9 DeGruy, Jean Baptiste, Commissioners Report No. 35, 530.73 afc. [PM] ASP, III, 119, 127. 1815, May 1 - Certificate issued to DeGruy, Jean Baptiste. Claim was for 40 x 40 arpts. on both sides of Teche. Requete, dated Nov. 25, 1776, by claimant for himself and brothers for 40 x 40 on east side of Teche and such depth on west side as might be found to a swamp in the back, bounded on one side by the settlement of the Dutch [DeGruy was Dutch], and running toward Fausse Pointe. Order of survey issued by Galvez, June 19, 1777. Confirmation was for only 261 sup. arpts. because anything larger infringed on older titles." Dutch? mistake? This comes from page 261 of LAND RECORDS OF THE ATTAKAPAS DISTRICT VOLUME I THE ATTAKAPAS DOMESDAY BOOK: Land Grants, Claims and Confinrmations in the Attakapas District, 1764-1826 by Glen R. Conrad