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LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION RECORD:INDEX Baas - Belsome Donated by the Louisiana State Archives

Bio: W. P. Belcher, Bossier Parish La Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890

W. P. BELCHER is accounted a successful planter of Bossier Parish, and deservedly so, for all his operations have resulted profitably. He was born in Abbeville District, S. C., in 1833, being the eldest of seven children-six sons and one daughter-born to Robert E. and Mary (Norwood) Belcher, the former being born in Abbeville District in 1811, and his wife in the same place a few years later, their deaths occurring there in 1851 and 1845, respectively. The father was a lawyer and planter and a son of Rev. Washington Belcher, a Virginian by birth, who afterward went to South Carolina, where he died, having followed the calling of a Baptist minister. His wife, formerly Miss Mary Bennett, was born in Maryland and died in South Carolina, also. The Belchers were of English descent, and were among the early settlers of New England, one of whom was one of the colonial governors of Massachusetts. The maternal grandfather, Williamson Norwood, who was also of English descent, was born and died in Abbeville District, S. C., and although he was reared in poverty he became one of the wealthiest planters of his district by his own efforts. The subject of this sketch, although reared on a farm, was given excellent educational advantages, and graduated form the South Carolina University at Columbia in 1855. He then spent a short time in Kansas, after which three years were devoted to the cotton business in Augusta, Ga., at the end of which time he returned to his home. When the first gun was fired in the late war he joined Capt. J. M. Perrin's company, First South Carolina Infantry, State Troops, and was at the fall of Fort Sumter, and after three months' service he came to Arkansas, but soon after returned and joined Company D, Seventh South Carolina Infantry, and served with the Army of Northern Virginia until Nov. 1861. In January, 1862, he came to Louisiana, and the same month of the following year he became a member of Company F, Fifteenth Arkansas Regiment of Infantry, and was captured at Port Hudson after a long siege of fighting. After being paroled and exchanged he joined what was known as William Harrison's Cavalry, with which he served until the close of the war as quartermaster-sergeant, surrendering in Mansfield in May, 1865. In February, 1862, he was married in Arkansas to Miss Ella S. DuBose, daughter of Dr. E. E. and Caroline DuBose, natives of South Carolina, from which State they moved to Alabama, thence to Arkansas, where they resided until their respective deaths. Mrs. Belcher was born in Glennville, Ala., and died in 1865, having borne one son, Robert E. After the war they resided in Arkansas for three years, but afterward made their home in different parts of Northwestern Louisiana. In 1874 he rented a part of his present farm, and is now the owner of 657 acres, it being one of the most fertile farms on Red River, and all of which he has earned since 1874, as he came here with only $120. He has over 500 acres cleared and raises from 350 to 400 bales of cotton annually. He is one of the substantial planters of the region, and is truly a self-made man.

Bio: James C. Belcher, Bossier, & Caddo Parish La Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890

James C. Belcher is a native of Abbeville District, S. C., his birth occurring September 20, 1842, his parents, James M. and Mary Frances (Nesley) Belcher, being also born in that State. James C. received his education in his native State and in Augusta, Ga., and in April, 1861, he joined the Confederate army, being a member of Company C, Seventh Regiment, from that State. After remaining in the infantry fourteen months, Lee's army was reorganized, and he became a member of Company G, Second South Carolina Cavalry, of Lee's army, participating in many battles, among which may be mentioned first Manasses, Yorktown, where he was accidently wounded by one of his comrades, and in a number of other minor engagements. After the close of the war he farmed some, then gave his attention to the mercantile business, and later was engaged in purchasing cotton. He came to Bossier Parish, La., in 1867, and followed farming until 1884, when he entered the employ of Capt. J. H. Nattin, with whom he has since been connected, having charge of the store and plantation of Wild Lucia. In 1875 he was married to Miss Elizabeth R. Gleadney, who was born in 1851, and died in 1884, and to them two children were born: Gertrude and Mary M. Mr. Belcher is a Democrat, and is acknowledged to be one of the most enterprising citizens of Caddo Parish. His father was a wholesale merchant in Augusta, Ga., and died in July, 1857, at the age of thirty-nine, his wife dying in 1844.

"History of Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church, 1812-1830", Washington, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa Parishes, Louisiana

It will not be the first replica of the church. In 1952, on the 150th anniversary of the church's founding, the Shreveport Baptist Brotherhood constructed a replica for an exhibit during the 1962 state fair in Shreveport. Franklington contractor John Belcher then transported it to Washington Parish, where it was placed on the original site, near the Bogue Chitto River north of Franklinton. The site was then on the property of Ferd Magee (1874-1962), and with the Magee family's assistance the site was cleared. The clay floor was found to be in excellent condition, and in addition a marker was discovered on the floor. It wad been placed there in 1912 by the Louisiana Baptists on the centennial of the church.

Belcher G. Anson 05 yrs - W 09/18/1867 39 444

Belcher John S. 28 yrs - W 10/24/1867 41 457

Belcher Moses 11 dys - C 01/08/1867 36 150

BELCHER, BILL R. Alexandria Town Talk, 29 July 2000. Services in Corinth Baptist Church with burial in Pine Knot Cemetery, Georgetown; aged 69, of Greencastle, Ind., died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, in Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis; pastor of Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Georgetown for 14 years; pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Greencastle, Ind., for 10 years; U.S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver Lee and Pheby Belcher; and brother, O.L. Belcher Jr. Survivors: wife, Karin Belcher of Greencastle, Ind.; sons, Richard Belcher of Pineville and Michael Belcher of Greencastle, Ind.; daughters, Andrea Traylor of Greencastle, Ind., and Sonya White of Pineville; brothers, John Belcher and Emett Belcher, both of Cleveland, Texas; 12 grandchildren. Pallbearers: Matt Amos, Shannon Ivers, John Campbell, Tom Sutherlin, Josh Amos and Travis Lambermont.

OCTAVIA BELCHER HILLS Octavia Hills, 88, a native and resident of Thibodaux, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Fe. 2 1998. Visitation will be from 5 to 730 p.m. today at St. Lluke Catholic Church in Thibodaux. Mass will be at 8 p.m. today at the church. Dismissal services will be at 10 a.m. Friday; at the church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux. She is survived by one son, Edward S. Hills Sr. of Thibodaux; one daughter, Ethel Hills Turner of Thibodaux; four grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Hills; her parents, , Edward and Mae Belcher; two brothers, Harold and George Belcher; and two sisters, Edna Belcher and Alma Celestan. She was a past member of the Mysterious 12 Club and a parishioner of St. Luke Catholic Church.

BELCHER, BOBBIE W MAY 28 1981 PFC

BELCHER, MARVIN C FEB 21 1984 PVT

Port Hudson National Cemetery, East Baton Rouge Pr. Louisiana

BELCHER, Leone May 16, 1913 Jul 16, 1940 MCQUILLER

Hasley Cemetery on Arkansas Road within city limits West Monroe, Louisiana

Deaths Orleans Parish Louisiana Archives 3851 Essen Lane P.O. Box 94125 Baton Rouge, LA 70804/9125

Belcher Annie 26 yrs F - 07/21/1868 42 649

Belcher Adeline 68 yrs - C 05/11/1890 97 117

Belcher Jefferson 84 yrs - C 05/04/1891 99 431

Belcher Susie P. 33 yrs - C 01/04/1895 107 838

Belcher Maggie 23 yrs - C 02/22/1896 110 608

Belcher Alexander M. 61 yrs - W 08/05/1903 130 563

Belcher Annie 26 yrs F - 07/21/1868 42 649

1876 Orleans Parish Marriage Index - A through K

Belcher Levi -- M - Susan Burdin -- 09/12/1876 5 772

Births Orleans Parish, Louisiana Archives 3851 Essen Lane P.O. Box 94125 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125

Belcher Henry B. Parents H. B. Belcher and ----- Field M W 2/14/1877 70 284

Burgis Mary Kate Parents Charles H. J Burgis and. Mary Ann Belcher F W 10/02/1886 84 643

Belcher Marian Mary Parents Frederick J.Belcher and Rosanna Wall F W 04/29/1889 87 905

Belcher Frederick James Parents Frederick J. and Rosanno Wall M W 10/22/1891

Belcher Rosa Lillian Parents Frederick J. and Rosanna Wall F W 12/15/1892 108 757

Belcher John Thomas Parents Frederick J. and Rosanna Wall M W 2/27/1895 108 758

Belcher Ethel Beatrice Parents Fredrick J and Rosanna Wall 6/29/1897 110 868

Belcher Marguerite Parents Frederick J and Rosanna Wall 6/20/1900 118 226

First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: 1808-1839

51A 1 June 1810 - MORTGAGE from MATTHEW STONE to WILLIAM BELCHER for p.65 $1812 - Witness: ISAAC McNUTT, ROBT HALL

p.66 Mortgage from MATTHEW STONE to.WILLIAM BELCHER for $1834 - 1 June 1810