Montpelier Inn Book, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana File submitted by Mrs. Inez Bridges Tate and prepared by D.N. Pardue ************************************************ 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. From publication "Old Montpelier, 1804, New Montpelier, 1904" compiled by Inez B. Tate and published by St. Helena Historical Association, 1993. Reprinted with permission. The LSU Archives contains a book which lists the transactions at an Inn in Montpelier during the time frame of 1819 to 1821. The book does not say who ran the Inn but 410 names are listed as having brought supplies, obtained lodging or payed tolls on the toll road. Many names appear more than once therefore the following list shows only the earliest date that the name appears. Sep. 1820 William Aburthnot June 1820 Britton Addison May 1821 Zacheus Aills Apr. 1820 Joseph Alderdice May 1820 James Allen Nov. 1819 Abraham Anderson Apr. 1820 Charles Anderson June 1819 Henry Arnold June 1819 John Arthur July 1821 George Athey Dec. 1819 James Bailey Mar. 1820 Howel Bankston Nov. 1821 John Bates Feb. 1820 Uriah Beason July 1821 Ruben Beavers June 1819 John Bell July 1819 Capt. John Bell Jan. 1820 Ralph Bell June 1819 William W. Bell June 1819 William Bell, Jr. Aug. 1819 William Bellew Apr. 1820 Reuben Bennett Nov. 1819 James Birch Oct. 1821 Josiah Bluford Feb. 1820 James Blunt June 1820 W. Bodan Aug. 1820 George Boley Feb. 1820 Alexander Bookter Sep. 1820 Issac Bowman Feb. 1820 David Bradford Aug. 1820 James Bradford May 1821 Ebenezer Bradway Dec. 1819 Avery Breed Sep. 1820 John Breed June 1819 Charles Bristow Dec. 1820 John Brooks Sep. 1819 John Brown June 1819 Joseph Brown Nov. 1819 James Brinkley Oct. 1819 B. Bruner June 1819 Robert Bryan June 1820 Chars. Bushnell Aug. 1819 James Burney Oct. 1819 William Burney Jan. 1820 Jacob Burton Sep. 1819 Thomas Butler Mar. 1820 Charles Bushnell Oct. 1820 Wilson Cage Oct. 1819 James Caldwell May 1821 Moses Calphin? Feb. 1821 Thomas Carson Feb. 1821 Jacob Carter Feb. 1821 Richard Carter June 1821 Henry Cassiday? Oct. 1819 Mr. Chappel Nov. 1819 William Chance Dec. 1819 Elijah Clark July 1819 Thomas Clayton July 1821 Chas. Clinton Dec. 1819 Alen? Coatney Oct. 1820 Cooper (Ford) June 1820 Hugh Cooper May 1821 John Core July 1819 Charles S. Cosby Oct. 1819 Henry Cotrair Dec. 1821 David Cowen Oct. 1820 Sarah Cox Apr. 1820 A.D. Crane Oct. 1821 Lorin Crane July 1819 O.D. Crane Sep. 1819 O.L. Crane June 1821 John A. Crawford Nov. 1819 Malachi Crier Apr. 1821 William Crier Mar. 1820 William Critendon Dec. 1820 Elias Crocket Oct. 1820 William Cunningham Sep. 1819 Samuel Curtis July 1820 William Davis Apr. 1820 Ann Day July 1819 William Dennis Sep. 1820 Josaih ? Driggers Feb. 1821 Michael Duffy May 1820 Thomas Duke Nov. 1820 Joseph Dunbar July 1819 Robert Duncan Sep. 1819 Roger Dunn Feb. 1820 Dennis Dykes Feb. 1821 Henry Dykes Oct. 1820 Thomas Dykes June 1819 John Eagin Nov. 1821 Druery Easley Feb. 1821 Robert Easly Aug. 1821 G. Efferson Nov. 1820 C. Eldridge July 1821 Chester Eldridge Apr. 1820 Sarah Ellis Dec. 1819 William Elsey July 1819 Philip Emde? Mar. 1820 Thomas Fail Oct. 1821 Thomas Fenroday ? Mar. 1820 Edward Fitz Henry (Fitzhenry) Jan. 1821 William Flemming Feb. 1821 Benjamin Flint Apr. 1820 Robert Fluker Feb. 1821 Jacob Ford Oct. 1820 Saml. Ford (Cooper) Apr. 1820 Samuel Foremans July 1819 Benjamin Fortner Sep. 1820 Henry Franklin Oct. 1819 Ralph Franklin June 1819 David Gaines Feb. 1820 Hannah Gainey June 1820 James Galloway Nov. 1821 Moses Galsein June 1820 Polly Garrett Oct. 1819 Freeman George June 1819 John George Aug. 1819 Joseph George Nov. 1821 Nicholas George June 1819 William George Apr. 1820 William Gibbins (Gibbons) July 1820 Joseph Gibson Aug. 1821 David Gillespie Mar. 1820 John Glascock July 1820 Edmund Goodwin June 1819 Edward Gorman Mar. 1820 Philip A. Gray Nov. 1821 Willis Grimmage Feb. 1819 Aaron Grinage Nov. 1819 John Gustavis ? Nov. 1820 Richd. Hagan Apr. 1820 Britian Hall July 1820 Henry Hall Jan. 1820 P. Halpen Dec. 1819 Thomas Harrell June 1819 James Harris Aug. 1820 James Harvey Oct. 1821 John Hayden July 1820 Mr. Hearl ? July 1820 Nathaniel Hedson ? Feb. 1820 Richard Heide ? May 1820 Nathan Hemenway Dec. 1819 William Henderson Feb. 1820 William Heyden Aug. 1819 James Higginbotham Nov. 1821 Mrs. Lydia Highland Oct. 1819 Nicholas Highland Mar. 1820 L. Hilborn? Nov. 1821 William Hoff June 1819 Jonathan Holden Nov. 1819 Robert Holloway Sep. 1820 John Houeye June 1820 John Houghy July 1820 Jesse Howard Mar. 1820 Charles B. Howel June 1820 William Howell Nov. 1820 William Huff Feb. 1820 Charles Hughs June 1820 James Hughs May 1820 John Hughs June 1821 Wm. or Mrs. Hughs Oct. 1820 Saml. Hunter June 1819 Benjn. Hutchinson May 1821 Peter Hutchinson, Jr. Oct. 1821 O.R. Ingram Aug. 1819 Oliver Ingram June 1819 Peter Jenkins Aug. 1819 Elias Johnson Jan. 1821 John Johnson June 1819 Joseph Johnson June 1819 D.J. Johnston Aug. 1819 D.G. Johnston Nov. 1820 Abraham Jones Sep. 1819 James Jones Nov. 1819 William Keller Oct. 1820 Caleb Kemp Oct. 1820 Elizabeth Kemp June 1819 David Kemp June 1819 Dempsey Kemp June 1819 Hillery Kemp Mar. 1820 Issac Kemp Sep. 1820 Margaret Kemp July 1820 Peggy Kemp July 1821 K. ? Kendrick Aug. 1819 Thomas Kennedy Nov. 1821 William Kenowlin ? Nov. 1819 Joshua Kid (Kidd) Aug. 1819 George Killion Sep. 1820 George Killion, Jr. Mar. 1820 Joseph Killion July 1820 A.W. Kinchen May 1820 Asa W. Kinchen Feb. 1820 Henry Kinchen Feb. 1821 John Kinchen & Brs. Feb. 1820 Mathew Kinchen June 1819 William Kinchen Dec. 1819 Kirkland, Esq. Nov. 1819 Robert Kirkland Sep. 1821 Martin Lacy Aug. 1820 Benj. Lanier June 1819 Andrew Lathrop Feb. 1820 Joshua L. Launders June 1819 William Laurence Oct. 1820 John Laverty Mar. 1820 P.K. Lawrence June 1819 Jefferson Lea July 1819 Henry Leach June 1819 Samuel Lewis Feb. 1821 William Lewis Apr. 1821 James Lilley Apr. 1821 Maria Lilley Jan. 1820 Thomas Lloyd Feb. 1820 Jonathan Long July 1819 James Lovin? Nov. 1819 James Lovins Sep. 1819 August Lowd ? June 1820 Gerrett Lyster Sep. 1820 Wm. Lyster June 1819 Jesse Maines Jan. 1820 William Marshal Oct. 1819 John McClendon Sep. 1820 Hugh MClelland July 1820 Thomas McClung June 1820 Edmund McGhee Nov. 1819 Giles McKie June 1819 James McKie Dec. 1819 Kenneth McKie Oct. 1819 Thomas McKie Oct. 1821 Edieth McKinney Mar. 1820 William McLuskey Jan. 1820 Jesse McMahein (McMahan) Nov. 1819 George McMichael (Michmichael) Dec. 1821 James McPherson Jan. 1821 Sharwood Melton Apr. 1821 Sebastian Miers (Myers) Dec. 1819 Laurence Miller Aug. 1820 Saml. Miller May 1820 Joseph Miley Oct. 1821 Hugh Montgomery May 1821 Wm. Monoi ? June 1819 L.H. Moore July 1819 Ruben Moore Aug. 1820 James Morgan Aug. 1820 Brother to James Morgan Dec. 1821 William Morgan June 1821 William Morrow June 1820 John Mosley July 1820 Michael Moss Aug. 1819 Abraham Mourning Mar. 1820 G. Myers Oct. 1819 John Nabors Dec. 1820 Jordan Nettles Jan. 1820 William Newsom June 1819 William Nolin Oct. 1819 William Norton Feb. 1821 Richard Ogg June 1821 Mr. Orme ? Oct. 1821 William Orm June 1819 George Packwood Aug. 1819 Wison Page Dec. 1819 Alexander Painter Feb. 1820 William Pardel Dec. 1820 George A. Patillo Sep. 1821 Penniston (Lawer) Aug. 1820 Nathanil Perkins May 1820 Reese Perkins Dec. 1819 Ezikiel Philips June 1819 Jason Plant Oct. 1820 Mary Plant Sep. 1819 Abraham Plumley Feb. 1821 W. Poskie Sep. 1819 Andrew K. Pouse Feb. 1820 Cader Raley ? Apr. 1820 Rankins Oct. 1819 Jacob Reams Oct. 1819 William Redden Sep. 1820 George Redding Aug. 1821 William Redman May 1820 James Raudee ? Dec. 1820 Samuel Reynolds Nov. 1819 George Richardson June 1819 Samuel Richardson Oct. 1819 Ebenezer Richmond July 1819 Edward Roberson June 1819 Hezekiah Roberson Dec. 1819 Duncan Robert Sep. 1819 Edwr. ? Robson June 1820 James Roddy Dec. 1821 David Ross ? Nov. 1821 Sam. Runnels Apr. 1820 David G. Salisbury July 1819 John R. Salisbury June 1820 Joshua Sanders June 1820 Thomas Sanderson June 1820 Bartholomew Satton (Settoon) July 1819 James Satton (Settoon) Mar. 1820 William Scott Aug. 1819 Elijah Selser Nov. 1819 John Selsere July 1819 Samuel Settoon Nov. 1821 William Shurboard Feb. 1820 John Sims (Simms) Feb. 1820 R. Singleton July 1819 Henry Sipple Nov. 1819 Fulwar Skipwith June 1819 Michael Smelser Aug. 1819 Jacob Smith July 1821 James P. Smith Nov. 1819 Martha Smith Oct. 1819 Mrs. Patsy Smith Sep. 1819 John Smylie Dec. 1819 Dvd. ? John Smylie June 1821 James Spencer June 1819 Blasingaim Spiller Oct. 1820 Elizabeth Spiller Apr. 1821 Jerry Spiller June 1819 Macajah Spiller Oct. 1820 Prudence (Spiller) Jan. 1821 William Stampley Sep. 1819 Frederick Starns June 1819 James Starns Aug. 1819 Samuel Starns June 1819 William Starns Nov. 1819 Gideon Starkey Mar. 1820 W. Stephenson Jan. 1821 Charles Stewart Dec. 1820 Elijah Stewart Sep. 1820 Mathew Stewart May 1821 Wm. Stewart June 1819 Michael L. Stilley Aug. 1819 Phebe Stinson Mar. 1820 John Strahan Oct. 1821 Cade Strickland Nov. 1820 Francis Strother Nov. 1820 WIlliam Strother Aug. 1820 James Sullivan July 1821 John Sullivan Nov. 1820 Thomas Sullivan Oct. 1819 Mr. Thompson Mar. 1820 Minor Tines June 1819 Caswell T. Todd Nov. 1819 Benjamin Toney Feb. 1821 Patrick Tool June 1819 Absalom Trailor Aug. 1820 Zelotus Tucker Aug. 1820 James Vaughn Sep. 1819 Stanley Veers June 1819 Joseph Venice Nov. 1819 Jesse Vick Oct. 1820 Hugh Vincent July 1820 Richard Wade Nov. 1819 Old Mr. Wadkins Feb. 1821 Thomas Wainwright Oct. 1820 Elisha Waller June 1820 John Warton July 1819 Joseph Watson July 1819 Thomas Watson Apr. 1820 William Watson July 1820 Willis Watson July 1821 John Wax Sep. 1821 William Webb Nov. 1821 James Weeks Dec. 1821 Thomas Welch June 1819 Person Wells Apr. 1820 William Wells Mar. 1821 James West July 1819 Westmoreland June 1820 Hezkiah Wheat Nov. 1820 Aaron Wheaton July 1821 Amos White June 1821 Joseph White Mar. 1820 Moses White Aug. 1820 John Whitting Nov. 1819 Ralph Wilburn June 1819 John B. Wilkes Mar. 1820 Doctor Williams May 1821 Hezk. Williams Oct. 1820 Kindrid Williams June 1819 Merryman Williams July 1819 Young Williams Nov. 1820 John Wilson Feb. 1820 Thomas Wilson Dec. 1819 John Witten July 1819 William Wolverton June 1820 Abner Womac Sep. 1819 Robert Womack Jan. 1820 William Womack Sep. 1819 Abishei ? Woodward June 1819 Lewis Woolf (Wolf) Dec. 1821 John Wright Dec. 1820 Jupiter York June 1819 Wiley Young June 1819 Joshua Youngblood Oct. 1820 Issac Zachary Dec. 1821 Thomas Zachary ***********