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