my 1981 book "Bakers Forever" contains much on Bienville Parish, La. I hope this helps other parish searchers and i can supply more info than shown here. The Ringgold (La.) Record of Aug.8,1969 says: "The ... settlers were...Anglo saxon...came by wagon train (re Mt. Lebanon)...early wagon trainers were KEYS, LOGANS, WALKERS, HARDYS, WELBOURNES, CANFIELDS, CASONS, GIBBS, BURNETTS, QUARLES, ADAMS, EDINS, ARDIS' PROTHROS, LESTERJETTS, THURMONDS, BAKERS and ROGERS. ...FROM S.C. CAME WILLIAM T. BAKER AND LEWIS WIMBERLY BAKER, BROTHERS WHO MARRIED DAUGHTERS OF JESSE (RICKS) PITMAN." Other Mt. Lebanon, Arcadia and bien.par., la. info in my book: JAMES BAKER b. 1790 anson co.,n.c. on brown creek (married NANCY WIMBERLY) settled in 1840s claiborne, now bienville parish. He was baptized by rev. Hinson shortly before death in 1881. In July 1870 he was widowed and living in home of his son LEWIS WIMBERLY BAKER in Bien.Parish. The son of JAMES, FRANCIS M. BAKER signed legal papers in Bien.Par. on 28 Mar.1866. He may have had a son JAMES BAKER JR, and a daughter, name unknown, who married JASPER HILBURN. another son of JAMES, WILLIAM TILGHMAN BAKER b. 1820 anson co., nc, married 1840 CAROLINE PITMAN, D/O JESSE RICKS PITMAN. He was received into the Mt. Lebanon Bapt. church Mar 2, 1845, dismissed by ltr. Apr 6, 1850, then received again 3 Nov. 1860 with wife CAROLINE PITMAN BAKER. (THE MT. LEBANON BAPT. CH. MINUTES are on microfilm in Shreve library, Shreveport,La.) WILLIAM T. BAKER D. 1864, INTERRED MT. LEBANON CEMETERY. WILLIAM T.BAKER'S dau. MARY ELIZ. BAKER B. 1844 married CHARLES SMITH YEARWOOD in Bien.Par., La. 25 Dec.1859. Their daughter LIZZIE YEARWOOD B.1860 D. 1940 is interred with husband in Mt.Leb. cemetery, having married WILLIAM M. CONGER 13 Jan.1881. Their son CHARLES W. YEARWOOD B.1860 married LELIA TOOKE 15 Jan.1885 in Bien.Parish. Their son WILLIE YEARWOOD b.1866/7, married in Bien.Par. on 6 Nov.1886 SEWARD P. TOOKE. Their son GEORGE W. YEARWOOD, b. ca. 1869, married NANNIE LOUISE TOOKE, her grandfather being lst mayor of Mt.Lebanon named K.P. MCDANIEL. Their son DR.JAMES GARNETT YEARWOOD b.1876 Ringgold, La. married 1907 ANNIE JUDSON ALLISON. AMANDA ELIZA BAKER b.1847, married 1866 WM.T.BURNETT. SHE ENTERED MT.LEBANON BAPT. CHURCH 1864, DISMISSED 1868, BOTH INTERRED MT. LEBANON, LA. CEMETERY. THEIR SON PERRY COVINGTON BURNETT b.1868 d.1922/4, single, interred mt. Lebanon cemetery. JOSEPHINE BAKER b.1849 married JONES FULLER. Their daughter LENA FULLER b/1869 Mt.Lebanon, d. 1932, married WILLIAM T. LEE. Their son WILLIAM HENRY FULLER, b. 1871 Mt.Lebanon d.1922, married FANNIE RODEN. Their son WILBUR JONES FULLER b.1875, interred Arcadia,La., married 1923 ANNIE KLINE. Their dau. MARY FULLER, B.1878 married 1900 WILLIAM YOUNG GALLOWAY IN mT.LEBANON, both interred Arcadia,La. OTHER BIRTH AND MARRIAGE DATA RELATING TO BIEN.PAR.,LA.::: HENRY PITMAN BAKER SR. b.1853 ARCADIA, La. married 1881 MARY ELLEN POWELL. WILLIAM TILMAN BAKER b.1881 Arcadia,La., married ZILPHA MILLS. RUBY ESTELLA BAKER b. 1883 Arcadia, married 1908 HENRY OSCAR TAYLOR. CHARLES THURMOND BAKER b.1855 Arcadia, married 1914 ELIZABETH HOLLAND PIPIES. VIRGIL POWELL BAKER b.Arcadia 1887 married LENA COFFIN. HENRY PITMAN BAKER JR. b..1891 Bienville Parish, married ELLA RUTH TRULUCK. JULIA CAROLINE BAKER b. 1857, married Dec.1875 WILLIAM L. KING, and both are interred in Mt. Lebanon. THOS. JEFFERSON KING married CATHERINE ALABAMA KERSH, BOTH LIVED MT.LEBANON. LEWIS WIMBERLY BAKER b.1815 Anson Co.,NC married 1842 in Ga. DELILAH ANN PITMAN, went to Mt.Lebanon early 1840s. JAMES MONROE BAKER, b. 1843, d. Mt.Lebanon 1879 married CATHERINE THOMPSON, D/O ANDERSON FAMBRO THOMPSON AND MARTHA MCCLENDON. CATHERINE married (2) T.W. JOHNSON. LOLA MONTES BAKER b. 1868 Mt.Leb. married there 1889 IRA R. HIGHTOWER. AND IS INTERRED IN ARCADIA WITH HUSBAND. HE MARRIED (2) RUTH CAMPBELL. GLENN BAKER HIGHTOWER b. Arcadia 1891. J.T. HIGHTOWER b.1892 Arcadia. ERNEST ALLEN HIGHTOWER b. 1893 Arcadia. ELGYN HIGHTOWER, twin, b. Arcadia 1896 married GLADYS BACON. ALWYN HIGHTOWER, twin, b. Arcadia 1896, married VERNE LYONS. ALICE ADELE BAKER b.1870, bapt. Mt.Leb. ch. 1888, married 1891 J.WES ALLEN, in Bien.Parish. CARRIE ESTELLE BAKER b.1874 Mt.Leb., d. 1875. BESSIE BAKER b1875 near Arcadia, married 1890 JAMES DOBKINS. KITTY JANE BAKER b.1878 Mt.Leb. married THOMAS CHESTER HIGHTOWER 1896 in Bien.Par.,La., both buried near Arcadia. WILLIAM T. BAKER b. 1847 Mt.Leb., married CARRIE ELIZA WHITE (my line) 27 Nov.1877 bien.par.,la. LEWIS WIMBERLY BAKER b. 1879 Mt.Leb. married 1902 in Bien.Par. to S.LILLIE COLON. MORELL COLON BAKER b. Mt.Leb. 1904/5 married 1927 SALLIE GARRETT. LETCHER LEWIS BAKER b.1909 Mt.Leb. married 1942 LENORE JOSEPHINE COUTRET. TRITOS TWELVES 'T.T.' BAKER (MY LINE) b.1881 Mt.Leb. married 1903 HILDA AGNES FRAZEE. JESSIE LEWIS BAKER b.1850 Mt.Leb. married (1) 1877 MARY SMITH WILLIAMSON AND (2) 1903/13 MARY VICTORIA COLON. BERTHA DREW BAKER b..1878 Mt.Leb. married there 1900 ROBERT LEE COLON. MYRTLE BAKER b.1880 Mt.Leb. married Bien.Par.1904 CLAYBROOK COTTINGHAM. ANGIE KEY BAKER b.1887, married 1907 in Bien.par. LUDA L. BRICE. BAINS FRANCIS BAKER b.1852 Mt.Leb., married ca. 1875 (1) ALABAMA YOUNGBLOOD, AND IN 1883 MARRIED (2) MATTIE JUDSON LEE. THEIR ISSUE lee baker b.1885, d. 1888 and Stella Baker B.1886, D. 1888 ARE INTERRED IN ARCADIA, LA. ROBERT LYNN BAKER b.1897 Arcadia married (1) MARIE SMITH (2) MARY ELIZABETH BENTLEY ANGELINE BAKER b.ca.1855 Mt.Leb. married ca. 1872 JOHN C. BRICE. SALLIE E. BAKER b/1856 Mt.Leb. marrided 1877 in Bien.Par. DANIEL R. SHEHEE A.ELIZA BAKER b.1858 Mt.Leb. married 1877 in Mt.Leb. DAVID D. KING. MINNIE D. KING b.1877 Mt.Leb. married 1899 JOHN H. BOONE. J.EGAN BAKER b.1860 Mt.Leb. married 1890 A'EOLIAN O'BANNON. ALMA LILLIE BAKER b..1891, married 1920 Mt.Leb. to JOHN MALLORY BARR. LEWIS TURNER BAKER SR. b.1893 Mt.Leb. married 1922 NORA ANDERSON. LEWIS TURNER BAKER JR. b.1929 Gibsland,La. married 1952 BETTY VIRGINIA WILLIS. DON ROBINSON BAKER b. 1895 Mt.Leb. married 1921 CAMILLE McGEE. JAMES WIMBERLY BAKER b.1898, married 1925 in Arcadia,La. LEAH ROSALIE CHAPMAN. SUSAN BAKER b.1860 , twin of J.EGAN BAKER, married 1881 in Mt.Leb. H.THOMAS SHEHEE. WIMBERLY BAKER b.ca.1866 Mt.Leb. married (1) 1887 MARY FRANCES RATCLIFF, THEN (2) 1927 MRS. PEARL WEBB. LEARY CLAUDE BAKER b.1889, married (1) LYNN AUBREY (2) EDNA CARTER AUBREY, and he is interred in Mt.Leb. CARRIE C. BAKER, b. 1891, married DR. RICHARD GROVES GANTT ca.1911 and is interred in Mt.Leb. CLINTON ARDIS BAKER b.1896, married 1921 in Bien.Par,La. FRANCES ELIZABETH BROWN. A'EOLIAN 'HUN' BAKER b.1902 Mt.Leb. married prior 1933 J.P.RANDOL. ADALINE L. BAKER b.1870 Mt.Leb.married (1) JAMES L. KEITH, 4-5 ISSUE ARE INTERRED MT.LEB. and she married (2) aft.1900 ED JONES. MARTHA ELIZABETH PITMAN b.1820 Ga., married DAVIS LAND, BOTH INTERREDIN MT.,LEB. SARAH A. PITMAN, b.1830 Ga., married 1849 CHARLES AMMONETTE THURMOND and she died 1899 in Mt.Lebanon. JANE T. PITMAN b/1838/9, d.1903 in Mt.Leb., married 1859 DAVID J. MIZELL. FRANCES A. PITMAN b.1840 Ga., d. 1865 Mt.Leb. THOMAS JEFFERSON PITMAN b.1843, married BELLE H. RANDLE. sHE WAS MEMBER MT.LEB. BAPT. CH. 1860-1899. JOHN MALLORY BARR b.1886, married ALMA BAKER 1920, he dying Mt.Leb. 1961. TURNER WILLIAM O'BANNON JR. b.1860 married CAROLINE IRION, AND HE IS BURIED MT.LEB. SUSAN WHITE b.ca.1848, married in Bien.Par.,La. 1878 to M.M.CROOM. JOSEPH VALENTINE WHITE JR. b. 1855 Mt.Leb. married (1) 1878 LAURA JOSEPHINE WOODWARD. (2) 1920 MATTIE STAHL. JOSEPH VALENTINE WHITE SR b.1814 sc, Mt.Leb. Bapt.Ch. member by 1844, married HARRIET N. THURMOND. EDMUND VALENTINE WHITE b.1879 Ringgold La., married 1905 OLLIE MARTIN. WE HAVE TRIED HARD TO HELP BIENVILLE PARISH. ANYONE CONNECTING WITH ANY OF THESE NAMES SHOULD E-MAIL ME AT OLDBUD3@AOL.COM warren l.baker, 205 Primrose Lane, Fairview Hgts, Ill. 62208