(pg. 25) The old bayou road follows the Boeuf, and you now reach Highway 1176. Turn right, cross the Bayou Boeuf and continue straight along this road, crossing Highway 29 and continuing towards the site of the famous Epps Plantation. Among the old planatations located along Highway 1176 was the old Irion Plantation, home of Judge Alfred Briggs Irion, a social center of the Beouf society.
After you cross a railroad, immediately to your right is the abandoned site of the Fogleman Cemetery where Edwin Epps, died 1866, and his wife, 1867, and a number of other persons are buried. There were no markers that survived.
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Turn to the right on Harpers' Lane which may be easily identified by the white frame Haasville Baptist Church on the left of Harpers' Lane just off the highway.
Drive past the church, turn right across the bridge spanning the Boeuf. Solomon Northup undoubtedly did considerable fishing along these very banks.
Hi, do you have any other information about the family/descendants of P. L. Shaw? In the 1940 census, my great-grandfather has an aunt named Mary Shaw living with him and his family on Eola Road in Avoyelles Parish, but I can't find any other information about her.
ReplyDeleteHi Devon, I searched my personal information, and I'm sorry but no luck for that name with what I have. Have you tried reaching out to the Historical Society in that area? Sometimes they have name lists. Good luck on your search!
DeleteThis is crazy my last name is fogleman would love to know more history about how any why this is called fogleman cemetery and some history
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