Augustin Allain estate | Louisiana Slave Conspiracies

Place Type:

Estate

Owner:

Augustin Allain

Conspiracy:

1795 Pointe Coupée conspiracy

Post / settlement:

Pointe Coupée

Coordinates:

-91.38034, 30.74323; -91.36919, 30.72686

Notes:

This estate includes two non-contiguous plots, both identified on the historical plat maps and referenced by the OB number 148.

Acreage:

1126

Acreage Notes:

Acreage is for both plots combined and is based on the values listed in the historical plat map index for the plots referenced by OB 148, which have areas of size 312 and 814 acres.

Associated People

Augustin Allain
Francisque [A. Allain]
Coffi (Coffee) [A. Allain]
Francois [A. Allain]
Baptiste [A. Allain]

Sources for Location Information

Survey Plat Map T4S R11E, 1858, LA - Louisiana Meridian, dependent resurvey

T4S R11E S3

Plat map label and index: Augusin Allain, no 148. Index gives the area as 813.50 acres.

Survey Plat Map T4S R11E, 1858, LA - Louisiana Meridian, dependent resurvey

T4S R11E S5

Plat map label and index: Augusin Allain, no 148. Index gives the area as 311.62 acres.

American State Papers: Public Lands, Volume 2. 1809-1815

p. 304, No. 148

No. 148. Augustin Allain claims two tracts of land situate on the river Mississippi, in the county of Pointe Coupée, one tract containing nine arpents front, and forty deep, and bounded on one side by land of Mr Leblanc and on the other by land of Francis Barras; and the other tract, containing thirty-six arpents front, and forty in depth, and bounded on one side by Madame Jacques Jarreau, and on the other by land of -. It appears that the claimant did actually inhabit and cultivate the tracts of land now claimed on the 20th December, 1803, and that the same were continually inhabited and cultivated by him, or those under wnom he claims, for more than ten consecutive years next preceding. Confirmed.

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