Haymon / Watson Cemetery (Ft. Polk # 3) - Vernon Parish Submitted by Jane P. McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** This cemetery is located East of North Fort Polk between Calhoun Branch and Byrds Creek. According to Clemmie Ryar Haymon, the first burial was for Gemima Weatherly (Sloan) Haymon who died in 1862. The family buried her in the woods near their home. When her husband, Hezekiah Haymon, returned from the Civil War to discover his wife had died, he built a fence around her grave to preserve the area. At that time, the cemetery was called the Haymon Cemetery. Later when Ft. Polk was established, Jack Hadnot, then Vernon Parish Clerk of Court, was consulted to ascertain the cemetery name. Not being familiar with the Haymon family, Jack labeled it the Watson Cemetery because it was located on the old Watson homestead. Therefore, on Fort Polk maps the burial ground is labeled Watson Cemetery, but the Haymon family erected a new sign that correctly identifies it as the Haymon Cemetery. Genealogical information (submitted in brackets) was provided by Doris (Dollie) Mayo, Hicks, LA, a descendant of the Haymon family, and should be verified. Tombstone inscriptions were recorded from just inside the front gate in rows by Jane P. McManus, 20 December 1994. Submitted by (jane_mcmanus@yahoo.com). Row 1: Haymon, Infant Stillborn - 20 Aug 1933 Haymon, Louie - 3 Mar 1935 / 10 Jun 1935 [above 2 burials have double stone] - Sons of Elijah & Etta [Cryer] Haymon Turner, Infant [Charles R.] - 9 Apr 1941 / 19 Apr 1941 [son of Henry Turner & Bertha M. Stephens] [Turner, Douglas Thomas - 28 Sep 1936 / 11 Nov 1948, unmarked burial identified by relatives] Haymon, Infant daughter of Cullen & Lena Haymon - [2 Oct 1919 / 2 Oct 1919] [no dates on stone, information from family] Haymon, Infant son of Cullen & Lena Haymon - [23 Jan 1913 / 23 Jan 1913] [no dates on stone, information from family] Haymon, Hardy F., [son of C. R. & N. E. Haymon] - 4 May 1914 / 11 Aug 1915 Row 2: Haymon, Marvis - 10 Mar 1919 / 2 Mar 1920 Haymon, Harvey - 22 Feb 1917 / 4 Mar 1920 Haymon, Allen, born to Lonnie & Ernestine Haymon - 22 Oct 1910 / 4 Mar 1920 [above 3 burials are on single stone that replaces 3 smaller old-style markers] Haymon, Elias, son of Noah & Lucinda Haymon - 1898 / 1917 Haymon, Lucinda C.[Caroline Taylor] - [11 Nov 1858?] 1861 / [28 Aug] 1931 Mother Haymon, Noah H.[Henry]- 10 Jan 1854 / 11 Mar 1941, 87 yrs Row 3: Turner, James H. - Jan 1898 / ? [unmarked burial, identified by family] Turner, Garice - died 1 Apr 1938, 11 yrs 0 mos 0 das [funeral marker] Haymon, A. Loice - 14 Nov 1915 / 8 Oct 1919 Haymon, James P.[Pinkney]. - 6 Jan 1894 / 6 Oct 1918 [3 unmarked burials - no information] Turner, Thomas Douglas - died 11 Oct 1948, 12 yrs [almost unreadable funeral marker] Turner, John R.[Robert] - [26 Aug 1857] / 28 Sep 1947, 90 yrs Turner, Mary Eddlemon - [unmarked burial, identified by relatives] Row 4: Turner, John W.[Washington] - 1 Aug 1896 / 2 Jul 1923 Chaney, Lawrence Keith "Dock" - 18 Oct 1857 / 20 Oct 1909 [unmarked burial, identified by relatives] [3 unmarked burials - no information] [unmarked grave by fence identified as leg removed from Willie Lee Haymon] Row 5: [5 unmarked burials - no information] Hayman, Gemima [Weatherly Sloan], wife of Hezekiah Hayman - [1827] / 15 Sep 1862, 35 yrs [2 unmarked burials - no information] Hayman, Hattie, daughter of Henry & Dicie Hayman - 30 Apr 1892 / 26 Sep 1911 "At Rest" Haymon, Henery [sic] - 25 Dec 1849 / 16 Oct 1934 Haymon, Dicie [Turner] - 13 Sep 1849 / 20 May 1936 [above 2 burials have double stone] Hargrove, ? - [no dates], 18 yrs 6 mos Haymon, Infant son of Azzie & Jeana Haymon - 27 May 1941 Haymon, Manuel - 21 May 1922 / 29 Nov 1936, 14 yrs 6 mos 8 das Haymon, Vivian Ray - 4 Aug 1934 / 20 Jul 1936, 1 yr 11 mos 16 das Hayman, Addie [McKee], wife of Azzie Hayman - died 11 Jan 1911, 27 yrs old Mother Hayman, Mitchell, son of A. R. & Addie Hayman - 5 Jul 1905 / 25 Sep 1908 Hayman, [Mary] Francis [Knight Turner], wife of Hezekiah Hayman - died 1 Nov 1908, 68 yrs Hayman, Hezekiah [Sr.] - [b. 1826] / died 14 May 1906, 78 yrs McKee, Infant Daughter of Lester Lawrence "Jack" McKee & Artes Haymon - [no dates] [unmarked burial, identified by relatives] Davis, Savannah Haymon - 1872 / 1 Jan 1937, 65 yrs [unmarked burial, identified by relatives] Row 6: Haymon, Infant baby of Malacaiah & Nancy Haymon - [no dates] Haymon, Florence, daughter of Malacaiah & Nancy Haymon - [no dates] Haymon, Nancy J.[Bloodsworth], wife of Malacaiah Haymon - [no dates] [Nov 1889 / Jun 1908] Haymon, Arena [Cornly], wife of Malacaiah Haymon - 2 Aug 1889 / 9 Jan 1930 Haymon, [James] Malacaiah - 13 Oct 1876 / 7 Feb 1941 [Note: The below listed individuals were buried in this graveyard without tombstones. Names and dates were supplied by relatives to Doris (Dollie) Mayo who shared that list with us.] Watson, John - Jun 1850 / 23 Apr 1917 Watson, Indiana Scarborough - Jun 1855 / [date unknown] Watson, Melton - [dates unknown] Watson, John Mandy - [dates unknown] Watson, Sarah Ann Haymon - ca 1825 / [date unknown] Watson, Rebecca Haymon - ca 1823 / ca 1862-1864 Watson, Elijah - 7 Oct 1862 / ca 1878 Watson, William - ca 1814 / [date unknown] Watson, Reddick - [date unknown] Watson, Toby - [date unknown] Watson, Docia - [date unknown]