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Holmesville, Louisiana - Home A website about Holmesville, Louisiana - A village in Avoyelles Parish that thrived from 1830-1881
History - Holmesville, Louisiana As there are no records that exists concerning the originality of the name “Holmesville”, it is reasonable to assume that the place was named after the “Mr Holmes” mentioned above as, indeed, "Holmesville" is located along the western boundary of Avoyelles Parish
Places - Holmesville, Louisiana During the Holmesville era, this place was the home of Dr Robert Dunville Windes (In Solomon Northup's book, Twelve Years a Slave, this was the place where Dr Windes lived when Edwin Epps sought his help after Northup became ill for an extended period of time)
Bowie Knife - Holmesville, Louisiana At the time he lived at his plantation on Bayou Boeuf that was located at Bayou Boeuf Village (The Bayou Boeuf Village area extended downstream from the Rapides Parish Line to the area of Holmesville, La - a distance of about 5 miles along both banks of Bayou Boeuf )
Maps - Holmesville, Louisiana The purpose of inserting this map into this website is simply to note the proximity of Holmesville to other central Louisiana localities during General Nathanial Banks "Red River Campaign" in 1864
People - Holmesville, Louisiana He, and others from Holmesville, moved to Eola to be near the newly constructed Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad He was the last Postmaster at Holmesville and the first Postmaster at Eola when the Post Office was moved there in 1881 from Holmesville
Author - Holmesville, Louisiana Notwithstanding the attention and popular interest the academy award movie has brought to Louisiana, and particularly to Avoyelles Parish and Bunkie, the purpose of this web site is to provide some insights about the people, places and happenings in the Holmesville area from the early 1800s to 1881
Misc - Holmesville, Louisiana Robert Dunville Windes - In 1834 he brought over 900 acres at Holmesville and it was called the Windes Plantation, and is where Ms Janet Webb resides today He raised cotton and built a cotton gin