> From: family@seventh-son.com > Date: vendredi 6 août 2004 19:53 > To: RIGGS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RIGGS in Louisiana (Creole descent) > > Surnames: Louisiana: RIGGS BELLARD CASTILLE HAWKINS PITRE > Classification: Query > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HSDBAIB/1469 > > Message Board Post: > > I am researching my husband's RIGGS family in Louisiana. His father was > Felicien Riggs, whose parents were Felix RIGGS and Lucy BELLARD. They were > French-speaking Creoles of mixed race, living in the Lawtell/Opelousas area in > St. Landry Parish but not I believe they moved there from Acadia Parish > (Church Point area). Felicien's grandfather might have been Sam REED or REID. > I am not sure why the family name might have changed. This info was verbal > from an elderly RIGGS aunt. Felicien was a sharecropper at one time and a > parish deputy before he retired. > > If anyone can help, I would appreciate it. Other family names include BELLARD > and CASTILLE. > > Thank you, > Joan Riggs >