This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bridges Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mEB.2ACI/453 Message Board Post: My ancestor William J. Bridges is listed as living in the Montgomery area in the US Census 1860 for Winn Parish. Where is this area located?

Montgomery, LA, was once a part of Winn Parish, and a major town, until 1868 when Grant Parish was formed and Montgomery was taken along with about a third of Winn Parish. Many folks living in south Winn Parish today still have Rt. 1 Montgomery as their mailing address. And many living in the southern end of the parish simply say they live at Montgomery, and don't. Below is all the info I have on all the Bridges' I can come up with who served in the war between the states. BRIDGES, LEVI M. Pvt. Co. C 12th LA Inf. Page 114, Booth's Record. Also listed as S. M. Bridges. Paroled as prisoner of war at Natchitoches, LA on 6-13-1865. Listed as resident of Winn Parish, LA. Also appears in National Archives Compiled Service Record. Appears in the 1860 Winn Parish Census, Winnfield District No. 59, age 17, born MS, attending school, living with James A. J. Mathis. Also appears in the 1911 Winn Parish Confederate Veterans and Widows Census, resident of Ward One, age 67, and that census lists him as having served in Co. K, 28th LA Inf. Was a member of the David Pierson United Confederate Veterans Camp, Winnfield, LA. BRIDGES, W. J. Pvt. Co. A 2nd Battn. LA Hvy. Arty. Page 114, Booth's Record. Paroled at Monroe, LA on 6-8-1865. Listed as resident of Winn Parish, LA. BRIDGES, WILLIAM J. Pvt. Co. D 12th LA Inf. Page 114, Booth's Record. Listed sick in Oxford, MS. It is possible that W. J. Bridges and William J. Bridges are one in the same. The 1860 Winn Parish Census, Montgomery District No. 684, lists him as 24, born GA, farmer, married to Rebecca. BRIDGES, WM. H. Corp. Co. F 27th LA Inf. Page 114, Booth's Record. The 1860 Winn Parish Census, Winnfield District No. 61, lists him as 25, born TN, farmer. Also appears in the National Archives Compiled Service Record. Gregg Davies > >