Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/DeSoto/667 Surname: Williams, Laffitte, DeSoto ------------------------- Mary (Doll) DeSoto Married Pomp Williams their children were Jerry, Timmy, Sharon, Kevin and Teresa. I am not sure who "Cheat" DeSoto is. If she was the daughter of Simon...she would have to be one of the women listed below. This is a list of all the children of Joseph Simon DeSoto b. ca 1807 d. 1883 and Marie Felonise Tessier b.1812 d. sometime after 1883. 1. MARIE HELOISE DESOTO (ELOISE) b. 12 June 1831 bt. 1839 (MF) married EDWARD LAFITTE (accd. to 1883 succ. of Simon) d. by 1883 m.2. Sam F. Christopher Feb. 1849 DeSoto Parish 2. MARIE FELONISE DESOTO b. 26 May 1833 bt. 1839 MF) Married J.S. Lafitte (accd. to 1883 succ. Simon) ~3. JOSEPH ANTOINE DESOTO b. 1835 bt. 1839 (MF) Married 13 Aug. 1858 DeSoto Parish SALLY RAMBIN d. Sept. 1869. Buried in DeSoto Hill Cemetery 4. SIMON MARCELL DESOTO b. 2 May 1837 bt. 1839 (MF) d. Civil War Married SALINE RAMBIN 15 Dec. 1859 5. MARIE ARSILOI DESOTO b. 5 May 1839 bt. 1839 d.young 6. (AMBROSINE) MARIE BRIGNAC DESOTO b. 1 May 1841 bt. 25 Oct. 1841 (MF) m. ISAAC FREDIEU There is H. DeSoto m. Benjamin Fredieu 16 Jan 1856) 7. MANUEL FERNANDO DESOTO 23 Aug. 1843 bt. 12 Feb. 1844 (MF) (Also in my early Natchitoches records) Probably died young and left no descendants. 8. LANDRUM DESOTO b. 24 May 1846 bt. 20 Nov. 1847 Probably married SALLIE RAMBIN 25 Aug. 1873 DeS. Par. 9. JOHN VALCOUR DESOTO b. 2 June 1848 bt. 1849 (MF) Married 24 July 1871 OCTAVIE RAMBIN DeSoto Parish Jo Simon and Marie Felonise are buried (each in a brick vault) at DeSoto Hill Cemetery. Joseph Anthony is buried to the right of Simon. Mabell Adeline Laffitte (July 1914 -16 Sept. 1914), Mary Jane Elizabeth Prudhomme (6 Apr 1853 -Jun 19, 1918) and Joseph B. Prudhomme (27 Sep 1847-10 Apr 1928) are buried in this cemetery. There are 2 brick vaults with no names. (located on Wemple Road-in the woods-large area of graves without markers. 'DeSoto Plume-Cemeteries in DeSoto Parish, p. 27A) Hope this info helps some Information provided by Gregg Neal, Gregory189@aol.com