Moses Collins Jr Cemetery
Gloster, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add Photos"This old family cemetery is located on the old Moses Collins Jr plantation headquartered on the Smyrna Road off Louisiana Highway 5 between Keachie and Gloster, LA. It is about 1-2 miles from Highway 5 south on the Smyrna Road, in a pasture at the old home site. Nothing remains of the plantation home. The cemetery at one time was fenced and protected by the land owners who purchased it from the Collins Estate, but now nothing remians except one gravestone. All of the stones were vaults, long stones set on bricks. Vandals have removed all the gravestones except that of Jane Matilda Collins McMillan, and her stone is broken and scattered. According to family member living in the area, the following were buried there:
Chapman
Elizabeth H. Collins May Chapman, wife of James A. B. 1816 Pike County MS d. after 1855 Desoto Parish, LA
James A. Chapman d. DeSoto Parish, LA
Collins:
Matilda Prestidge Collins: b. ?? d. after 1855 m. 31 Jul 1828 Hinds Co., MS to Moses Collins Jr. She was his second wife.
Moses Collins Jr. son of Moses and Hannah Willis Collins
b. Jul 16, 1781 SC or NC d. 4 Oct 1855 DeSoto Parish, LA
McMillan
Jane Matilda Collins McMillan, wife of Jasper, daughter of Moses and Matilday Prestridge Collins b. 1833 Hinds County, MS d. May 1859 Desoto Parish, LA
Weaver
Thomas B. Weaver, husband of Pamela Collins b. Alabama 1816 d. 1853 DeSoto Parish, LA
Williams
Eliza Wodruff Williams, wife of M.C. daughter of Elia and Ailcey Collins Woodruff b. 1816 d. DeSoto Parish m 31 Jun 1833 Hinds Co., MS
Hannah Collins Williams, wife of Samuel, daughter of Moses and Hannah Willis Collins b. 22 Aug 1783 SC d. DeSoto Parish, LA
Samuel Williams b. South Carolina d. DeSoto Parish, LA"
This information was originally published in Mary Collins Landin's book ‘The Collins and Travis Families and their Allies' published 1982
"This old family cemetery is located on the old Moses Collins Jr plantation headquartered on the Smyrna Road off Louisiana Highway 5 between Keachie and Gloster, LA. It is about 1-2 miles from Highway 5 south on the Smyrna Road, in a pasture at the old home site. Nothing remains of the plantation home. The cemetery at one time was fenced and protected by the land owners who purchased it from the Collins Estate, but now nothing remians except one gravestone. All of the stones were vaults, long stones set on bricks. Vandals have removed all the gravestones except that of Jane Matilda Collins McMillan, and her stone is broken and scattered. According to family member living in the area, the following were buried there:
Chapman
Elizabeth H. Collins May Chapman, wife of James A. B. 1816 Pike County MS d. after 1855 Desoto Parish, LA
James A. Chapman d. DeSoto Parish, LA
Collins:
Matilda Prestidge Collins: b. ?? d. after 1855 m. 31 Jul 1828 Hinds Co., MS to Moses Collins Jr. She was his second wife.
Moses Collins Jr. son of Moses and Hannah Willis Collins
b. Jul 16, 1781 SC or NC d. 4 Oct 1855 DeSoto Parish, LA
McMillan
Jane Matilda Collins McMillan, wife of Jasper, daughter of Moses and Matilday Prestridge Collins b. 1833 Hinds County, MS d. May 1859 Desoto Parish, LA
Weaver
Thomas B. Weaver, husband of Pamela Collins b. Alabama 1816 d. 1853 DeSoto Parish, LA
Williams
Eliza Wodruff Williams, wife of M.C. daughter of Elia and Ailcey Collins Woodruff b. 1816 d. DeSoto Parish m 31 Jun 1833 Hinds Co., MS
Hannah Collins Williams, wife of Samuel, daughter of Moses and Hannah Willis Collins b. 22 Aug 1783 SC d. DeSoto Parish, LA
Samuel Williams b. South Carolina d. DeSoto Parish, LA"
This information was originally published in Mary Collins Landin's book ‘The Collins and Travis Families and their Allies' published 1982
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- Added: 2 Jun 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2542947
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