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Pointe Noir Table of Contents
Table of Contents for Historical News Articles
(click here to start reading articles from first to last - use navigation arrows at top of page. These are not in chronological order.)
- Evening Delta Newspaper Dated April 30, 1862
- Reward for Capture of a Band of Armed Men - 1872
- Petition to be released from bond - 1872
- Reward for Capture of Guillorys - 1873
- Merger of Parish Wards - 1874
- Arrest Expense - 1875
- Hog Ordinance - 1876
- Petition for Transfer - 1876
- Various Boundaries of Police Jury Wards - 1876
- Surveyor to mark St. Landry and Acadia Parish line - 1886
- Acadia parish Tax Roll - Ward 3 - 1887
- Letter from a Northern Lady - 1888
- First State Reunion of Confederate Veterans - 1899
- Criminal Court - 1899
- Arceneaux School Picnic - 1899
- Succession Sale of Felecia Matt, Deceased - 1899
- BAND OF YOUNG REGULATORS - 1899
- THE SCHOOL BOARD - 1899
- POLICE JURY MINUTES - 1899
- STATE TAX SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY - 1899
- Gun and Knife Fight near Ville Platte - Early 1900s
- Proclamation of Election
- District Court
- Jury List for 1900
- POLICE JURY PROCEEDING
- POLICE JURY MEETING
- SHERIFF'S SALE LEDOUX & RUPPERT
- SHOOTING AT CHURCH POINT
- SMALL POX
- Mary Cormier Badly Beaten
- Grand Jury List
- Business Directory and Guide
- Central Acadia Parish
- District Court Cases
- Succession Notice and Sale
- Grand & Petit Jury List
- Dr. Geo. E. Brooks, et al Vs. Pierre Bellow & Christopher Gatte
- Prairie Hayes October 12
- Haw Point Notes
- Haw Point Residents
- PARTIAL REPORT OF GRAND JURY
- SMITH – WHITE SHOOTING
- Horrible & Gruesome Tragedy Near Welsh
- Land Claims and Sales
- Ozane Matte & David Brewer Arrested At Mermentau
- A Pathetic Trio
- Grand Jury Report
- District Court Grand Jury Report
- Valmant Blanchard Jr. - Notice for Publication
- State National Guard Mustered
- Wild Man Captured
- Man Charged with Slander
- Voorhies Calligan Stabbed by Negroes
- Street Fight in Opelousas Sunday
- Cofederate Reunion
- Judge Deballion Puts "Fixens" to Disturbers of the Peace
- District Court
- Dorselies Fruge Brought to Jail
- Wholesale Arrest on Serious Charge
- District Court Adjourned
- Two Men Shot in Cold Blood
- H.J. Guidry Released on Bond
- Church Point Notes
- Death of a Confederate Soldier
- J.D. Murrel and R. W. David Shooting
- Transport Prisoners to Pen
- Succession of Eugene Daigle and his Wife
- Deceased Wife of Joseph P. Lejeune No. 523
- Daughter of Theodule Daigle Burned
- Mrs. Victorine Murdered in Cold Blood
- Theogene Daigle
- DISTRICT COURT ADJOURNED
- Seventh Ward of Acadia Created
- Guidry Wounds Thibodeaux
- Old Murder Revived
- Neel Young Accident
- Attempt to Wreck Train near Church Point
- Guidry Surrenders and is let out under $2,000 Bond
- Essey Higginbotham Shoots Leo Doucet
- Death of Ulysse Daigle
- Dr. Frank Savoy
- Gus Godchaux
- Lilia Branche Pavy
- Louise J. Harmon Death
- Clara Guidry
- Mrs. M.J. Gardiner
- Mrs. Louis Vautrot
- Death of Dan Louis Cherlot
- Death of Mrs. Jules Miller
- Mrs. Hertha D. Priest Death
- Octave Vidrine
- Placide Thibodeaux
- Robert Bourque
- Thieves at work in Church Point
- Thibodeaux - Guidry Marriage
- Olivie(r) - Cormier Marriage
- Leger - Savoy Marriage
- Barousse - McClelland Wedding
- Thibodeaux - Guidry Wedding
- Prohibition Meeting in Church Point
- Delmas Colligan
- Jerry Donovan
- Mrs. Julia Daigle
- Lecien Cormier
- Mrs. Stevens Daigle
- Mrs. Robert Lavergne
- Mrs. Elix Cummings
- Mrs. E. Guidry
- Mrs. Abraham Richard
- Noun LeBlue
- Higginbotham - Daigle Marriage
- IOTA POST OFFICE ROBBED
- JULES HARMAN ARRESTED
- KILLING AT VALERIEN BOURQUE PLANTATION
- LAURENT THIBODEAUX MAKES VIOLIN
- MARTIN LEBOEUF ARRESTED
- Opelousas Gulf and North East Railroad time table
- RURAL FREE DELIVERY
- SCHOOL MAY NOT OPEN
- 36th Birthday of the Crowley Signal
- Auto - Buggy Accident
- Police Jury Proceedings
- PARISH OFFICIALS
- POLICE JURY MEETING
- QUALIFIED VOTERS = 2,515
- FIRE IN CHURCH POINT
- JAUBERT BROS. vs J.B. GARDINER
- Ferris Scott and Ulysse Daniels in Knife Fight
- MUTILATED BODY OF DEAD NEGRO
- VOODOOISM TO BE CHIEF CLUE
- Louis M. Richard - Chief of Police
- Arraigned in District Court
- Sheriff Stops Shotgun Duel
- Grand Jurors Report Today in District Court
- POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS
- T.C. Chachere Civil Suit
- Acadia Parish Vote - Virtually Complete In Parish Races
- Death of Mrs. Clothilde Lavergne
- Contested Constable Race in Ward 3
- Desire Fontenot and Ambroise Dick Plead Guilty in Assault Case
- Senators Poll Results - St. Landry Parish
- Aurelien Thibodeaux Jailed for Assault and Battery
- SHERIFF'S SALE FARMERS BANK vs EDMOND MECHE
- WOMAN JAILED ON PRO CHARGE
- GRAND JURY TO MEET TODAY
- GRAND JURORS RENDER REPORT
- A Fatal Celebration
- FOWL THIEF HELD IN COTTON ROBBERY
- ANGELAS LEJEUNE WINS ACCORDIAN CONTEST
- FAMILIES ADDED TO CHURCH POINT MAIL ROUTE NO. 2
- POLICE JURY REPORT
- Mayhem in Church Point and Pointe Noire
- Grand Jury Report
- FERNEST LEDOUX vs AMELIA LEDOUX
- FARMER'S BANK vs TREVILLE CORMIER
- CHACHERES ANNUAL REUNION
- Lanclos/Cary Shooting
- Woman is Accidentally Killed
- FOUR CONFESS TO STEALING GOODS
- Grand Jury Report
- POLICE JURY MINUTES
- MAURICE LeJEUNE CHARGED WITH STRIKING CORMIER
- FAULK REUNION AT EBENEZER
- MRS. ROSALIE RICHARD DAIGLE vs. MRS VENANCE DIES RICHARD
- DAIGLE REUNION
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NEWS
The next MEETING of the Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society will be on May 9, 2015 at the Acadia Parish Library, 1125 N Parkerson Avenue in Crowley, La.
Guests and prospective new members are always welcome. See you there.
The new 2015 PRICE LIST of the Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society records is now available. Click on "Publications Price List" in the Site Menu.
We are updating the Obituary Index to include 2014 Obits for Acadia Parish. Click on "Obituary Project" in the Site Menu.
We have added 1,176 land transaction records to the Point Noire historical records section contributed by Winston Boudreaux. Click on "POINTE NOIRE" in the Site Menu.
We have also added 112 BIOGRAPHIES contributed by Gene Thibodeaux. Click on "BIOGRAPHIES" in the Site Menu.
Guests and prospective new members are always welcome. See you there.
The new 2015 PRICE LIST of the Acadia Genealogical and Historical Society records is now available. Click on "Publications Price List" in the Site Menu.
We are updating the Obituary Index to include 2014 Obits for Acadia Parish. Click on "Obituary Project" in the Site Menu.
We have added 1,176 land transaction records to the Point Noire historical records section contributed by Winston Boudreaux. Click on "POINTE NOIRE" in the Site Menu.
We have also added 112 BIOGRAPHIES contributed by Gene Thibodeaux. Click on "BIOGRAPHIES" in the Site Menu.