Hi Carolyn, I believe the links I included in my message for Julie have the answers to your questions, but, about the slave revolt and Madam Lalaurie's slaves, I tried to phrase it in a way so that readers would know the list I put forth was a list of unrelated events and realize I intended no connection. Sometimes I tend to over-explain...and it's worse than under-explaining. :-) The "slave revolt conspiracy" I mentioned, was a conspiracy only, because the plot was discovered before the revolt took place, so I gather that it was probably neither of the revolts you named. I read that several plantations had slaves who were a part of this particular conspiracy: Bellechasse, Castantato, Mccarty, Laneusse and Bienville plantations. But, I've just started researching this family for a page on the Old New Orleans site, and I don't have as much knowledge about the family as someone who's been doing indepth research on it for a family tree, so I didn't know about the revolt and its rumored connection to Madame Lalaurie. I mentioned Madame Lalaurie on this list of "notables" only because she was a member of the Macarty family. I'm sorry I didn't do a good job of explaining the two Augustin's, but the answer to your questions about both can be found here on the NOPL site: http://nutrias.org/info/louinfo/admins/macarty.htm Here are all of the links I included, so Julie and others could read more of what I've found, so far: http://nutrias.org/info/louinfo/admins/macarty.htm http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=755&p=surnames.lopez http://www.metairie.com/history/racetrack.htm http://www.nola.com/forums/townhall/index.ssf?artid=234341 I hope this helps clear everything up! Nancy Nancy http://www.thepastwhispers.com/Old_New_Orleans.html Original message from "Carolyn Long" <carolynlong@earthlink.net>: > As I mentioned, I'm working on the Macarty family, and I have questions about a > couple of statements posted by another member of this list: "one of [the > Macarty] plantations was involved in the famous slave revolt conspiracy of the > early 1800s" and "Augustin de Macarty’s son, Lewis Barthelemy Macarty, served as > Secretary of State under Governor Claiborne in 1812." > > I'm especially interested in the idea that a slave revolt took place on one of > the Macarty plantations, because this story keeps cropping up, with the > implication that Delphine Macarty Lalaurie's cruelty to her slaves was done in > revenge for her mother being killed by her own slaves during this uprising. > Presumably the "famous slave revolt" referred to is the one that occurred on > January 8, 1811, in St. Charles Parish above New Orleans. The revolt was > organized by a mulatto from Saint-Domingue named Charles, slave of the Widow > Deslondes, who was employed as a driver on the plantation of Manuel Andry. The > Macartys, as far as I know, were not affected by this incident. Delphine's > mother, Marie Jeanne Lerable, had died of natural causes on February 26, 1807. I > think people may have confused the 1811 slave revolt and the 1807 death of > Madame Macarty with the murder of Baptiste Césaire le Breton (husband of > Delphine's father's sister Jeanne Françoise Macarty), who killed by his s! > laves in 1771 on the uptown Macarty plantation that later became the site of > the town of Carrollton. > > Regarding Augustin de Macarty--does the writer refer to Augustin François > Macarty, who was mayor of New Orleans from 1815-1820, or to his father, Augustin > Guillaume Macarty? Augustin François had several "natural" children by free > women of color, but no "legitimate" children. Louis Barthelemy Macarty was the > son of the Chevalier Louis Barthelemy Macarty, and was Delphine Macarty > Lalaurie's brother. I believe it was Jean Baptiste Macarty who served as a > government official under Claiborne. > > > --- Carolyn Long --- carolynlong@earthlink.net