Welcome to Catahoula Parish!

This site is available for adoption. Please contact the State Coordinator, Marsha Holley. Many, many thanks for the hours of work that was put into this Catahoula, LAGenWeb site by its former coordinator, Jerry Mead! He did a fantastic job getting all of this information together for Catahoula researchers.

Catahoula Was Established

When the Territory of Orleans was divided into counties by the Territorial Legislature on April 10, 1805, the present-day Catahoula Parish was a part of Rapides County. According to census data, the parish has no metropolitan areas, but Jonesville is the largest town in Catahoula Parish.

Jonesville is located on the site of Ancient Anilco, an Indian village landscaped with mounds. Jonesville was once called Troy.

Harrisonburg, Louisiana is located (pop 655) on Louisiana Highway 8, is the parish seat of Catahoula Parish.

This progressive town is situated on the banks of the beautiful Ouachita River with Old Fort Beauregard in the hills above. Catahoula is rich in history, with Harrisonburg being the oldest historic town in the state.

 

Spotlight on People & Places

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Plantations

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Cemeteries

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Families

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Schools

 

Our Families

Mary M. Barker Bowie

iconMary Marceline Barker was born in 1834 in Catahoula Parish and died in 1885 in Concordia Parish. She married James Bowie on 8 Nov 1860 in Catahoula Parish.

 

Adele Holstein Knight

iconAdele "Della" (Holstein) Knight. b. 1864 d. 1954, Elijah Knight b. 1861 d. 1902, Courtesy of Martha Wilson Guay

Sarah Benetta Robertson

iconSarah B. Robertson married four times: George Martin, Mr. Wilson, John Johnson and Thomas Adams.

 

 

Samuel Albert Wilson

iconCaptain Samuel Albert Wilson b. 22 Mar 1849 Vicksburg, MS d. 15 Dec 1937 Mandeville, LA wife, Virginia Clay Halley b. 12 Jan 1850 Bradley Co. Arkansas d. 30 Jan 1924 Mandeville, LA.

 

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Surrounding Counties

Caldwell

Franklin

Tensas

LaSalle
Catahoula Parish

Concordia

 

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Our Favorite Genealogy Quotes

We Love to Laugh!
  • Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
    ~ Mark Twain
  • Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one.
    ~ Howard K. Nixon
  • We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.
    ~Jimmy Carter
  • Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush.
    ~Florence King
  • My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
    ~ Ellen