DeSoto Parish Louisiana

Hazelwood Cemetery

Submitted by Libby Alcorn

Hazelwood Cemetery is located off LA Hwy 171, northeast of Grand Cane, east on Firetower Road, east on Hazelwood Lane on private land owned by the Billy Franklin heirs.  There is no real "entrance" as that was destroyed years ago. I had a fence built around the property 5 years ago to keep the cattle from doing further damage to the headstones.

Some of the interments have pictures so click on link to view tombstone.

ONIE WILLIAMS ABINGTON  - 5/17/1874 – 10/11/1896:  In memory of Wife of O L Abington – Our darling one hath gone before…..

WILIAM WARREN BELL - 9/25/1879 – 1/13/1889:  Son of M E & L H Bell – Sleep on sweet darling and take thy rest, God called thee home he thought it best

INFANT SON OF M E & L H BELL - 8/9/1886 – 8/9/1886: - Budded on earth to bloom in heaven

INFANT DAUGHTER OF ER & L BEST  - 1/10/1877 – 1/21/1877 

INFANT DAUGHTER OF R & O E BEST - 1/16/1876 – 1/23/1876: this marker was located 6” below the ground on 3/2007. Not on a Hazelwood inventory

JOSHUA BEST & INFANT SON CURRY BEST - 10/11/1802 – 1/9/1852:  Joshua Best age 49 yrs 2 months 28 days; Curry Best, son,1 year 10 months, 22 days

MABLE CLARE BEST - No birth date – 8/5/1882 - Our Little Mable age 8 months 16 days

MAGGIE L BEST - 9/15/1874 – 10/19/1877- dearest Maggie thou hast left us here, thy loss we deplore, yet again in heaven …

MARY ELIZABETH BEST - 3/25/1878 – 8/8/1881: daughter of ER & LJ (noted on an earlier inventory, her headstone was not located in March 2007)

RICHARD D C BEST - 3/7/1872 – 1/21/1875: Son of ER & LJ Best

SAMUEL R BEST – 4/30/1847 – 3/30/1884- He is missed at home, his toil is o’er his work is done, and he is fully blest….

T A C BEST - 11/23/1845 – 4/6/1871 - Farewell dear mother, sisters, brothers, My Savior called me home

WILLIE BEST - 7/7/1866 – 7/29/1867: dau of ER & LJ Best – Our dear little Willie is with the angels

W L BEST - Confederate Soldier in Civil War- 1/7/1836 – 4/28/1864 - From a wound received at the Battle of Mansfield (CSA)…

MARY T BURFORD BOOLES – 11/30/1818 – 11/25/1890 - dau of JB & Edna Burford. Born in Green County GA. Aged 71 years 11 months 25 days….

MOLLIE S JACKSON BURFORD - 9/29/1856 – 9/21/1905: Wife of RB Burford  - As a wife devoted, as a mother affectionate, as a friend ever kind and true

INFANT DAUGHTER OF RB & MS BURFORD - no birth or death date - Gone too soon

EMILY H COWLEY - 5/6/1832 – 5/6/1848: gravestone is connected to her sister Margaret by an arch - Two daughters of J & S Cowley

JAMES COWLEY - 3/2/1805 – 4/6/1883 - In Memory of Husband and Father – He is missed

JOHN H COWLEY - Confederate Soldier in Civil War- 10/3/1834 – 11/18/1899: Mason - Aged 65 years 1 month 15 days. Asleep in Jesus …

MARGARET L COWLEY - 4/19/1830 – 4/16/1848: gravestone is connected to her sister Margaret by an arch - Two daughters of J & S Cowley

SUSANAH COWLEY - No birth date given (records show 10/22/1810) – 10/26/1895 - Wife of James – aged 85 years and 4 days

ALBERT M DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, No birth date; 8/1850: age 8 years 3 months - headstones removed before 2007

J H DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, No birth date; 6/1853; Aged 48 years - headstones removed before 2007

VICTORIA JANET DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, 1/3/1869 – 6/8/1869:Infant dau of JP & KH - headstones removed before 2007

MARIE DAVIDSON - Noted on previous cemetery inventory, 1799 – 10/14/1884 - headstones were removed before 2007

MARY E MOSS DUBOSE - No birth date given – 8/11/1859: wife of Isaac DuBose – age 53 years

  MARY NARCISSA WILLIAMS DUBOSE - 8/3 or 8/5/1842 – 3/25/1879:

  LIZZIE E DURHAM - No birth date – 2/2/1871 - Daughter of LE & Dr. CH – Age 10 years 10 months 13 days. Blessed are the pure in heart…

INFANT SON OF CH & LE DURHAM - 2/25/1857 – 2/25/1857 - Infant son of CH & LE Durham

LIZZE E SMITH DURHAM - 1/11/1833 – 7/18/1861 - Wife of Dr. CH  Born in SC – Died in Desoto Parish….

MARTHA J HAGOOD DURHAM - 6/18/1819 – 9/5/1880 - In memory of my wife

MOLSEY ELIZABETH ROSS DURHAM  - No birth date given – 2/20/1873: The unforgotten dead, our mother – aged 75 years.

HOPKINS GOODWYN - 1/11/1839 – 9/3/1850 - son of Jesse H & Sarah T born in Richland District SC died in DeSoto Parish

JAMES HOPKINS GOODWYN - 1/17/1832 – 12/23/1852 - Born in Richland Dist. SC, Son of Jesse H & Sarah T Goodwyn. Died in New Orleans, LA…

JESSE H GOODWYN - 1/25/1793 – 8/19/1862 - Born in Richland Dist. SC

SARAH THOMAS GOODWYN - 3/15/1795 – 7/1/1854 - Wife of Jesse H Goodwyn & daughter of William & Mary Hopkins – was born in  Richland Dist SC..

ANDREW P HARRIS - 7/8/1845 – 2/15/1903 (death date hard to read) - In memory of our father – aged 58 years, 7 months, 7 days. Weep not he’s gone to rest

MITTIE A HARRIS - 4/3/1846 – 10/11/1897 - Wife of AP Harris – Weep not she is not dead but sleepeth

CHARLES GREEN JACKSON – Mexican/American War and Confederate Soldier in Civil War- 10/29/1826 – 9/15/1911….

  LAURA V  JACKSON - 4/16/1854 – 12/6/1908 - Wife of CG and daughter of Thomas & Mrs. Oliver

MARY A COWLEY JACKSON - 10/19/1838 – 1/15/1894 - In memory of Wife of CG Jackson and Daughter of James & Susan Cowley born in Pickens CO Ala…

THOMES JOHNSTON - 12/17/1832 – 12/24/1853 - Son of Micojah & Martha – in DeSoto Parish, LA aged 21 years 7 days

M J LOPER - No birth or death date given - In memory of my husband

INFANT SONS (2) OF M J LOPER & KEZIAH E LOPER - No birth or death date given: Two infant sons of MJ & KE Loper - both noted on same gravestone

RUFUS WILLIAM NOTT - 3/15/1858 – 2/17/1866 - In New Orleans, aged 7 years 11 months 2 days

INFANT SON OF YV & IVA B PEYTON - 7/28/1894 – 7/28/1894 - A little flower of love that blossomed but.?. transplanted now above to bloom with God on high

BIRDIE RICKS - 3/11/1892 – 3/12/1892 - Infant daughter of Robt R & S V Ricks

ROBERT R RICKS - 8/18/1870 – 10/9/1892 - In Loving Remembrance of My Husband - along with an inscription that can’t be read

RACHEL WINN FORTSON RIDGEWAY - 10/20/1797 – 12/3/1872:

JOHN A ROSS - 6/20/1806 – 10/1865 - Father & Mother - connecting arch found buried but intact 3/2007

MARY GOODWYN ROSS - 3/28/1816 – 3/1864 - Father & Mother  - connecting arch found buried but intact 3/2007

JOHN RUSSELL - 9/18/1786 – 11/1864 - aged 78 years 12 days

MIDDY DUNCAN RUSSELL - 1/22/1789 – 5/6/1858 - Wife of John Russell and Daughter of James & Elizabeth Duncan

JAMES E SAMPLE - 6/9/1846 – 7/12/1904 - Our Father and Mother – We shall meet again …James E and Mary M share gravestone

MARY MATILDA SCOTT SAMPLE - 10/19/1846 – 4/7/1888 - Our Father and Mother – We shall meet again … James E and Mary M share gravestone

LABAN LLWELLYN TOMKIES - 1/13/1829 – 1/29/1889 - In memory of – Born in Gaston Co NC. Died in DeSoto Parish, LA – At Rest

OLEON TOMKIES - 8/22/1864 – 8/24/1865

HOPKINS TOMKIES - 2/25/1858 – 10/1/1860 - Son of LL & EV

B F WHARTON - No birth or death date given:

CORA E WILLIAMS - 7/16/1851 – 5/29/1852 - Dau. Of JM & FJ: Shares arch connecting sister Emer’s gravestone. 3/2007 found broken in pieces

ELIZABETH J COWLEY WILLIAMS - 5/14/1828 – 4/20/1848 - Wife of Jas M Williams

EMER WILLIAMS - 4/19/1853 – 4/11/1853 - Dau. Of JM & FJ: Shares arch connecting sister Emer’s gravestone. 3/2007 found broken in pieces

FRANCIS JANE RIDGEWAY WILLIAMS - 12/10/1826 – 6/7/1905 - Wife of JM

IVY WILLIAMS - 12/30/1859 – 2/24/1863

J CURTIS WILLIAMS - 7/23/1854 – 10/13/1878

JAMES M WILLIAMS - Mason symbol - 4/15/1818 – 7/26/1893 - In memory of - aged 75 years, 3 months, 11 days cannot read inscription.

JESSE B WILLIAMS - 6/7/1861 – 6/17/1862:

LIEW W WILLIAMS - 3/17/1856 – 11/14/1862:

LUVINDA JANE WILLIAMS - 3/13/1869 – 8/10/1871 - In Memory of - Dau of ST & Annie – Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest…

MARY ANN WILLIAMS - 5/17/1813 – 4/13/1884 - Our Mother – Gone to rest

MARY L WILLIAMS - 6/21/1851 – 9/26/1906 - Wife of ST – As a wife devoted, as a mother affectionate, as a friend ever kind and true

M G WILLIAMS - 3/29/1869 – 4/30/1879

ROBERT L WILLIAMS - 1/20/1867 – 5/3/1868

S T WILLIAMS - 7/13/1850 – 7/25/1926 - Asleep in Jesus, earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal

JOHN O WOFFORD - 1/8/1854 – 12/11/1902

 MARTHA MATILDA “TAY” WOFFORD - 12/9/1855 – 3/19/1934

INFANT DAUGHTER OF J H & E J WOFFORD - 11/24/1858 – 11/24/1858: daughter of JH & EJ Wofford  - Will someday…

MARGARET N BEST YARBROUGH & INFANT SON JOSHUA B YARBROUGH- No birth date – 9/4/1859 - aged 25 years – Also infant son Joshua B

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