General Notes

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"Pioneer settler of Pointe Coupee, who came to Louisiana on 11 August 1720 with his son (Jean Baptiste Pourciau) on the sloop "La Loire""
"LeDoux, A Franco American Family", La Verne Thomas III (pg 566)

On August 11, 1720, Jean Baptiste Pourciau and his son departed from Lorient, France on the ship "Loire" as an engage bound for the St. Reine Concession located in the present Pointe Coupee Parish of Louisiana.  The Father is shown on the passenger list as a miner.
     He died by 1724 leaving his son as on orphan.  Jean Baptiste Pourciau was a native of de Huain in the archevuche de Cambray in France ( based on marriage information given by his son in 1737 ).  He was married to Magdeline Trinigues.  They had a son, Jean Baptiste Pourciau, born there about 1707 who came with his father to Louisiana in 1720.
     The census records show 12 men, 1 woman, 1 child, and 2 slaves in the St. Reine Concession in 1722.  Another census record also dated 1722 shows 15 men, 5 women, 2 children, and 19 negro slaves in Pointe Coupee. The 1724 Census for this same area shows 19 people with 71 negro slaves, and 1 Indian slave.  Jean Baptiste Pourciau is shown in this census as a 17 year old orphan.