The following quote came from http://www.carencrohighschool.org/la_studies/ParishSeries/StLandryParish/Tre atyOfParis.htm "On June 24, 1780, Alexandre Declouet commandant at Opelousas, notified Spanish Gov. Bernardo de Galvez that 60 Irish and German refugees from Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania had arrived at the Opelousas Post and had asked permission to settle there. They claimed to have fled their homes in Pennsylvania because of English suppression of Catholicism." Does anyone know if a list of names exist for this group? Opelousas Post seems out of the way when traveling from Pennsylvania. Why did they go there instead of New Orleans which seems easier to reach?