History: Papers that show the Creation of Grant Parish, Grant Parish,
Louisiana
Source: Papers were located in the Grant Parish Library, Montgomery Branch 
Submitted to USGENWEB By: Kay Thompson - Brown




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CREATION OF GRANT PARISH

184. La. A., 1869, 2nd session of 1st Legislature, #82, p. 79.
Approved March 4, 1869.

To create the Parish of Grant, and providing for the organization thereof.

Sec. 1 .... That from and after the passage of this act there shall be a new
parish formed from a portion of the south part of Winn Parish and from a
portion of the north part of Rapides Parish, to be called and known by the
name of the Parish of Grant.

Sec. 2 .... That the following shall be the boundaries of the Parish of Grant,
viz: commencing at a point on Red river where the Daro empties into said
river, and thence running east to the point where Little River empties into
Catahoula Lake; thence up Little River to the junction of the Castor and
Dugdomonia, thence west on the southern boundary of the Parish of Winn to the
range line to the township line between three west, thence south on said range
line to the township line between townships numbers wight and nine north,
thence west on said township to where said line crosses the Rigolet de Bon
Dieu; thence down said Rigolet de Bon Dieu to the mouth of Cane River, thence
down Red River to the point of starting, the mouth of the Daro.