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West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

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  • Cooper Vick (1748 - bef.1817)
    From Joseph Vick of Lower Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia and His Descendants, vol. I: pp 164-169 46. COOPER4 VICK (Joseph3, Robert, Joseph!) was born about 1748 in either Isle ofWight County...
  • Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr (1815 - 1886)
    Biography== Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr was born on January 15, 1815 in Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. His parents were Henry Bennett and Mary Polly Bennett . He was a Farme...
  • Henry Bennett (1794 - 1833)
    Henry was given land in West Feliciana, Louisiana by his father in law Archibald Palmer (refer to sources). According to the 1820 census Henry owned 1 slave but according to the 1830 census that number...
  • Pvt. (CSA), James Chamberlain Bennett (1824 - 1900)
    Biography== Pvt. (CSA), James Chamberlain Bennett was born in 1824 in Laurel Hill, West Feliciana, Louisiana. His parents were Henry Bennett and Mary Polly Bennett . He was a Farmer, Farm Hand, Soldier...
  • Sgt. (CSA), Henry Seth Bennett, Sr. (1842 - 1924)
    Biography== Sgt. (CSA), Henry Seth Bennett, Sr. was born on July 26, 1842 in Laurel Hill, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. His parents were Adam Jackson Bennett, Sr and Mary Jane Elizab...

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Feliciana Parish was established in 1810, in the Territory of Orleans, which was admitted to the Union two years later as the state of Louisiana. With continued growth of population, in 1824 Feliciana Parish was divided into the East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes. The Parish was named for Marie Félicité de Gálvez.

Adjacent Parishes & Counties

Towns & Communities

  • Bains
  • Louisville State Penitentiary (Angola)
  • St. Francisville (Parish Seat)
  • Tunica
  • Wakefield

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Louisiana

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge

LA Gen Web

Genealogy Trails

USGW Archives

Roots Web

West Feliciana Parish Digital Records

LA Genealogy & History Network

West Feliciana Historical Society & Museum



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