W.P.A. collection. Historical Records Survey transcriptions of Louisiana police jury records. DeSoto Parish, 1853-1935.

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W.P.A. collection. Historical Records Survey transcriptions of Louisiana police jury records. DeSoto Parish, 1853-1935.

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This collection consists of microfilm of transcriptions of police jury meeting minutes for DeSoto Parish between 1853 and 1935. The records document government functions such as elections, road building, public health, law enforcement, parish budgets and taxes, the development of education for blacks and whites, the battle to control yellow fever, livestock maintenance, transportation, flood control, and levee building. They concern topics such as citizen participation in and expectations of government, settlement of the state's rural areas and changes in land ownership, local ordinances governing slavery and local attitudes about it, as well as the changing status of African Americans after emancipation. The records also contain genealogical information useful in identifying ancestors' places of residence, death dates, and role in their communities. The transcriptions were made between around 1939 and 1942 as part of the Louisiana Historical Records Survey, administered through Louisiana State University.

7.25 linear ft.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7109170

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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DeSoto Parish (La.). Police Jury.

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Louisiana's unit of local government is the parish rather than the county. When Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803, the portion that is now approximately the State of Louisiana was called the Orleans Territory. On April 10, 1805, the governing body of the Orleans Territory divided it into 12 counties that roughly coincided with the parishes established by the Catholic Church during the Spanish and French regimes. On March 31, 1807, the territorial legislature passed an act ...

Louisiana Historical Records Survey

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