Killian, 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.

KILLIAN is Livingston Parish's youngest municipality, having been in-

corporated in 1968.  It is named for John S. Killian, who claimed Section

41, T8S-R6E.  This claim is shown on a map dated May 16, 1854, along with

Killian Bayou.  The survey of this claim was approved by the Secretary 

of the Interior on July 10, 1858, but Killian's claim was never actually

confirmed.

     Some 400 acres of the claim were granted to Andrew Jackson Patterson

between 1868 and 1871. (1)

     Killian's post office was established on June 19, 1891 with Robert J.

Dunwoody as postmaster.  The post office was discontinued on April 30, 1954. (2)

One of the oldest churches in the area is Huff Chapel, first organized

in 1890. (3)

     Several schools were located in the Killian area at one time.  These

include Rome School, named for the ferry; Daisy School, named for Mrs.

Daisy Kemp; Carthage School, named after the landing; Lella School, named

for Mrs. Lella Strickland; and Killian School.  The black church served

as a classroom for the young blacks, but school was held for only four 

weeks out of year. (4) -- Mrs. Wanda McKinney

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(1) Personal interview with Mrs. Hazel Freeman Foster, granddaughter of
Andrew Jackson Patterson, by Wanda McKinney.
(2) Forrest, Clark Jr., Post Offices of Livingston Parish, Louisiana,
March 5, 1976.
(3) Personal interview with Mrs. Fanny Ross, born March 2, 1885, by
Wanda McKinney.
(4) Personal interview with Mrs. Cora Harris Golden, born Jan. 20, 1884,
by Wanda McKinney.

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