BRIGGS CEMETERY, VERMILION PARISH, LA RESEARCHED BY EDWIN HEBERT IN JULY OF 1996 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** This cemetery is located directly west of Mouton Cove. It is about 3 miles from the Mouton Cove School. The rows are listed from the west side working to The east side. There is a second part to this cemetery Which has been pretty well abandoned. It is located Right next to the present cemetery on the east side In the brush. There are also some whose tombs or graves Have disappeared. These are listed at the end of this Research report. This research done and submitted By Edwin Hebert In July of 1996. The "+" sign after the row number means the person named is buried there. ROW NAME BIRTH DEATH 1 + EUNICE BESSARD 1969 1 + SALLY LEVY UNMARKED 1 + ROMAR LEVY UNMARKED 1 + JOHN H. PLUMMER JR. JAN. 19, 1923 OCT. 24, 1970 1 + ADULT UNMARKED 2 + FANNIE BRIGGS HARDY JAN. 26, 1895 MAY. 26, 1976 2 + GROVER NAOMI HARDY FEB. 8, 1890 DEC. 28, 1986 2 + LOFTY THOMAS BRIGGS SR. JUL. 25, 1899 MAY. 31, 1982 2 + ESTHER H. BRIGGS JAN. 22, 1901 MAR. 10, 1992 2 + ALBERT HUNTSBERRY SEP. 5, 1895 MAY. 29, 1982 2 + LENOX HUNTSBERRY 1877 1955 2 + DAISY HUNTSBERRY 1872 1954 2 + SHELVIA H. WILLIAMS 1897 1958 2 + JAMES HUNTSBERRY MAY. 27, 1909 JUL. 1, 1995 3 + RUFUS HARDY JAN. 13, 1912 OCT. 16, 1985 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 3 + KYNNETTE M. BRIGGS DEC. 17, 1889 JUL. 26, 1970 3 + ARCHIE HARDY JAN. 30, 1888 NOV. 29, 1972 3 + BERDIA LENORE HARDY JUN. 8, 1888 FEB. 27, 1954 3 + MARY J. JACKSON SEP. 18, 1875 NOV. 15, 1963 3 + PLANNER JACKSON 83 YRS. OLD MAY. 23, 1957 3 + ORA BRIGGS GAGE SEP. 6, 1948 3 + WILLIAM GAGE NOV. 1887 JUL. 26, 1947 3 + JASPER MATTHEWS UNMARKED 3 + ADULT UNMARKED 4 + ELLEN GAGE HARDY APR. 16, 1886 MAY. 28, 1988 4 + ARTHUR DANIEL HARDY OCT. 7, 1884 JAN. 10, 1974 4 + GOLDMAN R. HARDY SR. MAR. 28, 1914 MAY. 17, 1969 4 + EMMA JEAN HARDY AUG. 25, 1948 MAY. 10, 1969 4 + GRACE M. HARDY MAY. 12, 1919 MAR. 28, 1962 4 + ADULT UNMARKED 4 + ADULT UNMARKED 4 + ADULT UNMARKED 4 + SIDNEY B. LAPOINT MAR. 27, 1886 MAR. 20, 1972 4 + EARL V. LAPOINT 1909 DEC. 10, 1973 4 + CLODIA LAPOINT JUN. 27, 1896 MAY. 17, 1976 5 + HERBERT GAGE 1905 1955 5 + MARY PERRO 1906 1954 5 + SEYMOUR COLEMAN MAR. 26, 1894 JUL. 27, 1975 5 + DALLAS COLEMAN JR. JUL. 16, 1903 DEC. 25, 1964 5 + ELIZA B. COLEMAN OCT. 15, 1872 NOV. 28, 1952 5 + DALLAS COLEMAN SR. FEB. 18, 1875 DEC. 6, 1946 5 + ELLIS COLEMAN 1905 1943 5 + HATTIE COLEMAN 1902 1925 5 + ALICE C. SMALL MAR. 25, 1908 MAY. 2, 1991 5 + IVORY BUDDY SMALL JUL. 17, 1911 JUN. 20, 1993 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + BILL LAPOINT UNMARKED 5 + LUCILLE LAPOINT UNMARKED 5 + FREDDIE LAPOINT JUL. 25, 1916 JUL. 25, 1960 5 + SUMMERFIELD LAPOINT FEB. 4, 1884 FEB. 3, 1970 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + ADULT UNMARKED 5 + BEATRICE BRIGGS RODGERS APR. 18, 1888 JUN. 6, 1958 5 + ENERY BRIGGS APR. 1, 1896 JUN. 2, 1965 6 + ELIZA LENOR FEB. 19, 1849 MAY. 10, 1909 6 + JOHN A. LENOR DEC. 8, 1879 OCT. 14, 1905 6 + LEATHEY WILCOXSION BRIGGS 1827 1906 6 + ELIZA REASON BRIGGS 1865 1928 6 + CYRUS F. BRIGGS 1857 1946 6 + VIOLA BRIGGS MAY. 1, 1891 SEP. 29, 1959 6 + HAYWARD DONALD BRIGGS MAR. 29, 1950 OCT. 10, 1950 6 + LESTER BRIGGS 1903 1963 6 + CYRUS BRIGGS JR. APR. 10, 1897 JAN. 25, 1967 The following list are the headstones that still remain In the old abandoned part of the cemetery. MARY MEAUX ALMETTER LAPOINT JUL. 25, 189? AUG. 24, 1952 KELLY F. BRIGGS 18 YRS. OLD SEP. 18, 1902 HENRY H. BRIGGS 1904 MARY BRIGGS 24 YRS. OLD FEB. 3, 1904 VICTORIA HUNTSBERRY HARDY OCT. 14, 1865 1910 AGNES GROGAN JUN. 29, 1899 1929 RUSSELL GAGE OCT. 4, 1905 MAR. 16, 1907 Below are the names of known people who were Buried there and the graves have disappeared. LEVY LAPOINT GRACID BRIGGS LAPOINT TRAVIS LAPOINT N. A. BRIGGS 1844 1906