1807  SETTLERS OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 
                         Jurisdiction of Orcoquisac, Texas
                                  


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The following article was taken from the Louisiana Genealogical Register, 
Volume XXIX, #1, March 1982 issue with the full permission and consent 
of the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society (LGHS).  It was placed
at this site by Margaret Moore.  We would like to extend our thanks to the 
LGHS for this contribution.

Translated and submitted by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, FASO, Gadsden, Al. 
Source: Bexar Archives, Reel 37, Frames 161-63, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas.

             November 1, 1807 - Camp of Orcoquisac

Census that shows the immigrant families who are in this post, unable to proceed
because they have no mounts, and so I have permitted them to establish
themselves
here. Also shown are the number of cattle and horses each has.
                                                                               
                                                                               
(Translator's Notes)
    First Family
    Agustin Bendot, widower                                        (Boudrot)
       his children:                        
              Benxamin, 16 years
              Maria Margarita, 15 years 
       servants:
              Maria Lacadint 
       property:
              Horses                  3
              Cattle                 150  
    Another Family 
    Sebastian Benua                                                     (Benoit)
    Hipolite Lebliut, his wife                                           
(LeBleu)
        his children:
               Jose Defesu, 4 years 
               Maria Dolores, 3 years 
               Maria Josefa, 8 months
    Another Family
    Maria Magdalena Venua, widow                            (Benoit, widow of
Bernard Favron)
         children:
               Luys Pabro, 8 years                                  (Favron)
               Denis, 5 years 
               Agustin, 2 years
               Maria Celestina, 10 years 
         property:
               Horses                           1
               Cattle                             6
    Another Family 
    Federico Escoman                                               (Stockman)
    Catarina Esbomen                                                (*)
         children:
               George, 21 years
               Enrriques, 15 years

    


    
    LAKE CHARLES
    David, 13 years 
    Juan, 11 years 
    Pedro, 9 years 
    Maria, 4 years 
    Francisco, 2 months
    Another Family
    Don Carlos Saliet                                (Charles Sallier**)
    Catarina Lebliut, his wife                      (Catherine LeBleu)
          children:
              Alejandro, 3 years
              Luisa, 2 years
         property:
          Cattle         200
              Horses            2
    Another Family
    Blas Lecham                                     (Braise LeJeune)
    Catarina, his wife                                (Ana Quintero)
         children:
          Bautista, 32 years
              Celestina, 7 years
         property:
         Cattle                15
    Another Family
    Jose Girudt                                          (Girout)
    Celestina Ernibesom, his wife                 (Celeste Robinson)
         children:
          Jose, 4 years
              Marcela, 3 years
         property:
         Cattle               80
             Horses            3
    Another Family
    Selome Ducer                                     (Anselme Doucet)
    Angela Blesd, his wife                           (Marie Angela LeJeune)
    Francisco, his son, one year
         property:
              Cattle       20
              Horses           1
    Another Family 
    Juan Eromdreque                               (John Aaron Drake, Sr. )
    Serafina Esmitt, his wife                      (Charity Smith)
         children:
              Maria Luysa, 14 years
     

    


    Servant Carlos, 32 years 
         property: 
              Cattle                     200
              Horses                       6
    Another Family 
    Juan Eromdreque                                      (John Aaron Drake, Jr.)
    Rosalia Apser, his wife                               (Rosalie Absher)
         children: 
              Francisco, 6 years 
              Erom, 5 years                                 (Aaron, III)
              Ricardo, 4 years 
              Serafina, 3 years 
             Juan, one year and 6 months 
             Maria, 11 months 
    Servant, Cirildo Lamdrey
    Another Family 
    Santiago Meglasam                                   (Jacob
McGlothin/McLaughlin)
    Maria Manta, his wife                                (Mary Thompson)
         children: 
              Ana, 10 years 
              Beatris, 6 years 
              Matilde, 4 years 
              Francisco, 3 years
              Antonio, 2 years
    Note
    - that the families of Pedro Fruched (Fruge-) and Francisco Mercantel, who
were 
      here, were forced by me to return to the place they came from because I
noticed 
      that they conducted themselves very badly.
    - that Daniel Boom and his family are enroute to San Antonio de Bejar with a
petition
      to settle there.
    Camp at Orcoquisac, November 1, 1807
                                                                       s/
Geronimo de Herrera
    *The 1828 Census of Nacogdoches (Town Proper), Texas, gives her name as
'~esponete. " See TRANSLATIONS
    OF STATISTICAL & CENSUS REPORTS OF TEXAS.~. (3 reels, San Antonio: Institute
of Texan Culture, 1979),
    Reel 2, frame 905.
    **It is he for whom Lake Charles is named.