Richardson Family Cemetery, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Near Wakefield, Louisiana File prepared by Deandra Norred Pardue. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** . From the Louisiana Genealogical Register, December 1967 The Register is the quarterly publication of the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. The LaGenWeb Archives thanks them for contributing this information. Submitted by Dr. J. Sherburne Anderson, President of the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Located on La. State Hwy No. 421, 3 1/2 miles NE of Wakefield, West Feliciana Parish, La.; drive north from St. Francisville, La., for 9 miles on U.S. 61 to Wakefield; turn due east on Hwy 421 which turns due north after 2 miles; within 1 mile note Spillman potatoe (sic) shed & barns on left; 1/2 mile further high promontory with grove of trees on left about 100 yards off road; rutted dirt with wire gate. Cemetery enclosed with galvanized wire fence. Copied October 1960. Vault - Philander A. Smith 8 January 1817 14 June 1848 Shaft - Mary D. Doherty 17 Oct 1822 13 April 1859 Vault - Wade Rivers son of Philander A. & Mary Smith 1 June 1845 21 May 1846 Vault - Benjamin Son of Philander A. & Mary Smith 6 Sept 1840 8 Sept 1840 Jarred N. Richardson 30 Jany 1791 18 Jany 1877 Veteran of War of 1812 and Mexican War Vault - Wade H. Richardson 1 August 1799 11 August 1835 Vault - Mrs. C.G. Richardson 16 June 1804 16 March 1858 Mary W. Richardson 21 Decr 1865 22 April 1955 Age 89 Vault - Philander Calvin son of Philander A. & Mary D. Smith 18 April 1847 died 8 Decr 1847 Other mounds, no headstones or markers Mrs. S.M. Singleton 27 July 1827 7 Novr 1853 Wade H. Richardson (Masonic Emblem) 19 Jany 1833 18 April 1869 Large shaft - Sacred to W. Hilliard Richardson 14 Dec 1861 17 June 1890 Lenora Connell wife of W. Hilliard Richardson 6 Oct 1861 24 Sept 1928 Amanda Rosalie Richardson 1 Oct 1841 23 Apr 1900