East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, Cemetery Inscriptions

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The following transcriptions were taken from the book East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Cemetery Inscriptions, which is in the collection of a Covington, Louisiana Library. Most of the transcriptions come from copies Madge made at the library, and a few she had written down by hand. At one time Madge thought that the Mary E., daughter of Elias and Catherine, was her great great grandmother. The information in the cemetery transcriptions indicate that she is not Madge's relative, but was the wife of Dr. Perkins.

Located in Noah Norwood Cemetery at Beech Grove Plantation; you must have a guide:

Lemuel H Norwood 3/12/1812 3/29/1848
John S. Norwood 8/12/1815 1/10/1842
George W. Norwood 6/6/1820 6/13/1844
Zach s/o N.B. & A.L. Norwood 6/16/1877 1/22/1880

Anna Elizabeth d/o
Michael A. & Mattie L. Dickson d.11/12/1856 11
mo. 10 da.

Agnes Hanna Norwood
b.3/7/1791 d.1/5/1860
erected by her last husband
married Rev. Samuel Sellers 3/21/1818
married Rev. Anthony T. Simmons 8/22/1833

Norwood Cemetery north of Norwood, Louisiana; turn right on gravel road to the Clarence Jackson place; behind the house; guide needed:

Martha E. Norwood w/o A.J. Norwood d/o James Stanley
6/26/1820 6/1/1842
Celia Norwood w/o A.J. Norwood d/o Josiah Nettles
9/2/1827 10/10/1845
Elizabeth Norwood w/o George Keller
3/18/1793 7/5/1855
Mary Ellenor Norwood w/o Cass Palmer
8/10/1853 12/18/1924
Cass Palmer 2/15/1842 3/9/1916
Norwood C. Palmer 9/24/1873 10/29/1948
Able John Norwood 5/15/1861 1/4/1945
Thomas S. Norwood 12/10/1881 9/24/1915
Isaiah Duncan Norwood 12/2/1856 9/3/1946
Ellen Gayden Norwood 3/8/1860 9/18/1939
Nell A. Norwood d/o I.D. & Ellen E. Norwood
4/17/1884 2/26/1904
Frank Lewis Norwood 1/31/1896 10/18/1963

This may or may not have been a different Norwood Cemetery because it was listed in a different part of the book. It also has somewhat different directions.

Norwood Cemetery: North from Norwood, Louisiana to grave road near Mississippi line, turn right to the Lasco Farm:

Isaiah E. Keller d. 3/30/1836 16yrs 3mos 23da.
John D. Norwood 11/2/1899 1/13/1835
Joseph C. Norwood 2/25/1822 11/23/1833
Elizabeth M.S. Lipscomb 7/17/1835 1/21/1840
Elenor S. Norwood 8/24/1829 8/31/183
Catharine Palmer 3/11/1802 8/21/1836
Amanda Augusta 7/29/1835 7/27/1837
4th child of J.D. Norwood
** Mrs. Catharine Norwood d. 6/11/1875 age 76
**Elias Norwood 12/24/1788 5/25/1848
**Abel J. Norwood 5/15/1818 9/2/1896
M.
James C. Norwood d. 10/1/1854 age 6
child of John & Emily Norwood
Martha Virginia Norwood d.9/28/185? age 2 months
child of John & Emily Norwood
Carolina Virginia Norwood d. 10/7/1851 age 2 years
child of John & Emily Norwood

Perkins Cemetery: Inquire Richland Plantation, west side of house:

Mary Elenor Norwood w/o Dr. Lewis G. Perkins 3/23/1836 6/6/1910
Dr. L.G. Perkins 8/27/1827 8/6/1906
Dr. Samuel J. Perkins 10/13/1864 6/11/1899
E. Norwood Perkins 10/27/1855 9/23/1898
H. S. Perkins 6/25/1859 10/22/1905
Mary Octavia d/o Dr. L.G. Perkins w/o Dr. A Gayden 5/26/1857
12/19/1879
Ive s/o Dr. A. & Mary Octavia Gayden 10/4/1879 7/30/1880
I. T. 10/27/1862 9/9/1863

Cemetery on Ellis Place: on Ellis property near Norwood, Louisiana; across the road from the Ellis house, about one mile off the road. Must have a guide:

Jane E.S. w/o B.F. Dixon 10/15/1825 3/22/1854
This stone erected by her husband in memory of one of the best wives.

**Elizabeth Witherington w/o Ezekiel Norwood, Sen. 3/29/1797
12/18/1865
Wyly Lusk s/o J.A. & Damaris Norwood 7/8/1856 12/29/1862
Ezekiel Norwood 1/16/1834 6/8/1862
**Ezekiel Norwood, Sen. 11/6/1796 9/13/1834
Emily Lee d/o J.A. & Damaris Norwood 3/13/1853 10/8/1856
Ambrose Foster s/o J.A. & Damaris Norwood 1/19/1860 5/5/1861

"I don't know how old this book was; I didn't think to check the copyright at the time. I have no clue wha the capital 'M.' near Abel J. Norwood's name is about; that's how it was in the book. The only change I made in my transcription was to use a number for the month instead of typing the month out. I kept it like it was put in the book. i.e. the information going straight across. The information about the cemetery near "Clarence Jackson's" place I put on two lines, dates under each name, because I was afraid that the line would jump down.

"When I thought this was my branch of the family I did find out that three of Samuel Norwood and Martha Pattie Waddell's children are listed on these pages. I put asteriks by their names."

Samuel Norwood
born 1758 in Darlington, SC
married 1785 to Martha Pattie Waddell
died before July 07, 1817 in Wilkinson Co., MS
Father: Theophilus Norwood
Mother: Margaret Dawson

Martha Pattie Waddell
born oct. 6/1768 in New Kent, VA
died WFT Est. 1807-1863
Father: Charles Waddell
Mother: Mary

Those names were not in the cemeteries they are what the "Cajun" call lagniappe (pronounced lan-yap) which means, something for nothing, similar to a baker's dozen. I got that info from the LDS Ancestral File. I have more if you need them.