>From an article I wrote for the Louisiana Historical Soc. English Linage in Lafourche Interior By Rowland Caldwell, Jr This article is written from notes taken by my mother the late Katherine Tabor Caldwell John Mills was born in Virginia in 1758 removed to Pennsylvania and removed to Pointe Copee Parish in Louisiana. He married Parine Marioneux April 16,1781 in Pointe Coupee Parish. He founded the present village of Bayou Sarah in 1790. He first settled in the Natchez District near Second Creek, where he was in partnership with Isaac Johnson in a sawmill. After the mill was destroyed by a spring flood, Mills move to the Bayou Sarah region in 1738. He entered into partnership with Christopher Strong Steward and set up a trading post. In a short time the settlement at the mouth of bayou Sarah became the most important flatboat stop between Natchez and New Orleans. The village that sprang up around the trading post took the name of the bayou. John and Parine had four daughters and one son. One of John and Parine's daughters Elizabeth married in 1814 to William Fields. Another daughter Parine Mills named for her mother married Hudson W. Tabor in 1816. Mr. fields came from Rhode Island and Mr. Tabor came form Claiborne County Mississippi. William and Hudson were in partnership together in St. Francisville. John Mills with his son-in-laws bought land in Lafourche Interior near Thibodaux in 1818. Some records indicate William Fields had Land in Lafourche in 1814. William and his wife move their residency to the Lafourche Interior in 1818 and Hudson and his wife moved in April of 1819. William was the first or one of the first people of English lineage to have land in the Lafourche Interior. There is no record that John Mills moved to Lafourche, but he visited his daughters from time to time. Mr. Fields started buying, moving and selling land as he move south along Bayou Lafourche. He settled around Lockport. In 1820 he sold land about 3 miles south of Raceland to Dr. William W. Pugh. Dr. Pugh name the land Hope Plantation. William Fields and his wife Elizabeth had 11 children. Hudson Tabor stayed in the Thibodaux area. His land was one mile south of town on the east bank of Bayou Lafourche. Hudson was a sugar planter farming his and his father-in-law's land. Hudson was justice of the peace, sheriff and post master for the Lafourche Interior. Hudson and his wife had six children. In 1826 Hudson wrote letter of resignation as postmaster and recommended his successors S. S. Dozer. in 1827 the Post Master General appointed S. S. Dozer post master of Thibodaux Thus Mr. Dozer became fist postmaster o Thibodaux. in 1820 two of Hudson's brothers came to Lafourche from Mississippi. William U. Tabor with his wife Mary Tabor Tabor, and Isaac Tabor and his wife Susannah Bullock Tabor In 1823 Hudson's father and his third wife came to live in Lafourche. William U and his wife move to the Chackbay area and had 11 children. Isaac was a Methodist minister and he and his wife left Lafourche area in 1835. Isaac first removed to St. Landry parish then removed to Texas. He and his wife had 8 Children. In Oct. of 1827 Hudson died leaving 6 minor children. Hudson father, William, died March 1844 at he age of ninety. His probate and an obituary gave is age and a veteran of the American Revaluation. By oral history William was in the third infantry or New York and jined January of 1775. William U. and his brother Isaac died in 1860. William Fields died in 1888. By 1835 ore and more people of English lineage meved into the Lafourche Interior. Most coming from the East through the Felixianas. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.