Chloe Historic Cemetery
Chloe Historic Cemetery, also known as St. Mary's Cemetery, is a historic Creole, African American, and Native American cemetery located near Iowa, Louisiana, in Calcasieu Parish. The cemetery contains burials dating to the nineteenth century and is associated with families connected to the early LeBleu Settlement, Iowa, and the Chloe community.[1]
The cemetery contains the graves of former enslaved African Americans, Creoles, and Indigenous families. Among those buried there is James Alphonse, who was described in a 1943 American Press newspaper obituary as "the last known slave of Major J.C. LeBleu". [1]
History
Although burials at the site predate the twentieth century, the cemetery was formally dedicated in 1904 when Eulalie St. Mary conveyed 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land "to the inhabitants of Chloe" for the use as a public cemetery. Because of this dedication, the burial ground has been referred to locally as "St. Mary's Cemetery". [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cruice, Devin (May 7, 2026). "Woman fighting to save neglected Calcasieu Parish cemetery". Gray Media. KPLC. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
- ↑ Eulalie St. Mary (1904). "Act of Dedication of Public Cemetery". Lake Charles, Louisiana: Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court.
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