Traylor 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.

TRAYLOR BRANCH has been shown as Taylor Branch on some maps, but the correct

name is Traylor.  The branch is a tributary of the Little Natalbany River,

and converges with it about four and one-half miles north of Albany.  It 

originates north of Fourth Ward School in Section 28, T5S-R6E near Bradford

Cemetery.

     According to records at the State Land Office in Baton Rouge, William

Traylor purchased 80 acres of land from the state on Feb. 20, 1862 for 

$10.03.  State Tract Book 23, page 60, identifies the land specifically as

being in Sections 21 and 22, just east of the Fourth Ward School site and the

Bankston Cemetery.  The branch traverses the land and divides it into two

almost equal parts. ---Clark Forrest, Jr.

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