Madison Parish, LA

Headnote

MADISON PARISH, situated on the east boundary of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the east. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Richmond. Pop. in 1840, 5,143; in 1850, 7,863. (Fanning's, 1853)

Record Data

Place Unit Type

County

Containing Unit

Louisiana

Date		Type
06/07/1863	Black soldiers and naval gunfire drive off a Confederate attack on Union supply lines at Milliken's Bend	Battles/Soldiers
12/23/1867	Madam C.J. Walker, America's leading female entrepreneur of her time, is born to freed slaves in Louisiana.	Personal
02/05/1863	New York Herald correspondent tried for espionage	Lawmaking/Litigating

Name	Type
Richmond, LA	City or Town
Young's Point, LA	City or Town

Date	Title
07/04/1861	Entry by Kate Stone, July 4, 1861
06/30/1862	Entry by Kate Stone, June 30, 1862
03/22/1863	Entry by Kate Stone, March 22, 1863
06/16/1863	Ulysses S. Grant to Lorenzo Thomas, June 16, 1863

Madison Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Madison Parish, Louisiana, 1857