Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Louis Francois Lamy

  • Felix McCloe: First Black Justice of the Peace in Ouachita Parish

    I stumbled across this little tidbit of lost Ouachita Parish history earlier this month. On the front page of the News-Star, April 8, 1921, Was the headline, “FORMER SLAVE, OFFICE…

  • Ouachita Veterans of the War of 1812

    I was browsing through Dr. Williams’ book, “Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley” Part Three and there was a section about Col. William Wood. He was the grandfather of William…

  • The Meeting of Louis Lamy and Felicity Roy

    You may not have heard these two names before, but they were the parents of two of the most powerful people in Monroe during their lifetime. While looking through the…

  • Zephemiah Liles frees his slave Ralph

    This was found in an old Ouachita Parish newspaper called “The Ouachitta Standard”. The issue was dated April 5, 1839. In this ad, Zephemiah announced that he was intending to…

  • The Lamy Family

    I wrote this for LA Road Trips back in 2011:             Everyone is familiar with Lamy Lane and Louisville Avenue in Monroe, but very few know anything about the family…