Paul (Capt. David) Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:   From Alexandria, go west on LA Hwy. 28 and turn left at 
the blinking light in Gardner, approximately 12.0 miles.  Continue on 
to Hinestone and turn left onto LA Hwy. 112.  Go past the Oak Hill School 
to the Elmer Post Office.  Burials are located to the left rear of the 
post office on the Henry Long property (1992), exact directions can be 
obtained from employees in the post office.  Tombstone inscriptions 
recorded by Mary Parker Partain, 1992.

History (1) 

Perhaps the most famous son of the area was David Paul, Sheriff of Rapides 
Parish.  He was noted for chasing jayhawkers in the "No Man's land" or the 
"buffer strip" that lay between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers.  Capt. Paul 
participated in the Civil War and also served as Sheriff of Rapides Parish 
in the 1880's.

The reason Capt. Paul was buried on the Henry Long property is that he wanted 
the Indian who had served with him as deputy (and perhaps during the war) to 
be buried with him.  When the Indian died there were objections to his burial 
in the Paul Cemetery that is located inside a fence in the Catholic Cemetery.  
Some say the family objected and some believe the church members objected to 
"an Indian being buried on holy ground."  Whatever the reason, Capt. Paul 
secured land on the Long homestead.  The Indian, whose name has been lost to 
time, along with Capt. Paul and his wife are buried here.



Paul, Capt. David C. - 27 Apr 1836 / 23 Dec 1902
Paul, Elizabeth S. - 17 Feb 1831 / 10 Sep 1990
	[Double Stone]

[unmarked burial for the Indian - no dates]







(1)  Account taken with permission from "Historic Hineston," Don C. Marler, Dogwood Press: Woodville, Texas, 1991, p. 98.