Jean Baptiste Vicknair, St. James, Saint Helena and Livingston Parishes, Louisiana File prepared by D.N. Pardue ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ From the French Settlement Historical Register, published by the French Settlement Historical Society, French Settlement, Louisiana 70733. The LaGenWeb Archives thanks them for contributing this information. Vol. 5, December 1980 Originally submitted to the FSHR by Marietta Lambert. Today the tenth day of the month of January eighteen hundred twenty- four (10 January 1824) of the Independence of the United States of America and the forty-eighth year. Personally appeared, before me Augustin Dominique Tureaud Judge of the Court of the Parish of Saint James, Fifth Senatorial District in the State of Louisiana. Jean Baptiste Vicknair, son of David, Nicolas Vicknair, Jacque Vicknair and Simon Brignac, residing in the Parish of Saint Helena in this State, and confirming to the law, did declare to their knowledge, as a result of a grave illness, the Sieur Jean Baptiste Vicknair found himself suddenly seized with in the middle of the nite in the month of December last year, (1823) and died on the twenty nineth of said month on his habitation. This habitation being on the Amite River in this State, in a remote area with no Church Parish. He was buried in their presence on the habitation of Mr. Jean Louise Picou in the Parish of Saint Helena (now Livingston Parish) the following day December 30th. Having nothing more to declare the following witnesses in presence of Jacques Vicknair, brother of the deceased, Jean Baptiste Vicknair, Jean Pierre Victor and Dauphine Aime have signed with me. Niclas Vickner and Simon Brignac not knowing how to write have made their ordinary cross. Signed and subscribed before me the day and year written above. Signed A.D. Tureaud Parish Judge ************************** NOTE: This is another testimony giving us proof that the present French Settlement Cemetery was being used for burials in the early 1800's on the original land grant of Jean Louis Picou.