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“No Northern officer was more baie :
detested in the South than Major Gener-
al Benjamin F. Butler, military ‘
_ of New Orleans. This shrewd, ambitious
: ~ politician from Massachusetts was em- .
broiled in controversy from the moment
: he took charge of the city in May 1862.
Butler quickly moved to banish or jail -,
Confedera: t¢ activists and confiscate
their property. He sparked an interna-
tional furor by seizing $800,000 in hid-
den Confederate silver from the office of
‘the Dutch consul. And when one citizen .
Baten Fouge Gazette (4-18-1841 2:/
" Byecution — The negro condemned To
death tor asseultieg Als master was
Cxecuted yesterdla y x
Appears to be new Contirmatio af Batan houge on
[2-1 7-18$/. fn oYherwise lnfknown Case. No Birther
detail found.
Two slaves, male and female, hanged Baton Rouge, LA, January 10, 1838.
“Murder.-John Randolph, Esq., a planter residing on the highlands in this parish, was
murdered on Friday, 29th last month. Two of his slaves, a negro man and woman, have been
tried, found guilty of the crime, and have been sentenced to be hung on the public square in this
town on Wednesday next, the 10th instant.
“This example may perhaps serve to deter from the commission of the numerous crimes
which have succeeded each other with such fearful rapidity within a short lapse of time.-Baton
Rouge Gazette.”’-Register, Vicksburg, MS, 1/13/1838 (2/1).
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“..That the sum of six hundred dollars be paid by the State Treasurer to the widow of
John Randolph or her heirs on two slaves, executed for the murder of their master, John Randolph
of the Parish of East Baton Rouge.”-Sessions Laws of Louisiana, March 12, 1838, Act 115, Unit
11, page 20.
* pwO ALARAMA INDTANS, hanged Onelousas, Lao, August « 1OCR.
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Volume XIX x Number 3
A VILLAGE CALLED PONT des BRAUX
+ By Gertrude C. Taylor .....+--+-++-e+e5 ee eee re eee eee ee 99
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE GEORGE KING
By Keith P. Fontenot ...... see c cece eee e reese ne eecescncssrescescereess 107
THE 1875 ASSESSMENT ROLL OF BRASHEAR CITY
Submitted by Donald J. Martin .........+.-- kG MEy CeE as oe rere «OEY bee we 116
SETTLEMENT OF TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 2 EAST... 1. eee eee eee eee ere teenies 121
ST. MARY PARISH ESTATES, 1811 - 1900
Submitted by Mary Elizabeth Sanders ......+-.-++> Mee oe ee wa Hew ee Wee we we 122
%,
THE WILL OF JEAN BERARD, MERCHANT \
Translated by May Waggoner «1.2... eee ee ee etree eee ee ete tree n enter eeees 129
THE PUBLIC LAND SALES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, 1821 - 1856 ;
Compiled by Glenn R. Conrad «1... cece cece creer eee rete serene ereereerees 139
BOOK REVIEW
MISTRESS OF EVERGREEN PLANTA TION
By Mathé Allain 21... . eee ee eee eee eee ee eens irs 4a 1A eee © ee oe te 143
! GENEALOGY
LOUISIANA DESCENDANTS OF SIMON AYCOCK, 1783-1981 00. c cece ce rcnneees 144
Se <x
110 Altakapas Gazette
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American lawyers, and especially the land hungry Americans. Claude Cesar Robin, in
Voyage to Louisiana, 1803-1805, states “ . . . drunkness, which is indulged in even by the
most highly placed Americans, is the principal connection between the Americans and the
Louisiana French.”!3 Moreover, Casa Calvo and some of the other former Spanish officers
were engaged in anti-American activities, for they believed that Louisiana west of the
Mississippi would soon return to Spanish control. To assimilate the diverse groups into one
people, King struggled for thirty-five years.
As if those conflicting factions were not enough to occupy the judge’s time, there was
the Indian problem. The Indians were concentrated into two main groups: the Alabamons,
approximately 100 individuals, in the center of the parish near the church; and the Con-
chates, 350 individuals, dispersed as far west as the Sabine River.!* In time, there ensued
lethal_conflict between the whites and natives.!5 In essence, the age-old conflict came
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about land, for the Alabama Indians had resided for forty years on the same location, prime
land desired by the Anglo-Americans. Judge King, therefore, recommended to Governor
Claiborne that a 3,000-acre reservation be allotted to the Alabama Indians on public land in
St. Landry Parish.! ©
George King, as parish judge, not only had to deal with the Indian problems, but he also
had civil, criminal, and police jurisdiction that included suits with $100 or less judgment.! 7
Appointed for four years, he could make contracts, bonds, and other property deeds.
In fact, the parish notarial was located in the office of the parish judge, not in the clerk of
court’s office.
George King, moreover, was commissioned major in the Eighth Regiment of the Second
Brigade of the Orleans Militia.18 Later, he served at the Battle of New Orleans with the
Opelousas unit and other forces.
In 1807, handing in the lowest bid of $3,000, Judge King entered into an agreement
with St. Landry Parish to remove a raft in the Atchafalaya and other obstructions from the
mouth of Bayou Courtableau to Bayou Plaquemine in Iberville Parish. As security to the
parish for the faithful performance of the contract, King mortgaged two tracts of land.}9
However, he subcontracted the project to a Joseph Gradenigo who did the actual work,?°
13. C. C. Robin, Voyage to Louisiana, 1803-1805, trans. by Stuart O. Landry (New Orleans, 1966), pp. 262-263.
14. Carter, ed., Territorial Papers, p. 63.
15. Thomas Owens to Colonel Hugh Davis, Plaquemine, La., May 16, 1808. Letter published in the Louisiana Ga-
zette, June 14, 1808. In early 1808, Thomas Owens and party were attacked by five Alabama Indians at the mouth of
Bayou Courtableau. One Mr. McClelland and a Negro were killed instantly and a wounded Mr. Gerald and a distraught
Thomas Owens trekked through a dismal country for two days. Finally, they reached Judge King’s residence. King
immediately dispatched a twenty-four man posse to pursue the culprits. The guilty were arrested and even Governor
William C. C. Claiborne journeyed to Opelousas to pardon some of the Alabamons and to hang a few of their numbei.
16. Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letterbooks of William C. C. Claiborne, 6 vols. (Jackson, Miss., 1917), IV, 238. €
17. Louisiana Gazette, April 7, 1807.
18. Carter, ed., Territorial Papers, pp. 637-638.
19. George King Acts, St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana, p. 216.
20. Ibid.,Nov. 6, 1807, pp. 215-216. A contract dated November 6, 1807, provided that the project should be com-
pleted by December 31, 1808; and George King engaged to pay Gradenigo the sum of $2,000 for completion of the pro-
- iject, King, thereby earning an $800 profit.
Wale slave, hanged Opelousas, Louisiana, ¥
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‘On the 221: July, the r
‘| Doucet, of the ‘county of Opelcusas, (Mr D
and:hig cleat son be
wete mufdered by a young negro Min, A'alp
on thé plantsition: Thre children h
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occupied in spinning;
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observed the retry sh
the grindstoic, add enquimnge wha hé.“wwas
about, received furan answe hina very impoden
orpening x “broatl-aXe'iih
tone, that he was preparing to run away. OThe
fellow entered some’ short time after with ha
weapon, and advanced Upéh-lirs Nise 5 ith
such rapidity uhat, horwithstaidings her alae
hesinstantly Cleaved open her Saull, arid} then
repéated lus-blows across her {
diréctione, without her doing any moré ‘thag to
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and finding particulir
est shower of rain could
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Inge welcep on: the table in the same rooms: The
daughter flew, as hy instiper, to the aid ‘of ‘hey
mnt yer, bullonly came in time to recéive the ‘sithle
‘tute “Uhe noise by this yime produced, brough
out of snother POOMLY YOURIAS
destruction ge aling’arquadg at Gace attemp
his escapé, but WAS DULSUed by the negro,sto”
aljatgnrtonce and tigre put to death. he
Rio the, returned to the house and ¢ murder
the htde children in their sleep, and collected if
the vietims into one pile. LL, aitowurds set‘ pat
s¢ on the plantation, “pp
to ¢atch the beat hoy
ronuly for the purpos
confested his. crime.
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mily, courage. sWiat what he ha
‘of counting, bu
only let hirn: loose fe. Would let
Many he could kilk.. The same hay} atter
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ew him through his Arial; and on hin Bethe s-
need tothe Rillow sinitwo hours, he; appeared
anxious toreach the spot, & when there, would mye
Whit for Wyn cart ta Be rove dram Under him, bet
tol the byestanders to
him Jumpyewhich he Wd ty
wonld not't)iny
e.0f AiRbt. Phe horse being
soracawhat itrattable, curried him to the Forde
of A Neirhbour; and some pre observing’ the fel-
low, asked wha: he was doing with bi
he replied, th: . sone Spanidtels had come and
murdered hjs- mistress, “Ke The, enqiirer and
his compunions “immediately prd} oged to: Ro to
the house: and ope ofthem being 'm rE ay syiicions
than the rest thought proper tesbize the negrt,
Who aRer heing det cted.in several fiscee
,
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New Orleans, pa
¥- F182 (2:4)
Muapern.—John Randolph, Bag., a planter residing
on the highlands in this parieh was murdered on Friday
2th last month. Two of hia slaves, a negro man and
woman havo been tried, found guilty of the crime and
have been rentonced to be huny on the public equare in
thia town on Wednesday next the 10th inst,
Thia oxamplo may perhapa serve to deter from the
cominiasion of the numerous crimes which have auc.
ceoded cach other with such fearful rapidity within a
short lapao of time.— Baton Rouge CGareste,
slaves, male and female (2), hanged Baton Rouge, LA 1/10/1838.
Muaprx.—John Randolph, Eaq., a planter residing |!
on the highlands in this parish was murdered on Friday
20th last month. Two of hia alaves, a negro man and
woman havo boen tried, found guilty of the crime and
have been rentanced to be hung on the public aquare in
thia town on Wednesday neat the LOU inet,
This oxample may perhape serve to doter from the
cominisaion of the numerous crimes which havo auc.
“eooded each other with auch fearful rapidity within a
short lapaa of time.— Baton Rouge Gareste,
Viexs BRE, Ms, KeEGis BI
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