Person:Pierre Theriot (5)

!BIRTH-BURIAL: E-mail message from Ron THERIOT (theriot@erols.com) in May 1998, from data according to Ms. GALLIER. Pierre THERIOT, born 1767 Convent, LA, was father of Michael Eloi (1795-1861). Pierre received a land grant from the Spanish at Convent. A map of those grants is on a wall at Oak Alley Plantation in LA, across river from location. Ron has pictures of Pierre's deteriorating crypt at St. Michael's Cemetery at Convent, St. James, LA.

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Evelina Bourg Gallier, 15-GENERATION PEDIGREE CHART; prepared in 1983 for Cyrus THERIOT; sent in Jun 1996 by Robert THERIOT, 1411 Patriot Drive, Slidell LA 70145, e-mail (BOBTHERIOT@aol.com); also sent by Ron THERIOT in Jun 1998. Pierre THERIOT, born 1767 in St. James Parish, [LA], son of Joseph & Magdeleine BOURGEOIS. He married on 26 Jul 1789 to Anastasie DUGAS MICHEL (SJA-2, 7); three children are listed as direct-line ancestors of Cyrus THERIOT: Pierre II; Michel Eloi [twice]; and Marguerite Artemise. Pierre died on 20 Jun 1853 at Convent, St. James, LA.

!BROTHER-MARRIAGE: He was probably the witness to his brother Charles' marriage with Rosalie LE BLANC on 23 Jun 1804.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Yvelle Theriot Girouard, "Theriot Genealogy--Acadia to Louisiana," in TERREBONNE LIFE LINES, vol. I, no. 3; p. 54. Sent by Pat Blanchard in Mar 1996. Pierre TERRIO, born 1767 in St. James, LA, married Anastasie DUGAS [sic] MICHEL on 26 Jul 1789.

!DEATH: Diocese of Baton Rouge Archives, letter from Renée RICHARD (RRichard@diobr.org), sent 11 Jul 2001. She photocopied pages from the original St. Michael's Church register, from Convent, St. James, LA for the burials recorded in vol. 4 for the year 1853, pages 224 & 225 (SMI-4, 224 & 225). On the microfilm of page 225 is a clearly written message in pencil, between two other entries in French dated 17 Jun and 5 Jul 1853. The margin has "Pierre Thériot père" and the note says "Décédé le 20 juin, 1853" and underneath on next line is "(Dee Theriot) Mrs. Jack Hains 1959." According to Renée Richard, presently the Archivist, this is not an official church record. The notation was made on the original church register when it was still at St. Michael's in 1959. The microfilm was made a few years later, and so the note shows there as well. Renée Richard also made a scan (photocopy) of the page as it appears now in the register stored at the Archives in Baton Rouge. She says "There was a notation made in the register by Nora Lee Pollard, archivist here for many years verifying that it is not a church record." The second note reads: "Not a church record. We can not issue certified certificate on Pierre Theriot. Nora Lee Pollard, Archivist 11 June 1980."

1. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   p. 89.

   In family of Joseph (47) THÉRIOT & Madeleine BOURGEOIS, child "d." Pierre(-Marie) [sic], born around 1767.

2. ↑ Phillip C. Chauvin, Jr., comp. Assumption Pioneer Newspaper; Deaths-Weddings-Births. (Houma, LA: Terrebonne Genealogical Society, n.d.)
   p. 11.

   In the paper of 26 Jun 1853: Pierre THERIOT died in St. James Parish on 20 June 1853 at 6 p.m. at age 89.

3. ↑ Linda Dubé. Theriault Genealogy. (Author, 1993, 2 vols.)
   p. 244.

   Pierre TERRIAU, born 1767 in S Jm Parish, LA, son of Joseph & Magdeleine BOURGEOIS, married on 26 Jul 1789 to Anastasie MICHEL, daughter of Pierre & Marie LEGER; two children listed. He died on 20 Jun 1853.

4. ↑ German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society. Voyageurs, Les
   vol. 1, no. 2 (Jun 1980), p. 15.

   St. Michael's Church and Cemetery are located on the River Road, Highway 44, in Convent, St. James parish, LA, about 10 miles above the town of Lutcher. The first mission chapel, a small frame building, was blessed on 10 Oct 1809, and was associated with St. Jacques de Cabahanoce on the opposite side of the Mississippi River. St. Michael's became an independent church in 1822, and the present church was dedicated on 9 Mar 1833, later enlarged and beautified. It was recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
   There was much damage caused by Hurricane Betsy in Sep 1965, when several tombstones disappeared.

5. ↑ Webpage.

   Photos of Pierre THERIOT's deteriorating mausoleum in St. Michael's Catholic Church cemetery, Convent, St. James, LA, online at <www.terriau.org/ptphoto/ptphoto.htm#TOP>

6. ↑ Glenn R. Conrad. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Des Allemands: Abstracts of the Civil Records of St. John the Baptist Parish, 1753-1803. (Lafayette, LA: Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, 1972)
   p. 225.

   No. 18, year 1798: SLAVE SALE. Urbain PICOU, resident of St. Charles Parish, and child of Nicolas PICOU, declares that he has sold a slave named Constance (age 20-24), a native of the Congo, and her son named Pierre (3) and a daughter named Thérèze (2) to Pierre TERRIOT, resident of the First Acadian Coast, for 700 piastres. (Note: TERRIOT signed his name "THERIOT.")
   A Receipt dated 20 Apr 1799 declared that Urbain PICOU had received full payment from Pierre THERIOT.

7. ↑ West, Robert Cooper, and Louisiana State University. An atlas of Louisiana surnames of French and Spanish origin. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Geoscience Publications, Louisiana State University, 1986)
   pp. 138 & 191.

   "Among those who remained in St. James were three sons of Joseph Terriot and Madeleine Bourgeois: Pierre (m. 1789 Anastasie Michel), Joseph..., and Jean-Baptiste."
   
   "In 1820 Pierre THERIOT owned 41 slaves, an indication of his wealth" (Notes cite: Ardoin 1970-73, 2: 150).

8. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois. Cabanocey. (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957.)
   p. 189.

   Census taken 1 Jan 1777 of the Parish of St. James at Cabahannocer. Pierre, age 10 [so born around 1766], son of Joseph THERIOT & wife Magdelaine BOURGEOIS, living with them and five other children.

   Subtitled: THE HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE OF ST. JAMES PARISH.

9. ↑ U.S. federal census
   Microfilm M252, Roll 10, pp. 446-447.

   Line [7], Pierre TERRIOT:
   Males Females Other Slaves
   0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
   2 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 16
   [Pierre was around 44 years old, his wife Anastasie MICHEL about 39. Is the male over 45 his father-in-law Pierre MICHEL, who did not die until 1813? There were nine children: five sons--Pierre II age 16-25; Michel Eloi & Zenon age 10-15; Etienne & Joseph Marie under 10. Four daughters were: Marguerite Arthemise age 10-15; Marie Rose, Reine Seraphine, & Anastasie under 10. Who is the "Other?" There were also sixteen slaves.]

   Also Ancestry.com, image 10/13.

10. ↑ Robert Bruce L. Ardoin, comp. Louisiana Census Records, vol. III. (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977)
    p. 140.

    Pierre TERRIOT, p. 1 of St. James:
    Males Females Other Free Others Slaves
    0-9 10-15 16-25 26-45 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-45 45+
    2 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 16
    [Pierre was around age 44, his wife 39, with nine children. Who is the male over age 45?]

11. ↑ U.S. federal census
    p. 85 (378 crossed out).

    Line [20], Pierre TERRIOT:
    Free White Males Free White Females Foreign Eng.Agric. M/Slaves/F
    0-9 10-15 16-18 19-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
    1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 29 24 / 17
    [Pierre Sr. would have been age around 54, his wife Anastasie MICHEL around age 49. Sons were: Zenon, age 20; Etienne, age 19 (not 16-18); Joseph Marie, age 11; and Augustin, age 4. Daughters were: Reine Seraphine, age 15; and Anastasie, age 13. There was also 1 foreigner--possibly a teacher, presumably the male age 26-44.
    There are 41 slaves, most engaged in agriculture:
    Male Slaves Female Slaves
    0-13 14-25 26-44 45+ 0-13 14-25 26-44 45+
    8 4 9 3 9 4 5 0

    Also Ancestry.com, image 6/14.

12. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
    p. 286.

    Line [10], P're THÉRIOT (père):
    Free White Males Free White Females
    0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69... 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59...
    0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
    [Pierre Sr. is around age 64, his wife Anastasie MICHEL is about 59. The male 10-14 is son Augustin, age 13; other is Joseph Marie, age 21. Who is the female in her 20s? Possibly a granddaughter? Or Anastasie's niece Emerante MICHEL, who will marry Joseph Marie in 2 years, but is only 14.]

    Ancestry.com, image 9/36.

13. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
    p. 257.

    Line [16], P. TERRIOT:
    Free White Males Free White Females Slaves
    0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-30 40-49...70-79... / 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-30 40-49...70-79... M / F
    0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 68/ 19
    [Pierre is about age 74, his wife is 68 (not 70), and there are nine other persons; one is probably their son Augustine, age 23. There are eight-seven slaves, 73 of them working in agriculture.]

    Ancestry.com, image 7/18.

14. ↑ U.S. federal census
    Microfilm M432, Roll 239, p. 243B.

    Line 8, dwelling/family #557: Pierre THERIOT Sen'r, white male age 84, a farmer on land valued at $5,8000 [sic for $58,000]. He was blind at the time, living with Adelaide [sic] age 80, and Constance and Helena THERIOT. Also in household was Numa COMEAUX, age 25, overseer.
    [His wife's name was Anastasie, and he probably had as housekeeper his nephew's widow Clemence [not Constance], with her daughter Helene.]

    Also online at Ancestry.com, image 76/80.

15. ↑ U.S. federal census
    pp. 405 & 407.

    Pierre THERIOT, listed as slave owner of 132 slaves. Of these, 94 were male and 38 were female, ranging in age from a baby boy and a baby girl of 6 months, to a man and a woman age 78. All were designated "b"[lack], except for 14 "m"[ulatto].

16.   Theriot/Crochet Family Reunion. Theriot file. (Feb 2000)
    RIN #3166.

    Pierre Joseph THERIOT, born 1767 in St. James Parish, LA; died 20 Jun 1853 at Convent [sic], LA.