Headnote
MADISON PARISH, situated on the east boundary of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the east. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Richmond. Pop. in 1840, 5,143; in 1850, 7,863. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Madison Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MADISON PARISH, situated on the east boundary of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the east. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Richmond. Pop. in 1840, 5,143; in 1850, 7,863.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 201-202.
Date Type
Black soldiers and naval gunfire drive off a Confederate attack on Union supply lines at Milliken's Bend Battles/Soldiers
Madam C.J. Walker, America's leading female entrepreneur of her time, is born to freed slaves in Louisiana. Personal
New York Herald correspondent tried for espionage Lawmaking/Litigating
Name Type
Richmond, LA City or Town
Young's Point, LA City or Town
Date Title
Entry by Kate Stone, July 4, 1861
Entry by Kate Stone, June 30, 1862
Entry by Kate Stone, March 22, 1863
Ulysses S. Grant to Lorenzo Thomas, June 16, 1863
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