Manifest, Louisiana
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Manifest is an unincorporated area in
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana Catahoula Parish (french: Paroisse de Catahoula) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,407. Its seat is Harrisonburg, on the Ouachita River. The parish was formed in 1808, shortly after the U ...
. It is home to Alexander Cemetery where local judge, newspaper publisher, and political leader
James G. Taliaferro James Govan Taliaferro (September 28, 1798 – October 13, 1876) was a lawyer, newspaper publisher, and judge in Louisiana. In 1860 he owned 27 slaves and a plantation valued at $87,000. As the secession movement grew he remained a staunch Unioni ...
is buried along with his wife. Manifest is home to a fire station. State Representative Representative Grover C. Womack (born August 27, 1909) was from Manifest. Heard Cemetery and Alexander Cemetery are among the four small cemeteries in the area. Alexander Cemetery includes many members of the Taliaferro family as well as an addition for African Americans.CATAHOULA PARISH CEMETERIES
1984, by Thelmarie Scott


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