Morehouse Parish, Louisiana: History
Francois Bonaventure built a house on 2000~acre tract in 1775 in Bastrop, Louisiana.
Morehouse Parish is named after Colonel Abraham Morehouse, who served in the Revolutionary War.
Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Morehouse Parish was a stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan. During the trial for the 1922 Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, many witnesses testified that parish officials including Sheriff Fred Carpenter, his deputies, the district attorney, and the postmaster were Klan members. However, the grand jury, itself likely made up largely of Klan members, dismissed the case.