Allen Branch, Livingston Parish, 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.

     ALLEN BRANCH This branch, long known locally as Allen Branch, was originally called Wax

Branch and is so marked on the 1890 J.H. Allen Map. (1)  It originates in Section 43,

T7S-R2E with some variation shown from map to map, flows southward to cross the 4-H Club

Road just east of the Allen-Durand house, then southwestward to form Nickens Lake (on original

claims map it is called "Lake or Old River")(2) before entering the Amite River in Section

64, T7S-R2E. ---Mrs. Anita Durand Buess

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(1) 1890 J.H. Allen Map in possession of Mrs. Anita Durand Buess
(2) Original claims map, State Land Office, Baton Rouge
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