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Louisiana Counties and Parishes: East Carroll Parish

The Creation of Legal Borders

East Carroll Parish (created from the former Carroll Parish)

March 14, 1832

AN ACT to form a new parish to be called the Parish of Carroll.

1839 Act No. 31

AN ACT to annex a portion of Carroll parish to the parish of Madison, and for other purposes.

1843 Act No. 41

An act creating the Parish of Franklin.

1844 Act No. 118

AN ACT to create a new Parish in the Parish of Ouachita to be called the Parish of Morehouse.

1846 Act No. 164.

AN ACT To extend the limits of the parish of Madison.

1847 Act No. 98.

AN ACT To fix the boundary line between the parishes of Carroll and Madison.

1852 Act No. 149.

AN ACT To take the census of portions of the parishes of Ouachita, Morehouse, Carroll and Franklin, with a view to the formation of a new parish, to be called the parish of Richland.

1858 Act No. 296.

AN ACT To fix and define the dividing line between the parishes of Morehouse and Carroll.

1861 Act No. 241.

AN ACT To fix and define the dividing line between the parishes of Morehouse and Carroll.

1868 Act No. 115

AN ACT To create the parish of Richland, and providing for the organization thereof.

1877 Act No. 24.

AN ACT To abolish the parish of Carroll, and to create and establish in lieu thereof the two parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll; providing for the organization of said two parishes, and fixing their representation in the House of Representatives.

1877 Act No. 143.

 AN ACT Entitled " An Act to amend the Act twenty-five, abolishing the parish of Carroll and creating the parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll," so as to fix Bayou Macon as the boundary line between the parishes of East Carroll and West Carroll.