Boggy Bayou Baptist Cemetery
Bethany, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Bethany, Founding Fathers and Frontier Families By: William F. Offer:
~On the extreme western edge of Caddo Parish, situated on the Louisiana-Texas state line, the village of Vernon was founded in 1840. The community began as a campsite for travelers headed west and consisted of one log store, one tavern, a water mill for grinding grain, and a tanyard. The tanyard was used as a camping place. It was here that travelers fed their teams, cooked, ate and slept. By 1850 military maps show the name to have been changed from Vernon to Bethany.
Bethany, Louisiana contains two known cemeteries. The first is listed through the Caddo Parish Louisiana Cemetery Records, as "Boggy Bayou Baptist Cemetery". The graves in this cemetery date from the late 1840's to the early 1900's.
The northern part of Bethany is located in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The southern portion is in northeastern Panola County, Texas some twenty-two miles northeast of Carthage, Texas.~
Bethany is an Unincorporated Community on the Louisiana and Texas state lines on U.S. Highway 79. [Wiki]
Bethany, Founding Fathers and Frontier Families By: William F. Offer:
~On the extreme western edge of Caddo Parish, situated on the Louisiana-Texas state line, the village of Vernon was founded in 1840. The community began as a campsite for travelers headed west and consisted of one log store, one tavern, a water mill for grinding grain, and a tanyard. The tanyard was used as a camping place. It was here that travelers fed their teams, cooked, ate and slept. By 1850 military maps show the name to have been changed from Vernon to Bethany.
Bethany, Louisiana contains two known cemeteries. The first is listed through the Caddo Parish Louisiana Cemetery Records, as "Boggy Bayou Baptist Cemetery". The graves in this cemetery date from the late 1840's to the early 1900's.
The northern part of Bethany is located in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The southern portion is in northeastern Panola County, Texas some twenty-two miles northeast of Carthage, Texas.~
Bethany is an Unincorporated Community on the Louisiana and Texas state lines on U.S. Highway 79. [Wiki]
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- Percent photographed42%
- Percent with GPS7%
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- Added: 12 Dec 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2523220
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