I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors.
The links are on the left. If you have any resources that you consider helpful,
please let me know. The files below are from the LAGenWeb Winn Parish
Archives which are now housed on this site.
History
|
| Period of Settlement of Winn Parish |
| Act #85: The Creation of Winn Parish
(1852) |
| Early Winn Parish |
| Early Winn Parish History
Continued |
| Grant Parish Formerly Part of Winn
Parish |
| Confederate Service in Winn Parish |
| Haynes, Dennis - The Search for |
| Old Soldier's Day, Early 1900s |
Historical Memories
|
| W. E. Long's 1928 History of Winn
Parish |
| Civil War and Days Of Reconstruction:
History of Winn Parish, 1932
- Antone Radescich |
| A Parish History, 1938 |
| The House That Crossed the Creek
(1933, written 1978) |
| S. J. Harper Writes on Early Winn
Parish |
|
More Winn History by S.J. Harper, 1939 |
| History of early days: S. J.
Harper Account in 1942 |
| P.K. Abel's History of Winnfield
(1946) |
| A 1948 History of Winnfield
(1948) |
| Mrs. John Mosley's Winn History
(1961) |
| Carter, Lillian - More Fun
In Old Days (late 1980s) |
| Wolf Tales |
Building of a Parish
|
| History and Statistics of Winn
Parish (1890) |
| Auto Owner, Winn's First |
| Industry in Winn
Parish |
| Winn's First Library
(1940) |
| The Library
that Wasn't Built - Robert Walsh |
| Newspapers of Winn Parish
(1860-1890) |
| Post Office of Winn Parish |
| Winn Sawmills |
| Schools of Winn (1877-1890) |
| Social Organizations of Winn
(Eastern Star Lodge, 1890) |
| Winnfield's First Stores |
| G. W. Evans Recalls Early Winnfield
Stores (1963) |
| Winnfield's First Traffic Lights
(1949) |
Awards & Honors
|
| Camp , Chester L.
Wins Medal of Honor(1955) |
| Jacobs, Jerry - Posthumous
Award (1973) |
| Mercer, Richie - Day
(1981) |
Court, Lawyers, & Officials
|
| Lawyers and Criminals of Winn
Parish |
| Police Jury, Elections & Representitives
in Winn Parish |
| Notice to Voters: 1884 |
| Sikes Elected Officials:
Dec. 1946, A History |
| Some Winn Parish Officials
(1963) |
| Law Enforcement Officers
Slain in the Line of Duty (2006) |
Disasters
|
| Atlanta Sawmill Explosion
(1907) |
| Fire, - Winnfield 1901 |
| Montgomery Fires of 1924 &
1926 |
| Winnfield's Worst Natural Disaster
- 1935(1977) |
Letters & Journals
|
| U. S. Bureau Of Indian
Affairs (Mar 1893) |
| Wheeling Farmers Protect Black
Laborers (1927) |
| Winn Political Letter
(1952) |
| Pasco, Ben G. - Letters
to his mother |
| Tanner, Joseph C. - Letter
(1954) |
Medical
|
| Medical Statistics
of Winn Parish (1882-1889) |
| Register
of Physicians, Nurses, Dentists (1842-1889) |
| 1907 Winn
Parish Doctors |
Occupations
|
| Famous Winn People
(1938) Bernstein, Calloway, Long, Mathews, Merrill, Milling, Strong,
Tugwell, Walker, Wallace, Wright |
| Allen, Harwell L.
Opens Law Office (1946) |
| Bass, H.
W. - App'td State Parole Board O. B. Thompson Named Parole Officer
(1948) |
| Bennett, George
- Atlanta Postmaster (1948) |
| Blackburn, Thomas
C. Awarded Patent (1926) |
| Bozeman,
H. B. - App'td to State Mineral Board (1948) |
| Brewton, Thomas
E. - Named President of New York Bank (1967) |
| J. E. Carter &
Bryant Sholars App'td by Gov. Long (1949) |
| Crawford,
H. E. "Red" Named County Agent (1935) |
| Durrett, Douglas
Named State Police Cmmdr. (1952) |
| Eagles, Will - 1st
Rural Mail Carrier (1937) |
| Emmons, Morelle
- Superintendent of Lincoln Parish Schools (1948) |
| Garriss, Clyde -
Chief of Detectives (1946) |
| Grider, Oscar
- Heads Border Patrol (1927) |
| Hahn, Suzanne - Stage &
Screen Actress (1955) |
| Harper, David -
USN, at South Pole (1957) |
| Harper, S. J. -
Merchant (1929) |
| Jenkins, Dr. Ray
- Receives Degree (1950) |
| Knight
, Julius - App'td Town Marshal(1951) |
| LaCroix,
W. E. (Spec) - App'td to Game Board (1948) |
| Lauderdale, S.M.
- National Safety Director, CCC (1934) |
| Long,
Roger - Performs on Hayride (1978) |
| Love, Eugene
F. - Asst. State Supt. of Education (1976) |
| Martin, Chris -
Recording Artist (1923) |
| Named On
Boards: McCartney, Shaw, Sholars, 1948 |
| Mercer, P. Hugh
- at Silver Dollar City (1969) |
| Milam's Mercantile
Firm (1956) |
| Moss,
Casimir B. - App'td to Board (1980) |
| Olsen, Olive - Vaudeville
Star (1930) |
| Parker, Rose - Public
Health Nurse (1950) |
| Professors at
NLU, Winn (1965) Hanna, Prince, Rolen. |
| Shelton, L.R. -
Brush Arbor Revival (1930) |
| Singletary,
Archie F. - Pres., LA Ch. of Commerce (1969) |
| Stovall, Lloyd
- Marks 26th Year At S. L. C. (1964) |
| Sullivan, Milburn
- Winnfield City Bus Line (1951) |
| Swilley,
Conrad - Heads Employment Office (1975) |
| Trahan, Ovey - VP
of T&G Railway (1944) |
| Willis, Welby -
Awards Self Diploma (1955) |
| Wright,
Judge Hiram - Career (1984) |
Accounts, Directories, Indexes, Ledgers
|
| Index
to the Store Ledger of Adam Riser |
| 1869
Store Ledger of William Ausin Smith |
| Index
to "The Colfax Riot of April, 1873" |
| Winn
Parish Directory,
1914 |
| Payne,
I. B. "Buddy" Store Ledger, 1906-1914 |
| Payne,
I. B. "Buddy" Store Ledger, 1924 |
