Ephriam Bates Cemetery , St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
By: Virgil Roberts  July 2001 

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St Helena Parish, this cemetery is on Parish Rd 89 
which is off Hwy 43 north of a little town called Easleyville. The turn off 
to the cemetery appears to be about 2 miles below the MS-LA line on hwy 43 .

You walk in the gate and there is on the left: 
Sgt. John R Bates 
Co. B, 4th LA Inf 
1826-1879 

beside him is 
Amanda J. Welch (no dates)

Behind John R. is 
Pvt. John Bates 
LA Militia 2nd Div 12th & 13th Regt 
War of 1812 
1786-1842 
(I wonder if this is John R.'s father?) 
beside him (And behind Amanda) is

Elizabeth Robertson (no dates) 
Behind them is 

Thomas Bates 1777-1827 

Elizabeth Holliday 1795-1816 
To the right of Ms Holliday is 

Ephriam H Bates 
1817 Texas that is all that was on the headstone 
To the right of him is

Mariah Louise Newson (no dates) 
to the right of her is 

John H Bates 1823-1826 

Behind Ephriam H and Mariah Newson (by the back of the cemetary) is

Rev Ephriam Bates (had "War" on marker)

Sarah Griswold 1750 - 1841 
 
Also, even with John R. and to the right when you walk in is one marked 

"Unknown" 
 
The cemetary isn't but 30 x 30 square or so. I kinda mapped it out. Would 
have took pictures, but can't find my digital camera, and my regular one is 
out of film. Maybe next time. 
 All the markers were wooden crosses, except, John R., and John Bates which 
had government markers. 
 As to the dates, I don't know what to tell you. 
 
Virgil Roberts 

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