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Brushy Valley Cemetery

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Location	:	Bienville Parish, USA
Description	:	Nothing remains of the Brushy Valley community, today. The Brush Valley cemetery was vandalized, sometime prior to 1997, and it is said that nothing remains of the stones in the cemetery. On March 14, 1848, the Louisiana State Legislature created Bienville Parish from the lower portion of Claiborne Parish. Brushy Valley was located five miles south of Liberty Hill, it was located on the banks of Brushy Creek. Brushy Valley was the only community listed in the area on the U.S. census, in 1830 and 1840. In 1854, Brushy Valley community lay in the sixth ward, and had the first Post Office in... Read More	Nothing remains of the Brushy Valley community, today. The Brush Valley cemetery was vandalized, sometime prior to 1997, and it is said that nothing remains of the stones in the cemetery. On March 14, 1848, the Louisiana State Legislature created Bienville Parish from the lower portion of Claiborne Parish. Brushy Valley was located five miles south of Liberty Hill, it was located on the banks of Brushy Creek. Brushy Valley was the only community listed in the area on the U.S. census, in 1830 and 1840. In 1854, Brushy Valley community lay in the sixth ward, and had the first Post Office in the area, the Post Office closed in 1866; the Post Office moved to Liberty Hill. According to an autobiography by William Potts published in "The History of Bienville Parish, "Brushy Valley was located on a mail route put through sometime around 1823. Peter Franks was probably the first person to live on Brushy Bayou and his was the first residence in what is now Bienville Parish." Potts goes on to say, "Brushy Valley was a place where folks gathered for amusement and entertainment. A track for horse racing owned by the Potts, Howard and Gray families brought people to the community from miles afar. They came bringing their favorite steeds, to vie for the coveted title of having the fastest horse in this part of the country and as one man said, 'They came to do a lot of horse trading.'-According to Potts, "One of the most 'talked about' marriages to occur in Bienville Parish took place in Brushy Valley on July 24, 1866. At the plantation home of her parents, Adele Coleman was married at twilight in the evening to H. Marshall Twitchell, a young Yankee Captain from Vermont, who had been sent to the parish to enforce carpetbag rule." Ninth Louisiana Infantry - Company H - Brush Valley Guards: CAPT. W F GRAY. The company was accepted in state service at Brush Valley, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, in May 1861 and Captain W J Walker was appointed major, 9th Louisiana Infantry, at Camp Moore, on the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad, near Tangipahoa Station, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, on 7 July, 1861. Ninth Louisiana Infantry mustered in Confederate service on 7 July, 1861, and arrived at Manassas Junction, Virginia, on 21 July, 1861. Did not participate in the first battle of Manassas. The 9th Louisiana Infantry was assigned to the Eighth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, by Special Orders No.169, Headquarters, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, Camp Pickens, near Manassas Junction, Virginia, on 25 July, 1861. Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, 9 April, 1865: The 9th Louisiana Infantry, under the command of Colonel E Waggaman, surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox County, Virginia, on 9 April, 1865.

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