EAST CARROLL RESEARCH MATERIAL THAT I HAVE COLLECTED

CENSUSES
1673 INHABITANTS ALONG THE MS. RIVER & ALONG THE AR. RIVER
1724 CENSUS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER -
(from New Orleans to Ouacha or German Villages)
1726 GENERAL CENSUS ALONG MS. RIVER -
(to the region known as Illinois)
1810 CONCORDIA PARISH
1810 OUACHITA PARISH
1820 CONCORDIA PARISH
1820 OUACHITA PARISH
1830 & 1840 CALDWELL PARISH CENSUS
1830 & 1840 CATAHOULA PARISH CENSUS
1830 & 1840 CONCORDIA PARISH CENSUS
1830 & 1840 MADISON PARISH CENSUS
1830 & 1840 OUACHITA PARISH CENSUS
1830 & 1840 UNION PARISH CENSUS
(1850 - 1930 WHITES ONLY)
1850 CARROLL PARISH CENSUS
1860 CARROLL PARISH CENSUS
1870 CARROLL PARISH CENSUS
1880 EAST CARROLL PARISH CENSUS
1900 EAST CARROLL PARISH CENSUS
1910 EAST CARROLL PARISH CENSUS INDEX
1920 EAST CARROLL PARISH CENSUS
1930 EAST CARROLL PARISH CENSUS INDEX

ALSO: OTHER CENSUSES
1840 WARREN CO., MS.
1850 ISSAQUENA CO., MS.
1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULE OF LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA.,
1870 SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS
1860 AGRICULTURAL SCHEDULE OF CHICOT COUNTY, AR.
1860 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS OF CARROLL PARISH, LA.

CEMETERY RECORDS:
ALL KNOWN CEMETERIES till 1998

LAND PATENTS:
CARROLL PARISH /EAST CARROLL 1826 - 1899

WAR CASUALTIES:
Civil War, Korean War, WWI, WWII, Viet Nam,
Desert Storm, and Iraqui Freedom

MARRIAGE RECORDS:
Thru 1833 CONCORDIA MARRIAGES
1700 - 1834 OUACHITA MARRIAGES
1832 - 1900 EAST CARROLL MARRIAGES
1855 - 1900 WEST CARROLL MARRIAGES
1866 - 1900 MARRIAGE AND DEATH ABSTRACTS

NEWSPAPER MICROFILM:
(1) CARROLL RECORD - 06/16/1866 - 06/18/1867 & 02/08/1868 - 06/12/1869
(2) MISCELLANEOUS TITLES OF LAKE PROVIDENCE PAPERS: 4/5/1873 - 2/1/1879;
April 05, June 14 & 21, Nov. 01, June 07, Aug. 02, & Oct. 16. -- 1875;
April 08 - Sept. 30, & Oct. 07. -- 1876; Sept. 09, 1877; Sept 15. -- 1878;
July 20, Aug. 17, Nov. 23, 30, & Feb. 1
(3) EAST CARROLL DEMOCRAT - 05/05/1883 - 05/24/1888
(4) CARROLL BANNER - 07/14/1887 - 06/11/1892
(5) BANNER DEMOCRAT - 08/06/1892 - 12/28/1895
(6) BANNER DEMOCRAT - 01/04/1896 - 12/31/1898
(7) BANNER DEMOCRAT - 01/;07/1899 - 12/27/1902
(8) BANNER DEMOCRAT - (SCATTERED ISSUES) 1904 - 1906; 1918 - 1928
(books for sale from microfilms)
“1866 - 1876 Murder, Mayhem, & Misc. of Carroll Parish, LA.”
by Sandy Schmitz~Moore
“1877 - 1888 East Carroll Parish, LA.
Old Newspaper Gleans of the Local Folk” by Sandy Moore

BOOKS for RESEARCH:
(1) "A Place to Remember", by Georgia Pinkston & INDEX
(2) "Brokenburn, A Kate Stone Journal", by John Q. Anderson & INDEX
(3) "Between the Rivers", by McKoin & INDEX
(4) "4th LA. Infantry" book on the "Trailleurs", regimental history.
(5) "Louisiana Plantation Homes", by La. Dept. of
Commerce & Industry Tourist Bureau.
(6) “Murder, Mayhem, and Misc. of Carroll Parish”, (1866 - 1876)
by Sandy Guthrie Moore
(7) Have composed exerpts also from 1877 up through 1894, but not in book form yet.
(8) “Life on the Mississippi”, by Mark Twain.
(9) “Louisiana Plantation Homes”, by the LA Dept. of Congress & Industry.
(10) “Steamboat Gothic”, Francis Parkinson Keyes.
(11) “Ransdell of Louisiana”, by Adras Laborde
(12) “Tales of the Mississippi(River)”, by Ray Samuel,
Leonard V. Huber, & Warren C. Ogden.
(13) 1966 Telephone Book for Lake Providence, LA.
(14) "Three Roads to the Alamo", by William C. Davis. [James Bowie tells of some land deals happening around the northeast Louisiana area]
(15) "Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family", by Roberdeau Buchanan


OTHER RESEARCH MATERIAL:
HEADSTONE PICTURES:
I have collected several headstone pictures from the cemeteries in East Carroll Parish, and are listed below. I am in the process of doing the Lake Providence Cemetery. If you are interested in any of these pictures please email me.
CAIN RIDGE CEMETERY
KING SOLOMON CEMETERY
MT PLEASANT CEMETERY
PERKINS CEMETERY
I also have a few headstone pictures that I have collected on the internet from these cemeteries:
EVERGREEN CEMETERY
HERRINGVILLE CEMETERY
LAKE PROVIDENCE CEMETERY


MAPS:
TOWN OF LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. 1892
LAKE PROVIDENCE REACH, 1892
PROVIDENCE, LA, AND MS RIVER, 1911
EAST CARROLL PARISH (WARDS), 1990
LOUISIANA TOURIST MAPS (1950)
LAKE PROVIDENCE BOTTLING COMPANY LOCATION

COURT RECORDS:
NATURALIZATION PETITION RECORDS
WEST CARROLL BOND BOOK RECORDS
OUACHITA PROBATE RECORDS
SOME SLAVE SALES RECORDS (1851 -1859)

MAGAGINE STORIES:
Harper’s Magazine:
"The Canal at Lake Providence" (sketch)
"Cutting the Levee at Lake Providence" (sketch)
"Union Jim’s Prisoners" (sketch)
"A ’Contraband’ Volunter" (sketch)
Reader’s Digest: “Poorest Town in the U. S."
George Magazine: “10 Most Corrupt Cities in America”

BOOKS BY LOCAL FOLK:
“A Bird in Flight, on Broken Wings”, by Troy Buckner
“Louisiana Swamp Doctor”, by John Q. Anderson
“Life and Times of King Cotton”, by David L. Cohn.
“Ben Lilly’s Tales of Bears, Lions, & Hounds”, edited by Neil B. Cormony

HISTORICAL QUARTERLIES:
"MISSISSIPPI RIVER ROUTES"
Vicksburg Genealogy Society Quarterly.
Vol. 1, #1, 2, 3, & 4 (#3 - Milliken's Bend Academy);
Vol. 4, #1, & 3 (#1 - L. P., LA. Yellow Fever Deaths in 1878 );
Vol. 5, #1
(Recollections of James Old, Concordia Tax List 0f 1806);
Vol. 6, #1, & 4 (#1 - 1st Graduates of St. Francis Xavier Academy);
Vol. 7, #1 (Wills: (1) John Johnson & Emily Williams (2) Bridget Furgusen)
"LE RACONTEUR GENEALOGY MAGAZINE"
Baton Rouge Genealogical. I have an index of all published LeRaconteur magazines listed above and below:
Vol. XI, Nos. 3, & 4; Vol. XII, Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4; Vol. XIII, No. 1

OLD SCHOOL ANNUALS:
1929 ECHO
1963 Deltan, 1964 Deltan, 1965 Deltan, 1966 Deltan,
1968 Deltan, and 1970 Deltan

POEMS :
“Robert E. Lee”
“the steamboat”

STORIES ABOUT THE AREA :
"Major Todd’s Leg”, from a Vicksburg newspaper

YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT:
morechev@ipa.net