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| Birth: | 1756 in ACADIA, CANADA |
| Death: | 14 Apr 1811 in ST.MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA (AT THE AGE OF 55 YEARS OLD) ST. MARTIN DE TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORD (VOL. 4--#686) |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Simon LeBlanc b. 1725 in ACADIE, CANADA |
| Mother: | Catherine Louise Thibodeaux b. 1725 in ACADIA, CANADA |
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| LDS Confirmation: (RT4P-0S) |
| Military Service: 1792 MILITIA OF ATTAKAPAS |
| Nationality: CREOLE |
| Religion: CATHOLIC |
| Namesake: Comme Le Blanc, Come Le Blanc, Cosme Le Blanc, and Cosmo Le Blanc |
| Reference: 31 |
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| Elizabeth (Isabelle) Broussard (Wife) b. Bet 1760 and 1763 in HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
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| Marriage: | 13 JUL 1781 in ST. MARTINVILLE, LOUISIANA, (ST. MARTIN COURT HOUSE: # OA-2-83) |
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 Marguerite LeBlanc b. 4 Jun 1782 in ST.MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Agricole I LeBlanc b. Feb 1786 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ATTAKAPAS, LOUISIANA
- Theophile LeBlanc b. 11 Oct 1788 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA, (ST. MARTIN DE TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORD (VOL. 4--# 336)
 Moise LeBlanc b. 24 Mar 1791 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Frederic LeBlanc b. 1793 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Adelaide LeBlanc b. 1794 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Aspasie LeBlanc b. 1796 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Alexis LeBlanc b. 6 Jan 1797 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Anastasie LeBlanc b. 14 Apr 1798 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Frederic LeBlanc b. 1800 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
- Onesime LeBlanc b. 1801 in ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA
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Individual:
Comme Le Blanc is listed on a MILITIA OF ATTAKAPAS CENSUS RECORD, in the year of
AUGUST 6, 1792, age of 30, NATIONALITY IS CREOLE.
ATTAKAPAS 1785 MILITIA LIST
Le Cher. De Clouet, "Status of the Militia
Company (of the Attakapas?),"
Attakapas District
(This Militia list was forwarded from Seville, Spain, by Dr. Jack
D. L. Holmes to Winston De Ville. Dr. Holmes is a Fulbright sch-
olar now doing research in the Spanish archives is Seville. The
list is reproduced with the permission of Dr. Holmes and Mr. De
Ville.)
OFFICERS ANSPESADE
Jaques Sorel Lt. Maturin Hebert
Jean Bta. Grevembert Nicolas Prevot
Louis Armant Ducret? Jean Guillebeaux
Jean Huval
SERGEANTS CORPORALS
Jaques Fostain Joseph Babin
Pierre Broussard Jean Louis Romain ?
Joseph Carlin ? Marin Prejean
Joseph Landry Guilliome Labonde ?
SOLDIERS SOLDIERS
Baptiste D'huon Ollivier Landry
Ollivier Melanson Jean (word cut off)
Pierre Grelod Louis Vlain
Simon Picard Jean Mercier
Boullerir Jean Daltaix ?
Francois Beguenaux Joseph Castilles
Pierre Poirir Francois Moreaux
Jean Doucet Joseph Hoinbre
Simon Broussard Jean Dugas
Francois Heval Francois Prevot
Bhertheleme Grevembert Francois Guillebeau
Paul Bonair (N) Armant Landry
Silvin Broussard Joseph Doucet
Baptiste Labauve Claude Broussard
Hiacinte Chits Charless D'huon
Baptiste Prevot Jean Baptiste Senier
Martin Soudrie (Sonier)
Francois Piadieu Charles Prejean
Joseph Prevot Charles Guillebeau
Joseph Hebert Francois Broussard
Francois Decuir Anselme Thibeaudo
Joseph Pradieu Michel Doucet
Antoine Bonain Joseph Broussard
Joseph Vilses Paul Trahans
Jean Pierre Decuir Renet Le Blanc
Antoine Barn ? (Bara) Anthanasse Trahans
Baptiste Lalonde Carlin Fils
Antoine Ratin Joseph Prevot
Claude D'huon Amant Thibodo
Renet Broussard Augustin Broussard
Dominique Basille? Basil Landry
Pierre Dugas Amant Broussard
Simon Le Blanc Pierre Gualliard
Michel Bernard (Gaillard)
Jean Mouton Victor Blanchard
Efresne Robichos Marin Mouton
Philipe Vilses Francois Louviere
Antoine Lanclos Joseph Prejean
Francois Le Leux Simon Mire
Jean Charles Hebert Joseph Richard
Firmin Breaux Firmin Girouard
Louis Prevot Louis Hebert
Jean Mouton Jean Toucheke
Come Le Blanc George Toucheke
Amant Dugas Jean Laviolette
Pierre Prevot Louis Roger
Joseph Trahano Ferdinant Pradier
Dominque Melanson Theodor Bergeron
Bernard Prevot Jean Charles Benoit
Jean Broussard Francois Lambert
Amant Martin Frederic Mouton
Joseph Prince Antoine Nezat
Joseph Bonain Theodor Thibado
Pierre Lapointe Andre Prejean
Jean Melanson Antoine Nezat (sic)
Jaques Dore ? Paul Roquiny
Jean Louis Picard? Pierre Nesat
Jean Louis Champagne Jean Louis Hebert
Jean Antoine Champagne OFFICERS---------- 3
Philipe Dore SERGEANTS------ 4
Pierre Champagne CORPORALS------ 4
Joseph Babineau ANSPESSADE---- 4
Paul Thibodo SOLDIERS------ 126
Rae Thibodo TOTALS-- 141
Michel Bernard Attakapas 2 Aug 1785
Michel Broussard Le Cher. de Clouet
Joseph Landry (Rubrica)
Theodord Broussard
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NOTE: The word "CREOLE" in the foregoing census as applied to nationality
seems to indicate persons of French ancestry, who were born in Louisiana, while
"ACADIAN" seems to indicate older individuals who were born in Nova Scotia.
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(Harrison Leon Thomas Sr.)
Opelousas and Attakapas
In order that we may better understand those ancestors who came from south-west
Louisiana it is necessary to give a short historical account of that area.
First, new settlers to Louisiana wanted to find new homes where the advantages
of a large city with its ports and other facilities made life easier. Thus, the
newcomers settled in New Orleans or along the Mississippi River, the German
Coast, Baton Rouge, and Point Coupee.
Additionally, there was a reluctance to move west because of reports that the
Attakapas Indians and related tribes practiced cannibalism. Some reports
indicated only a ritualistic use of this practice while others indicated a
constant and frequent use of human flesh. The truth probably lies somewhere in
the middle.
Certainly white hunters, and traders experienced little difficulty with these
Indian tribes who eagerly traded with such men as Le Kintrek, Blaupain,
Courtableau, and Andre Masse.
Although a few brave pioneers ventured to settle in the area, it was not until a
French plan to stretch a chain of forts along the frontier of "Old Mexico" was
executed in 1763 did real colonization begin. Good land along the Mississippi
River was scarce and the growing cities along its course created a greater
demand for food.
Southwest Louisiana promised good grazing land for "bOtes a cornes, "betes
cavaline and moutons" (horned animals, horses, and sheep.)
The area produced indigo, tobacco, rice, corn and sweet potatoes. Fishing was
also abundant.
The original posts for Opelousas and Attakapas cannot be located but probably
existed on or near the present locations of the cities of Opelousas and St.
Martinville. The establishment of the posts occurred in 1763, the same year when
the Treaty of Fountainbleu ceded the Louisiana Territory to Spain.
Spain took over the government of New Orleans and east Louisiana in 1765 and
that of southwest Louisiana in 1769, but continued to use French colonials to
govern the latter territory.
The Spanish were less "laissez fair" than the French and immediately began to
organize the administration of the territory and to maintain records.
Recensements (censuses) were taken in Opelousas and Attakapas in 1769 and 1771.
The census count of 1769 showed 197 white inhabitants in Opelousas. Two year
later, the count was 247.
Opelousas, in 1771, showed a count of 92 white males over 14 years of age and 48
white women, 55 boys below the age of 15 and 52 girls of like ages. There were
68 Negro males of all ages, 41 Negro females of all ages, 12 mulattoes and 11
mulatresses of all ages. Only six Indians were counted. Two families of free
mulattos are listed but not identified by name.
Attakapas counted 77 adult white men, 56 adult white women, 31 white boys, 33
white girls, 28 Negroes, 18 Negresses and only one mulatto. No free Negroes or
people of color are listed.
By 1792 there were 26 free Negro males in Opelousas and 39 at Attakapas.
Another difference in the populations of the two outposts was that Attakapas was
predominantly Acadian while Opelousas was overwhelmingly Creole.
The boundaries between the two posts seen to have fluctuated. The Prairie Basse
where Sam Fusilier had his land was variously listed as an outpost of Opelousas
and as being in Attakapas. Records for many citizens of both villages are found
in the papers of Attakapas as well as in those of Opelousas. Any researchers
must think of the region as an entity or he will miss vital information.
There were periods of time when these outposts were without a priest and vital
ceremonies could not be held. Baptisms and marriages could be postponed or
engaged in without benefit of clergy. Some rites were blessed later and thus
recorded. Many continued without benefit of clergy and were not entered into the
records. Burials could not be delayed and thus left no accounts.
Of significance to our story is the account by Winston De Ville in Opelousas:
A group in Opelousas' population, which has maintained its individuality, is the
"free people of color". Unlike the "gens de couleur libres" of New Orleans, many
of whom had migrated from the West Indies, these people in Opelousas were
ex-slaves set free by grateful masters or mulattoes descended from mixed
marriages and declared free by a white father. Also, a former slave often
purchased a relative and gave him his freedom. ...
The "people of color" in Opelousas enjoyed almost as much freedom as did the
Europeans. They sued and were sued in court. They were, in some cases, buried in
the parish cemetery, and were sometimes styled "mister" (Sieur) in official
records. They were a distinct component in the post's economic development, many
being skilled in specialized tasks.
Almost all were at least as financially affluent as the average white men of the
post. Of sixty-one extant marriage contracts drawn at the Opelousas Post between
1766 and 1803, the amount of property owned by the five free Negro couples who
contracted marriage compared favorably with the assets of the Europeans or
Creoles. The value of property owned by the black group was consistently above
that owned by the Acadian population. In fact, the man and woman owning the most
property, in total worth, were free people of color.
Educational opportunities at the posts were virtually non-existent. Very wealthy
people, of whom there were few, hired tutors for their children. The rest of the
people and their offsprings were illiterate. There were no schools or libraries
and even the most affluent seldom had books.
The only education provided was the learning of a trade through apprenticeship
in various trades necessary for survival in a wilderness outpost.
Even people who were literate when they came to western Louisiana seldom passed
their learning to the offsprings. De Ville states:
Although there are no tabulations to guide the researcher, a survey of one
typical record group shows that the literacy rate between 1766 and 1803 was
higher among the English settlers than the French Colonists and that the
Acadians had a lower literacy rate than any other white group. With available
records it is impossible to determine accurately the percentage of literacy
among free people of color, but an estimate indicates that the rate was high,
probably higher than among the Acadians.
Although the Original St. Landry Acts and the Original Acts of Ataquapas provide
many insights to the area, much more information exist in the Cuban papers which
are the Spanish records of Louisiana. After Spain re-ceded the area to France,
the records were transferred to Seville and Cuba. Most of these records have not
been microfilmed or translated, but they exist in Seville.
A few legajos may be found in the Library of Congress or university holdings.
Each legajo contains thousands of documents. They are written in French, Spanish
and, in rare circumstances, in English.
I must acknowledge the assistance of Mr. Al Martin of Pasadena in the
translation of many of these documents.
I also must acknowledge and thank my son, Roland Anthony Dumas, Ph.D. for
entering the multitude of data into his computer, enduring the myriad
corrections and changes and providing me with a clean copy of this record for
reproduction.
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- Title: Southwest Louisiana Church and Civil Records (1811-1830) Volume II--------
Text: Le Blanc, Come of Acadie (d. 14 April 1811 at age 55 yrs.) (SM Ch. : Vol. 4 Page #686)----------Le Blanc, Come (m. Isabelle Broussard, In death record of Isabelle Broussard dated 1813) (SM Ch. : Vol
. 4, Page #836)----------Le Blanc, Mrs. Come (Succ. dated 22 Oct. 1813) (SM Court House: Succ. #144)
- Title: Attakapas 1785 Militia List -- Le Cher. De Clouet, "Status of the Militia Company (of the Attakapas?)," Attakapas District--------
Text: (This Militia list was forwarded from Seville, Spain by Dr. Jack D. L. Holmes to Winston De Ville. Dr. Holmes is a Fulbright scholar now doing research in the Spanish archives in Seville. The list i
s reproduced with the permission of Dr. Holmes and Mr. De Ville.)--------------------Comme Le Blanc-------------------
- Title: Genealogical Register Volume IX, Number 3 -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Louisiana Colonial Milita List -- Attakapas District -- August 6, 1792 Census--
Text: In the Attakapas Militia group it will be noted that an August 6, 1792 Census has been included, which will not be found in the SAR Spanish Records. This Census of the Attakapas Militia was found i
n Orginal Records, St. Martin Parish, St. Martinville, Louisiana, in Book 14, entry 142, during July of 1961, by Louis Cemar Landry, Jr. While this Militia Census is not dated a summary, which follows closely in the book, carries date of August 6, 1792. Comparing the age given in this list with other data definitely established that the list was prepared in 1792.--------------August 6, 1792 Census-----------186. Comme Le Blanc (Nationality--Creole -- Age 30)
- SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CHURCH AND CIVIL RECORD--LeBlanc, Comme - of Acadie (Simon & Catherine Thibaudot) m. contract dated: 13 July 1781 Isabelle Broussard, of Acadie (Athanas & Anne Bourgeois)-(SM Ct
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