IM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COTTON VALLEY AREA BUT I HAVE DONE RESEARCH IN LOUISIANA. FIRST HOW FAR BACK OR YOU LOOKING TO GO? 1890? LATER? 1920? WHAT RELIGION WERE THEY? THE CATHOLICS OF LOUISIANA HAVE WONDERFUL RESOURCES. FIND THE PARISH THAT COTTON VALLEY IS UNDER AND THE ARCHDIOCESE MAY HAVE INFORMATION I FOUND AN ENTIRE FAMILY LINE THAT WAY. HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS.

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