Welcome to West Carroll Parish

Hello and welcome to West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. I am Ann Allen Geoghegan, your  County Coordinator, and I hope I am able to help you in your family history research. This site, like all GenWeb sites, is dedicated to the availability of public records for public viewing. Genealogy is a lot of fun, but it should not cost a lot of money for public records.  If you are being charged to view this site, please contact me. If you have records or sources of information about West Carroll Parish and its pioneers, I  would love to have you share your information with us. If you are willing to look up information for other people, please let me know so I can put the people in touch with you. If you have comments, questions, or suggestions, you can email me, and we will see if we can get together.

You may also use the automatic Submission forms for submitting to the LAGenWeb Archives. They are located here or here.

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West Carroll Parish

An Act was approved on March 14, 1832 for the creation of the Parish of Carroll, out of the northern part of the original Concordia Parish created in 1809 and the eastern part of Ouachita Parish. Carroll Parish was named in honor of Charles Carroll in 1832, a philanthropist, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Lake Providence was the first seat of government. Carroll Parish was divided into two parishes in 1877. The division solved a feud over the site of the seat of government.  Bayou Macon formed the boundary between the two parishes.  Lake Providence became the parish seat of East Carroll Parish. Oak Grove was named the parish seat of West Carroll Parish.

 

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West Carroll Neighbors:

• Northeast: Chicot County, AR
• Southeast: East Carroll Parish
• Southwest: Richland Parish
• West: Morehouse Parish

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About the Louisiana GenWeb Project

In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page. The Louisiana GenWeb Project is an extension of the KY GenWeb Project.

If you have any questions or would like to Volunteer in any capacity, please contact:

Red River Parish Coordinator - Ann Allen Geoghegan

State Coordinator - Edward Hayden

Assistant State Coordinator - Annette Womack

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West Carroll Parish was named in honor of Charles Carroll in 1832, a philanthropist, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Lake Providence was the first seat of government. Carroll Parish was divided into two parishes in 1877. The division solved a feud over the site of the seat of government. Lake Providence was named the parish seat of East Carroll. Bayou Macon formed the boundary between the two parishes. Oak Grove became the parish seat of West Carroll Parish.

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West Carroll Parish Table of Contents

• Biography of Charles Carroll

• Cemetery Locations

• Census Data

• Churches

• Census Records

• Lookup Volunteers

• Parish Information

• Populated Places

• Post Offices

• Queries - January 1997 to December 1997

• Queries - January 1998 - July 1998

• Schools

• Surnames

• West Carroll Connections

Offsite Links

• Queries - Offsite

• Louisiana Land Records - Interactive Search - Offsite

• Louisiana Confederate Pension Index - Offsite

• Louisiana Confederate Pension Index - Offsite

• Political Graveyard West Carroll Parish

• West Carroll Parish Archives - Offsite

• Vicksburg Genealogical Society - Offsite

African-American Research

Webmaster's note:  African-American Research is extremely difficult because of the lack of historical records before the Civil War. I will post any and all data on this website as often as I find it or it is contributed.  While I am aware of what is and is not politically correct today, we are dealing with historical data and all data on this site is transcribed exactly as written and no offense is meant and none should be taken.

Ann Allen Geoghegan, Webmaster

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" In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we have come from.  Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness." 

Alex Haley

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