Caldwell Parish Old Cemetery

 

This cemetery is a few miles North East of Columbia, on Louisiana State Hwy 4.  It is located just off the highway, but is very hard to find. It cannot be seen from the Highway or the dirt road to the north of it.  A neighboring property owner took us too it. There was an old piece of red plastic tied in a tree on the Highway side of the cemetery, but this was fall and it blended in.  Until we were on the cemetery property it was not noticed.

 

I was told by the neighboring property owner, that the property the cemetery is located on is  owned by a lumber company.  There is a fence around the cemetery, it is bob-wire and in poor condition.  All fence post were broken and the bob wire was on the ground.

 

To the north of the cemetery  there is a dirt road  coming off east of  Hwy 4, and a second fence, in better condition. This fence  is  between the cemetery and the road.

 

The cemetery is in very poor condition.  With some of the markers broken, there was a fallen tree on one of the markers.  There were several mounds without markers and some indentations in the ground that could be a graves.  The indentations were the size of an adult grave and they were collapsing in the centers the length of the graves.  I estimate there were at least 20 graves without markers.

 

This inventory was taken on November 20, 2002, by Carole Ann Hall-Zoebel and Grover Cleveland Hall, jr.

 

The names and remarks are from the Markers.

 

Elizabeth  A. Eason

Wife of James A. Eason

May 8, 1825

Mary 21, 1882

 

W.S. Swim

Husband of L.V. Swim

Jan 23, 1832

Sept 21, 1867

 

W. R. Ray

Son of W.G. & P.R. Ray

June 30, 1858

March 17, 1891

 

Daisy E. Harris

30 May, 1858

17 Jan. 1859

 

Permilia R. Ray

wife of William C. Ray

Oct 17, 1825

Feb 28, 1882

 

William B. Meredeth

Sept 27, 1834

July 20, 1869

 

The next two markers were placed right next to each other:

 

Imogen

Daughter of William B. & Lydia Meredeth

March 2, 1866

October 22, 1867

 

Infant

Son of  William B. & Lydia Meredeth

July 8, 1861

Aug 7, 1861

 

Thomas M. Thompson

Died January 16, 186_ (could not read last part of year)

Age 18 Years 3 months 20 days

 

Lucy Hines

Daughter of J.C. and L. O. Hines

December 1, 1885

March 6, 1888

 

William A. Hines

Son of J.C. and L. O. Hines

September 9, 1878

June 13, 1880

 

Susan Florine

Wife of W.N. Gilmore

January 30, 1889

April 5, 1922