In 1861, according to the United States Coast Survey map, 90.8% of the parish's inhabitants were slaves. Core samples taken during investigations at the site have revealed the mound was built in a single stage. For instance, between 1880 and 1920, twelve persons were executed in Tensas Parish, at least seven of them black.[16]. Between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, Tensas Parish lost 173 residents, or 2.9 percent of its population. After the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, large numbers of Tensas Parish blacks began registering to vote. The parish was developed for cotton agriculture, which dominated the economy through the early 20th century. [26] The Obama-McCain and Obama-Romney voter divisions in 2008 and 2012 reflect the demographics of the political parties in Tensas Parish. White Democratic groups worked through intimidation and fraud to suppress black and white Republican voting during and after the Reconstruction era. Tensas High School in St. Joseph was consolidated in 2006 from the former Joseph Moore Davidson High School of St. Joseph, as well as Newellton and Waterproof high schools. (AP) — Jaden Ivey scored 15 points, Sasha Stefanovic added 14, and Purdue beat Nebraska 75-58 on Saturday night. Tensas was the last of Louisiana's parishes in the 20th century to allow African Americans to register to vote. Tensas Parish was the home to many successive indigenous groups in the thousands of years before European settlements began. Seaman of Waterproof. The parish seat is St. Joseph. Bush, the Republican presidential nominee, prevailed in Tensas Parish with 1,645 votes (50 percent). A Roman Catholic, Mrs. Myers is interred at the Natchez City Cemetery.[38]. Senator John Bell of Tennessee, who pledged to support the Constitution of the United States, the Union of states, and the "enforcement of the laws." He seized a federal warehouse with gunpowder, groceries, and medical supplies. [15], But from 1878 through 1920, the Mississippi Delta area of northern Louisiana legally executed more blacks than did any other part of the state, after they had been convicted by all-white juries. St. Tammany Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, a Principle Lenape Chief considered the "Patron Saint of America." Although the state officially desegregated, the schools are largely de facto segregated, as many white parents have sent their children to private academies founded at that time. If you have further questions, please visit our helpful FAQ page, call us toll free at (800) 691-5014 to speak to a friendly representative, or contact us online here. Whites numbered 1771 (15 percent). Joseph. A Missouri Confederate wrote that the area was "unsurpassed in beauty and richness by any of the same extent... in the world. [3] The parish was founded in 1843 following Indian Removal.[4]. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 641 square miles (1,660 km2), of which 603 square miles (1,560 km2) is land and 38 square miles (98 km2) (6.0%) is water.[28]. Completion Certificate Information. When deputies spoke with the driver, Ronnie J. Russell, Jr., 51, Crystal Beach, Texas, they could smell an odor of … These new black voters were staunchly Democratic, as the national party had supported their drive for civil rights. In the parish the population was spread out, with 26.50% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The daughter of Oliver Newton Myers (1900-1965) and the former Alice Robinson (1898-1948) of Natchez, Mississippi, Myers graduated from the former Joseph Moore Davidson High School in St. Joseph and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Flowers Landing Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation at 2302 Louisiana Highway 888 northwest of Newellton, serves a rural clientele. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000", "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Tensas Parish", "Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2012", "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tensas_Parish,_Louisiana&oldid=1009085813, Louisiana parishes on the Mississippi River, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Troyce Guice, a member of the Louisiana Levee Board and the Mississippi River Bridge Commission, twice a candidate for the, This page was last edited on 26 February 2021, at 17:13. [8], In April 1862, Governor Thomas Overton Moore, reconciled to the fall of New Orleans, ordered the destruction of all cotton in those areas in danger of occupation by Union forces. The following is an excerpt from Paul Porwoll's book Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, published in 2014 by WestBow Press. At the age of twenty, Scott took over The Tensas Gazette, then owned by Judge Hugh Tullis. [22], In 2000, the Democratic nominee, Vice President Al Gore, won Tensas Parish by 250 votes. [7], During the American Civil War, the Confederacy relied on wealthy private citizens, particularly planters, organized, equipped, and transported military companies. Because of Tensas Parish's small population, the state house district was made to include part of Franklin Parish. It has been designated as a state historic site and is being restored. Heinrich, P. V., R. P. McCulloh, and J. Snead, 2007. Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts trailed with 1,556 (47.3 percent). In the spring and summer of 1863, Grant launched his campaign against Vicksburg, Mississippi, to the northeast of Tensas Parish. Most of the population was still engaged in cotton agriculture, where numerous African Americans worked as sharecroppers and tenant farmers. In the fall of 1964 O'Hearn was elected to an at-large seat from Caddo Parish as a state representative from Shreveport. Along the levees and atop Indian mounds in Tensas Parish, slaves were directed to burn thousands of bales of cotton, which took days to accomplish. Tensas Parish (French: Paroisse des Tensas) is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana; its eastern border is the Mississippi River. Long. [37], Upon Scott's death, Paul Alexander Myers, Jr., and his wife, the former Patricia Wilds (1924-1999) purchased The Tensas Gazette and operated it together until his death in 1964. There were 3,359 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km2). From 1877 to 1950, there were 30 lynchings of blacks in Tensas Parish, most in the decades around the turn of the 20th century; Tensas was among the four parishes in Louisiana with the highest number of lynchings in this period, and Louisiana was among the states with the highest number of such murders. In 1988, Vice President George H.W. McCulloh, R. P., P. V. Heinrich, and J. Snead, 2003, This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 18:47. In 1964 Tensas Parish, with mostly only conservative whites voting, supported Republican presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater rather than incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson, who was supporting civil rights. The Tensas Parish Civic Center is located at 115 Arts Drive off U.S. Highway 65 in St. Joseph. "Maybe the loss was the people who died. In the 2008 presidential contest, Democratic nominee Barack Obama of Illinois won Tensas Parish, 1,646 (54.1 percent) to 1,367 (45 percent) for Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona. The Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted the traffic stop for improper lane use on a 2005 Crown Victoria at approximately 1:42 a.m. March 5 on US 425 around Dehlco. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.20 males. That year the US Supreme Court ruled that states had to develop legislative districts that were based on roughly equal populations and had to be redistricted after each decennial census, based on the principle of "one man, one vote". It said there was no constitutional basis for state legislatures to be based on geographical districts (such as one representative per parish), as that system had resulted in inequities: particularly marked under-representation of more populated, urbanized areas and an unequal dominance of state legislatures by rural areas. By 1920, the number of African Americans had declined by 42% to 10,314 (making up 85 percent of the parish population). There was no general election in Tensas Parish to determine if Vitter would have surpassed 50 percent plus one vote to obtain an outright majority in this traditionally Democratic parish. If you are a family book two tickets. The parish seat is St. On February 19 at approximately 2:00 p.m. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted a traffic stop on a truck traveling on I-10 westbound near mile marker 12. According to historian John D. Winters of Louisiana Tech University, who has been criticized for the racial bias expressed in The Civil War in Louisiana (1963),[13] the students, ranged in age from four to forty, were poorly clothed, loved to fight, and were 'extremely filthy, their hair filled with vermin.' [18] The former Newellton High School in Newellton and Waterproof High School and Lisbon Elementary School in Waterproof have closed because of decreased enrollments. Some white Democrats have been elected to public offices in the parish, including Sheriff Rickey A. Jones and several school board members. In May 2010, the graduating class of forty students at Tensas High School included three whites. Tensas Parish (French: Paroisse des Tensas) is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana; its eastern border is the Mississippi River.As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,252. Whites had controlled the political system since the late 19th century and excluded blacks from the political system for more than 60 years. Police Jury Vice President Jane Merriett Netterville, a Democrat from St. Joseph,[29] expressed surprise at those figures, as a number of people had moved into the parish in 2005 and 2006 as refugees from New Orleans and coastal areas after Hurricane Katrina. Nearly all African-American pupils attend the public schools, where few whites are registered. Tensas Parish welcoming sign on United States Highway 65, Winter Quarters State Historic Site near Newellton. By the turn of the 20th century, the parish seat of St. Joseph had 720 residents. [25] In 2012, President Obama again carried the parish, with 1,564 votes (55.6 percent), while rival Mitt Romney polled 1,230 votes (43.7 percent). Public schools in Tensas Parish are operated by the elected seven-member Tensas Parish School Board. By Wale Aliyu. The last member to represent only Tensas Parish was Democrat S. S. DeWitt of Newellton and later St. Joseph. They enforced Jim Crow laws and rules through intimidation and violence, including lynchings. Tensas Parish has one principal cemetery, Legion Memorial, established in 1943 and located just north of Newellton. The parish seat of St. Joseph is located adjacent to the Mississippi River levee system, which protects the eastern border of the parish along the river. Since then, the black majority of the parish has made it a Democratic stronghold. Ten white students graduated from Tensas Academy, and four whites from the private Newellton Christian Academy.[19]. As a member of the Louisiana State Park Foundation Board, she was instrumental in the reopening of Winter Quarters State Historic Site south of Newellton. Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. Enrollment in the public system, now based in St. Joseph, has declined in recent years as parish population has declined. These differences likely reflected a continuing outmigration by blacks, as well as in-migration of whites from other areas, who settled in the hill country during the 1920s-1930s. Some were founded in local efforts and some through the sponsorship of the American Missionary Association. Males had a median income of $26,636 versus $16,781 for females. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,252. In the 1971 primary, DeWitt lost the seat to Lantz Womack of Winnsboro in Franklin Parish. Louisiana and numerous other states had not regularly conducted redistricting, although there had been dramatic population shifts since the turn of the 20th century. The population density was 11 people per square mile (4/km2). 2 churches vandalized with unknown substance. The per capita income for the parish was $12,622. Thereafter until her retirement in 1988, Mrs. Myers owned and published the paper. Two Republican candidates ran for a seat on the Tensas Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, and Emmett L. Adams, Jr., won over fellow Republican Patrick Glass, 207-179 votes (54-46 percent).[27]. Louisiana was effectively a one-party state and part of the Solid South for the next several decades. He was young, handsome, and well-known to voters, having spent the … About 30.00% of families and 36.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 48.20% of those under age 18 and 29.60% of those age 65 or over. The developed Lake Bruin State Park lies near St. Joseph. D DANIELS, Daniel, b.Mar 16 1816, Godre 'r Graig, Llangiwg, Glamorgan, son of Morgan DANIELS and Mary ?.Daniel emigrated 1832 to USA. Few of the parish's thousands of black residents were yet enabled to vote. In Tensas Parish, cotton planter A. C. Watson provided one company of artillery with more than $40,000. [17] Both blacks and whites left the parish to move to defense industry jobs on the West Coast during and after World War II. If you a couple from the same household book one ticket. Troy Carter appeared on the cusp of being elected mayor of New Orleans in 2002. St. Bartholomew's Chapel, in Masshouse Lane, is a brick building, built in 1749, and has a good altar piece and communion plate. The end of the war was followed by emancipation of millions of enslaved African Americans in the South. In November 2019, Alex "Chip" Watson, Jr., who is African American, was elected to the District 1 police jury seat. Tensas Parish had 19,070. Watch breaking news live and Good Day New York. Long overwhelmingly defeated O'Hearn statewide. [24], In 2007, the successful Republican gubernatorial candidate, U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal, polled 40 percent in Tensas Parish. Others worked in trades associated with river traffic. New York news, weather, traffic and sports from FOX 5 NY serving New York City, Long Island, New York, New Jersey and Westchester County. Another white Republican was also elected from Caddo Parish, as were three Democrats, all running for at-large seats. For every 100 females there were 97.80 males. After gaining the franchise, most black men joined the Republican Party, electing candidates who made up a biracial legislature in Louisiana during Reconstruction. The mound was built over the midden between 1200 and 1541 during the Plaquemine/Mississippian culture period. DeWitt won the legislative post in 1964 by unseating 20-year incumbent J.C. Copies are available at the Magnolia Plantation Gift Shop, St. Andrew's Parish Church, and … These schools operated primarily along the Mississippi River and few, if any, were established in the interior [of Louisiana].[14]. Richland Parish sheriff’s deputies recovered cash, a firearm and drugs during a traffic stop recently. [21], In 1996, native son of the South U.S. President Bill Clinton obtained 1,882 votes (60.7 percent) in Tensas Parish, and the Republican Bob Dole of Kansas polled 1,000 votes (32.3 percent). By Christine McCarthy. No longer under local ownership, The Tensas Gazette is now published by Louisiana State Newspapers, Inc.[39] After years in a downtown location, The Tensas Gazette moved to 118 Arts Drive near the new Tensas Parish Civic Center off U.S. Highway 65. Submitted by: Sharon Davis DANIEL, Jenkin, sawyer, b. ca. Community leaders to hold forum on Anti-Asian racism. In 1964 the parish consisted of 7,000 blacks and 4,000 whites. But when General William Tecumseh Sherman's XV Corps joined Grant's forces, however, the soldiers became lawless. It is the least populated parish in Louisiana. The largely rural parish has three communities: Newellton, St. Joseph, and Waterproof. Toward the end of the war, schools were established for African American children in northeastern Louisiana, including Tensas and Concordia parishes. Senators John F. Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina carried Tensas Parish, 1,460 (49.6 percent) to 1,453 (49 percent) for Bush-Cheney.[24].