Yes, we must definitely be reading from the same page. BTW, Bayou Wikoff is just a little East of Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée. Plaquemine Brûlée intersects the Mermentau river between Hwy 90 and I-10, turns North just West of Crowley and goes NE to Church Point. It never gets very close to Rayne, according to the map I have. Wikoff and Plaquemine Brûlée join just North of Crowley. I guess I said this backwards, since it must start near Church point and end at the Mermentau river. This is pretty interesting, because at the Hoffpauir reunion this year, someone told me that Thomas divided his land between his two sons, Francois getting the land around Ebenezer, and Thomas the land around Indian Bayou. This is quite a ways from the land mentioned in document 280. Also interesting (to me) is that for years my Dad told me that we weren't really related to the Indian Bayou Hoffpauirs..... and indeed, the Hoffpauirs buried at indian Bayou and I seem to only share the original Thomas as an ancestor.... most of my line are buried at Ebenezer. Does anyone know where Thomas' home was at about the time he died? Again, someone at the reunion said it was near where the Ebenezer Church is now. Archie Hoffpauir wrote: > > The Plaquemine Brulee community apparently built up along Bayou Plaquemine Brulee, just north of Rayne and south of Church Point. According to Fontenot/Freeland, the first community was designated Lower Plaquemine Brulee; a newer community, which became Church Point, was known as Upper Plaquemine Brulee. Bayou Plaquemine Brulee flows from the Mermentau River; Bayou Wikoff branches off northeast of Crowley, and Plaquemine Brulee and Wikoff flow generally parallel east-northeast. I found a map labeled "Early Landowners of Acadia Parish, 1784-1815" (superimposed on a map of Acadia Parish dated October 1934) which showed Francois and Amelia Hoffpauir as landowners of a piece of property extending north from Bayou Wikoff; the location is about two miles directly north of Rayne. Archie Hoffpauir > > ==== HOFFPAUIR Mailing List ==== > Have you checked out the free books on Thomas Hoffpauir's family? They > are available for download at http://users.ev1.net/~charlieh/ -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://web.wt.net/~charlieh/