Person:Joseph Le Blanc (5)

!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; pp. 2542 & 2543 (Louisiana); own copy. Three separate entries: Josine LEBLANC, born 1762, son of Jean-Pierre & Osite MELANCON, married at St. Martinville [LA] on 10 Aug 1784 to Marguerite DUON, daughter of Charles & Marie-Josephe PRÉJEAN; daughters listed--Rosalie, 1786 & Scholastique, 1789.

    Also on p. 2542: Joseph LEBLANC, born around 1775, son of Jean-Pierre & Osite MELANCON, married at St. Martinville to Marguerite BERNARD, daughter of André & Marguerite HEILDELMERE of St. Charles, on the German Coast; three daughters born 1806 to 1810. Joseph lived at Fausse-Pointe.
    Also listed on p. 2543 as: Joseph LEBLANC, born around 1758, "probably" the son of Jean-Charles & Judith LANDRY [sic]. Married around 1780 to Marguerite DUON; two daughters listed--Rosalie, about 1781 & Scholastique, about 1790.

!NAME-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGES: Gregory A. Wood, A GUIDE TO THE ACADIANS IN MARYLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURES; 1755-1899; Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1995; pp. 162-163; own copy. Zozime [sic] LeBLANC, son of (Jean) Pierre & Ozite MELANSON, was one of four members of household on the 1763 census of Snow Hill, MD. [He was probably born in Maryland, around 1762, listed with parents and older brother Isaac.]

    On the [14 Sep] 1769 census of Cabanocey [St. James, LA], LA he was 7 years old, with his parents in a family of six. They lived on 6 arpents of land.
    On the [15 Apr] 1777 census of Cabanocey he was 14 years old, living with his mother, three siblings, and her 2nd husband and his seven children.
    On 10 Aug 1784 he married [1st] to Marguerite DUHON (SM Ch., Vol. 3, #9). On 7 Jan 1801 he married [2nd] to Marguerite BERNARD, widow of Joseph ROY, daughter of André & Marguerite LEDLEMAIRE [sic], of St. Charles, German Coast (SJA-2, 52).

!CHRISTENING-SPONSOR: SWLR-CD. APPOLLON - neg. esc. [Negro slave] a Mr. LOISEL (unknown parents) bt. 27 Feb. 1785 Spons: Josine LEBLANC & Marguerite DUHON. Fr. GEFFROTIN (SM Ch.: v.3, #44)

!LAND: Glenn R. Conrad, LAND RECORDS OF THE ATTAKAPAS DISTRICT; 1804-1818; vol. II, part 1, Lafayette, LA, Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, 1992; p. 6; own copy. St. Martin Parish Conveyances, #22:73, dated 2 Jul 1804. Alexandre EBERT [signed name HÉBERT] sold to Joseph LeBLANC a tract of land on Bayou Teche measuring 6 arpents by 40 deep for $1200 cash.

    An addendum on p. 29, record #23:3 dated 18 Feb 1806, clarifies wood rights on this tract.
    On p. 13, #22:134, dated 13 Jun 1804, Thomas ALEXANDER sold to Joseph LeBLANC a slave named Marie Anne (age 20). [Likely a different Joseph?]
   On p. 86, #24:289, dated 31 Aug 1809, Joseph LeBLANC sold to Hypolite BONDERS [BOUDREAU] a tract of land on east side of Bayou Teche 5 x 30 arpents, bounded by Jean-Charles GUILBEAU and Sylvestre LeBLANC, for $1000, including the construction of a house for BONDERS. [See also p. 265, maybe not this Joseph LE BLANC. Mortgage was cancelled on 24 Apr 1817, after this one's death].
   On p. 121, #26:173, dated 17 Aug 1811. Alexander PORTER of Tennessee sold to Joseph LeBLANC two slaves: Nancy (age 38) and her daughter Nancy (8) for $700.
    On p. 179, Page 78 of St. Martin Parish Conveyance Book I, dated 11 Feb 1811, Peyton BLAND's property on east side of the Vermilion was seized. It was bordered above by Josine LeBLANC.
    On p. 190, p. 199 of St. Martin Parish Conveyance Book I, dated 10 Oct 1812 [over 6 months after his death], Joseph DeBLANC [yes] sold to Pierre LAPOINTE 3 slaves: Nancy and her daughter Rose, acquired by vendor at the public sale of the estate of Josine LeBLANC; and Jean. Price $1400.

!DEATH-PROBATE: Glenn R. Conrad, LAND RECORDS OF THE ATTAKAPAS DISTRICT; 1804-1818; vol. II, part 2, Lafayette, LA, Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, 1993; pp. 75-76; own copy. Estate No. 107.5, inventory dated 18 Apr 1812. Widow Marguerite BERNARD stated her husband died on 17 Mar 1812, leaving heirs Rosalie [married to Charles THERIOT] & Colastie LeBlanc [married to Julien LE BLANC], daughters of his 1st marriage; and Eloi (10), Joseph (7), Valerie (6) and Marguerite (2) of 2nd marriage. Nine slaves and two tracts of land, all valued at $13,215.28. Each heir received $1,376.83.

    The homestead was 6 arpents on the east bank of Bayou Teche bounded by lands of OLIVIER, Jr. and DeBLANC, and bounded above by Athanase HÉBERT, and below by the heirs of the late widow HÉBERT, appraised at $1,650 piastres. Another tract of 5 arpents was worth $200. Each heir received $1,376.83 [including Rosalie LE BLANC THERIOT].
    The actual inventory runs to eleven pages, and contains 115 numbered items, totaling a value of $8583.28 3/4. Of this, the house and six arpents of land were worth $1650 (item #109), and items 98-104 were nine Negro slaves, worth a total of $4650 piastres [over half of the total value of the entire estate].
    Item #104 in the estimate was a negress named Nancy, age 40 years, and her daughter named Nannette, age 11. Nannette was finally bought by Charles THERIOT for $555 piastres, and her mother Nancy was sold to Joseph DE BLANC for $355.

!PROBATE: Letter from Mary E. LEMAIRE in Oct 1998. Community property in Succession dated 18 Apr 1812 (SM Ct.Hse.: #107 1/2). Homestead was 6 arpents wide on East Bank of Bayou Teche, A tract 8 arpents on East Bank Bayou Vermilion, appraised value #13,215.28. Community property $13,238.28 property (ranch) in St. James Parish $3,893.50; inheritance from his mother Ozite MELANSON $1,413.43.

    Deducted was $1,279.06, representing the inheritance of Charles ROY, son of the widow & her first husband Joseph ROY. Each heir received $1,376.83. (Reference: Glen R. Conrad, ATTAKAPAS--ST. MARTIN ESTATES 1804-1818; vol. II, part 2; pp. 75-76.)

1. ↑ Jane G. Bulliard, Chair. Acadian Exiles in Louisiana. (St. Martinville, LA: Acadian Memorial Foundation, 1998)
   p. 22.

   Josime LE BLANC, child in family of Pierre & Osite MELANSON, listed as immigrant to Lousiana on Acadian Memorial Wall of Names.

   Plaque 4.

2. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   p. 670.

   No place given.

3. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

   LEBLANC, Joseph - native of Acadie, living at La Fausse Pointe; died 16 March 1812 at age 52 years at his home; buried 17 March 1812 in the parish cemetery. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #754)

4. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2. (Eunice,LA, Author, 1974)
   p. 575.

   Joseph LE BLANC of Acadie died on 17 Mar 1812 at age 52 years [sic]. Recorded in St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ch.: v.4, #754).

5. ↑ Gregory A. Wood. French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800, The. (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978)
   p. 198.

   LEBLANC, Pierre, Osite LEBLANC his wife, Isaac LEBLANC, Zozime LEBLANC.

6. ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780. (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version)
   p. 670.

   Age 7 years.

7. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois. Cabanocey. (New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957.)
   p. 177.

   Left Bank,Mississippi River, #115:
   Pierre LEBLANC, 42;
   Ozitte MELANCON, w[ife], 39;
   Izaac, s[on], 9;
   Josime, s[on], 7; [this boy]
   Simon, [son], 2;
   Helaine, d[aughter], 5;
   Magdelaine LEBLANC, m[other, of his wife], 57.

8. ↑ Granville W. & N. C. Hough. Spain's Louisiana Patriots in Its 1779-1783 War with England during the American Revolution. (Midway City, CA: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research)
   p. 113.

   Jausephe LEBLANC, 1st Sergeant, I Mil, 1777, age 20 (cites Wintsont DeVille, LOUISIANA SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, pp. 2 & 36-37). A Joseph LE BLANC was witness with Francois TERRIO to the marriage of Georges MOUTON & Rosalie GAUDET on 19 Jan 1781 (SJA-1, 51a) (BRDR vol. 2, p. 560).

   Marriage witness perhaps not this man?

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

   Census taken 1 Jan 1777 of the Parish of St. James at Cabahannocer. Jozime LEBLANC, age 14, stepson of Baptiste BOURGEOIS & his wife Ozitte MELANSON [she is his mother by her 1st marriage]. There are also six children of Baptiste's 1st marriage, and four siblings from his mother's 1st marriage. He is the second oldest of them.

10. ↑ Winston De Ville. Southwest Louisiana Families in 1785: The Spanish Census of the Posts of Attakapas and Opelousas. (Ville Platte, LA: Author, 1991)
    p. 5.

    Josine LEBLANC:
    Free white males Free white females Free Colored Slaves
    0-12 13-20 21+ 0-12 13-20 21+
    0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
    [Joseph LE BLANC is age 23, his new wife Marguerite DUON is age 21. Next door are her parents.]

11. ↑ Mary Elizabeth Sanders. Records of Attakapas District: Louisiana, vol. III. (Author, 1974)
    p. 4.

    On "General Census of the Owners of Immovable Property, the Number of Their Slaves," on the River Teche from the [St. Martinville] Church Downstream to Berwick's Bay, East and West [Banks]."
    Josine LeBLANC, with eight Negroes, on 6 arpents of waterfront property.

    Original Attakapas Assessment Roll is in the Louisiana State University Archives, Baton Rouge, LA.

12. ↑ 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)
    p.98.

    Joseph LeBLANC (married in 1784 to Marguerite DUHON; 1801 to Marguerite BERNARD), son of Jean-Pierre & Osite MELANCON of St. James Parish. He was a cousin of René LE BLANC. Living in the Acadian Coast during the early 1800s, he migrated westward to join relatives in the Teche country. Joseph moved again after his second marriage in 1801 to Fausse Pointe on the Teche, but by the 1850s most of his descendants had occupied land in the northeastern part of Vermilion Parish.

13. ↑ Mary Elizabeth Sanders. Records of Attakapas District: Louisiana, vol. III. (Author, 1974)
    p. 5.

    On "General Census of the Owners of Immovable Property, the Number of Their Slaves, and the Assessment of Every Inhabitant of the Parish of Attakapas." In section of "River Teche from the Church [St. Martin de Tours] Downstream to Berwick's Bay, East and West [Banks]: Josine LeBLANC, with 8 Negroes, on 6 arpents of waterfront property.

14. ↑ U.S. federal census
    Microfilm M252, Roll 10, p. 79 (328).

    Joseph LE BLANC:
    Free White Males Free White Females Other Slaves
    0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
    4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
    [Joseph LE BLANC is living with his 2nd wife Marguerite Madeleine BERNARD, and both are in the wrong age categories. He is about age 48, she is about 35. Her son Charles Abraham ROY from her 1st marriage is about age 15 (not under 10). There are three young sons and a daughter, all under 10, from current marriage. There are also three slaves.]

15. ↑ Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

    LEBLANC, Joseph widr. of [sic, should be widow is] Marguerite BERNARD; Heirs: Rosalie m. Charles THERIOT; Colastie m. Julien LE BLANC; Eloi - 10 yrs.; Joseph - 7 1/2 yrs.; Valerie - 6 yrs.; Marguerite - 2 yrs. Succ. dated 18 April 1812 (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ.#107 1/2)

16. ↑ Donald J. Hebert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 2. (Eunice,LA, Author, 1974)
    p. 575.

    Joseph LE BLANC, widr. [sic] Marguerite BERNARD [she survived him]. Heirs named in his succeesion record dated 18 Apr 1812: Rosalie, married to Charles THERIOT; Colastie, married to Julien LE BLANC; Eloi, 10 years old; Joseph, 7 1/2 years; Valerie, 6 years; Marguerite, 2 years. Recorded at St. Martin Parish Courthouse, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ct.Hse.: Succ. #107 1/2). [Photocopy of original of 40 pp. in possession of Karen Theriot Reader.]