East Carroll Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

(NAME) (DATE) (DOC.#) (ACCESSION #) 18 N, 10 E BRYANT, GEORGE W 07/05/1849 531B LA1430__.031 GREEN, ROBERT ...

by Sandy Guthrie Moore On my previous visit down to Lake Providence I was unable to locate the Panola Cemetery. I couldn’t find a soul aroun...

"Small Towns Struggle to Survive - Town Leaves Legacy of Gun Smoke" by Jimmy Hatten (interview with Gus Thompson, Jr.) [drawing ...

[In the May 23, 1893 issue of the Banner-Democrat ] The crops wre growing grandly, The cotton and the corn; The May month smiled down bland...

(newspaper of Sept. 6, 1890) [Supplement to the Carroll Banner ] In the 1st Ward Henderson Store. J. & Stein Company, Proprietors J. P....

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From “Between the Rivers”, Florence Stewart McKoin There is an Indian mound - or was - in West Carroll Parish, located east of Oak Grove on...

The Rust Brothers, Mark and John - the mechanical cotton picker - Around 1929, the Rust brothers came to Hollybrook, La. to work for Mr. Tib...

(Now East and West Carroll Parishes) “The first settlement in East Carroll in the early 19th century was on the Mississippi River in the vic...

This old town has an interesting tale to tell To our young folks and late comers here to dwell; Mud huts and mounds prove the Indians had th...

I believe this came from a 1960’s newspaper.

I was born in Manila, Arkansas, in 1952, and was raised in Lake Providence, La.. I had a really terrific childhood. I was usually out ridi...

CENSUSES 1673 INHABITANTS ALONG THE MS. RIVER & ALONG THE AR. RIVER 1724 CENSUS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER - (from New Orleans to Ouac...

August 1, 1706 CENSUS ( Families & Habitants of LA., by Nicolas de la Salle) (Compiled & transcribed by Charles R. Maduel, Jr.) M. d...