Person:Simon Gautreau (4)

Simon Gautreau
m. 8 Oct 1725
  1. Simon Gautreau1736 - 1814
m. Abt 1765
  1. Louis GautreauAbt 1766 -
  2. Simon Gautreau1772 - 1815
Facts and Events
Name Simon Gautreau
Gender Male
Alt Birth? Abt 1732 , , , , Acadia
Birth[1][8] 12 Mar 1736 St. Charles aux Mines, , Grand Pre, Acadia,
Marriage Abt 1765 to Marie Magdeleine Braud
Census[3][10] 9 Apr 1766 Right bank of the Mississippi, , Kabannoces, Louisiana,
Census[4][11] 14 Sep 1769 Right bank of the Mississippi, , Acadian Coast, Louisiana,
Residence[5] Bet 1771 and 1798 West bank of the Mississippi, , Territory of Orleans, Louisiana,
Census[6][12] Apr 1777 , , St. James Par., Louisiana,
Death[2][9] 11 Nov 1814 , , St. James, Louisiana,
Burial[2] 12 Nov 1814 St. James Ch., , St. James, Louisiana,
Reference Number 144

No. 200 - Simon Gotereau claims a tract of land, situate on the west side of the river Mississippi, in hte county of Acadia, containing one arpent twenty-four toises and two feet in front, and eighty arpents in depth, and bounded on the upper side bu land of Raphael Gotereau, and on the lower by land of Joseph Gotereau.

  The first depth of htis land is part of a tract of five arpents and eighteen toises in front , on the ordinary depth, surveyed in the year 1771 for the claimant, who obtained a complete grant for the same in 1774, from Governor Unzaga. The Board confirm the title to the extent of the first depth and reject the claim to the second depth.

No. 200 - Simon Gotereau claims a second concession, lying immediately back of a front or first concession, which we have already confirmed to him in page 276, No. 200, among the confirmed claims.

  This claim to a second depth is founded solely upon a petition (requete) to the Governor of the province, in the year 1798, with the commandant's certificate that the land was vacant, and might be granted without prejudice, etc. It does not appear that the petition was ever acted upon by hte Governor, ot that it was presented to him. We are of the opinion that this claim to a second consession ought not to be confirmed under any law, usage, or custom of the Spanish Government, and do therefore reject it.
References
  1. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    vol. 1, pg. 53 (SGA-2,154).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    SJA-4,39a.
  3. Bourgeois, Lillian C. Cabanocey: The History, Customs, and Folklore of St. James Parish. (New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States|New Orleans, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Co., 1957)
    p164.
  4. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    p174.
  5. Maduell, Charles René. Federal land grants in the territory of Orleans: the delta parishes. (New Orleans, Louisiana: Polyanthos Inc., 1975)
    pg 139;ASP ref 200-276, 200-298.
  6. Bourgeois, Lillian C. Cabanocey: The History, Customs, and Folklore of St. James Parish. (New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States|New Orleans, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Co., 1957)
    p185.
  7.   First Settlers of the Louisiana Territory: Orleans Territory Grants from American State Papers, Class VIII, Public Lands. 2v. (Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson Books, c1983-)
    vol. I, pg. 43 & 97.
  8. sponsors: Joseph LeBlanc, maternal uncle and Marie Josephe Gautrot
  9. age cir 83 at death
  10. Simon Gautrod28069031
    Magdelaine Braud, wife23
    Louis, son 2 mo.

    Slave - arpents- cattle - sheep - hogs - arms (guns)
  11. #25Simon Gauthorot23
    Magdelaine Broa, w27
    Louis, s 3
    Jean Baptiste, s18 mos
  12. Simon Gautherau41
    Magdelaine Breau, wife35
    Louis, son11
    Jean Baptiste, son 9
    Charles, son 7
    Simon, son 5
    Marie Magdelaine, daughter 3