Bienville and Lincoln Parishes, Louisiana
Bienville Parish was originally part of the Territory of Orleans, known as the Catholic Parish of St Francis. In 1805 it became part of the new Natchitoches County (later changed to "Parish" in 1807). In 1828 Natchitoches was divided and a portion became Claiborne Parish.
On March 14, 1848 the Southern portion of Claiborne created today's Bienville Parish, named after The Father of Louisiana, Jean Baptist Le Moyne, Bieville.
In 1873, a portion of Bienville Parish was used to create Lincoln Parish.

Census Records on line
1810 Natchitoches Parish Census Images (a portion later to be Bienville) by US Census Project

1850 Bienville Parish Index & Census by Rootsweb

1880 Lincoln Parish Census Images by US Census Project
1880 Louisiana Census by Family Search - LDS

1900 Lincoln Parish Census Images by US Census Project

1910 Lincoln Parish Census Images by US Census Project

1920 Lincoln Parish Census Images by US Census Project

1930 Lincoln Parish Census Images by US Census Project

Vital Records
1849-1872 Bienville Parish Marriage Books A & B by Rootsweb
8 Misc Bienville Parish Marriages USGenweb
1836-1971 Vinson and Elder Family Marriages of LA by USGenweb
Misc Marriages Lincoln Parish USGenweb
Searchable Vital Records for LA (various) by WeddingBells

1850 Mortality Schedule Bienville Parish by USGenweb
Death Record of Gabe Moss 1931 Bienville by USGenweb

Cemetery Stone Transcriptions
Available from:
Bienville Parish Rootsweb		 Bistineau Cemetery Brice Cemetery Bryan Cemetery
Colbert Cemetery Danville Cemetery Ebenezer Cemetery(Castor) Ebenezer Cemetery(Bienville)
Mt Lebanon Cemetery Mt Olive Cemetery Old Castor Cemetery Old Saline Cemetery
Old Sparta Cemetery Ridge Cemetery Springhill Cemetery Stewart Cemetery
Available from:
Bienville Parish Tombstone Project		 Givens Graveyard Madden Cemetery "Unknown" Cemetery
Available from:
Bienville Parish USGenweb		 Bistineau Cemetery Bryan Cemetery Colbert Cemetery
Ebenezer Cemetery (Bienville) Ebenezer Cemetery (Castor) Mt Lebanon Cemetery Old Castor Cemetery
Old Saline Cemetery Old Sparta Cemetery Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Ridge Cemetery
Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Springhill Cemetery Stewart Cemetery Woodard Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Taylor)
Available from:
Lincoln Parish LAGenWeb/Rootsweb		 All Known Lincoln Parish Cemeteries Available from:
Lincoln Parish USGenweb		 Alabama Baptist Church Cemetery
Antioch Cemetery Autrey Family Cemetery Bond Cemetery Bryan Cemetery
Calcote Cemetery Choudrant Memorial Cemetery Colvin Family Cemetery Cook Cemetery
Douglas Cemetery Forest Lawn Cemetery Grambling Memorial Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood-McCoy Cemetery Hamilton Cemetery Henry Cemetery King Cemetery
Liggin Cemetery Longstraw Cemetery Madden Cemetery New Hope Cemetery
New Rockey Valley Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Old Colvin Cemetery Pine Grove Cemetery
Riser Cemetery Rock Corner Cemetery Sealy Cemetery Sims Cemetery
Snethern Cemetery St Rest Cemetery John Stow Cemetery Trussell Cemetery
Unionville Cemetery Vienna Cemetery Walnut Creek Cemetery Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Wilder Cemetery Available from:
Lincoln Parish Tombstone Project		 Roane Cemetery Wesley Chapel Cemetery Update


Military Records
28th Louisiana Infantry Civil War
... Grays' Units | History (not to be confused with Thomas's 28th LA Inf)
...Company A of Bienville Parish
...Company H of Bienville Parish

History of Louisiana in the Civil War by LA State Archives
Louisiana Confederate Pension Index by LA State Archives
Autrey (Autry) Family in the Civil War by Lincoln Parish USGenweb
Widows' Pension of Mrs F. Davis, widow of A.B. Davis of Lincoln Parish by USGenweb
Widows' Pension of MaryAnn Gaines, widow of Henry Gaines of Lincoln Parish by USGenweb
Pension Record of W.H.K. Martin of Lincoln Co USGenweb

Confederate Soldiers buried in LA by Petronet

35 Veteran Gravesites' Decorated by Legionnaires 1932, of Lincoln Parish by USGenweb

WWI Enlistment Roster of 1st LA Infantry National Guards Company F of Lincoln Parish by USGenweb
WWI Casualties of Lincoln Parish by USGenweb
WWI African-American Casualties of Lincoln Parish by Afrigeneas

WWII Casualties of Bienville Parish Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy
WWII Casualties of Lincoln Parish Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy
WWII Louisiana National Guard Battery F Reunion (1999)of Lincoln Parish by USGenweb

Korean War Casualites of Louisiana by Distant Cousin

Vietnam Conflict Casualties of Louisiana by Distant Cousin

Newspapers and Obituaries
Obit of Lieut-Gov Benj. Wiley Pearce (1816-1870) of Bienville by Rootsweb

Bienville Messenger Abstracts Oct 1865-Oct 1866 (52 issues) by Rootsweb
Newspaper Abstracts from Upson Pilot, GA 1860 re: Bienville Parish by USGenweb
11 Misc Obits of Bienville USGenweb
Lincoln Parish Obits of Nov 1929 thru Feb 1930 by USGenweb

Court Records - Wills - Estates

Bienville Parish Will Book Index 1850-1932 Rootsweb Bienville Parish Will Index 1850-1860 by USGenweb Will of James T. Mizelle (1895); Lincoln USGenweb Administration of Estate of James T. Mizelle of Lincoln-USGenweb
Estate Record of John B. Markham 1856 of Bienville-USGenweb Estate Record of Zachariah C. Mizelle of Lincoln-USGenweb Heirs of Estate of J.R. Davis & Mrs Mary F. Davis 1922 Lincoln-USGenweb Probate of Abel Simmons vs Givens of Lincoln USGenweb
Adoption Record of Hennen Family 1887 Lincoln USGenweb Search Land Records prior to 1908-extracted BLM by Rootsweb 8 Misc Lincoln Parish Land Records by USGenweb Standifer Land Records of Lincoln Parish by Carol


Bibles and Bios
Extracted from "The History of Bienville Parish Vol 1 A | B | C | D | E | F by Rootsweb Bienville Parish 80 Bienville Bios by USGenweb
Extracted from "Explorers and Travallers, Men of Achievement Bio of Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville by Rootsweb Horn Family Bible; Bienville Parish John Wesley Oliver Family; Bienville USGenweb
Anthony W. Pate Bible; Bienville USGenweb Traylor Family Bible; Bienville USGenweb Watson Womack Family Bible; Bienville USenweb Moss Family Letters; Bienville USGenweb
28 Lincoln Parish Bio's USGenweb Autrey Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb Causey Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb Culbertson Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb
Hedgepeth Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb Leachman Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb McGee Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb Oliver Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb
Sealy Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb Templeton Family Bible; Lincoln USGenweb Toms Family Bible; Lincoln Parish USGenweb


Church Records
1912-1916 Church Minutes and Membership of Ridge Church, Castor Bienville Parish USGenweb

History of Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church Lincoln Parish (est 1855) by USGenweb

History of Walnut Creek Church 1846-1946 Lincoln Parish by USGenweb

School Records
1906 Saline High School Students, Bienville (photo) | Students' Names Rootsweb 1907 Saline Highschool Baseball Team, Bienville (photo) | Team Names Rootsweb 1911 Saline Highschool Bienville (photo) | Students' names Rootsweb 1912/13 Saline Highschool, Bienville (photo) | Students' names
1916/17 Saline Highschool, Bienville (photo) | Teachers & Students' names Rootsweb 1928/29 Saline Highschool Football Team, Bienville (photo) | Team Names Rootsweb 1928/29 Graduating Class Saline Highschool | Students' Names Rootsweb 1929/30 Graduating Class Saline Highschool | Students' Names Rootsweb
1931 Senior Class Saline Highschool | Students' names Rootsweb 1935 Senior Class Saline Highschool | Students' Names Rootsweb 1934/35 Boys & Girls Basketball Team Saline, Bienville (photos) |Team Names Rootsweb For more Great Saline, Bienville Photos Rootsweb
Class of 1905, Louisiana Tech; Lincoln Parish USGenweb Class of 1927 Louisiana Tech; Lincoln Parish USGenweb Class of 1932 Louisiana Tech; Lincoln Parish USGenweb Class of 1933 Louisiana Tech; Lincoln Parish USGenweb
1911 Douglas School, Lincoln Parish (photo) 2 students named-USGenweb 1957/58 4th Grade Class of A.E. Phillips School, Ruston, Lincoln (photo) all students named 1941 Ruston Highschool Football Team, Lincoln Parish (all named)-USGenweb 1959 Ruston High School Graduating Class, Lincoln Parish-USGenweb
1961 Ruston High School Graduating Class, Lincoln Parish-USGenweb 1962 Ruston Highschool Graduating Class, Lincoln Parish-USGenweb 1964 Ruston Highschool Graduating Class, Lincoln Parish-USGenweb 1964 Simsboro Highschool Graduating Class, Lincoln Parish-USGenweb


Occupational
1905 Saline Twp Main Street Business District, Bienville | Names Rootsweb 1907 Thomas Hotel (photo),Saline, Bienville | Residents in the photo 1909 Saline Drug Company (photo) | Company Employees Rootsweb 1909 L.T. Frey's General Store (photo), Saline, Bienville | Names in photo Rootsweb
1909 Saline Twp, Bienville Post Office (photo) | Employees Rootsweb 1910 Dr & Mrs. W.B. Hailey Saline Physician (photo), Bienville Rootsweb 1925 Saline Highschool Faculty (photo), Bienville | Employee' names Rootsweb 1926 Saline High School Faculty (photo),Bienville | Employee' names Rootsweb
1927 Saline High School Faculty, Bienville | Employee' Names Rootsweb 1934/35 Saline Highschool Faculty Bienville | Employee' Names Rootsweb 1934 Louisiana & Northwestern Packing and Shipping Company | Employees Bienville Rootsweb 1900 Lincoln Parish Occupations of Ward 6 by USGenweb


Local History
History of Bienville Parish Rootsweb
History of Bienville Parish as extracted from "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana" USGenweb
Bienville Parish Timeline by Louisiana Edu

Historical Photos of Bienville Parish Rootsweb

1904-1945 Historical Photos of Saline Twp, Bienville Co (see occupations & schools also) Rootsweb
Photos of Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow 1930s by ArcadiaLouisiana
FBI Report on Bonnie & Clyde FBI.gov
History of Castor as Published in Bienville Democrat (4 pgs) USGenweb

Lincoln Parish History as published "Lincoln Parish History 1776-1976" by USGenweb
History of Greenville, Lincoln Parish USGenweb

Lincoln Parish formation Maps 1810-1860 by Lewis

Lincoln Parish Historical Photos USGenweb

Surnames and Queries
Surnames/Queries-Genealogy Bienville Parish Rootsweb
Bienville Family Pages Rootsweb

Lincoln Parish Family Pages USGenweb
Surnames-Queries-Genealogy Data LAGenWeb/Rootsweb

Cultural Information
Native Tribes of Louisiana Access Genealogy

Bienville Area

..1. Acolapissa: Muskhogean linguistic family and evidently spoke a language closely related to Choctaw and Chickasaw. Their closest relatives were the Tangipahoa
..2. The Caddo Nation (1787) by LA State Library
..3. The Ouachita Tribe (1812) by LA State Library
If Interested in Native American Tribes of LA or Beinville Parish area,
you might consider purchasing a copy of "The Louisiana Archaelogy" (see contents of issues 1-22) by Tulane University

Lincoln Parish

"The Indians of Lincoln Parish" By Dr. G. W. McGinty The Ruston Writers Club Publication, 1959-USGenweb

History of Creoles in Louisiana by Access Genealogy

1820-1903 Passenger Manifest Index New Orleans (txt files or zip) by LA State Archives

French Influence-Bio of Don Juan Filhiol (1740-1821) by Louisiana Edu

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries
Louisiana Historical Society
5801 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

Bienville Parish Public Library
2678 Maple Street
Arcadia, LA 71001-3699

Louisiana State Archives
3851 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809-2137

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