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From: Roger Rozendal <>
Subject: Re: Verret and Cabonocy
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 20:28:45 -0600
In-Reply-To: <PBEMKNAFOODJPBEMHKEBKECECEAA.lbroussard3@houston.rr.com>


> From: "Larry & Margaret Broussard" <>

> 1. In the historical discussion, I have gathered that Cabonocy is the
> original name for the LOCATION of the St. James area and Verret is the name
> of a person. In the info below regarding my Joseph Martin, I have that in
> the 1766 census he was in Verret's Company which was the "same as Cabonocy".
> Now I'm confused. Can anyone explain why it says that.
>
> Joseph Martin, Sr. b.1736 in Beaubassin, Acadia d. January 09, 1795 in
> Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana
> "1766 Census Cabonocy (Voorhies pp. 114-115) Joseph Bernabe (Martin) with
> wife, boy (Joseph, Jr.)
> Verret's Company, same as Cabonocy"


VERRET AND CABANOCEY


Nicolas Verret (married to Marie-Josephe Cantrelle, the daughter of Jacques
Cantrelle) in 1764 had a plantation near the present day border of St. John
the Baptist Parish and St. James Parish (also near present day Lutcher, LA).
This is just upriver of what became known as the German Coast

Jacques Cantrelle had a plantation called ³Cabahannocer² near present day
St. James Railroad Station in St. James Parish, LA.

Louis Judice (married to Jeanne Cantrelle, the daughter of Jacques
Cantrelle) had a plantation just upriver from that of Jacques Cantrelle.

CENSUS OF 1766

I have found 3 separate census listings for 1766:

VERRET¹S COMPANY
³Census and count of the Acadians taken on April 8 according to the survey
made on that day of the inhabitants of the Kabakan Coast on both sides of
the river twenty leagues from the city.²

This lists the names of the head of households and the numbers of Women,
Teenage Boys, Men, Boys, Girls, and Slaves in each household, starting with
Verret, father (Nicolas Verret) and going up river.

This has been transcribed by Voorhies in ³Some 18th Century Louisianians
1750-1796² pp.114-115.

Lillian Bourgeois transcribed just the names of the heads of household in
³Cabanocey² p. 161.

JUDICE¹S COMPANY
³Census of the Militiamen and of the inhabitants on both sides of the
Mississippi at Cabaanoce, Acadian Settlement²

This also lists the names of the head of households and the numbers of
Women, Teenage Boys, Men, Boys, Girls, and Slaves in each household,
starting with Santiago Canterelle (Jacques Cantrelle) and going up river .

This has been transcribed by Voorhies in ³Some 18th Century Louisianians
1750-1796² pp.116-119.

CENSUS OF CABAANOCE
³List of the inhabitants settled on the left bank of the river from the home
of Jacques Cantrelle to La Fourche de Chetimachas, taken at Cabaanoce by
Louis Judice on April 9th, 1766² (approximately from present day St. James
Railway Station, St. James Parish to Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish).

³List of the inhabitants on the right bank of the river from the home of
Joseph Hebert to the village of the Alibamont Indians²

This census lists the names and ages of all the family members plus the
Slaves, Land, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, and Arms owned by each family. The heads
of household are nearly the same as those listed in JUDICE¹S COMPANY.

This census has been transcribed by Voorhies in ³Some 18th Century
Louisianians 1750-1796² pp. 201-213.

Lillian Bourgeois transcribed just the names of the inhabitants and their
ages in ³Cabanocey² p. 162-169.

I have found no census detailing the names and ages of VERRET¹S COMPANY
like that of JUDICE¹S COMPANY.

1769 CENSUS

CENSUS OF ACADIAN COAST-1769
³September 14, 1769- State of the Acadian inhabitants established on both
banks of the Mississippi River from the habitation of Jacques Cantrelle and
that of Joseph Hebert to the environs of ____ l¹isle aux mases.²

This census covers the same area as JUDICE¹S COMPANY, but extends farther
into Ascension Parish with new settlers.

This census has been transcribed by Voorhies in ³Some 18th Century
Louisianians 1750-1796² pp. ?-?.

Lillian Bourgeois transcribed just the names of the inhabitants and their
ages in ³Cabanocey² p. 173-178.

I have found no census for 1769 covering the area of VERRET¹S COMPANY of
1766.

1770 CENSUS

1770 CENSUS OF ASCENSION
³Status of the Acadian inhabitants of the Parish of Ascension beginning on
the right bank of the river at Jean Jeansonne and on the other side at the
widow Lachance and ending at the upper tip of the Isle aux Marias.²

From the 1769 census of the Acadian Coast, this includes Lots 136-163+ on
the left bank and Lots 33-86 on the right bank.

Robichaux transcribed this census in ³Colonial Settlers Along Bayou La
Fourche 1770-1798² Appendix pp. 1-8.

1777 CENSUS

1777 CENSUS OF ST. JAMES PARISH-JANUARY THE FIRST
³General census of the habitants who are established throughout the Parish
of St. Jacques A Cabahan-noces on the two banks of the river, including the
names of the people, their ages, quantity of land, of slaves, of cattle, and
horses, which follows, to wit:²

This census covers the area of present day St. James Parish and includes the
area covered by VERRET¹S COMPANY in 1766 and the part of JUDICE¹S COMPANY in
St. James Parish. It includes the names and ages of all inhabitants.

It is transcribed in DeVille¹s ³The Parish of St. James Spanish Census of
1777² pp. 6-21. Essentially, pp. 14-21 cover the area of the 1766 VERRET¹S
COMPANY and pp. 6-13 cover the area of JUDICE¹S COMPANY that was in St.
James Parish.


1777 PARISH OF ASCENSION OF LAFOURCHE DES CHETIMACHAS
³General census of the inhabitants of the district of the Parish of
Ascension of LaFourche des Chetimaches, which begins on the right bank of
the river beginning below at Basil Prejean and ending above at the tip of
the Isle aux Marias; and on the left bank, at Sieur Maurice Canoee formerly
the village of the Houmas and ending above at Francois Babin opposite the
tip of the above mentioned isle, comprised of five leagues.²

The 1777 census covers essentially the same area as the 1770 census.

Robichaux transcribed this census in ³Colonial Settlers Along Bayou La
Fourche 1770-1798² Appendix pp. 9-19.

JOSEPH MARTIN based on census data.

1766 Census- VERRET¹S COMPANY
Joseph Bernabe (dit Martin), 1 woman, 1 boy (Marguerite Pitre, Joseph)

1769 Census- VERRET¹S COMPANY
No census found

1777 Census ST. JAMES p. 14
Joseph Martin 38
Marguerite Pitre, his wife, 37
Joseph, his son, 12
Michel Martin, 4
Marguerite, his daughter, 8
Marie, his daughter, 6
Pelagie, his daughter, 2

Roger A. Rozendal
rogroz@ .net





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