Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-26


the neigbborhOod in the Fall OF
1919. II was also known as "Mur.
rcl's Pusl.oftice.'
Isaac Alden was appointed hy the
Governor az Justice of the Peace for
this ward. His jurisdiction extend |
ed from short distance above |
Campie Ia the ARKANSAS line. and
from the Ouachita line on the east
To the Texas line (not then rstah
lished) on the west. Bat rs his sub
iects were very few, his office WAS
merely nominal. The Sheriff, AS.
SCISSOR, and Tax Collector, were
SCARCELY known To the inhabitants.
and candidates never found then
constituents in this portion OF
Natchitoches parish. In fact, il
seemed To be II beautiful country To
Itself, without civilization or law,
aud but little gospel, and left almost
entirely to govern itself.
Strange ~ it may seem the few
settlers, perhaps not over forty or
fifty voters, spread oven so vast n
territory, and mingled with Indians,
for there were still great many
Choctaws here they lived more like
a band of brothers than the gather.
ed up fragments from different
States aud nations. \ crime was
rare. When stranger came, who
could not identify his standing NJ
of good character, he was waited
upon and gwen To understand that
the people governed. and that ne
had better bc honest OF move.
Claiborne, al its creation III ISIS,
contained the territory now con'
prising Claiborne, Bienville; Bos
sier. ehs'cr. and portions OF Red
hlNcr, Jackson and Union. The
boundary urgan on the line between
townships l3 and II, which crosses
Red River near East Point. aud
running east To the Onacliita parish
line; thence north To the Arkansas
territorial line; thence west to Rec
River. aud down Red River Ia ia,
point OF beginning near Loggy Bay
on. We had a population, IN whicl
there were about seventy voters. Il
begin the new parish with. Rus
, scllville, near Athens, was the par
. ish site, which, on being surveyed
WAS then believed to be near TIT
ceutre of the new parish. a ial
and court house were then built
| but until this was done court wa
held at the house of John Murrcl
Chichester Chaplin WAS Probat
: Judge; Isaac McMahan was Sheriff
+: and Dave McMahan Clerk of I'll
Court. Major james Dyer WAS ais
| our first Representative in the Lee
[ islature. Claiborne was almost 10
5 poor to sustain itself. There wei
n only about thirty SLAVES in The pal
|. ish, and but little of the lands ha
y been PIT upon the market. In lS3
q and 1887 emigrants from Alabam
!: and South Carolina came, and III
!: planting of cotton and corn II
:: creased.
r. Miuden was located in 1887, b
q &. II. Veeder, "a man of energy al
y speculation, who named II for h
II native town. 0yrrtOn was locate
If the same year and nanIrd for JUDI
:. J. IL ONcr,on, who outlived Il
town.
=. a division Of Claiborne was mn,
J. talked of. Towns had been laid al
Il aud named, among them Mind'
k. and Overton-hoth striving To &
/, the parish site. Newt. Drew,
II Overton, was using every argume
" against Chas. II. Veeder, the pr
id prietur of Minden, who, also, "
n striving to have the new cour,hou
K. located AZ his town.
n. Through the energy of Mr.. VI
~ der the Legislature made IN app
III priation for the building of an Aca
u. emy n Minden. His "Minden Aca
ne envy" was, by special act, snb'
20 qnenily merged into the Mind
be Female College.
h. In 1910 Mr.. Needer procured
. appointment ot Commissioners
of locate the courthouse at Mind,
but owing to the strong OPPOSITE
al of Drew aud his friends, who It's
bi. the argument that Overton WAS
or the head of navigation, and me-
to central, and Offering liberal sub
Ii. dies IN land, lumber, etc, the Co
rs, missioners acted slow, if at all. "a
a their time soon elapsed, ard
cL courthouse WAS located at Overt,
ed aud Russeli,ille VAS no longer
ne parish site of Claiborne.
ds Vcrdrr failed, financially, and J
mr.. the countr, shortly after his drft
for The Red River people petition
he for u new parish, and in 1913 Il
or sipr was created. This left I