KNOWN BLACK CEMETERIES IN WINN PARISH Contributed by Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If you are searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. BETHLEHEM- approximately five miles south of Atlanta, LA on LA Highway 471, turn right on Bethlehem Church Road. CEDAR GROVE- approximately four and one-half miles south of Winnfield, LA, on the Old Alexandria Road (parish road), turn east (left) on Bowie Road and follow to end. CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP- approximately one-half mile west of Dodson, LA on LA Highway 126, on right. EVERGREEN- approximately one-half mile north of St. Maurice, LA on left (west) near Winn-Natchitoches Parish line. JAMES CHAPEL or PENNYWELL- approximately one and a half miles south of Atlanta High School, Atlanta, LA on Pennywell Road. LONE HILL- approximately five miles east of Sikes, LA on LA Highway 126, turn south (right) on Lone Hill Church Road, 2 miles Lone Hill Church, turn right, take second road to right. NEW FRIENDSHIP- approximately two miles southwest of Gansville, LA on LA Highway 505, turn west (right) on New Friendship Church Road. NEW MORNING STAR- approximately one mile east of the Winn- Natchitoches Parish line on U. S. Highway 84, turn south (right) on New Morning Star Church Road. OAK RIDGE- approximately six miles north of Winnfield on LA Highway 156, turn north (right) on Oak Ridge Baptist Church Road. OLD MORNING STAR- approximately one mile east of Winn- Natchitoches Parish line on U. S. Highway 84, turn south (right) on New Morning Star Church Road. Proceed south to Old Morning Star Road and follow to end. PLEASANT GROVE- east of Dodson, LA, on LA Highway 126, take LA Highway 1235 (Transport Road) north approximately five miles. This cemetery is situated with Transport Cemetery. SANDERS CHAPEL NO. 2- approximately 3.2 miles west of Calvin, LA on LA Highway 156. This cemetery is situated with Sanders Cemetery. UNION HILL- approximately six miles northwest of Winnfield, LA on LA Highway 501, take Union Hill Cemetery Road, just southeast of Union Hill Church. WINNFIELD- U. S. 167 or West Court Street, within the corporate limits of the City of Winnfield, LA., on Cemetery Street, across from Wal Mart. (The above information was compiled and submitted by Sheriff's Deputy Detective Darrell Winder and Chief Deputy Sheriff Greggory E. Davies of the Winn Parish Sheriff's Office, Winnfield, LA. In early Winn Parish, it was common for blacks and whites to be buried in the same cemeteries, a practice which holds true today in some cemeteries. The submitters beg forgiveness for any unintentional ommissions of cemeteries.)