Joseph Louis Barbeau dit Boisdore

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 17 2018, 16:55:38 UTC

" Luis must have re-married, as after his death in 1788, his widow Marguerite Doussin petitioned both the Spanish and American for confirmation of the Boisdore claim.

The same Luis was probably a militiaman in New Orleans in 1770 (From Robichaux, 1973:12). In a document dated 12 September 1770 we read of the Four Companies of militia of New Orleans. Fusiliers (Fourth Company) and that Luis Boisdore lived in House no. 11, Rear of City: Louis Boisdore. Total 324 signed by O’Reilly.

On December 31, 1779, Luis Boisdore is mentioned as city steward in New Orleans (Kuntz Collection, Tulane 1981). [1]

Free people of color who were a part of the Barbeau dit Boisdore family history in the majority later took Boisdore as their surname. All of the Louis's slaves upon manumission took "Boisdore" as their surname and for their children.

Note: When Louis filed to prove "purity of blood" along with his wife to be, he used "Barbeau dit Boisdore." Yet, all his slave document signatures are written as "Louis Boisdore."Baraboo-1 15:50, 20 September 2016 (EDT)

Note: The majority of Louis Barbeau's Spanish records have transcribed Boisdore as his last name. Louis was educated and thus could read and write both French and Spanish. He had signed his last name both as Barbeau and Boisdore depending on whether it was a Spanish or French record.

Note: The United States Supreme court case was filled as Boisdore and represented a challenge to the United States to honor a given Spanish land grant for his military and loyal performance.

Note: Death 1808 .. estimated from the US Supreme Court Document. [3]

Note: Other Occupations: Farmer, Cattle Rancher, Soldier, Businessman, Slave Owner-Seller, Land-Plantation Owner.

Note : More then 50 slave sources can be found listing sales, purchases and manumissions made by Louis Boisdore.

Note: One significant source lists " Adelaide " and her manumission as well as her son's Francois. Both son and mother added Boisdore as their surnames even though Francois was fathered by Dubuisson. Francois Boisdore 1779-1859 goes on to establish a significant Boisdore family line in Louisiana. Baraboo-1 15:52, 20 September 2016 (EDT)

Witness: Marriage of Jean Antoine Barbeau Boisdoré & Françoise Veillon. Mar 22, 1762.

Witness, infant?s uncle: Baptism of Joseph Barbeau Boisdoré. Mar 28, 1765.

Witness: Marriage of Mathieu Morin & Marie Doussin. Apr 30, 1765.

Witness: Marriage of Pierre Guillaume Guignan & Marie-Anne Barry. May 6, 1766.

Witness: Baptism of Geneviève Boisdoré. Aug 27, 1772.

Witness: Baptism of Louise Boisdoré. Aug 27, 1772.

Witness: Baptism of Catherine Léonide Brisset. Sep 22, 1776.

Children

Jean-Baptiste Barbeau Boisdoré b: 29 JUL 1764 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 31 JUL 1764 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Saint Louis Cathedral

Marie Magdélaine Boisdoré b: ABT 1766

(Euphrosine) Marie Boisdoré b: ABT 1768 in LA, St Martin Parish (Attakapas Parish)

Félicité Boisdoré b: ABT 1770

(Elisabeth Brigette) Amélie Boisdoré b: 20 MAY 1773 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 31 MAY 1773 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral, 615 Père Antoine Alley 70116

(Jean) Vallerie Boisdoré b: 24 JUN 1775 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 10 DEC 1775 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral, 615 Père Antoine Alley 70116

Antoine Florence Boisdoré b: 1778 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 1778 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral, 615 Père Antoine Alley 70116

Marguerite Boisdoré b: 5 SEP 1781 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans c: 26 NOV 1781 in LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St Louis Cathedral, 615 Père Antoine Alley 70116

Rose Boisdoré b: ABT 1783

Mr Boisdoré b: ABT 1785

Mr Boisdoré b: ABT 1787

Note:

Mobile Cathedral Records, entry 641: "On 3 January 1731, I, a Recollect priest, Curé of Mobile in the absence of Father Mathias, Capuchin, baptized an infant who was given the name of Louis, the natural and legitimate son of Joseph Boisdoré dit Barbeau and Louise Bret, his parents. Godparents were Louis Assailly, who gave him his name, and Marie Therese Colomb, who signed with me on the day year as above." Father Victorin, Curé.

1st district, New Orleans, LA [1766 census]

Witness: Marriage of Pierre Guillaume Guignan, native of Bordea ux, St Colombe Parish, merchant in this city, m. Marie Anne Barr y. May 6, 1766.

USA Supreme Court Case This stems from a Spanish Land grant given to Louis Barbeau dit Boisdore and its validity in the United States.

" United States v. Boisdore's Heirs, 49 U.S. 8 How. 113 113 (1850)

Heirs of Don Louis Boisdore of New Orleans to Lewis Daniells for $1,690, land on Mulatto Bayou. Dated Sept. 9, 1826. Valery Nicholas of New Orleans appears as agent, substitute for Noel Jourdan. Full description of land, plus as bordering land of Francois Saucier, plus marsh lands in sections 2, 3, 35 and 36 [T and R not apparent, later identified as T9, R16, in suit on p. 7, below], and two islands, called Pea Island and Long Island. Includes appurtenances. Witnessed by Pray, signed by Nicholas. Deed later deposited with Sones, clerk of probate, as re-recording on June 28, 1853; he noted that it original was burned on morning of April 1, 1853. [NB: this is land that later was known as Clifton Plantation, and was sold to Andrew Jackson, Jr.] PAGE 4

Final decree in case of Lewis Daniells vs. Andrew Murphy and wife and other unknown heirs of Louis Boisdore, deceased. Judge declares for plaintiff, reciting history of Boisdore’s Spanish claim to large tract between Shieldsboro and Pearl River dating back to Sept. 14, 1824, which claim was reduced to 1,280 acres by US Supreme Court in 1850. [Copy of this court decision is available upon request.] Of the 1280 acres, Boisdore’s heirs had previously sold 676 and a fraction acre to Francois Saucier, leaving only 603 and a fraction to go to Daniells. Lands valued at $1.25 per acre. Judgment dated Aril 20, 1853. [21]

Military Service: Luis Boisdore (1762 New Orleans - ). H:169, Ensign, 1796, Distinguished Carabineer Militia of New Orleans, single. [22]

Joseph Boisdoré ( Joseph Louis Barbeau-Barbaud dit Boisdore) had undertaken a dangerous mission to the Choctaw Nation in 1779, and persuaded seventeen chiefs and 480 Choctaw warriors, who were said to represent the majority of their fellow braves, to come to New Orleans, where they ceremoniously exchanged their British patents, medals, and gorgets for Spanish ones with the likeness of Carlos III.

New Orleans Louisiana Properties

Monday, December 11th 1769 Record Source: Historical Document Volume: 6 Page: 1Record Type: auction sale Authority: Louisiana Historical Quarterly Authority Date: Not Given From: Louis Boisdore To: Pierre Deverges Brief Description: L.H.Q. 6/1/p. 159 Sale of house and lot. Auction at Duplessis judicial sale. Mme. Catherine Poupart, wife of Pierre Deverges, and Mme. Marguerite Doussains, wife of Louis Bosidoré agree to sale.

Friday, January 1st 1768 From: Duplessis To: Louis Boisdore Brief Description: Note: Reference for this statement is found in the previous transaction.[40]

Sources

• ↑ [(http://www.russguerin.com/history/hancock-county/early-history-hanc...)]
• ↑ [( https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coutume_de_Paris)]
• ↑ [(https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/86514/united-states-v-boisdor...)]
• ↑ [(Superior Council Records of the French Government in Louisiana from 1717 to 1763: Boisdore V-265 VI-495; VII-337; VIII-120, 492; XVIII-985; XSIV-250, 825, 1191 Boisdore Alias Barbau, Joseph XXIII-285; XXIV-248 Boisdore Alias Barbeau, Jean XXIII-907 Boisdore Alias Barbaux, Antoine XXIV-600 Boisdore Alias Barbouts, Joseph VIII-683 Boisdore, Barbeau XXIII-630, 632 Boisdore, Louis XXIV-250, 1215; XXV-541 Boisdore, Louise Bret VI-495 Boisdore, Marguerite Cotton XXIV-248Page: P9Page: P9-10Page: P213Page: P144Page: P29Page: P29Page: P37)]
• ↑ [(1st district, New Orleans, LA [1766 census] Witness: Marriage of Pierre Guillaume Guignan, native of Bordeaux, St Colombe Parish, merchant in this city, m. Marie- Anne Barry. May 6, 1766.Page: P117Page: P144)]
• ↑ [( 1. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 4 JAN 2016 Page: p214 [native of Mobile])]
• ↑ [( 2. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 4 JAN 2016 Page: p37)]
• ↑ [( 3. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 1 MAY 2015 Page: p9 [Joseph Barbo])]
• ↑ [( 4. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 4 JAN 2016 Page: p377 [Luis Boisdore])]
• ↑ [( 5. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 4 JAN 2016 Page: p214 [Luis Boisdore])]
• ↑ [( 6. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 1 MAY 2015 Page: p9 [surgeon & merchant])]
• ↑ [( 7. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 4 JAN 2016 Page: p28 [master surgeon])]
• ↑ [( 8. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 1 MAY 2015)]
• ↑ [( 9. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 4 JAN 2016)]
• ↑ [( 10. Type: Book Author: Huber, Leonard V Media: [book] Periodical: Creole Collage Publication: Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, Univ of Southwestern Louisiana, 1980)]
• ↑ [( 11. Type: Book Periodical: Arch. of New Orleans Sacr. Rec. Media: [book] Date: 1 MAY 2015 Page: p10)]
• ↑ [(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=beebeewoo...)]
• ↑ [( http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3318828&...)]
• ↑ [(https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/49/113/case.html)]
• ↑ [( https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/52/63/)]
• ↑ [(http://www.hancockcountyhistoricalsociety.com/reference/deed-book-A...)]
• ↑ [(Legajo 7292:X1:24.)]
• ↑ [(Gilbert C. Din (trans. and ed.), Louisiana in 1776: A Memoria of Francisco Bouligny, Vol. III, Louisiana Collection Series of Books and Documents on Colonial Louisiana (New Orleans, 1977), 65-67.)]
• ↑ [(Ibid., 68.)]
• ↑ [(J. Leitch Wright, Jr., Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in North America (Athens, 1971), 138.)]
• ↑ [( On early Spanish-Indian policy, see John Preston Moore, Revolt in Louisiana, the Spanish Occupation, 1766-1770 (Baton Rouge, 1976), 84- 102, 220-21)]
• ↑ [(Bibiano Torres Ramirez, Alejandro O’Reilly en las Indias (Sevilla, 1969), 146-49.)]
• ↑ [(Vicenta Cortés Alonso, Historia de los indios del sureste de los Estados Unidos durante la segunda mitad del siglo xviii, 3 vols. (Ph.D. diss., University of Madrid, 1956).)]
• ↑ [(Bernardo de Gálvez to Josef de Gálvez, no. 390, June 5, 1780, Archivo General de las Indias (hereinafter cited as AGI), Papeles procedentes de la Isla de Cuba thereinafter cited as PC), legajo 223-B.")]
• ↑ [(SPAIN~ LOUISIANA Patriots in its 1779 - 1783 WAR with ENGLAND During the AMERICAN Revolution Part Six SPANISH BORDERLAND STUDIES By Granville W. and N. C. Hough)]
• ↑ [(http://www.somosprimos.com/hough/louisiana.pdf )]
• ↑ [( Churchill’s book SAR Spanish Records, Spanish-English War, 1779-1783)]
• ↑ [( http://www.lassar.org/becoming-a-member.html)]
• ↑ [( http://www.lassar.org/uploads/3/4/3/4/34343076/churchill_pt_1_1-20.pdf)]
• ↑ [( http://www.lassar.org/uploads/3/4/3/4/34343076/churchill_pt_4_162-2...)]
• ↑ [( Galvez and Other Louisiana Patriots, by Leroy E. Willie (Louisiana Society SAR))]
• ↑ [( http://www.historynet.com/americas-spanish-savior-bernardo-de-galve...)]
• ↑ [( HONOR AND FIDELITY: The Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana Militia Companies, 1766-1821, Jack D.L. Holmes, The Louisiana Collection of Books and Documents on Colonial Louisiana, Birmingham, Alabama, 1965.)]
• ↑ [(LOUISIANA PATRIOTS 1776-1783, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street N.W. Washington D.C. 20006-5392, 1994.)]
• ↑ [(http://www.hnoc.org/vcs/property_info.php?lot=18661)]
• https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A25451/datastr...
• http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/louis-barbeau_15176858
• Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records (St Louis
• Church (Cathedral)), Parish Sacramental Registers (multiple volumes)
• http://www.artifacts.org/Luisiana.htm
• Louisiana Soldiers In The American Revolution, by Winston De Ville (Smith Books, Ville Platte LA, 1991)
• Settlers of Cabanocey and La Fourche in the Spanish Province of Louisiana during the American Revolution, by Winston De Ville (Smith Books, Ville Platte, LA, 1993)
• The Natchez District and the American Revolution, by Robert V. Haynes (1976)