Louisiana

Attacapan Family

Attacapan Family. A linguistic family consisting solely of the Attacapa tribe, although there is linguistic evidence of at least 2 dialects. Under this name were formerly comprised several bands settled in south Louisiana and northeast Texas. Although this designation was given them by their Choctaw neighbors on the east, these bands with one or two exceptions, do not appear in history under any other general name. Formerly the Karankawa and several other tribes were included with the Attacapa, but the vocabularies of Martin Duralde and of Gatschet show that the Attacapa language is distinct from all others. Investigations by Gatschet … Read more

Biography of David G. Parker, D. D. S.

David G. Parker, D. D. S., a popular dentist of Riverside and well known in professional circles of that city, is a native of Alabama, where he was born in 1850, his parents being Peter and Nancy (Blackshear) Parker; the former a Northern man by birth, a descendant of the old colonial families of Massachusetts, by occupation a planter; the latter of German descent, the arrival of whose forefathers in this country antedates the Revolutionary period. When the Doctor was a mere lad his parents moved to Mississippi, settling in Clarke County, where he received his education, closing his studies … Read more

Biography of Matthew Cleghorn

Matthew Cleghorn, a farmer of San Bernardino County, was born in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1829, a son of Rev. Lorenzo D. Cleghorn, who was a native of Virginia and a minister of the Christian Church. His mother, Mary (McLain) Cleghorn, was of Scotch parentage. They had five children, of whom our subject was the second. He left home at the age of twelve years and subsequently entered the Mexican War. He enlisted in the Sixteenth Kentucky Volunteers, but was afterward attached to the Eleventh. He carried the express for eight months from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico … Read more

Mugulasha Tribe

Mugulasha Indians. A tribe related to the Choctaw, who lived on the west bank of the Mississippi, in a village with the Bayogoula, whose language they spoke

Ouachita Tribe

Ouachita Indians. A former tribe, apparently Caddoan, residing on Black or Ouachita river in north east Louisiana.  Bienville in 1700 encountered some of them carrying salt to the Taensa, with whom he says they were intending to live.  Later he reached the main Ouachita village, which he found to comprise about 5 houses and to contain about 70 men.  It would seem that the tribe subsequently retired before the Chickasaw and settled among the Natchitoch, their identity being soon after lost.  They are not to be confounded with the Wichita.

Biographical Sketch of A. Shay

A. Shay, of San Bernardino, was born in Maine, May 1, 1812, but reared principally in Nova Scotia. He learned the cooper’s and carpenter’s trades. When a young man he went to New Orleans, where he was successful for three years. Seeing then a specimen of gold from California, in 1849, he at once set out for the gold fields, coming by water and the Isthmus of Panama. He worked in the mines for a time and made and lost a great deal of money-lost heavily by the floods in the upper country. Then he carried on a large sheep … Read more

Biography of John B. Crawford

John B. Crawford is one of the pioneers of California, dating his first arrival on the Pacific coast early in 1849. His first visit to Southern California was also in that year. Mr. Crawford was born in York Township, County of Peal, Canada, in 1826. His parents, James and Eliza (Beatty) Crawford, were natives of Ireland, who immigrated to Canada in 1810. His mother was a daughter of Rev. John Beatty, a well-known pioneer of the Methodist Church. She is now eighty-five years of age and a resident of Riverside. His father was a prominent businessman of York, owning and … Read more

Early Colonization of La Louisiane

1703 Delisle detail

During the late 1600s and early 1700s, English explorers and colonists primarily stayed within the Piedmont and Coastal Plain, east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Meanwhile, anonymous French traders and trappers were exploring the rivers of the Upper South then reporting back information to French officials in Quebec. The combination of expeditions sponsored by the French government and dozens of journeys by civilians, enabled France to map and claim all of North America from the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the headwaters of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.  This vast province, France named La Louisiane – Louisiana. … Read more

Early European Explorers

Throughout the late 17th century and first 2/3 of the 18th century, Great Britain and France competed for control of North America.  Some have called this period, the Second Hundred Years War.  Although the European troops were not always fighting each other, their Indian allies were.  Spain had challenged Great Britain’s colonization efforts in the 1600s, but by 1705 its mission system in what is now Georgia had been wiped out by Native American and English raiders. English fishermen established camps and villages on the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia the 1490s.  It is quite possible that they had … Read more

Nanatsoho Tribe

Nanatsoho Indians. Probably a subdivision of one of the tribes of the Caddo confederacy which resided in a village on Red river, of Louisiana, and, according to Joutel, were allies of the Kadohadacho, Natchitoch and Nasoni in 1687. They probably drifted southward in the middle of the 18th century, gradually lost, their distinctive organization, and became merged with their kindred during the turbulence of that period, suffering distress incident to the introduction of new diseases by the whites. In 1812 a settlement of 12 families was said to exist near the locality of their former villages.

Huma Tribe

Huma (red).  A Choctaw tribe living during the earlier period of the French colonization of Louisiana, 7 leagues above Red river on the east bank of the Mississippi, their settlement in 1699 containing 140 cabins and 350 families.  A red pole marked the boundary between them ad the Bayogoula on the south.  In 1706 the Tonika fled to them from the Chickasaw, but later rose against them and killed more than half, after which the remainder established themselves near the site of New Orleans.  later they lived along Bayou La Fourche and in the neighborhood of the present Houma, Louisiana, … Read more

Howland, Lawson A. – Obituary

Lawson A. Howland, 86, died Jan. 25, 2003, at the Weiser Rehabilitation and Care Center. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Cambridge, Idaho. Burial will be at Salubria Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel. Lawson was born and raised in Cambridge, Idaho. He attended grade school and high school in Cambridge and graduated in 1934. He lived with his parents on the family farm along Pine Creek about four miles northwest of the city. He was very active in sports throughout his childhood, competing in basketball, … Read more

Louisiana African American Genealogy

African American Genealogy online research is much more difficult due to the scant nature of record keeping for African American’s prior to the Civil War. This is the reason for creating a separate section for African Americans much like we have for Native Americans who’s research can also be hampered by the available records. The links below provide an accurate reflection of what is available to be searched for African American genealogy. Conducting successful African American genealogical research can be a challenging adventure. In recent years, the challenge has been lessened and the adventure heightened by the growing body of … Read more

Louisiana African American Census Records

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 Florida census information directly from your computer at home. You should also check AccessGenealogy’s Census Records Hosted at USGenWeb Project, African American Census Assumption Parish 1845 Slave Schedule Assumption Parish Franklin Parish 1850 Slave Schedule Franklin Parish Jackson Parish 1880 Jackson Parish – Partial listing of African Americans Livingston Parish African Americans on the 1920 Livingston Parish … Read more

Louisiana Slave Records

Knowing the Slave owners will help the researcher in finding records for Slave Ancestors. Hosted at LAUSGenWeb Archives of African American Genealogy Louisiana Slave Sales, 1800-1832 Mabry/Maybery Slave Records Maryland Slaves Sold to Louisiana Plantation Owners Emancipation Freeing Thomas Jackson from Slavery Carroll Parish Inventory of Nancy Beiller Carroll Parish Slave Sales – 1848-1856 Carroll Parish Desoto Parish Collins Will Desoto Parish, Louisiana Interview’s with Mabry/Mayberry Slaves 1861 Slave Owners Desoto Parish Vanhook Slave Sale Union Parish Slave Records Mabry/Mayberry Family East Baton Rouge Parish Lost, Found & runaway Slave Ad-1861 East Baton Rouge Parish Auditors Office Report on Runaway … Read more

Louisiana African American Cemeteries

Cemeteries provide us with a unique link to our past. While many cemeteries contain a few African American graves, some are comprised of only African Americans. The following list shows  African American Cemeteries in Florida.  You should also check AccessGenealogy Cemeteries for additional listings. Hosted at African American Genealogy USGenWeb Allen Parish Kinder Cemetery St. Michael Cemetery Canada Memorial Gardens Choctaw Island Baptist Church Cemetery Calcasieu Parish Hi Mount Cemetery West Fork Cemetery Cameron Parish African American Gordon Cemetery Monk Cemetery Concordia Parish Vidalia City Cemetery Dunbart Plantation Cemetery Ferriday Cemetery Natchitoches Parish Allen Baptist Cemetery – Partial Listing Allen … Read more

Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements of Louisiana

These pages will provide an alphabetical listing for all the villages, towns, and settlements in what was the state of Louisiana at the time the Handbook of American Indian of North America was written. Amatpan Baton Rouge to Boutté Station Caiasban to Choye Doustioni to Dulchioni Enoqua Grosse Tête to Guasco Hipinimtch to Huma  

H Louisiana Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Hipinimtch (hipi ‘prairie’, nimtch ‘road, portage’) .A former Chitimacha village on the w. side of Grand lake, at Fausse Pointe, near Bayou Gosselin, La. Houaneiha. An unidentified village or tribe mentioned to Joutel (Margry, Dec., in, 409, 1878) in 1687, while he was staying with the Kadohadacho on Red r. of Louisiana, by the chief of that tribe as being among his enemies. Houjets. An unidentified tribe containing 40 men described as of fine stature, living on a branch of … Read more

D- Louisiana Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Doustioni. A tribe, formerly living on Red r. of Louisiana, that from its proximity to the Natchitoches and the Yatasi was probably kindred thereto and belonged to the Caddo confederacy. The people are mentioned by Joutel, in 1687, as allies of the Kadohadacho. Pénicaut, in 1712, met them with a party of Natchitoches, and remarks that for the 5 years previous they had been constantly wandering, and living by the chase (Margry, Dec., v, 488). Their warriors at that time … Read more