General Notes

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[Marshall.FTW]

"Nicolas (de) LaCour (1699-1761) departed from France 28 May 1720 on the ship "St Andre", and after arriving at Mobile, embarked again on the "Loire" 21 Aug 1720 for a ... trip up the Mississippi to the St Catherine concession...

...The census of 1726 also insicates that his wife was ith him, Penine Brette (1710-1761) had married him on 9 Nov of that year, the marriage being recorded at the parish of St louis in New Orleans...

... when the Natchez Indians revolted in 1729 and massacred approxiamatel 200 settlers and their families, LaCour and his wife were two of the few who were able to escape.  At least one of their sons was killed, however.  The couple, along with scores of other colonists and their families, fled to the safety of New Orleans until the Natchez were routed...

...The 1731 census indicates that LaCour and his wife, now at Pointe Coupee, had two children and two slaves...

...(In) the 1745 census, LaCour is found living on a tract of land between Etienne DeCuir and his young wife Cecile Rondot and the Pierre Baron family... LaCour had six children by this date, four sons and two daughters.  The eldrest child, Perine had married the previous year.  He had 45 arpents under cultivation and 14 slaves."

"LeDoux, A Pioneer Franco-American Family"  LaVerne Thomas, New Orleans, Polyanthos, 1982