Court: 1855 Juror's List, Washington Parish, La. 
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley
Date: Mar. 1998



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Transcribed by Gloria Kerns, used by permission.

The following record is herewith presented in its entirety
because all early records for this parish were destroyed in 1897.
With the listing for 1855, several names appear that were not on
the 1850 Census for the parish, thus indication that those named
had recently moved into the area, or had come "of age" since that
enumeration. [gk]

EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF WASHINGTON

No. 12  List of Jurors Drawn to Serve at the June Term
of the court aforesaid 1855.

Filed  April 28th, 1855, Stephens Albritton, Clerk.
Filed  Dec. 7th, 1859, I. H. Ruddick, Clk.

I, Stephen Albritton, Cleric of the Court aforesaid do hereby
certify that the following list of Jurors was drawn and taken down
by me in the presence of T. C. Bickham, Sheriff of the Parish of
Washington - and James A. Erwin, Parish Recorder of said Parish
and A. C. Bickham, T. W. Bickham and David Magee, freeholders
of the parish and State aforesaid, on the 28th day of April A.D.
1855, at the Clerks office, Town of Franklinton, La. - drawn from
a Box containing the Remainder of the ballots therein - Said box,
having been Locked up and sealed according to Law - and kept in the
custody of the undersigned Clerk since the 19th day of September
A.D.  1854 and Said Box not having been opened and the Same persons
who placed there Seals thereon not being present I have called in
three other persons freeholders in their Stead to wit. A. C.  
Bickham and David Magee to serve in the place G. Y. Brumfield, G.
W. Bickham and D. C. Hudson who assisted at the Last drawing and
all being present who and to conduct the drawing of the Jury for
the Juror Term 1855 - of the Court aforesaid - having ordered the
Seals to be Raised and Said Box to be opened (sic), were so raised
and Opened by the Cleric and Sheriff all being T. C. Bickham
aforesaid under the direction of the other officers and
freeholders, proceeded to draw from Said Box the following names in
numerical order, to serve as grand or petit Jurors at the Town
aforesaid and according to Law


1.   Claiborn Blackwell             25.   Lewis Lee
2.   Joel Pearson                   26.   James S. Slocum
3.   William Fortenberry            27.   James Strickland
4.   Alfred Morris                  28.   Chapman Peak
5.   Martin White                   29.   William I. Hogan
6.   Elijah Welch                   30.   Francis Bickham
7.   James R. Williams              31.   George Magee
8.   Stephen Corkern                32.   George W. Dykes
9.   Stephen Mizell                 33.   John A. Fornea
10.  Isaac Corkern                  34.   Joseph C. Seals
11.  Wallis A. Painter              35.   J. W. Thompson
12.  Mathew Thomas                  36.   C. B. Booty
13.  Joseph Ard                     37.   Reuben Yarborough
14.  John Pigott                    38.   T. R. Hopwood
15.  William H. Jones               39.   Charles Singleton
16.  William A. Walton              40.  Jackson Singleton
                (or Holton)         41.   William Toney
17.  Francis Schilling              42.   N. Magee
18.  Henry Z. Jenkins               43.   Alford Peters
19.  Benjamin Fisher                44.   Jesse Pearce
20.  John C. Foil                   45.   N. S. McCain
21.  Saml. E. Slocum                46.   H. T. Burkhalter
22.  Benj. Blades                   47.   James C. Green
23.  William Brumfield              48.   Olipher Hopgood
24.  Wiley H. Jones


In faith whereof the same has been signed by the said officers
and freeholders aforesaid at my office at the town of Franklinton of
this 28th day of April 1855,

T. C. Bickham Sheriff
Stephen Albritton, Clerk
J. A. Erwin, Recorder

A. C. Bickham
Thos W. Bickham      Freeholders
David Magee


Remarks by Gloria Kerns: This list was originally published in 
the Louisiana Genealogical Register,Volume XIV, September 1967, 
page 50, contributed by Mrs. Amos Neff of Covington, Lousiana,