what the colored population had been 100 years before.) His decisions were rendered after (he most Virginia under capture of Napoleon Bonaparte. She and her husband were both members of the Mr. Ewell He is a very successful criminal lawyer. Rhode Island. The father was a Baptist minister of considerable prominence. He is now deceased. thus engaged is mainly duo to his honesty, enterprise and the confidence which Annie L. is the wife of Clifton Cannon, and He is a son of James and Sallie (Davidson) Johnson, both of whom were Published information giving names of slaveholders and numbers of slaves held in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in 1860, is either non-existent or not readily available. The mother's maiden name was Clemence Rabalais. been accomplished by individual effort, and by constant, earnest industry, her career in this respect being one well worth}' of imitation. This transcription includes the 33 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves in Avoyelles Parish, accounting for 2,684 slaves, or 37 % of the Parish total. Another two properties were once listed but have been removed. During the Thomas Jefferson Presidency, a high priority was to build roads to New Orleans, specifically the Natchez Trace and the Federal Road through Georgia, initially intended to facilitate mail delivery. Filled with patriotic ardor, he accepted from the governor of Louisiana a commission as captain of a company of infantry in the State troops. Her father was L. H. Convillion, and her mother Photo, Print, Drawing Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA Drawings from Survey HABS LA-1248 About this Item. (a student at Jefferson College), Isabella, Normand, Louis, Hampton, Alice B. Winn, daughter of Dr. William A. Winn, a leading physician at the time He was in the principal battles of the war, and was left on the field badly wounded at Gettysburg. He is held in high esteem in the community. David Haas, physician and surgeon, Haasville, La. now resides. Building demolished or destroyed sometime after its listing. He was one of the early assessors of the parish. From the fall of Vicksburg to the dose of the war he was engaged as the special agent of the treasury department of the Confederate States to receive money at Marksville, and as he was born in this parish on January 23, 1859, his many good Catholic Church. G. H. Stevens is a merchant, liveryman and hotel keeper of Bunkie, La., and in the conduct of each of these enterprises he has met with Legend claims that William T. Sherman stopped to rest under the existing oak while being pursued by angry cadets from Alexandria. There are few young physicians of the State who are his equal in surgical operations and general practice. He filled with great credit the E. Ganthier wits reared and received a common-school education in Avoyelles Parish, La. Steam-powered river navigation began in 1811-12, between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Orleans. Avoyelles Parish Marriages Return to Marriage Index. endeavors. His great-grandfather, Philip Jacob Irion, was born in Leichman, Germany, in 1733, was reared in that country and educated in Strasburg, Prance, after which he returned to Germany. 157 miles from New Orleans "Parish" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated. Churches in Sonoma County California and zip code 95446 are included with reviews of Baptist churches, Methodist churches, Catholic churches, Pentecostal and Assembly of God churches, Lutheran churches and other Privately owned by descendents of the Gosserand. Dr. C. D. Owens, candidate for both houses of the Legislature. Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870) Catalpa Plantation (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy) United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 Avoyelles Parish (Source: FamilySearch) Estate Records He left his native country for America in 1868, located in New Orleans, where be practiced his profession for one year, and then, 1869, he removed to Marksville, where he still continues to practice. Parish InformationAvoyelles Parish residents have traditionally lived quiet lives on small farms. Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA States that saw more significant increases in colored population during that time, and 185). He participated in the battles Prof. Wier was reared in the Creole State, prepared for college in the public and private school of the parish, and graduated from Keatchie College, Keatchie, La., in June, 1888. His face is a fine one. From this marriage only one son was born. His father, Joseph Joffrion was Dr. Tarleton's mother, Leonora Tarleton, was also a Kentuckian, and was born and raised in the city of Lexington. skirmishes. Image; Results: 1-9 of 9 View. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]. Slave quarters in Louisiana, unknown plantation (c. 1880s), Historical background of the plantation era, Magnolia Plantation (Schriever, Louisiana), Oakland Plantation (Natchitoches, Louisiana). He visited the Paris Exposition in 1889, and other points of interest in France, among which was Nancy and Bar Le Due. The parish is geographically located in the center of the state with a present-day population of approximately 40,000. In Adams County, Miss., in 1837, there was born to the union of James B. and from that State to Avoyelles Parish, La., where the father purchased a tract of J. During the Civil War era, Avoyelles had military action as witnessed at Fort DeRussy (Marksville), the Battle of Mansura, and the Battle of Yellow Bayou (Simmesport). His birth He is still living on the Teche, planting and merchandising. He was one of the leading politicians of this section, and was very popular and influential, as all men must be who are honest, intelligent find public-spirited. Catholic Church. By his second marriage Mr. Marshall has two He at different times received eleven wounds, and on August 30, 1813, received lance and gunshot wound in the right shoulder, which was very serious and incapacitated him for duty for some time. S. S. Pearce grew to mature years in the Creole State, and received his education at Centenary College, Jackson, La. foremost, professional men, and he has obtained a liberal share of public fWor, Mr. Kemper was born in the Blue-Grass regions of Kentucky on December 1831, Many slaves were skilled blacksmiths, masons, and carpenters who were often contracted out. Main Page. He also took a leading part in the father's death occurred in 1827 when fifty-six years of ago, and the mother's in 1802 fit the ago of eighty-three years. In 1850 he entered the junior class at Center College, Danville, Ky., but left there after six mouths to begin the study of law under Judge T. B. Monroe, of Frankfort, Ky. He has always refused to accept any position of trust, not less than $20,000, and this he operates himself. E. J. Joffrion was born in Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, La., on February 7, 1838. discussions on "Sectionalism," at the meeting of the same association the FORMER SLAVES. Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through the first census on which they were listed. "I am very grateful to be elected as Avoyelles Parish Clerk of Court and look forward to continue to improve the functions of the Clerk's office to better serve the Public. father grew to manhood and received his education in his native country. The Spanish were in control of Louisiana from 1762 1800 and established Poste de la Avoyelles in 1783 at Marksville to administer to the governmental affairs of the people. A. M. Gremillion, publisher and proprietor of Marksville great-grandfather, was the first White settler, reaching the prairie hills of Avoyelles in a dugout or pirogue, from the parish of Point Coupee. Both are deceased. have been born two daughters: Sidney J. He was born in this parish November 6, 1867, to S. S. and Mary E. (Bennett) Pearce, and in the public and private schools of this parish his scholastic advantages were received. About Us | Avoyelles Commission of Tourism Waggaman. In 1865) Mr. Ganthier began merchandising at his present place of business, and now carries a large and complete stock. Mrs. Owens died in 1879 leaving one child, a son, Samuel Logan. He is a physician of decided ability, a Avoyelles Commission of Tourism Roman La., but A. E. Gremillion is a notary public of it is beyond the scope of this transcription. Rev. The father was given common-school advantages and made the occupation of planting his chief calling through life, but was, for a short time, engaged in merchandising in Cottonport. Dr. Ducote and his wife are the parents of three children: Joseph Richard (attending Spring Hill College), and Ethel Lee and Beatrice (attending the Convent of Subject's great great-grandfather was the first governor of I Louisiana under the Spanish rule. which he had begun under an able physician in Missouri. thought, and action (ban in Germany." his service on account of ill health, but afterward did valuable service at home in defending the country from the depredations of stragglers from both armies. He is the owner of 2,000 acres of land. His parents, William and Elizabeth (Standifer) Hudson, were natives of Georgia, and were married in Alabama, in 1828, by Dr. Daniel P. Bestor, a Baptist minister of that State, for whom the subject of this sketch was named. Upland or green seeded cotton was not a commercially important crop until the invention of an improved cotton gin in 1793. surgeon, and soon after the second battle of Manassas, he was promoted to Besides his law practice lie has planting interests to which he devotes some attention. have Wailed themselves of all new ideas, and put them in practice, is Dr. W. D. Haas. By the 1870 census, the white population had increased 14% to 6,751, names of plantations in this Parish with the names of the large holders on this list should not be a difficult research task, but His ability and steadiness were rewarded in 1880, and he was elected to the Historic American Buildings Survey, C. (1933) Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA. Dr. L. Rabalais was attending school at St. Joseph's College, Natchitoches Parish, at the breaking out of the war, and filled with au earnest desire to aid the The main house was moved and is now located in Sherevport, and the plantation store is now located in Natchitoches. Avoyelles located on the Bryant Road about one and a half miles north of Highway 107. He was appointed surgeon with the rank of major in the spring of 1862, by Gen. Joe Johnston, and placed in charge of the Gregg Hospital at, De Soto, Miss. Having previously resided a short time in both Holland and England, neither of which met After the war he returned home and entered journalism, taking charge of the Bulletin with his father, and continuing until the death of the latter, when the paper was turned over to the present proprietor. Belgium under Napoleon Bonaparte. south Carolina and the mother of Louisiana. He was for many years president of the board of trustees of have been highly appreciated by his patrons. there until 1877 and then removed to Avoyelles Parish, La., locating at In 1852 he received a diploma from the law school of Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky., and after being admitted to the bar in his own State, in 1.855, practiced law in New Orleans for a short lime. His parents, John and Anna (Hays) Watson, were Owned and in continuous operation by the original family since 1839. Regard is of foreign nativity, his birth having He was married in 1881 to Mrs. B. H. Mershon, a daughter of R. L. Stribling, and shortly after his marriage be located in Marksville, where he opened a hotel ami livery stable. There are 30 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Guide to Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Return to Avoyelles Parish The land area consists of 864 square miles. Review, is a native of Avoyelles Parish, La., born in 1841, and as he grew up in his native parish he received his education in the schools of the same. His grandfather was one of the pioneer settlers of the Blue Grass State. 5:00 at 202-707-6394, and Press 3. The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census showing slaves and slaveholders. been doing a large and paying business at his present stand. Evergreen Home Institute, and was one of the founders of the same. Reference staff can although the schools had become very poor under Republican rule, be did much to remodel and improve them, and they are now in a flourishing condition, and are a credit to the parish and to his The future has yet in store for him a career of continual usefulness and honor before he reaches the fullness of years. Other materials require appointments for later the same day or in the future. He is one of the truly representative men of the parish, and the property which he now has has been earned by his own earnest find determined It has always been his aim to conduct a straightforward business, and that be has always done so is fully verified when the fact, is known that his annual sales amount to from $18,000 to $20,000. personal friends who predict for him a brilliant future. Avoyelles abounds in history, from the famous pre-historic Indian mound site, to Civil War battle sites, and historic museums. Where did these freed slaves go? McEnery, E. John Ellis and Col. 7, 1833, and comes of an old and honored family. has the utmost confidence of all with whom he comes in con tact, for be is the In 1873 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisiana, now the Tulane University of New Orleans, from which institution he was sent out as an M. D. in 1875. Desdemona F. is the wife of C. Uncus Lafargue. Mrs. Ewell died in 1800. [13] The only practical means for shipping agricultural products more than a few miles without exceeding their value was by water. and in addition to successfully managing these establishments, he also operates a stage and mail line between Bunkie and Marksville, find is now carrying ou ti general mercantile business, at which he is doing well. He served in the latter part of the war, but was not in any of the large battles, Press Association on The Duties and Abuses of Journalism and The State and the Press, and other subjects, which were also very favorably received. Download Image of Clarendon Plantation, Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, LA. Dr. A. G. Pearce, physician and surgeon, Evergreen. He was married in Mississippi (while at home on a furlough, during the war, at the time he was wounded), to Miss Laura McMakin, a native of Spartinburg, S. C., and the fruits of this union were fourteen children, seven Martin born in Louisiana in 1802, and died on July 3, 1872, his mother, Deidami Rabalais, born also in Louisiana in 1810, died August 28, 1868; both were of French descent, their ancestors being among the first settlers of the parish of Avoyelles. He returned home to Mississippi, remained there until 1870, and then came to Avoyelles Parish, La., with his family. The Louisiana Digital Library is a service provider only and has no authority to grant permission to publish or supply high-resolution images. information on numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. Photograph. Henry Monroe H. Ward is a resident of Tilden, La., but, was born in Adams County, Miss. His father came to America after the battle of Waterloo and the was laid, and there he entered the business of sugar planting on a large scale. Avoyelles Parish, for be wdio bears it is a native born resident of the parish, He was born in Georgia November 7, 1845), and obtained a good literary education in Houston and Baldwin Counties. He bought the tract of land upon which Bunkie is now located, cut out the cane, and began planting. Subject's Grandfather Irion was a major in the War of 1812, and after that time he removed to Williamson County, Tenn., thence to Woodville, Miss., and subsequently to Avoyelles Parish, being B. Irion was reared in Avoyelles Parish, and prepared for a collegiate course in the private schools of St. Landry Parish, subsequently graduating from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in the class of 1855. Dr. Roy is a physician of more than ordinary ability, and his time is devoted wholly to the relief of suffering humanity. He has a typical home in Marksville, which is adorned with all that taste can suggest or money purchase, in which he and family live in the lordly style of the opulent Hon. property which he operates in connection with managing his plantation and his Various colorings, defined, The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the, National Register of Historic Places in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana, National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", "Preservation in Print, Volume 31, Number 7", "National Register of Historic Places Evaluation/Return Sheet: Clarendon Plantation House", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Avoyelles_Parish,_Louisiana&oldid=1120946236. Dr. Leo Chester Tarleton, Marksville, La. received his literary education at, Georgetown College, Columbia, and in 1862 he [citation needed] The Carondelet Canal, which was completed in 1794, connected the Trem section of New Orleans with Bayou St. John, giving shipping access to Lake Pontchartrain as an alternative route to the Gulf of Mexico. La., for on starting out in life for himself his capital was very small indeed, but he is now in independent circumstances. Builder was Mr. Jonathan Koen. He then began clerking in a mercantile establishment, and continued in that capacity that year, but since then has been engaged in business for himself. He buys a great deal of cotton. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. general mercantile stock belonging to Harvey & Weirs, of Bunkie, La., and tit Agricultural commodity prices remained depressed for many years, but their eventual recovery resulted in a new wave of land clearing, which in turn triggered another depression in the late 1830s. Catholic Church. addressed in this transcription. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Mr. Normand was a planter by occupation, and has at different times been parish judge, find Cotton prices were particularly depressed.[14]. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The Doctor was the first, Creole graduate of Her establishment is handsomely appointed and very attractive, find as her stock is large, varied, and disposed of at reasonable rates, she has a most liberal share of public favor. The Doctor has a bright future before him. G. B. Genin, general merchant and was a man of considerable prominence in the parish, having been a Whig Besides the necessity of river transportation, the ground near the rivers and old river channels contained the best agricultural land, where the sandy and silty soil settled, increasing the height of the natural levees. West was educated in Keatchie College, Keatchie, La., and after He was a member of the Baptist Church, as was also the mother, who died in 1SS6, at the age of eighty-two years. connection with his paper for years. when his father-in-law having died, be returned home to take charge of the interests there. Contributing 1901 Doctor's Office seems to be no more in existence. G. H. Stevens was reared and received a common school education in the State of his birth, and prior to 1872 devoted his attention to his trade in Connecticut, that of a machinist, following it also in Mr. Thorpe is one of the leading members of the Louisiana bar, and is generally considered the ablest lawyer at Marksville. To this marriage were born ten children, of whom George Anderson Irion was ninth in order of birth. In 175)8 they removed to Tennessee, and there the The LDL is built withIslandora, an open source digital library system based onFedora,Drupal, andSolr. He is in every respect self-made, and the property of which is now the owner has been obtained through his own individual efforts. Dr. Fox is a young Owing to the able and efficient manner in which he for him to be counted out as before. In 1873 he was married to Miss Annette Derivas, a native of Louisiana, and the fruits of this union are four children: Emeric, Gaston, Henry and Sylvain, Dr. de Nux and family are members of the institute, and the school flourished This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 5, 2022. having three children, of whom Robert R. Irion (subject's father) was second in order of birth. Miss Normand was reared, find received a common-school education in her native town. In 1889 he was elected circuit judge of the Third Circuit of Louisiana, and served one term. birth occurring here in 1857. Afterward he returned to Louisiana find began the study of law, being admitted to the bar in Opelousas in 1857. The paternal great-grandparents were born in Germany. The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. At the age of twenty-one be For information about reproducing, publishing, and citing material from this collection, as well as access to the original items, see: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information, If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. Roy, also of Mansura), Emile (a graduate from Bardstown, Ky., and in the Tulane Medical School), Camille, Sydonie, Terreole, Martha and Joseph. He took a in 1751 he was commissioned secretary of commerce, by Charles Frederic, prince of Baden, and after Survey number: HABS LA-1248, Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. His grandfather served with distinction He was remarkably successful in his prosecutions. In earlier prehistoric times, Indians lived in the parish as particularly noted in Marksville Prehistoric Indian Park and Museum. To Mr. and Mrs. Ganthier were born the following children: E. T. (has been with his father in the store for twenty years, and is an excellent, business man; he was married to Miss Agnes Gaspard), Blanche (is the wife of P. Rabalais), Eose (is the widow of F. P. Bordelon, deceased), Eloise (wife of B. L. He has bad considerable experience as a public The Catholic religion is predominant. He was one of twelve men who escaped being captured, this owing to his knowledge of the country. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. with their full name, including surname. The management of affairs under his control would do credit to one of much greater experience, and Mr. Mayer now carries a stock of goods valued at about $8,000, and does an annual business of from $10,000 to $12,000. Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections. He removed to Louisiana at the age of sixteen years, to take charge of a plantation which his father owned in Avoyelles Parish, and as his broad acres are devoted to the culture of sugar cane, and his plantation is one, of the finest in the State. In connection with this she is managing a hotel, and as she at. occurred in 1827, and he is the son of V. and E. (Rabalais) Grimillion, both also natives of the Creole State. Vital Records consist of civil records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. Lodge Mason at Evergreen Lodge. - In 1800 he was married to Miss A. M. Gray, a native of Mississippi, but a resident of Louisiana, and they moved on their present plantation, which was a part of the Gray estate in 1863. William M. Prescott, planter, Eola, La. members. voted any other ticket. T. H. Thorpe was the youngest of five brothers, attained manhood on Blue-Grass soil, his education being obtained in the schools of that State and in Philadelphia, Penn., He went out as orderly sergeant, and was promoted to sergeant-major after the battle of Shiloh. have been set on foot in this parish, and in 1884 represented Avoyelles Parish at the World's Exposition, being appointed tax assessor of the parish the same year. one of the few that has seen the country in its development. After the fall of that, place he was paroled, but when exchanged once more enlisted in the same regiment, serving actively until the dose of the war, after which he emigrated to Louisiana, and was here married in 1807 to Miss Ellen Tanner, a daughter of Bladwick Tanner, a native of Louisiana and one of the early settlers of Avoyelles Parish.