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From: Kathleen <>
Subject: Blundells, Huffmans, Whites....
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:46:43 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <200106120100.f5C10BH06387@lists7.rootsweb.com>

Hello all! I have A LOT of information to share and a lot of questions. I
found some Adam Huffmans and so many of the names are so similar that I feel
there has to be some kind of a connection to Louisa L. Blundell who married
Abraham Davis White born in Georgia.- Here goes! I do hope some of the extra
info can help someone. Blessings, Kathleen O'Donnell-Grone


I have been researching my Blundells. According to my records attained from
Terry Armstrong and Devorah Ingerstal ?
Louise Blundells family is:

Descendants of William Blundell

1 William BLUNDELLb: August 28, 1793 in Virginiad: March 28, 1861 in
Lavaca, Texas
.+Elizabeth HUFFMANb: July 9, 1793 in Rapides Parish, Louisianad: September
14, 1869 in Texasm: 1814 in Rapids Parish, Louisiana
...2 Francis R. BLUNDELLb: 1815d: in Texas
.......+Rebecca WILLIAMS
...2 William B. BLUNDELLb: 1818
...2 Solomon BLUNDELLb: 1820
...2 James Huffman BLUNDELLb: January 6, 1822
.......+PATSEY
...2 Elizabeth BLUNDELLb: 1824
...2 David BLUNDELLb: 1826 in Little River, Rapides Parish, Louisianad:
February 15, 1862 in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas
.......+Rachael E.
...2 Louisa L. BLUNDELLb: 1827 in Little River, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
d: Aft. 1863 in Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas
.......+Abraham Davis "David" WHITEb: 1816 in Georgiad: in Mount Pleasant,
Titus County, Texasm: January 24, 1845 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
...2 John Adam BLUNDELLb: May 5, 1832
...2 Isabella BLUNDELLb: Abt. 1834
...2 Miles J. BLUNDELLb: 1836

According to my files her Huffman (maternal parents...) are:

Descendants of Adam Huffman

1 Adam HUFFMANb: Abt. 1770 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
...2 Elizabeth HUFFMANb: July 9, 1793 in Rapides Parish, Louisianad:
September 14, 1869 in Texas
.......+William BLUNDELLb: August 28, 1793 in Virginiad: March 28, 1861 in
Lavaca, Texasm: 1814 in Rapids Parish, Louisiana

So, I began researching the Huffman's and this is what I have found. Do any of
you have any proof of this family??

Husband: Adam* Huffman died Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Spouse: Matilda Unknown
Children
Marie Louise Laprarie
- Louis Laprairie Huffman
- Nicholas* Adam Huffman
- Francoise Huffman
- Sidonia Huffman
- Barbara Huffman
- Isabel Huffman
- Nanette Huffman
- Maria Francoise Huffman
- Louise Huffman


Husband's Father: Adam Huffman born April 12, 1741 in PA, died March 16,
1820 York, PA or Rapides Parish, PA
Husband's Mother: Barbara Mayer March 16, 1743
Wife: Marie Louise Laprarie b. 1743 New Orleans, LA died Abt. 1825 Rapides
Parish, LA
(one source says abt. 1740 in Rapides Parish)

Wife's Father: Louis Laprarie
Wife's Mother: Marie Jeanne (Juana) Castel
Marriage Date: 14 JAN 1782 Marriage Place: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Children:
Louis Laprairie Huffman
Nicholas* Adam Huffman
Francoise Huffman
Barbara Huffman
Sidonia Huffman
Isabel Huffman
Nanette Huffman
Maria Francoise Huffman
Louise Huffman

Husband: Louis Laprarie
Father: Louis Laprarie
Mother: Jeanne Talon
Wife: Marie Jeanne (Juana) Castel
Father: Jean Pierre Castel
Mother: Cecile Christophe
Marriage Date: 29 APR 1766 Marriage Place: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Children:
Marie* Louise Laprarie
Cecile Laprarie
Louis Laprarie
Marianne Laprarie
Michael Laprarie
Manuel Laprarie
Rosalie Laprarie
Marguerite Laprarie
Marie Jeanne Laprarie
Marie Nanette Laprarie
Marie Laprarie
Eugenie Laprarie


Cecile Christophe (F)
Birth: 1723 --
Death: ABT. 1788 -- Post du Rapide, Louisiana
Spouse: Jean Pierre Castel
Parents: Jean Christophe, Marie Langloise
married
Jean Pierre Castel (M) -
Parents: Antoine Castel, Marianne Masson

Husband: Jean Pierre Castel
Father: Antoine Castel
Mother: Marianne Masson
Wife: Cecile Christophe
Father: Jean Christophe
Mother: Marie Langloise
Marriage Date: AFT. 1739
Children: Marie* Jeanne (Juana) Castel



Adam Huffman (M) -
Birth: 4 Jan 1826 -- Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Death:
14 May 1900 -- Louisiana
Spouse: Mary Magdalena Sanson
Cora Jane Shaw
Parents: Louis Laprairie Huffman, Mary Martha O'Neal

Adam Huffman (M) -
Birth: 12 Apr 1741 -- Pennsylvania
Death:
16 Mar 1820 -- York, Pennsylvania
Spouse: , Barbara Mayer
Parents:

Another thought about Louise L. Blundell is that it has been told to me that
that she was part Native American or mixed heritage. In Louisiana she could be
of various races. Maybe her mother was a servant/slave in the Huffman house
and took their name- maybe, who knows?? Any ideas??

More historical info that may help us--

The Clifton Choctaw Tribe is a group living in a closed community in Rapides
Parish. They are Choctaw, Chatot, Creole and African. One student of this group
relates that some of the families from the Clifton group may have come
originally to Louisiana from North Carolina where they were members of the
Lumbee Indian Tribe. This has not been documented.

A large new Indian population had begun to develop in southwestern Louisiana in
the mid-nineteenth century. Apparently, immigrants from the Carolinas and
Georgia sought areas where there were Indian or mixed Indian and
black-and-white families. Today, these early Carolinians and Georgians (the
Whites and maybe the Blundells and Huffmans seemed to have followed this
pattern) would nearly all be from families bearing surnames associated with the
non-tribal groups in those states with the strongest Indian identities, such as
the Lumbee, Haliwa, and Westoes. These were the people who came to be
identified as "Red Bones." ... A scattering of Louisiana Indians, including
Biloxi, Choctaw, and Panana, sometimes called "Seminole" in error, was clearly
associated with the Carolina and Georgia immigrants, reinforcing Indian
genetics. Whites and blacks, in some instances, are said to have become part of
this mixture of races and cultures. Indian identity remained strong in the Red
Bone communities, and cultural behavior reflected Indian roots. Artifacts were
placed on graves, fires were often lighted for the dead, matrilocal residence
was common, and a forest economy with such material traits as basketry and
blowguns persisted....many communities became isolated, both geographically and
socially.

*******Additional Info that may help someone else. Also, I am told there is a
picture of Louisa L. Blundell and I would love a copy if you could scan and
email it to me -- I would be forever greatful!! I have been promised it
several times but have never received it.******

MARRIAGES IN THE CHICKASAW NATION -
Blundell, J.H. & Estes, Patsy 9/12/98 J.C. Sanelly, M.G. Pickens Co.
Pickens Co.Records
Lic. issued 12 SEP 1798, by Frazier McLish, county judge

Automated Archives, Inc. Caddo Parish, Louisiana Marriages Blundell, Louisa to
White, Davis 24 January 1845
Notes for LOUISA L. BLUNDELL:
File # 16-1
REF: Picture
This is a picture of Mary Elizabeth Williams (wife of John Adam
Blundell)Blundell, Louisa Blundell, Mary Ethel Ross Blundell (wife of Thomas
Matthew Blundell)

File # 16-2
REF: Automated Archives, Inc.
Caddo Parish Louisiana Marriages
Blundell, Louisa to White, Davis 24 Jan 1845

"Louisa is thought to be part Indian. She may be cajun??? Seems a bit before
the time. She had long black hair. She was invited to Indian burials. Her
mother is believed to be Indian. Years earlier she had been run over by a wagon
and had suffered severe internal injuries which had later contributed to her
death in childbirth."
Cause of Death: peritonitis; ruptured uterus; died days following birth of her
daughter.

WHITE LOUISA JANE White CEMETERY BENTON AR

Texas: War of 1812 The following list of Veterans of the War of 1812, who were
at sometime in Texas, was mostly gleaned from "War of 1812 Veterans in Texas,"
by Mary Smith Fay, published in 1979. Much more detailed information on the
veterans' service and family, etc. are included in this most informative book
which covers all of Texas. The requirements for inclusion in her book was
service (military or civilian) in the War of 1812 and that each one had been in
Texas at one time or another.

John BERRY
William BLUNDELL
John BODINE
James Taylor WHITE

Bluford BROOKS
Samuel L. BENTON

John BERRY
William BLUNDELL
John BODINE
Bluford BROOKS
James Whitis BULLOCK
James BURKE
John BURLESON
John CARNES
Eli CHANCE, Jr.
William CLARK
Abel COFFIN
Creed H. COLLINS
Shelby CORZINE
Thomas CRYER
Nathan DAVIS
Warren DAVIS

TEXAS

BLUNDELL, WILLIAM (W. BLUNDELL) abs 12 TITUS,
BLUNDELL, WILLIAM (W. BLUNDELL) abs 45 FANNIN,
BLUNDELL, WILLIAM (W. BLUNDELL) abs 49 LAMAR,
BLUNDELL, WILLIAM (W. BLUNDELL) abs 58 TITUS,

Texas Bounty Land Warrants were issued to Francis, William and Solomon for
service to the Republic of Texas Army. These were the three eldest sons of
William.

Francis, William and Solomon all had land in Titus County and Solomon and
William also on Blundells Creek.

William Blundell lived in Natchez, Mississippi at the end of the 18th century
and the beginning of the 19th. William enlisted at Alexandria, Louisiana and
fought in the War of 1812. He was discharged in New Orleans, Louisana. He and
his oldest son, Frances R. Came to Texas in Dec 1835 where they joined his
two sons, William B. and Solomon, who had come out in January of that year.
William received a league (428 acres) and a labor (177 acres) of land in Titus
County. In the 1840 census of the Republic of Texas, he owned 784 acres of
land, 3 slaves and one metal clock.


William and his eldest son, Francis R. came to Texas December 1835 where they
joined his two sons, William B. and Solomon, who had come out in January of
that year. William received a league (428 acres) of land and a labor (177
acres) of land in Titus County.

William's three eldest sons, William, Francis and Solomon received bounty land
warrants for service to the Republic of Texas Army. All three also had land
patented in Titus County, Texas. Solomon and William on Blundell's Creek.

Soldiers of War of 1812
Blundell, William Private 17, 18, and 19th CONS. REG't, LA. Militia. 2 cards
that state he was a private.

William is listed in the 1820 and 1830 Louisiana Census' in Rapides Parish on
pages 133 and 102.

He is in the 1850 Texas Census in Grayson County
He is mentioned in the Index Land Records of Louisiana
Citizens of Texas Tax Rolls 1840
By Whom: Blundell, William Polls 1 Land S 784 acres of Property, 3 slaves
and 1 metal clock
Other records show him born 28 Aug 1792, and died in Lawson County, Texas
By: Gifford White

William and Elizabeth were buried in either Lavaca or Titus County, Texas

Cancelled: N
Document Nr. : 1073
Misc. Document
Nr. :
Patentee Name: BLUNDELL, WILLIAM
Warrantee Name:
Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566)
Signature Present: Y
Signature Date: 6/15/37
Metes/Bounds: N
Survey Date:
Subsurface Reserved: N
Land Office: OUACHITA
Comments:
Legal Land Descriptions
Nr. Aliquot Parts Sec/Blk Township Range Fract. Sect. Meridian Acres Counties 1
NSE 4/ 6-N 3-W N LOUISIANA MERIDIAN 81.63 GRANT


2) Patent Description LA0870__.254 Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 955 Misc.
Document Nr. :
Patentee Name: BLUNDELL, WILLIAM
Warrantee Name:
Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566)
Signature Present: Y
Signature Date: 6/15/37 Metes/Bounds: N Survey Date:
Subsurface Reserved: N Land Office: OUACHITA

3) Patent Description LA0920__.018
Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 1301 Signature 8/1/38 (also in Ouachita)

Elizabeth Huffman
Birth: October 1812-- , Rapides, LA
Death: 1825 --
Spouse: Vallery Deville
Parents: Louis Laprairie Huffman, Eal Mary O

Red River County Deed Abstracts, Joyce Martin Murray
Bill of Sale 24 November 1824 Thomas Hooper, Rapides Parish, to Elizabeth
(Huffman) Blundell (of same parish), $500, Negro woman Sucky, 17 years and
infant child Jerry. Signed by both parties. Witness J.M. Bartlet, C. Brannon.
Done before Thomas C. Scott, Parish Judge.

Terry Armstrong writes: "I find it interesting that Elizabeth was born at such
an early date in Louisiana. Louisiana in 1793 was under French control. (I have
yet to confirm that).

In the area of north of Liverpool, England, there is a clan of Blundells dating
back to the 12th century. It is thought that Francis and his wife Catherine
came to Virginia from Ireland. At the end of the 18th century and the beginning
of the 19th century, he and his family lived in Natchez, Mississippi. That is
why his death is listed this way.


I know that he and Catherine (Do you know her maiden name?) lived there,
(Natchez) because she got in trouble with the justice court there in1801 and
was fined $50 for embarassing the people of the Territory of Mississippi (never
said what she did!) Would appreciate hearing from you. Hope all goes well.
James H. Blundell


Southern Plantations I4 <http://www.upapubs.com/guides/planti4.htm>;
1996 University Publications of America, Records of Ante-Bellum Southern
Plantations from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War- Selections from the
Louisiana State University


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