First settlers of the City of New Orleans. Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Submitted by Frances Ball Turner January 1998 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. Source: History of Louisiana, by Chambers Vol. I, pg. 111 Chapter: New Orleans Founded "It is always interesting to note the name of the pioneers or earliest inhabitants of a city that afterwards becomes great in populatino and commerce. From a list published in French's Historical Collection of Louisiana we give the following as among the first dwellers in the Cresent City. Bienville D'Artaguette Dubourg Dubreuil Lazon Trepanier Leblanc Roguet Carriere Dasfeild Trudeau Delassus Chavannes St. Reyne Caron Touyadon Deblanc Pascal Tisserant Demorand Montauban De Pauger Michel Lenormand La Freniere Fleurian Moreau Langlois Delery Morriset Rivaro DeMandeville Vendome Dreux Brusle Malot Perricault Le Page Framcois Chauvin St. Hilaire Drillant Duval Goublaye Barrason Rosar Sarazin Blainville Dupuy Vitre Robert St. Martin Lecourt Gourbin Dalby Poupart Cardenal Villere Tisne Bigaut Provenche Roger Dalcour Ganurit Deslatte Laurent Pelerin Belair Carpentier Kolly Bourbeau Bretonne Schmidt Thomasson Grandjean Bompart Benac Montagu Alexandre De Mezieres Pierre DeMerveilleux Chantilly Livaudais La Vigne Aufrere Le Duc Tongidy Ozanne Poussin Liberte Rivardi Gautier Andoni Ringal Rondeau Jassande Love Duplessis De Villiers Masson Bresetout Rose La Coste Ducreaux Hammont Belvine Blache Perot Lacost Brosset Laveuf Toutin Dufres Perrier Labbe Rouget Menard Chesnier Toussaint La Fontaine Lemanselier Carner Sautier Amelin Dansnille Rocher Bignot Bonner Menerolle De Baumme Bailley Durantye St. Jean Bourdon Goulay Raymont Gardere Bernard Laville Borduzat Ducas Porier Merin Francoeur Petit Lanier La France Brunet Lambert Forestier Bonaventure Marcheterre Senet Jolicoeur Chevos Postillo Gindon Foucher Dezier Raguet Courtablon Soubagniere Didier Bourgaignon La Riviere Geleseau Barre Soyer Grace Vincent Soissons Journal Fournier Mesnard Carlos Laurent Begnet Paul Gentilhomme Comtois Dauphin Avette Manceau Mesmer Christine Saulnier Gaillard Laclef La Forge Pigney Soutz"