In case anyone is interested, here is a bit more about Plaquemine Brûlée... from the same reference.... "As was brought out in the previous chapters, land holdings were once identified in legal records by the name of the nearest waterway. Therefore all lands located along the length of Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée were describes as "situated on Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée." By the same token, all settlers along the length of the bayou were said to be "of Plaquemine Brûlée." These generalities, expediant to the times, have led to confusion and misconceptions concerning the specific location of this settlement and other early communities." "After another area on the bayou became sufficiently populated to warrent a voting precint, the first Plaquemine Brûlée settlement was designated Lower Plaquemine Brûlée, to distinguish it from the newer settlement some seven miles to the northeast. This new settlement (Church Point) was called Upper Plaquemine Brûlée. After Church Point became established as a place name the first settlement was known simply as Plaquemine Brûlée." Charlie wrote: > > Barbara Hill wrote: > > > > Finally... Here is Thomas Hoffpauer document no. 280, as best I can make > > out. It looks like it starts with an outer sleeve or envelope. > > > > > > > Is there a part of Plaquemines that was known as a burned area? What do we > > already know about Thomas's minor children, Francois and Emilie? > > > > Barbara Hill > > Plaquemine Brûlée was the first settlemant of any consequence in > the Acadia Parish area, according to "Acadia Parish Louisiana" by > Fontenot and Freeland. This must be what is referred to in the > text. > > As to the children, I dont have definitive dates for their > births, but by my calculations, Thomas would have been about 15, > Amelia 12 and Francois 11 at the time of this document. > Interesting that it mentions two minor children. At what ages > would Thomas be considered to have reached majority? > > -- > Charlie Hoffpauir > http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/ > > ==== HOFFPAUIR Mailing List ==== > What you put in the "Subject" of a message to the list is important. > Make the subject representative of the content of the message. This way, > people browsing through the archives (years from now) will be able to > easily find the right information. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/