Locust_Grove_State_Historic_Site

Locust Grove State Historic Site

Locust Grove State Historic Site

Family cemetery in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana


Locust Grove State Historic Site, located near St. Francisville, Louisiana, commemorates a family cemetery that is part of the former Locust Grove Plantation. Locust Grove Plantation was once owned by the family of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis' sister Anna E. Davis Smith. Among the notable figures buried at the cemetery are Sarah Knox Taylor Davis, daughter of General Zachary Taylor and first wife of Jefferson Davis, and Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a distinguished general who served in the War of 1812. Locust Grove Cemetery was deeded to the Office of State Parks in 1937 by heirs of Mrs. Anna E. Davis Smith.

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  1. "Locust Grove State Historic Site – Louisiana Office of State Parks". Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism. Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-04-18.

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