George Washington Carter, minister and educator, Confederate colonel, legislator, and diplomat, was born in January, 1826, in Fauquier County, Virginia, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rust) Carter....
Fought as an independent at he Battle of New Orleans. Was Colonel of the Avoyelles Battalion. Served three times in the Louisiana legislature
Source the Bowies & their kindred by Walter Worthington Bo...
RICHLAND ROOTS
1800's
The Hon. John Ray, James Ray, Henry Bry, and Other Early Distinguished Settlers in Northeast Louisiana
By Luke J. Letlow on August 20, 2017
The article below was printed ori...
John Ker (1789–1850) was an American surgeon, planter and politician in Louisiana. Together with several major Mississippi planters, in the 1830s Ker co-founded the Mississippi Colonization Society, ...
BULLITT, Alexander C., journalist, politician. Born, Louisville, Ky., 1802. Practiced law for several years; entered politics in support of Henry Clay. Arrived in New Orleans, ca. 1840; partner, Bull...
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