Mrs. Harrell's Ferry, Livingston and East Baton Rouge Parishes, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue

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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

MRS. HARRELL'S FERRY  This fery continued the Baton Rouge and Springfield

Public Road from East Baton Rouge Parish across the Amite River to Section

55, T7S-R2E in Livingston Parish.  In an 1866 record, the name is given as

"Mrs. Harrell's Ferry" (1) but later references give it as Harrell's Ferry

or Old Harrell's Ferry, and it is spelled various ways.  Members of the

Christian Wisegauber family were the last persons to operate this ferry

which was abandoned in 1915. (2) -- Mrs. Anita Durand Buess

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(1) "Livingston Parish Conveyance Records", Book 1, p. 261.
(2) Document signed by John S. Nelson, Clerk and Recorder, Jan. 9, 1940.

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