Winn Parish Officials 1895 - 1963, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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Three Courthouse Plaques List Men Serving Since '95


Winn Parish officials in office at the time of construction of the new
courthouse are listed on a marble wall plaque in the hallway, just outside the
Clerk of court office.

Two other plaques, both marble, have been saved from previous courthouses. 
One taken from the building built in 1923 and torn down to make way for the
new courthouse has been placed on the wall across from the plaque with present
officials.

The third, from the 1895 courthouse-the first brick building-is in the
possession of W. L. Sowers, who is keeping it for the Winn Parish Historical
Society.  It has a crack in it but is in good condition.

Following are the lists of names on each of the plaques:

1962 Courthouse:  Harwell L. Allen, District Judge; Sam L. Wells, District
Attorney; Dr. John T. Mosley, Coroner; R. S. Jordan, Sheriff; Robert Lee Dunn,
Clerk of Court; John Y. Bell, Assessor; C. H. Crain, Registrar of Voters;
Police Jury:  Henry A. Keiffer, president; Kenneth Watts, Secretary-Treasurer;
B. A. Guilliams, A. M. Jeter, Colvin R. Long, A. W. Cockerham, Crosby Adams,
Herman H. Boyett, J. E. Shumake, G. C. Jeter, W. H. Collins, Gus Crawford,
Ardis Brewton.  Nolan, Norman and Nolan, Architects; Rannie Terral as General
Contractor.

1923 Courthouse:  R. W. Oglesby, Judge; E. E. Kidd, District Attorney; W. T.
Heflin, Sheriff; C. McGinty, Clerk; Walter W. Allen, Assessor; Dr. J. J.
Peters, Sr., Coroner; Dr. J. F. Faith, Health Officer; Police Jury:  J. B.
Milam, Sr., President; Kenneth Watts, clerk; B. L. Anderson, treasurer; A. T.
Drewett, J. L. Willis, E. W. McDow, T. W. Fowler, J. L. Durham, B. M. Stovall,
G. M. C. Martin, C. C. Long, G. E. Brewton.  School Board, which then had
offices in the courthouse:  J. R. Sikes, president; J. N. Sowers, T. V.
Beavers, J. E. Strickland, B. E. Wilson, W. T. Babers, W. N. Dunn, R. H.
Breedlove, T. F. Wade, R. T. Dawson, W. T. Norman, Supt.;
W C. Cookston, Surveyor; J. W. Smith, Architect; H. C. Woody, Engineer,
Caldwell Brothers, General Contractors.

Kenneth Watts, Police Jury secretary-treasurer, has his name on both the 1923
and 1962 plaques.  He was PJ clerk in the 1923 courthouse and is the only man
on both rosters, having served in some parish office continuously from 1919 to
present.

1895 Courthouse:  Police Jury, C. P. Mathis, president; J. R. Tullos, C.
James, John Stinson, W. Y. McCain, J. G. Till, J. M. Peters, A. J. Franks,
Henry Bernstein, clerk; J. H. Crawford, Sheriff; L. D. Jones, Clerk of Court;
Building Committee:  C. P. Mathis, chairman; C. James, R. L. Tannehill, G. P.
Long, J. R. Tullos, Henry Bernstein, clerk; Sam Ewing, Superintendent of
Construction; W. S. Hull, Architect, B. B. and W. S. Hull, Contractors.  Only
eight police jurors were listed in 1895 since the parish had eight wards at
the time.  In 1896 the State legislature created town new wards in Winn, Ward
9 from Ward 1, and Ward 10 from Ward 8.

(Copied from the January 24, 1963 edition of The Winn Parish
Enterprise-News-American and submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield,
Winn Parish, LA.)