Madison Parish, Louisiana - Earliest Landowners
Publisher: Richard P. Sevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jackson, MS
Number of pages: 156
First sentence: Madison Parish, Louisiana is located in extreme northeastern Louisiana across the Mississippi River from the old city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Description: A compilation of the earliest landowners (patentees) in Madison Parish. These are the first landowners who purchased land from the U.S. General Land Office after Louisiana became a state in 1803. Most purchases were in the middle 1800’s. Among other things the book includes 98 pages of patentee names including location and amount of acreage purchased, an index map and 58 pages of detailed township maps showing the exact location of the acreage, patentee names and year of purchase.
Notes: Available for $40 (incl S & H) from:

Richard P. Sevier
1416 Highland Park Drive
Jackson, MS 39211
Table of contents: pagenum: i
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title: Introduction; pagenum: iii
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title: Brief History of Madison Parish; pagenum: iv
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title: Patentees; pagenum: 1
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title: Patentee List; pagenum: M1
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title: Township Maps