Town, Belmont,  Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Submitted: by : Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: History of Sabine Parish by John G. Belisle, The Sabine Banner Press,
1912






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BELMONT

This is one of the thriving communities of the parish.  The post office was
started about 1879 with
Dr. t. H. Hardin postmaster.  He was succeeded by L. A. Trailor.   George W.
Heard, the present
postmaster, has had charge of the office since 1892.  Belmont has a Baptist
church, which was
organized in 1872; a good school, a Masonic lodge, and two mercantile
establishments.  G. W.
Heard has conducted a business for many years.   John E. Wm. F., and Joe P.
Skinner run a
business there which was started in 1898 under the name of Skinner Bros.  Many
of the early
settlers of the Belmont community came from Lincoln and Union parishes, but in
later years a
number of settlers came from Mississippi.  Among the progressive citizens of
that section are the
following: W. S. Haley, R. G. Bozeman, E. T. Linder, T. F. Linder, J. L.
Heard, J. E. Bullard, J.
A. Armstrong, G. L. Sebren, E. N. Haley, L. B. Horn, R. W. Nesom, S. J.
Ramsey, J. C. Wright,
W. M. McFerren, J. A. Haley, W. W. Currie, Ben Skinner, J. P. Skinner, E. W.
Tyler, D. J.
Austin, C. H. Skinner, D. M. Currie, J. A. Salley, W. F. Haley, L. W. Salley.