Avoyelles-Natchitoches-Winn County Louisiana Archives Birth..... Duplissey, Germain (Jeremiah) December 11 1819 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bobby Duplissey Dup86@bellsouth.net September 1, 2004, 8:35 pm Name: Duplissey, Germain (Jeremiah) Date Of Birth: December 11 1819 Time: County Of Birth: Avoyelles Place Of Birth: Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Gender: Male Race: W Parent's Residence Avoyelles Parish , Louisiana Mother's Name: Roe (Rowe), Nancy Mother's Age: 22 Mother's Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina Father's Name: Plessy, Dominique Father's Age: 42 Father's Birthplace: Bordeaux , France Doctor: Unavailable Hospital: Unavailable He was born as Germain Plessy. When he was still a small child his name was changed to Jeremiah Duplissey.He was probably born at home. His parents lived somewhere near Marksville, Louisiana. When he was about three years old he moved to a part of Natchitoches Parish that later became Winn Parish.His dad, Dominique Plessy,died in an accident in Avoyelles parish somewhere between 11- 17-1820 and 3-17-1821. While getting down from his horse he cut his femoral artery on a saddle dirk (knife) and bled to death. A dirk is a large knife that some people carried strapped to the horn of their saddle. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb