Locust Grove State Historic Site

Locust Grove State Historic Site
The cemetery is the last artifact of a plantation that once was at the site.
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Location	St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates	30°50′27″N91°20′08″W / 30.840748°N 91.335498°W / 30.840748; -91.335498 [1]
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
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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.

See also

• Audubon State Historic Site
• Port Hudson State Historic Site
• List of Louisiana state historic sites

References

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

External links

• Locust Grove State Historic Site – Louisiana State Parks page
• Locust Grove State Historic Site at Find a Grave