Thanks, Anna Anna Marie Hayes wrote: > > Jan: How did your ancestor, SHAW, acquire his land. By purchase from > another individual? Records would be in the Clerk of Courts Office in the > parish courthouse. From the Federal Government by Homestead? OR by private > land claim prior to LA becoming a state? Then the U.S. Tract Books would > show the entry with legal descriptions and the Federal Government would have > a case file on the claim. > I have found ferry permits in Calcasieu Parish applied for and granted by > the parish governing body, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, in their > minutes of their meeting. Other parishes may have a parish council or > something similar. Minutes are at the council or police jury offices. > As to taxes....I'm not sure the records go back quite that far, but we have > at our library in Lake Charles, the tax records for Calcasieu Parish going > back (I believe) to 1865 on microfilm. I think the State Library of LA has > it for other parishes. > And yes there is a book of cattle brands for LA, but we don't have it. But > cattle brands are also available on microfilm from the State Library of LA > for a small fee for out-of-staters. > Hope this helps. > Anna Marie Hayes > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Garland <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: [LA-LGHS-L] Shaw's Landing and other new questions > > >Hi Carolyn, and all my LA cousins > > > >Yeah, you're right. No one else responded, no hard feelings though. > > > >What you say makes sense. Problem is we don't know exactly where on the > >Vermillion that land was. I assume they owned one of the "long lots" and > >that's why it touched on the river. I was hoping to learn even more than > >the location, though. Certainly, the family must have used the river for > >transportation, which would be one reason for it, but I was wondering if > >they ran a ferry business or if the dock could have been for shipping > >lumber or just for taking farm produce to the market. Wondered if they > >raised cattle or cane. So all this leads me to more questions that might > >lead to more answers: > > > >Where would one look for ferry permits or other data referring to > >ferries in public documents? > > > >Does anyone know of early tax lists--prior to 1845--that would list real > >estate or items pertinent to the family business or farm? > > > >Does anyone have a book listing cattle brands or markings? > > > >Where would I find a legal description of the land owned on the > >Vermillion River? > > > >What churches were near that location? > > > >Thanks > >Jan > > > >[email protected] wrote: > >> > >> Hello Jan, > >> > >> It doesn't appear anyone else has responded to your query. > >> In my limited experience, it appears that Shaw's landing > >> would be the pier where the boats tie up at Mr. Shaw's place > >> on the river. > >> > >> If anyone else has a difference explanation for this I too > >> would be interested in hearing it. > >> > >> Hugs, Carolyn > >> > >> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:00:17 -0700 Jan Garland <[email protected]> writes: > >> >Hi > >> > > >> >Hoping one of you has an old map that might show Shaw's Landing, > >> >which > >> >was probably located on Vermillion River. This would date back to > >> >1820-1840. Don't know how long the name would have survived on maps. > >> >Probably belonged to James Stokes Shaw, a brother or his dad > >> >originally. > >> > > >> >Any ideas or info would be appreciated. > >> > > >> >Thanks! > >> >Jan Garland > >> >CA > >> > > >> > > >> >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > >> >LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Yearly dues are > >> >$25. > >> >To learn more about us, visit our website at > >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm > >> > > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> Get the Internet just the way you want it. > >> Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > >> Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > >> > >> ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > >> LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Yearly dues are $25. > >> To learn more about us, visit our website at > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm > > > > > >==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > >LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Yearly dues are $25. > >To learn more about us, visit our website at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm > > > > > > ==== LA-LGHS Mailing List ==== > LGHS: Serving Louisiana Genealogist since 1953. Yearly dues are $25. > To learn more about us, visit our website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~la-lghs/lghs.htm