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Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE] Cheneyville history, Robert family
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:56:17 EST
Hi Randy,
I've seen your site and the info on your ancestor. It is very informative &
was helpful in helping me formulate my questions!
Can you tell me the name of the Paxton book you mention? And where it might
be available? Also, in the quote you sent, it says "Those mentioned above
traveled on the first two boats; the names of those on the last boat are not
known" -- do you have the list of names from the first two boats?
I'm not sure that my group was with these folks--they were in Woodville at
least by 1807 since Peter's son James died there then, but were still in SC
(I think!) for the birth of a son in 1798. According to at least one source,
they arrived in LA in 1813 though a daughter (my ancestor) married in
Woodville in 1815...
Been doing a lot of on-line searching (for years actually, though on any
other lines as well as this one). Found a lot of material but am short on
bibliographies--a lot of sites just don't say where they got their info and
I'm hoping there's more data on my specific people in books somewhere (like
the Paxton book you mention). Histories of Woodville, Cheneyville, Forest
Hill, Bayous Sara, Chicot, Robert and Beouf... Early Baptist & SC Huguenot
(have some possibilities on the latter but they're expensive! Will have to
hope for Inter-Library loan!). Biographies of early settlers. Tax, deed (no
land records before 1825 at BLM) , marriage, death, birth records. Court
minutes and old newspaper accounts. And the list goes on! I just wish I
could spend some time in Cheneyville and Alexandria and Woodville! Some day!
Anyway... could you send me the Paxton book reference? And if you have any
other deas, I'm all ears! (Or eyes in this case, I guess.)
Thanks again for the info and keep up the good work! You've obviously spent
a lot of time and effort at your research!
Happy hunting,
Cyndi in Baltimore
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