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DUPLECHIN, Adelaide (Jean Baptiste & Perrine JUNON - inhabitants of Avoyelles) "que nacio el ocho de Agosto del ano passado de ochen ta y cinco" [born on 8 August of the past year of 1785] b. 8 Aug. 1785, bt. 27 Sept. 1787 Spons: Antoine DUPLECHIN - the paternal uncle & Anne LEJEUNE. Fr. Joseph de ARAZENA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.72)
- [S424] USGenWeb Archives, 1785 Census of Avoyelles Post, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/avoyelles/census/avoy1785.txt, accessed 1 Jul 2012.
1785 Census of Avoyelles Post, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society
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Published in the June 1981 volume of the Louisiana Genealogical Register,
pages 121-125,this article was submitted by Judge Albert Tate, Jr., of
New Orleans and W. N. Gremillion, Sr., of San Antonio, Texas.
This 1785 census of Avoyelles Post was acquired by Judge Albert Tate Jr.,
of New Orleans from the General Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain.
Judge Tate has made this information available to us for publication. This
is the first known census of the Avoyelles Post. It provides valuable
insights into our Spanish colonial heritage.
Spanish colonial documents were transferred from New Orleans to Cuba
about 1805-1808. They remained in Cuba for several years and were then
deposited in the Archives of the Indies at Seville. The documents are known
as ***Papales Procedentes de Cuba***. Some are bound, others are in bundles
of loose sheets called legajos. This Avoyelles census is found in
Legajo 198.
The census is written in French. Translation and transcription is by
Nelson Gremillion. The names of residents are transcribed as they appear.
More recent spelling of some names is added parenthetically as appropriate.
The census lists white and indian residents. The names of indians are
not included because the transcriber is not familiar with those names.
COMMENTS ON THE CENSUS:
The first column, headed "Homme", translated "Men or Males", includes
widows. Hence, the term "Homme" is somewhat misleading.
The Widow Bordelon, listed number four, cannot be further identified.
This is the first opportunity we have had to estimate the birth date of
Dominique Coco I. His age is shown as 35; this means that he was born about
1750.
The Luis, surname unknown, listed after William Inrufty, cannot be
identified because the writing is illegible.
The Widow Juneau is Francoise Lemoine, daughter of Guillaume Lemoine
and Marie Sanmerine called L'Este, and widow of Claude Juneau called
Latulippe. This entry gives us an estimate of the date of Claude Juneau's
death, before 1785.
The Juneau family was well represented at Avoyelles at this time. Jacques
Gagnard, Nicolas Chatelain, Mathurin Guillot, and Jean Baptiste Duplechin
were all married to daughters of Claude (Latulippe) Juneau and Francoise
Lemoine. Augustin Juneau, their oldest son, is listed as a resident at
Avoyelles. Augustin was married to Marguerite Duplechin, sister of Jean
Baptiste Duplechin. Six additional Juneau children are shown with the Widow
Juneau.
RECENSEMENT GENERAL DU POSTE ET DISTRIC DE L'AVOYELLES - LE 23 MAY 1785
(General Census of Avoyelles Post and District May 23, 1785)
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Homme Age Femme Enfants Esclaves Arpents Maison Bettes Chevaux Porceaux
Pied
de a
Tabac
Terre Cornes
Plantee
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(Men) (Age) (Women) (Children) (Slaves) (Arpents (House) (Cattle) (Horses) (Swine)
(Tobacco
of
planted
land) in
feet)
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Cdt. J. Gaignard 42 1 2 3 20 1 20 7 80
6000
(Commandant Jacques Gagnard)
Jh Rabalais 50 1 2 15 30 1 150 12 40
60000
(Joseph Rabalais)
Pierre Ducotte 32 1 3 6 10 1 34 2 8
28000
(Pierre Ducotte)
Veuve Bordelon -- 1 3 2 10 1 26 7 22
12000
(Widow Bordelon)
Jbt Rabalais 26 1 3 2 15 1 30 10 40
20000
(Jean Baptiste Rabalais)
Dominique Coco 35 1 1 10 1 5 4 20
4000
Nicolas Chatelin 23 1 3 10 1 6 4 20
4000
_____ Lacroix 44 1 4 2 30 1 10 5 50
10000
Jbt Lejeune 30 1 3 10 1 6 3 5
4000
(Jean Baptiste Lejeune)
Veuve Hauter -- 1 5 30 1 40 5 50
30000
(Widow Hooter)
Benjamin Milan 36 1 4 10 1 10 7 40
10000
Robert Looper 35 12 3 20
4000
Guillaume Rufty 36 1 1 1 16 1 5 3 30
4000
(William Inrufty)
Luis ? 33 1 3 6 1 6 3 20
4000
Frederic Monjeu 30 10 1 9 3 12
4000
Daniel Bradly 32 4 10 1 15 5 45
4000
Jh Gofrion 75 5
1000
(Joseph Joffrion)
Jh Gofrrion, fils 30 1 5 6 24 1 25 10 50
20000
(Joseph Joffrion, fils)
Veuve Gunaux 1 6 10 1 26 5 25
4000
(Widow Juneau)
Augustin Gunaux 27 1 3 16 1 14 5 17
8000
(Augustin Juneau)
Veuve Felice 1 2 10 1 10 2 10
15000
(Widow Felice)
Jh Guio 28 1 4 10 1 5 3 25
15000
(Joseph Guillot)
Mathurin Guio 22 1 10 1 10 6 12
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(Mathurin Guillot)
Jbt Duplechein 26 1 1 10 1 8 3 10
5000
(Jean Baptiste Duplechin)
Jbt Malber 72 1 3 10 1 40 3 7
18000
(Jean Baptiste Malbert)
Bt Tovier 26 10 1 11 7 40
25000
(Baptiste Tovier)
Simon Lemoine 50 10 1 8 4 8
6000
Bt Mayeaux 30 1 3 6 1 4 4 8
6000
(Jean Baptiste Mayeux)
Pierre Mayeux 26 1 3 22 1 10 4 20
8000
Jh Mayeux 32 1 5 10 1 2 3 19
3000
(Joseph Mayeux)
Jacques Rouftie 72 1 2 10 2 20
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(James Inrufty)
Antoine Bordelon 50 1 4 3 50 1 8 10 20
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RECAPITULATION: Whites RECAPITULATION: Indians
Households 32 Adult Males 23
Adult Males 28 Adult Females 22
Adult Females 26 Children 56
Children 84 Cattle 87
Slaves 46 Horses 98
Land (Arpents) 385 Swine 78
Landdowners 29 Total Indians 101
Cattle 573
Horses 144
Swine 796
Tobacco Planted
(in feet) 330,600
Total Whites 138
The Simon Lemoine listed was the son of Guillaume Lemoine and Marie
Sanmerine called L'Este and brother of Widow Juneau. Simon Lemoine was
baptized at Pointe Coupee on April 1, 1735, born October 20, 1734
(PCP-3,208). We have found no marriage for Simon and no further information
prior to this census. Apparently he never married. This is the first
evidence of his presence at Avoyelles Post.
This census offers an estimate of Jean Baptiste Malbert's birth date.
His age is given as 72; this would place his birth at about 1713.
The Joseph Rabalais family is presented as a group. Pierre Ducote and
Dominique Coco married daughters of Joseph Rabalais. The Jean Baptiste
Rabalais listed was a son of Joseph Rabalais. Joseph Rabalais II, who
married Louise Malbert, daughter of Jean Baptiste Malbert, is not shown.
Joseph Rabalais II married Louise Malbert at Avoyelles in 1784. They
moved to Natchitoches Post prior to this census.
Joseph Rabalais I and Joseph Joffrion, the elder, were brothers-in-law.
Jean Baptiste Rabalais and Joseph Joffrion, fils, married Bouchard sisters.
Also, Joseph Rabalais I was then married (his second) to Elizabeth Malbert,
also a daughter of Jean Baptiste Malbert. Elizabeth Malbert, widow
Rabalais, later married Nicolas Chatelain, who was the widower of Catherine
Juneau.
This is the first evidence we have of the presence of Antoine Bordelon at
Avoyelles. His burial, on November 25, 1785, is recorded at Pointe Coupee
(PCP-5,1). The record states that "he died in the night without rites."
Did Antoine Bordelon return to Pointe Coupee after the date of this census?
Did the Catholic priest at Pointe Coupee learn, on a vist to Avoyelles, of
Antoine's death and then enter the burial in the registries? The burial of
Antoine's widow is also recorded at Pointe Coupee, September 23, 1792
(PCP-5,12).
Only five residents appear to be "Americain": Hooter, Inrufty, Milan,
Bradly, and Looper (?). The westward rush of settlers from the United
States had barely begun.
The relatively large numbers of cattle, horses, and swine owned by some of
the persons enumerated indicates residence at Avoyelles for several years
prior to this census.
The emphasis on tobacco as a cash crop reflects Spanish Colonial policy of
the time. The cultivation and sale of tobacco was controlled by the
governement. The market was Mexico. Planting declined by 1792, and by 1800
cotton had replaced tobacco as the principal cash crop. For a detailed
study of this subject, see John G. Clark, ****New Orleans 1718 -1812, An
Economic History**** (Lousiana State University Press: 1970), pages 188-192.
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