Natchitoches Parish Slave Holders in 1862. Natchitoches Parish Louisiana. Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana The Southern Publishing Company, 1890 NOTE: Some of these also held slaves in Winn Parish also. Gregg Davies. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The 277 slave holders of Natchitoches in 1862 who paid taxes on ten or more slaves are named in the following list. Such names as: Gen. Bossier Ben Gagnie Dr. Normand These and other large owners of slaves in pioneer days do not occur in this list as they had passed away long years before while others took their slaves to Texas in 1862: Name No. of Slaves ------------------ ----------------- C. C. Anthony 29 Giles Berry 24 James Beasley 17 W. O. Breazeale 56 J. W. Butler 36 Breazeale Payne & Harrison 114 Mrs. M. N. Breazeale 12 F. G. Bartlett 44 Michael Boyce 84 J. P. Breda 21 J. D. Blair 51 J. J. Blair 45 Mrs. S. Bossier 10 M. C. Buckstone 15 Inil Brown 11 Mrs. L. A. Buard 57 J. L. Bullard 11 C. B. Baird 16 B. H. Baird 14 O. P. Blanchard 100 J. C. Brooks 25 T. D. Brown 24 A. W. Baird 36 J. R. Bosley 28 Hardy Bryant 170 E. S. Blackstone 13 Mary Brown 30 D. & W. W. Brown 80 J. R. Bosley 24 J. W. Brown 26 M. Bundanis 12 L. F. Bordelon 21 Hilaire Bordelon 11 J. G. Campbell 17 F. L. and M. F. Clanton 36 Joseph Clark 29 S. M. Cade 49 Etienne Chelletre 10 W. R. Cowser 10 N. D. Calhoun 107 W. S. Campbell & Co. 22 Emile Chevalier F. M. C. 10 Noel Condet F. M. C. 25 A. Chaler 14 Terence Chaler 66 P. O. Chaler 15 Jean Conant F. M. C. 10 Chopin & Benoit 42 Cockfield & Benoit 49 A. Carnahan 18 J. M. Compere 15 J. B. Cloutier estate 29 M. Carroll 28 J. M. Dixon 12 Widow Mary Dixon 11 A. Deblieux 11 L. Duplex 20 J. A. Ducournau 20 E. V. Deblieux 36 J. N. Deblieux 36 F. M. Dickerson 10 Widow E. B Daniel 20 Mrs L. F. Davis 27 Widow Adolphe Dupre 21 F. Derlouches 10 L. G. Derbonne 10 R. L.Duncan 16 E. Davion 10 J. H. Ellzey 10 William Ellzey 42 Joe Ezenack 9 T. J. Foster 18 E. B. Fleming 46 G. Fontenot 16 widow of Edward Frederic 22 Honori Frederic 13 Ben. Federic 11 Azenor Farson Sr. 10 W. D.Gooch 21 widow of Louis Gentry 27 widow of F. Gonin 18 George Gurney 26 Mrs. E. J. Gallien 10 L. A. & C. E. Greneaux 22 Dezzelin Gallion 16 Marco Givanovitch 128 Richard Grant 17 J. P. Grappe 25 T. T. Hollis 18 M. Henderson 16 J. F. Hendricks 11 Hypolite Hertzog 56 widow of Richard Hertzog 37 Joe Henry & Co. 56 R. E. Hammett 20 Matthew Hertzog 39 S. M. Hyams 62 E. L. Hyams estate 87 T. C. Hunt 29 W. F. Howell estate 23 Mrs. L. Hailey 10 Thomas Hunter 69 S. M. Hart 13 Widow J. B. T. Huppi 15 Emile Hertzog's heirs 18 Widow J. F. Hertzog 78 Henry Hertzog 51 Widow M. L. Hanrut 59 S. D. Harper 73 B. M. Hines 33 widow of H. Harville 18 A. G. Jordan 79 F. Johnson 16 Joseph Janin 40 B. F. Jones 12 W. S. Ketcheart 12 Jacob Kile 14 R. R. King 40 J. C. Leopold 10 Mrs. F. Lynch 14 J. S. Levy 8 John La Place 8 Ambroise Lecomte 233 (valued at $119,800 taxed $199.67) Mrs. Eugenie Lemee 68 Ursin Lambie 26 Mrs. Valsin Lambie 26 F. Lecomte 37 Gasparite Lacour 18 Benoist Lavispierre 15 Theodore de Lattin 18 Marcel Laplante 10 Finnin Lattier 22 F. B. Lee 14 H. M. N. McKnight 52 L. Marcy 14 L. Moreau 12 J. B. Moreau 16 William Matthews 16 Joseph and H. H. Martin 17 W. P. Morrow 17 J. L. McLaurin 52 Reine McFier 15 J. B. Marontini 11 Widow Louis Morin F. W. C. 10 Widow Alex Moreau 23 Jerome Messie 25 N. P. Metoyer F. M. C. 12 P. G. Metoyer 26 Widow J. B. Metoyer F. W. C. 18 Franqullen Metoyer F. M. C. 10 T. F. Metoyer F. M. C. 15 widow of August Metoyer F. W. C. 16 Widow of J. B. A. Metoyer F. W. C. 23 A. P. Metoyer F. M. C. 18 widow of Ben Metoyer 120 Benj. Metoyer 35 (twenty tree years before this Dr. Norman was a slave owner) Amelia Owings 29 Widow Lucy Oliver 14 D. A. W. Patterson 11 James E. Prothro 32 Joshua Prothro 28 Joseph E. Prothro 23 Achille Prudhomme 78 W. A. Ponder 25 A. W. Pearre 17 A. H. Pierson 31 S. C. Prothro 26 Charles Perot 14 Phanor Prudhomme 146 Adolphe Prudhomme 26 Theophite Prudhomme 22 J. B. Prudhomme 91 Narcisse Prudhomme 110 St. Ann Prudhomme 72 John Prudhomme 80 G. & E. Prudhomme 49 Neuville Prudhomme 51 Leetan Prudhomme 50 Isaac Plaisance 19 F. Plaisance 18 Omer Perot 11 John L. Perot 28 Cyriac Perot 23 L. Q. C. Puckett 13 C. J. C. Puckett 20 J. P. Packer 20 James B. Porter 19 Luke Poche 10 Watson Read 25 Francois Ronbieu 40 widow of Francois Ronbieu 46 L. B. Rachal 26 Victor Rachal 42 L. J. Rachal estate 20 (there were five free colored males and one free colored female of this name who owned two to five slaves each and there were thirty three tax payers of this name in the parish) J. B. O. Rouquier 13 W. B. Robinson 13 Widow C. N. Roques F. W. C. 10 Emile Rost 69 J. W. Roper 17 J. W. Reynolds 12 J. F. Scarborough 11 T. M. Smith 44 William Smith 23 Jerry Smith 19 C. E. Sompayrac 63 J. S. Stephens 12 Strong & Morse 30 A. H. Stathart 15 William Sprowl 15 W. B. Stewart 23 Jonathan Sprowl 11 A. B. Sompayrac 33 Damas St. Germain 10 A. Samptte 16 C. A. Sarpy (colored) 17 John B. Smith 43 J. F. St. Amans 15 C E. St. Amans 13 b. St. Amans 66 Jerome Sarpy Jr. (colored) 13 S. O. Scruggs 27 Edward Severin 12 Joseph SoLdini 15 S. S. Simmons 12 John Simms 77 Richard H. Turner. 10 Marcellin Tauzin 35 T. E. Tauzin 10 Strong Walcott & Morse 30 John N. Smith 162 Ambroise Sompayrac 100 Jules Sompayrac 33 J. E. Tanzin 11 J. M. B. Tucker 10 T. B. Turner 23 W. A. Tharp 22 Mrs. T. E. Tauzin 10 Severin Trichel 20 Leo Trichel 14 Lucien Trichel 16 J. B. Trezziur 14 H. v. Tessier 12 Gabriel Vienne 10 Adolphe Vienne 17 widow of Emile Vinne 10 G. W. Whitfield 10 Philip Wagley 10 G. S. Walmsley 46 H. P. Walsh 12 Warren William 18 widow of F. E. Williams 31 William Williams 10 Rawle Williams 19 E. Whitted 10 William Whitted 12 There were 11579 resident tax payers and 82 non resident tax payers in 1862. The non resident slave owners were: A. L. Abbott 17 Berry & Thompson 43 D. A. Blacksher 58 B. M. Braimer 19 W. M. Burns 34 John Carahnan 16 J. W. Foster 13 John Frazier 63 W. D. Gooche 23 T. B. Hale & J. R. Williams 14 John Jordan 67 John R. Jones 28 King & Blackher 17 J. L. Lewis & J. D. Harper 73 Morse & Butler 29 E. L. Patterson 19 J. B. Planche 81 G. W. Sotne & Cr. Johnson 21 J. T. Thorn 52 G. W. Thompson 36 William Wyche 35