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Marie LeFleur b. d. ?Natchez Dist. |
Marie b. by 1772 ?NC d. 1846? Red River Co. TX |
?Asa b. by 1775 ? d. after 1820 ?Claiborne Co. MS |
b. by 1786 ?Natchez Dist. d. |
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1777 Map
of the Colonies, by J. Leopold Imbert showing the Carolinas and neighboring
territory of "Louisiane" and the rivers and settlements there at the time of the
Revolution. Map was reproduced and printed by the Museum of the American Revolution
from a map image at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. |
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St. Germain was an Interpreter of the Choctaws for the Spanish Govt. of the
Natchez District. |
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St. Germain owned at least two plantations along the Mississippi River in the
Natchez District. He was granted by the Spanish Govt. 1000f [arpents]
situated on the "River Mississippi" (see Vol. 4, Page 272 of an 1807
deed record for the
"Legal representatives of John Vaucheré"). According to the deed, there was an
order for survey of the land on Jun 10, 1786 which was soon after St. Germain
died [American State Papers, vol. 1, register B, p. 895]. |
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Map of
the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799. |
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In May 1782, a total of
13 families
were recorded by Spanish authorities as arriving, and the record was signed by
Grand-Pré on Jul 6, 1782. Among them were the families of
David Smith,
Thomas Green and
Richard Goodwin. |
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On May 16, 1782 Thomas Ethridge made a
deposition to
the Natchez District Commandant responding to questions provided by St. Germain
who was among some Natchez District residents who had concerns regarding the
Americans arriving on flatboats down the Mississippi River [Farrell Family History
website]. |
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| On Feb 22, 1784 David Smith, sold to John Burnet, the "part which I held in the saw mill in partnership with him and Richard Gooding and which we erected in the Cypress Swamp belonging to the aforesaid Burnet, distant 2 leagues from the Fort; for $500 payable out of the profits of the said mill as the same may accrue" [McBee, p. 17]. | |||
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On Sep 10, 1784, St. Germain witnessed the sale of 100 arpents (about 84 acres)
of land from David Smith, of District, to
Cato West "near Cole's Creek, bordered
on one side by land of Samuel Osborn, on other sides vacant" for $150 in cash
paid at time of sale [McBee, Book A, p. 27]. |
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On Apr 9, 1785, John Burnet sold to St. Germain two/thirds of the saw mill
"now occupied on or near land of
Richard Goodwin,
with the same part in a yoke of oxen at the Mill and the wheels
and chain and everything belonging to Richard Goodwin,
and also my right to said mill" for $800 (Spanish money) "payable January next"
[McBee, p. 137]. |
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St. Germain died shortly before May 8, 1786 after "a fall from the top of a tree
in the Cypress Swamp" about 15 miles above the Fort of Natches, apparently
trying to get wood for the sawmill that he had purchased part of from
John Burnet just the year before. The King's Surgeon, Don Louis
Faure, on being informed of the accident, found him in the house of John Burnet
"already dead half an hour before his arrival … body cold and wanting one leg"
[McBee, pp. 33-4]. |
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On Dec 17, 1788 the widow of Richard Goodwin,
"Phoebe Goodwin" sold to
Henry Manadue [husband or father-in-law]
600 arpents on Cypress Swamp, bordered by lands of St. Germain and Jean Baptiste
Lapuente, 3 leagues [about 12 miles] from the Fort of Natchez, "on which are
erected a saw-mill and other buildings, for $1100, in hand paid".
Phoebe Goodwin signed with an "X"
[McBee, Book B, p. 60]. |
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Cole's Creek, the saw mill and the Burnet Plantation were all in what
became Jefferson Co., created from Adams Co., Mississippi Territory, in 1796
(see present day map). In 1802 Claiborne Co. was formed just north of Jefferson Co. (see present day map for location). |
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Another property that St. Germain owned was a mile or so south of the Fort of Natchez.
It became known as
Richmond
and later as the Marshall Plantation. The original section was a "frame house on
a raised basement foundation" dating back to about 1784. By 1810, it was remodelled
in the Federal Style
and another addition constructed by the Marshall family in 1840. [Mississippi
Preservation website]. |
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In 1789 Samuel Marshall may have been living
on the land previously owned by St. Germain, near the Mississippi River and the
Fort of Natchez. When St. Germain died in 1786, the land would have been sold or
inherited. By 1794 it may have been owned by James McIntyre. As a result, no
Marshalls were counted as head of households in the 1792 Natchez Census. Some
translations count a "Jaime McIntire" owning land in the St. Catherines Creek area. |
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In the 1820 census for Claiborne Co. MS, on line 23 of
page 10 possible son
"Asa German" headed a household of: 1 male aged over 45 (Asa born by 1775), 1 male under age 10, 1 male aged 10-16, 1 male aged 16-18, 3 females under age 10, 1 females aged 26-45 (wife, b. after 1775), and many slaves [S-K]. |
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Sources: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. American State Papers, Documents, ... of the Congress of the Unitied States, ... 1789-1809, vol. 1, Gales and Seaton, Washington DC, 1832, register B, p. 895. "George W. Humphreys Bible", Claiborne MS Bibles, photostat of original bible, recorded 1957 by May Wilson McBee, in Mississippi Genealogy Trails, website. Farrell Family History, "GRAND-PRE to MIRO, May 16, 13 Translation No. 6 AT THE FORT OF NATCHEZ, May 16, 1782" entry, website. MS Dept. Archives & Hist., Will Book Vol. 1, Adams Co. Courthouse, Natchez MS, microfilm, Apr 1816. Imbert, J. Leopold, map maker, Carte des Possessions Angloises... 1777, reprinted by the Museum of the American Revolution from map image at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. McBee, May Wilson, comp., "Land Claims", in Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Book A, pp. 27, 33-4. MS Dept. of Archives & History (MDAH), Jackson MS, rootsweb, Americans Arriving in Spanish-Held Natchez 1780-1790. MSGenWeb, Natchez District 1792 Census Index, comp. by Ellen Pack, website, transcribed and translated from Spanish. U.S. Census 1820, Claiborne Co. MS, skcensus.com website, S-K Publ., 1995. Wells, Carol, Natchez Postscripts 1781-1798, Heritage Books, pp. 101, 144-5, 151, White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. Veach, Damon, "Louisiana Ancestors", article in Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge LA, Feb 21, 1982. |
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