James Hayden Seale
A native of Fairfield District South Carolina, James H. Seale moved at an early age to
Butler County Alabama. He left Alabama as a young man and settled in what is now
Union Parish Louisiana. Seale served as the first postmaster of Farmerville,
removed the tree stumps from the courthouse square in Farmerville, supervised the
construction fo the first streets in Farmerville, and served as the tax assessor
in 1841 and 1842. The citizens elected him as their second sheriff, 1843 – 1846.
He later moved to Jackson Parish and New Orleans, working at his legal practice and
planting operation. A veteran of the 1836 Creek Indian War in Alabama, when the
War Between the States began in 1861, he helped raise a company of men for the
Confederate war effort. His unit became Company H, 12th Regiment Louisiana Infantry,
and they elected Seale their captain. He served in this capacity through their
training at Camp Moore in the fall of 1861, and went with them to Kentucky in
early 1862. The 12th Regiment saw service at Island No. 10 in New Madrid, Missouri
and Fort Pillow in March and April 1862. Seale suffered from exposure during these
stations, and he resigned due to health reasons on 22 April 1862. He died between
1865 and 1870, reportedly from poor health due to his military service.
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