have been vandalized in the past.  The area is overgrown with large
trees and limbs, as if it had not been maintained for 25 years or more.  There
are many depressions and open holes in the area.   Tombstone inscriptions
recorded as located in the woods by Jane Parker McManus

HISTORY

When William Daniel Daffin originally purchased this land from the Atkinsons,
there were two cemeteries in the area - the one which is still visible, and a
smaller one that was nearby, but completely separate from the larger one. 
"Miss Aline," daughter of William Daffin, remembers playing in the area where
the two cemeteries are located as they were on her father's land.  She was not
able to remember the name of this second cemetery, and unfortunately there is
nothing remaining of the burial ground today...  She did, however, remember
the names of some of the people who are buried here, even though she could not
remember the dates.  [History provided by Mrs. Aline Daffin Scarbrock, who was
93 years old in November 1991.]

Morris, Sarah A. Orr, wife of William Morris - 28 Aug 1830 / 25 Aug 1913
Morris, William - 9 May 1807 / 15 Jan 1884 [broken stone]

Orr, Sophia - 15 Dec 1808 / 8 Mar 1882 [stone lying on ground]
Orr, Elizam - 16 Apr 1873 / 22 Aug 1874

Francis, E. E., wife of J. E. Francis - died 15 Sep 1900, aged 33 yrs.

Douglas, son of Hiram & Susey Douglas - b&d 8 Jul 1895

[3 large rocks piled together - identified as:
Atkinson, Nancy Orr - died about 1910 or 1912, and was probably about 70 or 80
years old when she died.  She was Miss Aline's great grandmother.  At the time
of Nancy's burial, Miss Aline remembers there being many graves here.  They
had no money for a tombstone, so the family placed some large rocks there,
possibly the same ones noted here.  Until vandalism a few years ago, there
were still many stones standing.]

[unmarked burial identified as:
Muse, Nanny - [granddaughter of Nancy Orr Atkinson was buried next to Nancy
Atkinson.]