Cedar Hill Cemetery in Washington is a great stop on your spiritual tour of St. Landry Parish. After the Yellow Fever epidemic of the 1850s, additional space was needed for burials in the town of Washington. The land for the cemetery was donated by Judge John Moore and was part of his Oakland Plantation, currently known as Magnolia Ridge.
In 1878, additional land for the cemetery was purchased by the Morning Star Society of Washington from the Oakland Plantation owner, Willis Prescott.
Both Washington cemeteries, old and new, were for people of the vicinity without regard for creed or race. Around the turn of the century, the Tennessee Red Cedars, which are now a prominent feature of the cemetery, were planted by John Winkler.
