The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-16

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of the Police Jury in September,
1853, the new Court House was re.
ceived. The following November
Mr.. Lawson, the contractor, died
and his funeral sermon was preach
ed from its steps.
About this time the State Senate
passed o bill dividing the Parish.
The Police Jury demonstrated, sta
ting that tho faith of the Parish had
been pledged for the construction
of a Court House, and that-a divis-
ion would be a loss to the tax.
payers. The bill failed in the House.
At the September session of 1851
the lots upon which the Jail and
present Court House were located,
were reserved for the Parish.
BossIER's THREE JAILs.
At the September session in 1S43,
VIM. Crowley, Jacob G. Currey,
and j. A. W. Lowry, were appoint
ed a committee to let out the con-
tract for building Jail, to be built
before January 1, 1916, and to be
two stories high, 80 by 25 feet, two
rooms on each floor. 1t was built
of hewed lumber, and was located
about 80 yards south of the site of
the Jail recently burned.
This rude structure was torn down
in 1856, or 1867, and oneof the con-
tractors found 800. note, which
had been concealed by some of the
prisoners. But, in the meantime,
a more substantial, two story Jail,
partly brick, had been built, by
W. w. Brown and e. D. Hogge,
for $1,000. 1t was finished about
May, 1854, and was burned
in 1868, by q runaway slave, who
persisted in the flames. He was
the only prisoner in Jail at the time.
The third Jail was built in 1885
by Judge J. d. Watkins, at a
cost of about $1,000. 1t was
burned on the night of the 18th
of last January, by jim Joues, col
ored, who had previously escaped
f and was held under several charges
of assault to murder. He is now il
the Caddo Parish Jail under the ad
ditional charge of arson.
EARLY HISTORICAL NOTES.
n On September 4, 1S43, Parish
5 Judge VIM. r. Beck was allowed
: $242 Is, for recording the lega
: documents transmitted from thu
: Parish Judge of Claiborne TO the
s Judge of the new Parish of Bossier
Q The amount taxes for 1843 wer,
!, s1,7SS 80.
;, Police Jury, June, 1916: VIM. r
: Beck, President, John NJ. Saudidge
9 VIM. Crowley, VIM. NJ. Burns, o
s 7. Sutton; ]. A. w. Lowry, Clerk
d Police Jury, July, 1916: William
9 Crowley, President, John Craig, W
/. M. Burns, Vincent Walker, o. F
), Sutton; j. A. W. Lowry, Clerk.
J. The Police Jury for the term be
n ginning June, 1S47, consisted O
Vincent Walker, President; Andre,
|, Lawson, o. a. Magee, Caesar Wa
/: lace, and A. 81. Christian, and N.
q Currier, Clerk.
> June: 1849: M. Abney, President
It A. Lawson, John Coates, Davi
II Hamiter; and N. 8. Currier, clerk.
ir June, 1850: M. Abney, President
y Leroy Templeman, David Hamitel
y John Coates, John Slack; and
G M. Furniss, Clerk pro tenn.
& Bossier Parish was created i
D. 1843, being taken from Claiborn,
IT At that time Claiborne containe
Of the territory comprising Claiborne
D. Bossier, Bienvllle, Webster, and po
It tons of Red River, jackson an
rs Union. Claiborne was carved froi
Natchitoches in 1928, and had abor
seventy voters to begin with. Tt
Parish site was at Russellville, nes
u AthanR. Courf WAS first held 8