Carolyn, Thank you so much for sending this info to me. I will definitely contact you off-line. And yes, my McCartys are of color. Julie Hernandez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Long" <carolynlong@earthlink.net> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] McCarty Plantation > Hello Julie > One reason you can't find anything is that the family name is usually > spelled MACARTY or DE MACARTY. There were several branches of this > family--one owned land upriver in what is now Carrollton, one owned land > downriver in what is now the Bywater, and one owned land in St. Bernard > Parish near the Chalmette Battlefield. I've working on a research project > on this family, and will send you some sources if you contact me off-line > (carolynlong@earthlink.net). Also, if you're in New Orleans and spend time > at the NOPL, you will probably meet a lovely lady named Sonja McCarthy > (yes, I know, that's not the way it was traditionally spelled), who has > compiled an incredible genealogy on the Macartys of color. > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Julie Campbell Hernandez <juliech@cox.net> >> To: <LAORLEAN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 03/30/2008 9:45:09 PM >> Subject: [LAORLEAN] McCarty Plantation >> >> Hi, Nova! >> >> Does anyone know anything about the McCarty Plantation? The only thing I > can find is that it was located in what we now know as Carrollton and the > house on the plantation eventually became the Court House for the > Carrollton. The plantation was annexed to the City of New Orleans in > 1833. > >> >> What I really need to know is who built/owned/lived in the McCarty > Plantation. I can find nothing on the McCarty family with regard to the > plantation. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Julie Hernandez >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1359 - Release Date: > 04/04/2008 8:23 AM > > > >