St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
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St. Mary Parish History

A territorial act dated April 17, 1811 divides the county of Attakapas into two parishes: The parish of St. Martin and the parish of St. Mary.
The parish of St. Martin shall contain all that part of the country north, or above a line running east from the upper line of the plantation of Francisco Boutte, on the Bayou Teche, to the great lake, and west from the said Francisco Boutte to the mouth of the petite Anse on the Bay; and the parish of St. Mary shall contain all the remainder of the county, that is to say, all that is south or below the said line.

The parish seat is Franklin.

Main Street in Franklin, LA
Main Street, Franklin LA

Cities and Towns
Baldwin * Berwick * Franklin * Morgan City * Patterson

Unincorporated areas
Achee, Adeline, Albania, Amelia, Avalon, Bayou Sale, Cabot, Caffery, Calumet, Caneland, Centerville, Charenton, Cypremont, Ellerslie, Fairville, Florence, Giles, Glencoe, Glenwild, Gordy, Idlewild, Ivanhoe, Katy, Lagonda, Louisa, North Bend, Oaklawn, Oxford, Richard, Sorrel, Sterling, United, Verdunville and Wyandotte

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St. Mary Parish Data 
 
Church
 Records
Parish
 Records
Family
Records
Miscellaneous
Data
Wills/
Probate Records
  

WEBSITE UPDATES:

Feb 2025: Sick List News: HARTMAN; Marriage News: GOOCH, KLEB; Visiting News: BOATMAN, BOUNDREAUX, BERWICK, MUTTALL, RICHARD, DUPLAN, KENNEDY, BOURDIER, LARAWAY, COINTMENT, MUNSON, BARTON, GROUT, WILLIAMS, GOOCH, HITCHCOCK, PHARR, HAMILTON, WILLIAMS, PERKINS, VUILLEMOT, HERBERT, POND, WILLIAMS, GROUT, LYNCH, LAWES, KIRCH, LORET

Jan 2025: Census: 1850 Mortality Schedule

Oct 2024: Death News: WEBER; Community News: new fire company, Building and Loan Association, JOLLEY

Jun 2024: Sick List News: CONNELY, KEMPER, FRERE, COMO; Death News: BURGUIERES, SPARKS; Community News: KIEFFER, Southern Building and Loan; Crime News: DELL, FRERE, SHIN, CLOUTHIER; Weather News; Ads: FOSTER, MENTZ, CAFFERY, MAYER, FRERE, MITCHELL, ROMBACH, GATES, VON SCHOELER, YOUNGER, SIEN, LEWIS, O'NIELL, DALTON, BAKER, HAUER, WALKER, FOSTER, LAWLESS, KYLE, HANSON, SMITH, STEINACKER, TARLTON, WEIGMANN, MILLET, STANSBURY; Visiting News: KENT, UNDERWOOD, BODIN, FOSTER, TARLTON, O'BRIEN, FREEMAN, SEYBURN, MCINTOSH, KEMPER, WEEKS, BATEMAN, GORDY, LYMAN, BIRG, SIGUR, ALLEN, RILEY, PERRET, BONVELIN, CALDER, SCANNEL, BURGUIERES; Slavery Records: Free Negro Slave Owners of 1830

May 2024: Military: Civil War Soldiers Interred at Brashear City - Submitted by CNP

Jan 2024: Death News: RODD, MCMILLAN, REMBY, HARRIS; Marriage News: BLAKESLEY, FISHER; Sick List News: 1850 Cholera outbreak

Sept 2023: Biographies: CAMPBELL; School: 1922 Franklin High School Graduates; History: 1914 Parish Historical Overview; News: Newspapers of St. Mary Parish; Ads: MORRIS, DUCO, ALPHA, ABEL, BARRILLEAUX, Ideal Restaurant; Visiting News: MALONE, BODIN, SMITH, SHORT, LORET, PARKERSON, ABEL, PALFREY, HUGGINS, O'NIELL, BARROW, CAFFERY

May 2023: Death News: EASTON, COULLARD, BODIN, ACHEE, BUSH, BOSSELLO, WALTERS, CORNEY; Marriage News: BREAUX, BODIN, WILLIAMS, PAYNE, SPANN, DEAN; Birth News: RICHARD, CARGO; Sick List News: MARTEL, WEBER, WEIL, SMITH, COMO; Community News: Belleview Plantation, UNDERWOOD, SHORT, REEVES, PERRET; Visiting News: WALKER, HOFFPAUIR, FRERE, CHAMBERLAIN, LASSUS, SIGUR, PHILIPS, GEORGE ACHEE, BOUDREAUX, SVARRER, CLARK, HOY, KRAMER, SMITH; Ads: KRAMER, BROWN, SMITH, BERWICK, COGIN, ACHEE

Jan 2023: Marriage News: KRAMER, COX; Military: Korean War Casualties, Vietnam War Casualties

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Surrounding Parishes and Counties
Iberia Parish (north)
St. Martin Parish (east)
Assumption Parish (southeast)
Terrebonne Parish (south)

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