Hi, My 3rd great-grandmother died 5 June 1870 in Oakland, LA and was reported to have been buried in the Evans Cemetery in Oakland, in Union Parish. Her name was Marie or Mary Evans, mother of Alcey Evans who married Walter Claude Brewer. If you know of the cemetery and where I can find a listing I will be grateful. Thanks! Jim Williams (born in Lillie, LA)

Hi everyone, This is a note to those interested in the military history of Union Parish Confederate soldiers. Two excellent works have been published in the past year, and one still remains in print from 1998. These works deal with Confederate armies that included the 6th, 12th, 17th, and 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiments. Over eight hundred Union Parish soldiers served in these regiments during the war. Here are the works: 1) "Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers: A History of the 6th Louisiana Volunteers, 1861 – 1865", by James P. Gannon, Savas Publishing Company, Mason City, Iowa, 1998. The first wave of Union Parish men to enlist in the Confederate Army belonged to Company A, 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. After training at Camp Moore in south Louisiana in the spring of 1861, this regiment joined the Army of Northern Virginia and served under General Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. This work gives the history of this regiment. 2) "The Defense of Vicksburg: A Louisiana Chronicle", by Allan C. Richard, Jr. and Mary Margaret Higginbotham Richard, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2004. Over four hundred Union Parish soldiers serving in Company C, 17th Louisiana and Companies G, H, and I, 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiments saw action during the Vicksburg campaign of 1862 – 1863. This work gives an excellent account of the Louisiana soldiers at Vicksburg told through letters and diaries. 3) "Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg", by Dr. Timothy B. Smith, Savas Beatie, New York, 2004. This work describes the events surrounding the Yankee victory at the Battle of Champion's Hill (Baker's Creek to the Confederates) on 16 May 1863 that led Confederate General John C. Pemberton to withdraw his army into the defensives of Vicksburg, thus beginning the siege. As a precursor to Champion Hill, Dr. Smith includes a long discussion on the Battle of Port Gibson on 1 May 1863. Approximately four hundred Union Parish troops in the 17th and 31st Regiments participated in the Battle of Port Gibson, with several soldiers in the 31st captured and sent north to Yankee prisons. The 17th and 31st Regiments performed picket duty on the Big Black River during the Battle of Champion Hill and took no part in the fierce fighting there. However, over two hundred other Union Parish soldiers serving in Companies E and I, 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiments did participate in the action on May 16th, with several Union Parish fatalities. Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Hello! I hope you are all enjoying the end of summer. Below is a list of the new material on the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives since the last update. New Material on the Archives: 1) Index to the 1930 Union Parish census by wards. Thanks to the superb efforts of Mary Ann Williams & Karen Mabry Rice, we will very soon have an index to the entire 1930 census! Due to the size of the entire census, the index is done by wards. All wards are now up except for Ward 3, which should be up soon. 2) Index to the 1920 Union Parish Census Ward 1, prepared & submitted by Karen Rice. 3) Transcription of 1870 Union Parish Census, Ward 4 by Shawn Martin. We are now very close to having Shawn's complete transcription of the 1870 census. 4) Union Parish Succession Transcriptions by Shawn Martin. This week, Shawn has transcribed & submitted for us these successions from 1859 - 1860: ### Henry Funderburk ### John A. Bayless ### James H. Carson ### sale of property of the firm of Carson & Bayless [By the way, Carson & Bayless was "the" Farmerville mercantile firm during the 1840s and 1850s. They owned a large amount of land, slaves, and merchandise. Most Union Parish farmers who lived anyway near Farmerville held accounts with them. I strongly suggest that everyone check these successions for their ancestors or families of interest. I have found over thirty relatives listed in these records so far myself.] 5) Biography of Pinckney Odom (1820-1895) & his wife Mary Caroline Ward Gee Odom (1818-1892) 6) Union Parish Post Office Page completed. This page contains records of every Union Parish post office between 1838 and 1930, including the names of all men and women who served as postmasters of Union Parish offices. 7) I also posted a new page containing records of slaves who lived in Union Parish prior to 1865. If you happen to have any records that would be appropriate to post, please send them in. Thanks to our transcribers & submitters: Mary Anne Williams, Shawn Martin, and Karen Mabry Rice. We greatly appreciate their dedicated efforts to put these valuable resources on the archives for us all!! Have a good week, Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hello, I hope none of you suffered any damage from Hurricane Charley. It passed directly over me this afternoon and flooded much of the surrounding countryside for a while. Here is a list of the new material on the Union Parish Archives since the last update: #1 Photographs of the Towns family who lived in the Sadie area north of Marion, submitted by Linda Duke. #2 Succession Records transcribed & submitted by Shawn Martin: ++ 1860 succession of Joseph M. Heard (died 21 Dec 1859) ++ 1860 emancipation of Gabriel R. Plummer ++ 1860 Tutorship of minor heirs of J. S. J. Farrar #3 Photo of Alabama Landing on the Ouachita River, submitted by Bruce Odom #4 1930 census records - thanks to the efforts of Karen Mabry Rice & Mary Anne Williams, we now have indices to Wards 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 of the 1930 census! #5 1910 image improvements - have any of you ever tried to read the 1910 Union Parish census? It is often futile, both on microfilm or the old images we had on the archives. Thanks to the hard work of Karen Mabry Rice, we are slowly improving the images. The new versions are much, MUCH easier to read on your computer screen, even easier than the original microfilm. We are doing these a few at the time, so updating these will be a gradual process. #6 Union Parish Post Office Records - when you have a chance, take a look at the records of Union Parish post offices just posted. We have a post office map plus data on all the Union Parish post offices between 1838 and 1892, including all postmasters. This is a work in progress, and I'll add more soon. #7 Biography of Ellen Brazeal McLelland Ward (1804-1884) #8 Marriage announcement of Fletcher G. Wilson of Fort Worth to Miss Alice Honeycutt, daughter of Britton Honeycutt & Louisa Jane Gee of Farmerville, 1895. Thanks, Tim Hudson _________________________________________________________________ Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx

Hi Everyone, I guess most all of us are suffering through the 'dog days' of summer, and in this neck of the woods, it ain't so pleasant! In case you'd like an inside escape from the heat, take a look at some of the new material posted on the Union Parish archives since my last update. Thanks to all the volunteers who shared their materials with us: Sharon K. Ray, John N. Feazell, Wanda Fuller, Linda Cole Calhoun, Shawn Martin, and Karen Mabry Rice. Please keep sending your biographies, transcriptions, cemetery surveys, photographs, etc.! I have only a few more photos to post from Linda Duke before I'm completely caught up. Tim http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm NEW MATERIAL ON THE UNION PARISH ARCHIVES: 1) 1822 Certificate of Character of George Feazle submitted by John N. Feazell (filed under old letters & parish history) 2) Three newspaper articles submitted by Sharon K. Ray: ++ 1927 Newspaper article on Martin Batte Brantley ++ 1934 Newspaper article on buried wood unearthed near Port Union (south of Sterlington) on the river ++ 1940 Odom Family Reunion notice 2) Obituaries submitted by Sharon K. Ray: +++ James Addison Ward, Jr. (1927 car accident) +++ Ollie Toler (1927) +++ G. Wortham Cann (1934) +++ W. A. Day (1940) +++ Luther Hawthorne Barnes (1940) +++ Mrs. J. C. James (1940) 3) 1860 Succession record of Thomas B. Graham submitted by Shawn Martin 4) New Photographs submitted by Wanda Fuller: several Hollis family photos & 1928 photo of the children of Sam W. Hunt (the Hollises and Hunts lived near Spearsville) 5) New Photographs submitted by Linda Cole Cahoun: several photos of the William Meek Cole family, a photo of a Ward's Chapel Church baptism at Bayou Loutre Bridge, and an unknown Union Parish photo. 6) Linda also identified two previously unknown photographs I had posted - Ed Johnson & wife Mary Cole Johnson as well as John Alexander Kyle & wife Bertha Cole Kyle. (Note: photos filed according to family name and under the recent photos link) 7) A new overall census page and each year, 1810 - 1930 has its own page now, with the census images linked by ward or Enumeration District. I'm still finishing up 1910, but the rest are complete. Thanks to all the UnionParish volunteers for their efforts in getting these censuses online. Here is the main census page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unioncensus.htm 8) A new cemetery page listing all known cemeteries and their approximate locations. Please take a look and let me know if you have evidence of a cemetery not listed. Here is the cemetery page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/unioncemeteries.htm _________________________________________________________________ Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to ‘Dig Yourself Out of Debt’ from MSN Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0407debt.armx

Well! When the e-mail went it obliterated ALL the spacing as well!! Let me try again: Last Name First Name Ward E.D. No. Page No. Image No. Line No. Hudson Georgia One 56-2 1B 1930-026 51 Hope this goes through! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Rice" <kmrice@mchsi.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [LAUNION] 1920 & 1930 Union Parish Censuses online!!!! > Tim, > I was just thinking that not everyone understands the enlargement factor > with these censuses, and it might be a good idea to put the following > somewhere on the Census pages: > "To view images at their best place your cursor on the image, then move it > off into the white space, then back on to the image. Soon a little > orange/red button with blue arrows will appear. Click on that and the image > will enlarge and be very clear and easy to read." > > Dear Everyone, > You know me. I can't let well enough alone, and one project leads to > another. These 1930 images are so very clear and readable (thank Mary at > Blue Roses for that!) that we really don't even need a transcription, so > long as we have a good index. I have started an index, and I'm about > halfway through Ward One. I'd also like to do Ward Four, as that is mainly > where my folks lived. > That leaves Wards Two, Three, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten for > anyone to jump in and help with. This is what I propose: Feel free to > volunteer for whatever you feel up to from one page to a whole ward. When > you are done, send it to me and I will copy and paste everything into one > big Excel file and alphabetize it, and create a text file. > Here is the format I'm using in Excel: > > Last Name First Name Ward E.D. No. Page No. Image No. Line No. > Hudson Georgia One 56-2 1B 1930-026 51 > > > Don't know why, but the grid lines wouldn't copy into the body of the > e-mail, however - you should be able to use your imagination looking at the > above. Please let me know what you're going to do before you start, so we > won't be duplicating each other's efforts. > Thanks!! > Karen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:39 PM > Subject: [LAUNION] 1920 & 1930 Union Parish Censuses online!!!! > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We now have the entire 1930 Union Parish census online!! The images are > > incredibly clear. They load reduced, but you can enlarge them in either > > Netscape or Internet Explorer. In addition, the 1920 transcriptions are > now > > virtually complete! I hope you will all join me in extending our gratitude > > to these people for their generosity in donating the 1930 Census Images to > > the Union Parish Archives: > > > > Blue Roses Publications > > Ann Harper Bonner > > Joan Hardison > > Harold Phillips > > Karen Mabry Rice > > > > Moreover, without Karen's dedication and patience in getting the images > > loaded, this incredible resource would not be available to us. Thanks to > you > > all!! > > > > Next, I hope you will also join me in thanking Shawn Martin and Karen > Mabry > > Rice for their herculean efforts in transcribing the 1920 Union Parish > > census. They have completed their work, and the transcriptions are now > > online. > > > > I am preparing a new census page that I hope to have up in the next week > or > > so, but in the meantime here are the links: > > > > 1920 transcriptions: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1920.htm > > > > 1930 images: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1930.htm > > > > > > I have tried to proofread every link, but I may have missed a few. Please > > let me know of any broken links. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Tim Hudson > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > > Timothy D. Hudson > > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > > > ============================== > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hey, Mary Margaret! Good to hear from you. I just indexed the Duke Selig, Sr. family this afternoon. Hugs, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Margaret Selig-Trahan" <mmstths@classicnet.net> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [LAUNION] 1920 & 1930 Union Parish Censuses online!!!! > Timothy....I agree....without the dedication of all the people that work so > diligently to put the information on-line for us, our personal job would be > much more difficult. My surnames are HEARD - EDMONDS - WEBSTER - KEY. mary > margaret selig-trahan mmstths@classicnet.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:39 PM > Subject: [LAUNION] 1920 & 1930 Union Parish Censuses online!!!! > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We now have the entire 1930 Union Parish census online!! The images are > > incredibly clear. They load reduced, but you can enlarge them in either > > Netscape or Internet Explorer. In addition, the 1920 transcriptions are > now > > virtually complete! I hope you will all join me in extending our gratitude > > to these people for their generosity in donating the 1930 Census Images to > > the Union Parish Archives: > > > > Blue Roses Publications > > Ann Harper Bonner > > Joan Hardison > > Harold Phillips > > Karen Mabry Rice > > > > Moreover, without Karen's dedication and patience in getting the images > > loaded, this incredible resource would not be available to us. Thanks to > you > > all!! > > > > Next, I hope you will also join me in thanking Shawn Martin and Karen > Mabry > > Rice for their herculean efforts in transcribing the 1920 Union Parish > > census. They have completed their work, and the transcriptions are now > > online. > > > > I am preparing a new census page that I hope to have up in the next week > or > > so, but in the meantime here are the links: > > > > 1920 transcriptions: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1920.htm > > > > 1930 images: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1930.htm > > > > > > I have tried to proofread every link, but I may have missed a few. Please > > let me know of any broken links. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Tim Hudson > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > > Timothy D. Hudson > > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > > > ============================== > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Tim, I was just thinking that not everyone understands the enlargement factor with these censuses, and it might be a good idea to put the following somewhere on the Census pages: "To view images at their best place your cursor on the image, then move it off into the white space, then back on to the image. Soon a little orange/red button with blue arrows will appear. Click on that and the image will enlarge and be very clear and easy to read." Dear Everyone, You know me. I can't let well enough alone, and one project leads to another. These 1930 images are so very clear and readable (thank Mary at Blue Roses for that!) that we really don't even need a transcription, so long as we have a good index. I have started an index, and I'm about halfway through Ward One. I'd also like to do Ward Four, as that is mainly where my folks lived. That leaves Wards Two, Three, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten for anyone to jump in and help with. This is what I propose: Feel free to volunteer for whatever you feel up to from one page to a whole ward. When you are done, send it to me and I will copy and paste everything into one big Excel file and alphabetize it, and create a text file. Here is the format I'm using in Excel: Last Name First Name Ward E.D. No. Page No. Image No. Line No. Hudson Georgia One 56-2 1B 1930-026 51 Don't know why, but the grid lines wouldn't copy into the body of the e-mail, however - you should be able to use your imagination looking at the above. Please let me know what you're going to do before you start, so we won't be duplicating each other's efforts. Thanks!! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:39 PM Subject: [LAUNION] 1920 & 1930 Union Parish Censuses online!!!! > Hi everyone, > > We now have the entire 1930 Union Parish census online!! The images are > incredibly clear. They load reduced, but you can enlarge them in either > Netscape or Internet Explorer. In addition, the 1920 transcriptions are now > virtually complete! I hope you will all join me in extending our gratitude > to these people for their generosity in donating the 1930 Census Images to > the Union Parish Archives: > > Blue Roses Publications > Ann Harper Bonner > Joan Hardison > Harold Phillips > Karen Mabry Rice > > Moreover, without Karen's dedication and patience in getting the images > loaded, this incredible resource would not be available to us. Thanks to you > all!! > > Next, I hope you will also join me in thanking Shawn Martin and Karen Mabry > Rice for their herculean efforts in transcribing the 1920 Union Parish > census. They have completed their work, and the transcriptions are now > online. > > I am preparing a new census page that I hope to have up in the next week or > so, but in the meantime here are the links: > > 1920 transcriptions: > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1920.htm > > 1930 images: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1930.htm > > > I have tried to proofread every link, but I may have missed a few. Please > let me know of any broken links. > > Best wishes, > > Tim Hudson > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >

Timothy....I agree....without the dedication of all the people that work so diligently to put the information on-line for us, our personal job would be much more difficult. My surnames are HEARD - EDMONDS - WEBSTER - KEY. mary margaret selig-trahan mmstths@classicnet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:39 PM Subject: [LAUNION] 1920 & 1930 Union Parish Censuses online!!!! > Hi everyone, > > We now have the entire 1930 Union Parish census online!! The images are > incredibly clear. They load reduced, but you can enlarge them in either > Netscape or Internet Explorer. In addition, the 1920 transcriptions are now > virtually complete! I hope you will all join me in extending our gratitude > to these people for their generosity in donating the 1930 Census Images to > the Union Parish Archives: > > Blue Roses Publications > Ann Harper Bonner > Joan Hardison > Harold Phillips > Karen Mabry Rice > > Moreover, without Karen's dedication and patience in getting the images > loaded, this incredible resource would not be available to us. Thanks to you > all!! > > Next, I hope you will also join me in thanking Shawn Martin and Karen Mabry > Rice for their herculean efforts in transcribing the 1920 Union Parish > census. They have completed their work, and the transcriptions are now > online. > > I am preparing a new census page that I hope to have up in the next week or > so, but in the meantime here are the links: > > 1920 transcriptions: > http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1920.htm > > 1930 images: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1930.htm > > > I have tried to proofread every link, but I may have missed a few. Please > let me know of any broken links. > > Best wishes, > > Tim Hudson > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi everyone, We now have the entire 1930 Union Parish census online!! The images are incredibly clear. They load reduced, but you can enlarge them in either Netscape or Internet Explorer. In addition, the 1920 transcriptions are now virtually complete! I hope you will all join me in extending our gratitude to these people for their generosity in donating the 1930 Census Images to the Union Parish Archives: Blue Roses Publications Ann Harper Bonner Joan Hardison Harold Phillips Karen Mabry Rice Moreover, without Karen's dedication and patience in getting the images loaded, this incredible resource would not be available to us. Thanks to you all!! Next, I hope you will also join me in thanking Shawn Martin and Karen Mabry Rice for their herculean efforts in transcribing the 1920 Union Parish census. They have completed their work, and the transcriptions are now online. I am preparing a new census page that I hope to have up in the next week or so, but in the meantime here are the links: 1920 transcriptions: http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1920.htm 1930 images: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union/census/union-1930.htm I have tried to proofread every link, but I may have missed a few. Please let me know of any broken links. Best wishes, Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

Hi everyone, One upon a time, long long ago, I had a file on my computer that named all the people who contributed census images for Union Parish. I lost it in the last computer crash. Since I have decided we've waited long enough for the Census Project to put our 1930 images up (3 yrs?), I'm doing them myself, but Tim needs the names of all the people who donated to purchase the CD - there were about 8, and I apologize, but my memory just won't bring me the names! Karen PS - Tim, the contributing company was Blue Roses.

Hi everyone! The following items are new this week on the Union Parish USGenWeb Archives: I. Photographs: 1) Dr. John R. Clark & wife Martha Edmunds of Shiloh submitted by Don L. Clark 2) Photographs of Sarah Jane Jacobs Hollis of Spearsville and her family submitted by Wanda Fuller II. 1892 Description of Union Parish published in the New Orleans Picayune, submitted by Joan B. & Jack McLaughlin. This item is filed under Parish History. III. 1857 - 1860 Succession transcriptions from Shawn Martin (filed under Court Records): 1) David Boring 2) Tutorship records of Sarah Jane Simmons (daughter of James Simmons and Frances Jane Taylor, and granddaughter of Elder James Taylor (1795-1858) 3) Jesse G. Fuller 4) Washington Lafayette George ----------------------------------------------------------------- I'm nearly caught up with posting new items. Please keep sending materials!! Also, don't forget to submit your Union Parish surnames to the Surname Registry or your War of 1812 veterans to the list found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Elaunion/military.htm I have just put up a new site on the Union Parish Project Page of links to Union Parish families. If you have any of your Union Parish materials online, let me know and I'll add a link for you: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Elaunion/links.htm Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/la/military.htm _________________________________________________________________ Get tips for maintaining your PC, notebook accessories and reviews in Technology 101. http://special.msn.com/tech/technology101.armx

This is a notice regarding the erection of tombstone markers in the Bernice Cemetery for Sidney Winfield Freeman and his wife Emma Laster Freeman. The date is scheduled for Saturday, August 7, 2004. Anyone interested in attending is welcome. Please contact Pat Doring at doring_rd@msn.com for more details. Tim Hudson _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the summer weather. I have several items to point out in this message, so I'll number them: #1 Be sure and take a look at the new photographs on the archives: Pickel photographs submitted by Nancy Blake McCoy/Taylor photograph submitted by Jan Bennett #2 Cindy Ray has put together a really neat website with some good photos of her Pilgreen ancestors from Union Parish (among others). Ironically, I visited the house many times as a young boy with my parents (it is a small world!). If you have any relation to the Pilgreens of the Marion area, take a look: http://pages.ivillage.com/scout929/grannypilgreenshouse/index.html #3 If you are interested in an article written in 1892 that describes a visit to Union Parish, be sure and go read the piece by Catherine Cole at this website: http://www.catharinecole.com/page7.html I'm trying to get permission to post this on the Union Parish archives. #4 Due to visiting family members, I got a little behind with posting items in June. When I sat down to get to work on it, the last few days of June, my computer crashed. Fixing it delayed me another 8 days, and then I had to spend a few days making some changes to the file names on the archives as requested by LAUSGenWeb. So.... I'm a little behind with posting items submitted in the last few weeks. If you have submitted something that I've not yet posted, please have patience with me and I'll get caught up soon. As usual, whenever I post something I'll send you a private email to ask you to proofread it. #5 Please send me suggestions for improvements to the Union Parish pages - both the archives page and the parish page. I recently learned that some of the pictures take too long to load, so when I catch up I'm going to try to break them up into smaller pages that will load faster. Let me know of other problems or suggestions!! Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Get tips for maintaining your PC, notebook accessories and reviews in Technology 101. http://special.msn.com/tech/technology101.armx

Good evening, Does anyone have information on the family of Elisha Vernon Stripling? In the 1880 La, Union census ward 2, dist 3 are listed: Elisha 28 farmer, wife Sallie J( Sarah Jane White) 24; Andrew J., 2 years old,son and Mary E(Etta) 1 year old, daughter. They were all born in La. They had two more children Rosalund and James. Supposedly Elisha had a wife and two children before Sarah but I don't know what happened to them. Elisha had a third wife Lucinda Elizabeth Brashears and seven children. Does anyone know of these people? Would appreciate any information at all. Mary Etta married my grandmothers half brother. Thank you so much. Pat

Hello! I found a suit in Union Parish this past week where Winifred Matthews, the widow of Alex M. Taylor, filed against Jordan G. Taylor. I didn't know if someone on the list might have been interested in the information in the suit. She states that she was the widow of Alexander Taylor and the daughter of John Matthews. She also mentions an inheritance she received from her maternal aunt, Winifred Wood. I made copies for anyone interested. Debbie

Palmer, Your Hattie Jane Sawyer was the daughter of John Asa Sawyer and Lavincey Jane Auld. The census taker must have mistakenly put James on the 1900 census. I found the following record in the Succession Book 11 Page 667. Before me, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared J. A. Sawyer, Sr., who when sworn deposes and says: That he is 83 years of age, that he has been three times married, that he was married the first time to L. Jane Aulds, who died almost 40 years ago, and that by said first marriage 5 children were born, namely: A. B. Sawyer, Farmerville, LA,; Willis Sawyer, Colson, LA, Mrs. Ella Sawyer Chapman, Colsons, LA; Mrs. Hattie Sawyer Dean, Colsons, LA,; J. A. Sawyer, Jr., Colsons, LA; and of which five are living namely; and that his second marriage was with Mrs. Ellen McGough Sawyer, who died in the year 1924 and that by said marriage he had only one child, namely; Mary Sawyer Chapman, and the said child is now living, is a major, and married to W. A. Chapman, and the third marriage was to Mrs. Alice Hughest who is now living and undivorced from him. This was recorded on January 29, 1929. I found a marriage record for John Sawyer marrying Lavincey Jane Auld on December 31, 1872. There was also a record for John A. Sawyer marrying Elizabeth E. McGough on June 19, 1888. John Asa Sawyer was the son of Daniel Sawyer and Loucinda Thomas. In Daniel Sawyer's probate papers filed on November 14, 1856, it lists Daniel's children as Caroline E. by wife, Emely Fredrick, Willis 11, Asa 9, James 7, and Sarah E. Sawyer 5, by wife Loucinda Thomas, now deceased. When the final settlement of the estate was filed in January 1870, Asa signed as John A. Sawyer. Daniel died on October 6, 1856 according to the probate papers. Daniel Sawyer was the son of Willis Sawyer and Mary McQueen. Willis Sawyer's probate papers are on file in Union Parish also. There were 10 heirs to Willis' estate. Daniel, Thomas, Susanna, Annis Sawyer Goyne, Elizabeth Sawyer McQueen, Ally Sawyer McQueen, James J., Mary Jane Sawyer Taylor, John, and Samuel (my gggrandfather). Now on to Lavincey Jane Auld's family. Lavincey was the daughter of John Jordan Auld and Louisa Ann (LouAnn) Lee. Louisa Ann's parents were Martin Batte Lee and Lavincy Louisa Albritton. John Jordan Auld was the son of Elijah Michael Auld and Margarette Jane Ward. Elijah Michael Auld and Margarette Jane Ward were also my ancestors through their youngest son, Asbury Cason Auld. I have extensive information on the Auld line, back to James Auld who came over from Scotland. I will be glad to share that information with you also. Debbie > [Original Message] > From: Palmer Frith <pdfrith@bellsouth.net> > To: <debjrichard@earthlink.net>; <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 7/1/04 2:25:36 PM > Subject: Re: [LAUNION] Welcome new list member. > > Is there anyway to determine if the A in the head of the Sawyer families > name stood for Asa? Could the girl born in 1883 have been Ella, or Eller? > Can you find out if Elizabeth was Janes A.'s second wife? Thanks! > > Palmer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Richard" <debjrichard@earthlink.net> > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 1:52 PM > Subject: Re: [LAUNION] Welcome new list member. > > > > Palmer, > > > > Welcome to the list! I spoke with you a few days ago about the Sawyers. > I > > checked on the 1900 Union Parish Census. Harriet Jane Sawyer was shown in > > the household of James A. and Elizabeth E. Sawyer. Her birthdate was > shown > > to be January 1886. Siblings were shown as James W born 7/1880., Jordan > > A. born 3/1889, and Mary L born 10/1890. There was another sister born > > 10/1883, but I couldn't really make out her name. James A. was shown to > > have been born in LA in January 1849. Elizabeth E. born in LA in April > > 1852. Both of their parents were shown to have been born in AL. James may > > have been the son of Daniel Sawyer. I will try to check that out more for > > you. I plan on making a trip to Union Parish Courthouse either tomorrow > or > > Monday. Daniel Sawyer's estate was settled there. I descend from > Daniel's > > younger brother, Samuel Sawyer. I'll let you know what I find out. > > > > Debbie > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Palmer Frith <pdfrith@bellsouth.net> > > > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: 6/30/04 9:54:46 PM > > > Subject: Re: [LAUNION] Welcome new list member. > > > > > > Timothy: > > > > > > Thank you very much for the info. I suspected Richard Dean; he is > buried > > at > > > Crossroads, as are both my grandparents, my mother, and many other > > > relatives. > > > > > > Palmer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> > > > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:52 PM > > > Subject: [LAUNION] Welcome new list member. > > > > > > > > > > Please help me welcome Palmer Frith to our Union Parish Louisiana > > mailing > > > > list. Palmer is researching Charles E. Dean & his wife Harriett Jane > > > Sawyer > > > > of the Rocky Branch area. From the 1880 census, Charles was the son of > > > > Richard Dean who lived in eastern Union Parish, but I don't know > > anything > > > > about Harriett Jane Sawyer. > > > > > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > > > > > Palmer would also like to know more about Alabama Landing. I know it > is > > > > located on the Ouachita River a short distance north of Ouachita City > > and > > > > Sterlington and roughly 10 miles due south of the Arkansas state line. > > It > > > > formed as a landing in the 1840s as settlers from Alabama began to > pour > > > into > > > > northeastern Union Parish and southern Arkansas. I hope to have some > > > > detailed maps posted on the Union Parish sites soon that can help > > identify > > > > such locations. > > > > > > > > Can anyone offer additional details about Alabama Landing? > > > > > > > > Happy 4th, everyone! > > > > > > > > Tim Hudson > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - > > FREE > > > > download! > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > > > > Timothy D. Hudson > > > > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > > > > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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I refer you to the email I got from K. Ouchley. Good explanation! Palmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Doring" <doring_rd@msn.com> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:37 PM Subject: [LAUNION] alabama landing > also wanted to know if the Lockloma landing is the same as the Alabama landing ? wasthere mor than one? > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

The name Loch Lomand is a blast from the past. My grandfather's place was about a half mile northwest of where you talked about. His property was on the south side of Bayou l'Outre. (The Ludder) My uncle, Tony Dean, died a week ago and is buried at Rocky Branch. Some members of the family are buried there; others, like my mother, are at Crossroads. Palmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelby Ouchley" <rockybranch@earthlink.net> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [LAUNION] lachloma landing > The Loch Lomand landing and former community that I am familiar with is due > east of Rocky Branch on the Ouachita River at the mouth of Bayou de l'Outre. > I have old accounts that document its use as a crossing before the Civil > War. The community of Colsons was on the north edge of what is now Rocky > Branch. A sawmill was there and it is on maps up through the early 1900's. > Loch Lomand would have been the closest Ouachita River landing to Colsons. > Many Paces and Freemans still live in Rocky Branch (which is on Hwy. 143 > about 3 miles south of its junction with Hwy. 2) and many are buried in the > Rocky Branch Cemetery. > > Kelby Ouchley > Rocky Branch > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy D. Hudson" <timothydhudson@hotmail.com> > To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:01 PM > Subject: RE: [LAUNION] lachloma landing > > > > Hi Randy, > > > > Today, Loch Lomond is a small community about one mile past the Ouachita > > River. It is located on Louisiana Highway 2, northwest of Sterlington. > Given > > the proximity of the modern community to Sterlington, I would think that > the > > Loch Lomond Landing was somewhere near Sterlington. > > > > Does anyone know for sure? > > > > Tim > > > > > > >From: "Randy Doring" <doring_rd@msn.com> > > >To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [LAUNION] lachloma landing > > >Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:32:29 -0700 > > > > > >I am also looking for information on a landing on the Ouachita River at > or > > >near Sterlington La. It is the Lochloma Landing.The story goes, my > family > > >the Freeman's and The in- laws Pace family, moved from Alabama, with the > > >other group. They settled in Colson, Union Parish (not around anymore) in > > >1872. Franklin Freeman married a Pace girl, who had connections with > family > > >in England or Ireland and sent away for Jersey cows. They were suppose > to > > >be the first cows of their kind in the U. S. Other lines of the Freeman > > >family and I think of the Pace family also have the same story. Was > > >wondering if I could find the landing and possible records also. We > checked > > > with the jersey Assoc. but their records do not go that far back. > Sidney > > >Winfield Freeman (son of franklin ) married Emma Laster in 1887 and had 7 > > >children born in Bernice. My great grand parents did not have any markers > > >on their graves, so this August My father John F Freeman and his sister > (my > > >aunt Catherine Freeman Woll! > > >ard) will be placing a marker on their graves. All are welcome to come > and > > >meet the family. I can't give a date yet, I have ordered from Rhodes > > >monuments there in Farmerville and Mr. Rhodes tell me it will be done in > > >early August and when I get the call my son and my self will be heading > to > > >Bernice from Las Vegas where we live. I will keep everybody posted, as to > > >when. I am looking for information on the Laster, Lassiter Lasiter line > the > > >Pace line and the Freeman line. They went to the Alabama Methodist church > > >and many are buried in the Bernice Cem. thanks Pat Doring > > > > > > > > >==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > > >Timothy D. Hudson > > >Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > > >TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > > > > >============================== > > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Check out the latest news, polls and tools in the MSN 2004 Election Guide! > > http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx > > > > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > > Timothy D. 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Thank you! I'm not familar with Spearsville, but I knew a girl at LSU in1975 from West Monroe. Her family lived just off the White's Ferry Road. Palmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Cole" <jacole1@cox.net> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 9:03 PM Subject: [LAUNION] Union Parish sawmill > Hi y'all, > My ggggrandfather, James Cole, had a sawmill in Union Parish from the > 1840's through the 1870's. I've never known exactly where it was > located, but for some reason I thought it was around Spearsville, or in > that area. I'd like to find out more, some how, some day. > Welcome. > Judy > > > ==== LAUNION Mailing List ==== > Timothy D. Hudson > Union Parish Louisiana List Manager > TimothyDHudson@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >