Butler Cemetery Little is known of Butler Cemetery except its location on Country Drive in Bourg on the left descending bank of Bayou Terrebonne. It is believed to hold about 10 old graves in a heavily wooded area.
Dugas Cemetery Dugas Cemetery, on the former grounds of St. John the Baptist Chapel in lower Montegut, was once property owned by the widow of Jean Baptiste Dugas, Reynalda Naquin, and her son Eusebee. They donated the property in 1859 to the Roman Catholic Church for the establishment of church and graveyard. Pere Dénécé had a chapel constructed on the grounds in 1866. The earliest burials, between 1860 and 1863, are of the step and platform type tombs. A number of in-ground burials have become lost in time, and early cast iron …show more content…
His estate at the time was valued at $4000 according to probate records. He is in an unmarked grave in the Dugas Cemetery on the land donated by his family to build the church.
Elpege Picou Cemetery
Stories surround E. Picou Cemetery , the tomb-covered mound and now a state marker officially recognizes the cemetery and mound as historically sacred land once inhabited by American Indians. Just below the Boudreaux Canal Bridge on La. 56, the cemetery is distinct among the fishing camps and oilfield companies of Bayou Little Caillou. The cemetery marks the property line of the Elpege Picou Plantation, which farmed over 100 acres of sugar cane.
Gray and white tombs rest on the slopes, thought to be a sacred mound possibly used for ceremonies, high ground, or burials dating back to 1000 AD. Members of the local Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe believe ancestors lived on the mound and a chief was buried under a large oak tree on the north side. On the mound’s front side, several letters on an old metal sign are chipped away, but the blue words clearly spell out "E. Picou Cemetery."
A newer marker also stands, closer to the road, describing the mound’s origins and the cemetery as having graves from 1901 to the 1990s. In a Houma Courier article recently, the cemetery was
Dugas Cemetery Dugas Cemetery, on the former grounds of St. John the Baptist Chapel in lower Montegut, was once property owned by the widow of Jean Baptiste Dugas, Reynalda Naquin, and her son Eusebee. They donated the property in 1859 to the Roman Catholic Church for the establishment of church and graveyard. Pere Dénécé had a chapel constructed on the grounds in 1866. The earliest burials, between 1860 and 1863, are of the step and platform type tombs. A number of in-ground burials have become lost in time, and early cast iron …show more content…
His estate at the time was valued at $4000 according to probate records. He is in an unmarked grave in the Dugas Cemetery on the land donated by his family to build the church.
Elpege Picou Cemetery
Stories surround E. Picou Cemetery , the tomb-covered mound and now a state marker officially recognizes the cemetery and mound as historically sacred land once inhabited by American Indians. Just below the Boudreaux Canal Bridge on La. 56, the cemetery is distinct among the fishing camps and oilfield companies of Bayou Little Caillou. The cemetery marks the property line of the Elpege Picou Plantation, which farmed over 100 acres of sugar cane.
Gray and white tombs rest on the slopes, thought to be a sacred mound possibly used for ceremonies, high ground, or burials dating back to 1000 AD. Members of the local Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe believe ancestors lived on the mound and a chief was buried under a large oak tree on the north side. On the mound’s front side, several letters on an old metal sign are chipped away, but the blue words clearly spell out "E. Picou Cemetery."
A newer marker also stands, closer to the road, describing the mound’s origins and the cemetery as having graves from 1901 to the 1990s. In a Houma Courier article recently, the cemetery was