Bayou St. John Cemetery, 1835-1841

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Records of the Municipal Cemeteries of New Orleans, administered by the city. These include internment records, death certificates, and other associated records depending on the cemetery. Cemeteries include are:

Bayou St. John Cemetery
Lafayette Cemetery
Jefferson City/ Valence Street Cemetery
Carrollton Cemetery
St. MAry's Cemetery
Locust Grove Cemetery
Holt Cemetery

Dates

Other: 1835-1841

Conditions Governing Access

Microfilm available to registered researchers by appointment. Non-microfilmed materials should be requested by call number.

Requesting Materials

Materials Request Guidelines

Biographical / Historical

The Bayou St. John Cemetery is a "lost" cemetery, the exact location of which remains uncertain. An educated guess would place it closer to the intersection of Bayou St. John with the Carondelet (Old Basin) Canal rather than the area closer to present-day Esplanade Ave. The first recorded burials in the cemetery occurred at the beginning of 1835; interments were discontinued after 1844, and by 1880, all trace of the cemetery had vanished.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Volumes (unknown--update when resource record complete)

From the Collection: .25 Linear Feet (1 box of records)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Processing Information

In earlier cataloging the individual volumes in this record group were variously identified as records of the Bayou St. John Cemetery, the City Cemetery, the First Municipality Cemetery, the New Cemetery, and the Potters' Field. The records previously were microfilmed under the old designations. The following inventory indicates the location of each item within the microfilm collection.