The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-23
RossIER HISTORY.
Early Court Records and First
Officials.

frst District Court was held IN Au-
gust, 1916, from the following writ.
ten minutes of the succeeding No
vember term. As there are no exist
ing records of the August term, it is
probable that the Court met for Or
ganization and adjourned:
"Be it remembered that on the
10th day of November, 1916, it being
the day to which the Honorable, the
District Court in and for the Parish
of Bossier, State of Louisiana, ad-
iourned in August last, met in the
town of Bellevue, at jury term of
said Court, to be holden on the third
Monday of November, as aforesaid;
thereupon said Honorable Court ad-
journed until November 18th"
We find that on the next day Court
"met pursuant to adjournment; pre-
sent, Edward r. Olcott, Judge"
Following were the Grand and Petit
Jurors: N. B. Ford, Henderson
Mcfarland, Joshua Roden, Thomas
Lay, VIM. S. Lewis, J. T. Easily,
VIM. Crownover, Alfred Shaver, VIM.
Sanders, J. Strickland, B. J. Parks,
F. LATTER, VIM. Lay, Thomas Apple
white, Humphrey Davis, r. J. B.
Lowry, ]. K. Ford, B. 3. HoIlon,
Miles Covington, Reuben White,
Harvey O'Neal, James johnson, M.
LATTER, W. W. Felps, Jno. Melville,
Lewis Porrier, James Wallace, An
drew Lawrence, Thomas s. Bass, j.
A. Tate, Thomas Harris, J. A. W.
Lowry, G. P. Knighton, Pipkin Nc
Cullen, D. McMullen, P. Alden, John
Gregg, Roswell Elmore, G. A. Boon
VIM. Crowley, J. S. Felps, Severe
LATTE, Robert Oglesby, Samue
Mathews, F. r. Harrison, Lewis Mil
ton, VIM. Perritt, Harrison Presnall
John Harrison, J. r. Miles, john
Ratclif, Joseph Graham, Jr.; from
which were selected the following
Grand Jurors: VIM. S. Lewis fore
many, Lewis Porter, B. J. Parks, M
LATTER, F. LATTER, VIM. Crownover
Pipkin McCullen, c. P. Knighton
Miles Covington, VIM. Lay, William
Sanders, G. A. Boon, W. W. Felps
John Melville.
R. W. Long, Clerk; N. S. Currier
Deputy Clerk.
There were 38 civil and four Grim
inal cases on the docket. There i
no Grand Jury report on record TO
this term.
Judges Copely and James Taylo
sat in several recused cases.
At the May jury term, 1s47, fit
civil and II criminal cases were tried
The naturalization of VIM. Teutcl
is spread upon the minutes. It re
cites that he was born in the Free
town of Frankfort, on the Main, i
Germany, where he left in 1882, an
after remaining in Pittsburg tw
years, came to Natchitoches parish
Also, that of Philip Deutch.
The declaration of citizenship c
Jacob Bodenheimer recites that b
is subject of the sovereign of Pro
vence of Ludwick, Germany, whic
place he left in l84l.
At the Grand Jury term of No,
ember, 1847, the following were tn
Grand Jury: j. M. Perkins foreman
J. A. Palmer, John Rhymes, Thoma
]. Sanders, N. B. Ford, A. 81. Ho,
lingsworth, 7. D. Sapp, Andrew Sar
didge, Thomas McMurry, Murdoc
Martin, NJ. Abney, VIM. Lay, jaime
NJ Gamble, Hezekiah Hall, W. Z
Vanarsdale.
Isaac III. Hooper, Sheriff cleo
took the cath of Office Feb. %, 184S
and appointed Philo Alden, deput.
Hon. James Taylor, of the lot
Judicial District, presided at the sal
sion Of May, 1s4s; and, ewing to th
absence of District Attorney John
Gilbert from the State Jehn M. Lar