Boeuf Prairie Settlers -, Franklin Parish, La. Submitted by: DeWanna Robinson Lindo April 2001 Source: Franklin Parish Library ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm **********************************************   Old Families of Boeuf Prairie: Below is a list of Families who lived in Boeuf Prairie basin prior to and immediately following the Civil War. They are listed in no specific order. All contributed mightily to early parish development, being pioneers of the approximately 20 square mile region bordering the east bank of Boeuf River, often referred to as the "Cradle of Franklin Parish Culture." UPPER PRAIRIE Bowden Buie Bonner Word Whatley Wooldridge Garcen Moore Doyle Turner Leavens McDonald Potter Hitt Brinsfield Baines Boyle Nugent Kincaid Smith Seay LOWER PRAIRIE Desha Peck Frazier Humble Wooldridge Carroway Hilliard Buie Matthews Dailey Grayson Brown Pearce Dawson Stafford Le Grand Prickett MASON AND LOWER LIDDIEVILLE Mason Thomas Jones Ross King Richardson Ogden Brown Adams Williams Russell Tarver Bryant