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Lafourche Parish Courthouse Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-00188
Scope and Contents
This collection spans 135 linear feet and dates from 1773 to 1983. The bulk of the materials date from approximately 1820 to 1941. The collection comprises vital, court, land, tax, and immigration records of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. This includes records of birth, death, marriage, divorce, civil and criminal court cases, wills and estates, orphans and adoption, insolvency, lunacy, voters and elections, licenses, militias, oaths, schools, judgements and appeals, indenture, slave sales,...
Dates:
1773-1983; Majority of material found in 1820-1941
Sheriff Lagarde Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-00141
Scope and Contents
This collection dates from 1850 to 1873 and comprises legal documents, letters, receipts, and notes relating to law enforcement and personal property in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Materials of note include the estate of Jeannette Simoneaud Seely and several documents appointing individuals to serve as patrolmen prior to and during the Civil War. Several documents relate to purchases, inheritances, or laws regarding enslaved people in Lafourche Parish.
Dates:
1850-1873 and undated
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