Burr Ferry, Louisiana
| Burr Ferry | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
| Hamlet of Burr Ferry | |
Topography of Burr Ferry
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| Coordinates: 31°03′58.671″N 93°29′45.752″W / 31.06629750°N 93.49604222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Vernon |
| Elevation | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Burr Ferry is an unincorporated community at the junction of LA 8 and LA 111 south, in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. This is only a couple of miles from the site of the old Burr's Ferry on the Sabine River, at the Texas line. The Sabine River, at this location, is the site of two listings on the National Register of Historic Places; Burr's Ferry Bridge, and Burr's Ferry Earthworks.
LA 8 is referred to as the Nolan Trace after Philip Nolan. The adventurer that traveled the road to Texas and back many times took one last trip through Burr Ferry in 1801. This ill fated trip ended in east Texas with the death of Philip, by the Royal Spanish army, and the capture of his expedition numbered to be around 20. Peter Ellis Bean. was among the group captured and wrote about it later.
Dr. Timothy Burr, settled with his family in the area circa 1820. His grandfather was timothy burr of Fairfield, Connecticut
The exact year Dr. Burr traveled to the area from Ohio, listed as 1809, could be questioned but records indicate that he did not travel alone. On the second trip, in the early 1820s, he also brought other people along with his family. Upon arrival they were not the only ones in the area and in fact the ferry was reflected in early records as "Hickman's Ferry" but later named Burr's Ferry.
The area that Dr. Burr came to the first time and settled in the second was part of a stretch of land that was a disputed boundary between two countries. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 the western border was not clear and thus disputed. This dispute actually involved four countries, France, New Spain, Mexico, and the United States over many years. The years of lawlessness actually lasted into the late 19th century when Texas was a Republic.
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