Louisiana

Society of Mississippi Choctaw 1916

A sharp distinction is to be drawn between the Indians in Mississippi and the so-called Mississippi Choctaw “claimants.” The former are few in numbers and easily ascertainable, while the latter are numerous and scattered from Bayou Labatre, Alabama on the east to Mesa City, Arizona on the west. A number of these claimants are banded together in an organization known as “Society of Mississippi Choctaws.” Bayou Labatre, Alabama Sarah E. Bosarge Andrews Armenia Bosarge Andrews Claral Bosarge Akridge Bessie Golman Bosarge Amile Bosarge Hubert Bosarge Hubbard Bosarge John J. Briant George H. Briant Albert L. Demore Nora Wintzell Golman Mac … Read more

Dumas Brief for Applicants

Charles von Weise Attorney at Law Tishomingo (Muskogee is crossed out) Ind. Ter. July 12, 1903 I was Principal Law Clerk of the Mississippi Choctaw Legal Department at the time the case of Scott S. Dumas et al. as MCR 4006 was decided and at that time I directed Charles M. Wrigley, one of the law clerks in my dept. to write a decision in said case, but first to prepare a brief of the evidence offered by the applicants for the purpose of proving an attempted compliance on the part of their ancestors. This brief I submitted to Mr. … Read more

Natchitoches Confederacy

Natchitoches Indians, Natchitoches tribe. The word “Natchitoches” is generally supposed to be derived from “nashitosh”, the native word for pawpaw but an early Spanish writer, Jose Antonio Pichardo, was told that it was from a native word “nacicit” signifying “a place where the soil is the color of red ochre,” and that it was applied originally to a small creek in their neighborhood running through red soil. The following are synonyms: Nachittoos, Yoakum, 1855-56, vol. 1, p. 392. Nachtichoukas, Jefferys, 1761, pt. 1, p. 164. Nacitos, Linares (1716) in Margry, 1875-86, vol. 6, p. 217. Nactythos, Iberville (1699) in Margry, … Read more

Cooper Rolls

The Cooper Rolls are a Census Roll of Choctaw Families residing East of the Mississippi River and in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama made by Douglas H. Cooper, US Agent for Choctaws, in conformity with Order of Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated May the 23rd, 1855.

Caddo Geographical Location

The remnants of the Caddo confederacies of northwestern Louisiana and northeastern Texas settled in Oklahoma in 1859. After the Louisiana  Purchase when Louisiana bands joined their tribesmen in Texas all lived there peaceably until some White Texans determined upon an indiscriminate massacre of raiding Comanche and of all Reservation Indians. The Caddo escaped by a forced march of two weeks in midsummer to the banks of the Washita River. Of this period White Moon talked as follows: Comanche and Kiowa would raid, up to the Caddo villages. The Texans trailed them and blamed the Caddo as well. The soldiers stood by the … Read more

State Recognized Tribes

The following is a list of Tribes that have been recognized by their respective states, but not by the Federal Government. Alabama Recognized Tribes Cherokees of SE Alabama P.O. Box 717 Dothan, AL 36302-0717 334-671-3658 Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (North Alabama Cherokees) P.O. Box 1227 Scottsboro, AL 35768 205-228-4778 Echota Cherokee of Alabama P.O. Box 2128 Sylacauga, AL 35150 205-338-2080 Langley Band of Chickamogee Cherokee Indians in the Southeastern U.S. Alabama Machis Lower Creek Indian Rt 1 708 South John St New Brockton, AL 36351 Star Clan of Muskogee Creeks of Pike County P.O. Box 126 Goshen, AL 36035 334-484-3589 … Read more

History of the Creoles in Louisiana

Creole History

The first white settlers of Louisiana were French, usually the second born sons of aristocrats who left France to seek adventure in the New World. They brought their traditional style of cooking from the continent, and being rich aristocrats, they also brought along their chefs as well! These Frenchmen came to be called Creoles, and made up the upper crust of New Orleans. Their descendents can still be found in the French Quarter today. This manuscript takes a look at the history of this unique group of people. One city in the United States is, without pretension or Mention, picturesque … Read more

Louisiana Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls

Consolidated Crescent Regiment LA Infantry – DeSoto & Various Parishes, Louisiana Surnames A – F Surnames G – M Surnames N – Z 28th Thomas’ Louisiana Infantry Regiment aka 29th Louisiana Infantry Regiment 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (hosted at USGenWeb Archives Military ) 28th Texas Calvary (hosted at USGenWeb Archives Military ) Black Soldiers in the Civil War (hosted at the National Archives) First Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (hosted at First Louisiana Cavalry Regiment) Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K Robinson’s Louisiana Horse Artillery Field & Staff … Read more

Louisiana Civil War Pensions

  Invalid Application & Misc. Anderson County Albert K. Bevers McCurtain County William O. Carter Monroe County Jeremiah Burnett Parish County John Anty Talbot County John Caldwell Johnston Telfair County Johnathan Musslewhite Unknown County Thomas Robinson Carroll Charles Derosier Dosita Doucet William Domingue Bennett Elender Volmont Fall Thomas Sanders Horton W. H. K. Martin Isaac R. Norred Isaac S. Palmer Jean Royer Invalid Application Abstract Unknown County John Cain Presnell Louis Rohie Solomon James Rushing Widow’s Application Parish County Alexander Barton Talbot County John Caldwell Johnson Unknown County Samuel Derosier Adolphe Fall Henry Franklin Gaines Madison Monroe Gaines Daniel Green … Read more

Louisiana World War 1 Draft Registration

Discharge Records Following hosted at Louisiana USGenWeb Project unless otherwise noted ) Letters from Crit Rogers, 1918 Draft Registrations Desoto Parish DeSoto Parish Draft Registrations , Part 1 – Black DeSoto Parish Draft Registrations , Part 2 – White Other Towns – Black – (A-B) Other Towns – Black – (C-D) Other Towns – Black – (E-G) Other Towns – Black – (H-I) Other Towns – Black – (J-L) Other Towns – Black – (M-P) Other Towns – Black – (Q-S) Other Towns – Black – (T-V) Other Towns – Black – (W-Y) Other Towns  – Mexican, Oriental, White (A-G) Other … Read more

Louisiana Census Records

Louisiana Census online research should begin with what is available online for free. If this proves fruitful then congratulations! If not, then I would suggest signing up for the online census images (links to the right) where you can access all the available online Louisiana census information directly from your computer at home. Louisiana 1860 – 1930 Census Records 1810 Ascension Parish Louisiana Images (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project Ascension Parish Louisiana Index (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project Assumption Parish Louisiana Images (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project Avoyelles Parish Louisiana Archives (hosted at USGenWeb Archives Avoyelles Parish Louisiana Images (hosted … Read more

Louisiana 1860 – 1930 Census Records

Louisiana Census online research should begin with what is available online for free. If this proves fruitful then congratulations! If not, then I would suggest signing up for the online census images (links to the right) where you can access all the available online Louisiana census information directly from your computer at home. Louisiana 1810 – 1850 Census Records 1860 Assumption Parish Louisiana (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project Index A Index B Index C-E Index F-H Index I-L Index M-R Index S-Z File 1 File 2 File 3 File 4 File 5 File 6 File 7 File 8 File 9 … Read more

Louisiana Cemetery Records – Orleans to Plaquemines Parishes

Cladstone Church of God and Cemetery

Louisiana Cemetery records are listed by parish then name of cemetery within the Louisiana parish. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Orleans Parish New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries, Louisiana New Orleans is located on the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana. The Archdiocese of New Orleans has made a burial records database available on its website. The records cover burials in seven cemeteries: St. Charles, St. Joseph, St. Louis, St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. Roch, and St. Vincent de Paul. The database … Read more

Louisiana Cemetery Records Sabine to St. Helena Parish

Louisiana Cemetery records are listed by parish then name of cemetery within the Louisiana parish. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Sabine Parish Following Cemeteries (hosted At Sabine Parish, Louisiana Tombstone Transcription Project) Aimwell Cemetery Aimwell Cemetery with Funeral and Obituary Links Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Bayou Scie Cemetery Belmont Cemetery Bethsadia Cemetery Beulah Cemetery Bossier Cemetery Carter Cemetery Cassell Cemetery Cedar Grove Baptist Cemetery Clearwater Cemetery Clyde Cemetery Converse Cemetery Dove (Spiker) Cemetery Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery Elm Baptist … Read more