From 1937 the department acted as certifying agency for the Work Projects Administration, the National Youth Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Fine furniture, tableware, artwork, clothes, and jewelry added to the planter family's comfort and allowed them to show off their wealth to friends and business associates. : Dept. Etienne de Bore in 1795 averted plantation disaster, the result of insect plaques which swept the big money crop of indigo, when he became the first Louisianian to successfully granulate sugar. A total of 161 Negro church-goers, all Methodist, was given. WebNearly all of the structures at Belle Meade were constructed using the labor of the enslaved they built the slave quarters, blacksmith shop, barns, and mills. Cotton Cotton was king in Louisiana and most of the Deep South during the antebellum period. Years afterward the glass was sent to New York and repaired so expertly that the damage could not be detected. Lumber production totaled 2,571,000 board feet in 1940. Transportation and Communication Web1111 Bourbon Street. The town was also a hotbed of antislavery activity and an important stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. In that year Maxile Bourg and wife donated to the police Jury a tract "two arpents front by one arpent deep." The lalenos were sent in 1779 and 1780 by Governor Bernardo de Galvet to the locality near Plattenville called Valenzuela Post. The congregation was chartered March 27 of that year. Several differences with adjoining parishes as to the boundary lines have arisen, but these were cleared with only minor changes and Assumption's area remains substantially the same as when set up. An active tuberculosis campaign is carried on. In the piney woods and hill country of northern Louisiana and on the prairies of the southwest were small subsistence farms, on which families produced only enough for their own needs. A Texas and Pacific Railway branch on the other bank provides freight service from Donaldsonville to Thibodaux, touching Napoleonville and other communities.The Southern Pacific main line from New Orleans to the west coast passes through Assumption for a few miles in the extreme south. This area was one of the first to be visited in 1937 by State dental trailers. Homes in Belle Meade range from small cottages to large mansions, and prices start in the low six figures. Of the slaves who were tried, twenty-one of them were sentenced to death, shot, and decapitated, and their heads were placed on poles along the River Road as a warning to other potential rebel slaves. Income from sources other than agriculture for 1940 was put at $812,218. Slaves lived in long barracks that housed several families and individuals, or in small huts. 23 rooms plus 5,000 sf of loggia and terrace living. document.write(cy). 605 Congress Street. More | Next Site. In 1860 there were 472 free black Louisianians whose average real estate holdings were worth over $10,000. Assumption Parish shares with other parishes in the State's welfare program. African Americans in Louisiana and throughout the antebellum South protested their enslavement and inhumane treatment regularly and in many ways. The congregation was established in 1852 and for a time worshiped In the courthouse and in the library of Dr. B. The total rainfall in 1940 was 104.56 inches. [1]. The fire of 1884 took one life, that of Judge Whittingdon who was burned to death in a hotel. Because of the high quality of life here, living here is expensive, but it is also a cost of living. Another canal is the Cancienne, leading east from Lake Verret to Bayou Lafourche near Labadieville. In reprisal Governor Bienville induced other Indians to attack the Chitimacha and they were driven west-ward from Bayou Lafourche. Belle Chase Plantation- built by Benjamin in 1842 which became one of the largest sugar manufacturing plantations of louisiana located in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana . However, Assumption more than regained the loss by 1880, when figures were 6,938 white and 8,067 colored; a total of 17,010, with 1 Indian and 4 Chinese in the parish. Almost all businesses provide excellent customer service; I enjoy working for them. W. W. Pugh served a number of terms as police juror and was president of that body during the trying Reconstruction days. The story is told that the transfer to the Spanish did not meet the approval of all Assumption. Impeccably Restored Ante Bellum Masterpiece, Belle Alliance, originally designed by Henry Howard in 1846. It is the namesake of the unincorporated community of Belle Alliance. In her spare time, the mistress bore and cared for numerous children, heirs to her husband's cotton or sugar estate. Cane planted in this soil ripens earlier than on other lands. The unit at present is supported by the State Board of Health, tho Parish police jury and the parish school board. Call WebRichard Bland Lee (17611827), American politician, he inherited a Virginia plantation and 29 slaves in 1787. front and rear facades have five-bay galleries which are formed of brick Of these 1916 were white, 547 were slaves, and 10 were free persons of color. Many planters were good businessmen, buying and selling crops and slaves at the best price. 23 rooms plus 5,000 sf of loggia and terrace living. Bayou Lafourche because of its thickly populated banks has been called "the longest street in the world*" It still has a share of commerce, but the progress of other transportation means has reduced its importance. Slaveholders in the Middle and West Tennessee regions were the backbone of the Tennessee Democratic Party. with a superb collection of Empire-period furniture. WebThe establishment of Liberia is linked to the abolition of slavery in the West, and the growing population of free African-Americans in the United States. As early as 1807 the community that later became Napoleonville was known as "Canal." Dr. Joseph Martin, Joseph La Lande, Guillot, and Tournillon were prominent French residents of the time. At Labadieville in October 1864, Federal and Confederate Forces fought a pitched battle. The present courthouse site was definitely established in 1818. As in the case of several other Louisiana civil parishes where the sphere of influence of an ecclesiastical parish extended over the territory in question, Assumption Parish received its name from a church. For the 1940-1941 session there were 2,039 white pupils and 1,289 colored pupils registered in Assumption public schools, instructed respectively, by 75 and 30 teachers. Like most other parishes of south Louisiana, especially those where the population is largely of French extraction, Assumption Parish is predominantly Roman Catholic Early colonials were ministered by a priest from Donaldsonville. Its products were grain, livestock, flax and hemp. Twenty lashes was considered light, and even pregnant women were flogged by being made to lie face-down across a hole in the ground, where they placed their belly, so as not to hurt the valuable slave child. Slaves - Males - 45 and over: 3 Franchisees benefit from a long-standing partnership with the renowned Sothebys auction house, which dates back to the 17th century. Plying their courses successively were pirogues of the explorers, larger craft bearing Spanish garrisons, keel boats taking out produce of the first plantations to Lafourche Settlement (now Donaldsonville) .and returning with supplies, and finally steamboats and mail packets. watch the video tribute for his 200th birthday. rather than molded stripes. Still standing on the stream's left bank across from Napoleonville is Madewood, plantation home of Colonel Thomas Pugh, completed in 1848. It has become one of the countrys most well-known online real estate companies. Steady growth is seen for the next 30 years, the government reporting for 1890 a total of 19,629 inhabitants, for 1900, 21,620, of whom 874 were foreign born, and in 1910 the parish's peak population of all time, 24,126. The price of the ginned product, averages about $9 per 100 pounds. WebNearly all of the structures at Belle Meade were constructed using the labor of the enslaved they built the slave quarters, blacksmith shop, barns, and mills. All soil is alluvial and is divided into three classes; 1) loan with humus as principal ingredient, 2) loan mixed with sand and humus in about equal proportions, and 3) the terra grasse (fat land) or black soil. Talbot Historic Properties. 605 Congress Street. The Atchafalaya Heritage Area has been designated by Congress as a National Heritage Area. Nearby is Woodlawn, now in disrepair. It is the namesake of the unincorporated community of Belle Alliance. Historical Sketch of Eary History. Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman live in a gated community called Northumberland, which is located in Nashvilles Green Hills / Belle Meade area. WebBelle Alliance Plantation, 7244 Highway 308 South, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, LA Names Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Howard, Henry Tulane University, School of Architecture, sponsor Cizek, Eugene D, faculty sponsor Arens, Francisco J Barrier, Catherine Emily Cale, Cordelia Lewis, Miranda Marroquin, Ivan Otero, Andres Lafourche is the French word for "the fork," applied by early comers to the bayou that bears that name, because of the fork-like shape of this outlet from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Thus began a steady growth with an 1830 population of 5,669 7,141 in 1840, 10,538 by 1850, 5,341 of them being slaves, the first time the latter total had exceeded the white population, and 15,379 by 1860, 6,096 being slaves. By an act of 1819 the legislature required police juries to organize and administer a school system. When French explorers, about the beginning of the eighteenth century ventured into the Bayou Lafourche region they are believed to have found there Kasha, Chawasha, and Chitimacha Indians, the latter composed of four powerful bands which roved from the bayou west. According to the listing photos, the home is an impressive royal palace with a tennis court and a pool. However, there is no concrete evidence that slaves were employed at Belle Meade Plantation. Even smaller holdings usually had at least one slave carpenter or blacksmith. all around a central hall, following a standard raised plantation house Before its present name was applied, Bayou Lafourche was called by the French "the river of the Chitimacha." Slaveowners were the ones who brought the state to life, and they did so through Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee. There are no interior stairs and both staircases are set within the The town and the plantation are located on the east bank of Bayou Lafourche, about five miles (8 km) out of Donaldsonville. Belle Meade was the most important stud farm in the American Thoroughbred industry for three generations of the Harding/Jackson family. The department also participates in old age, needy, blind, and children's aid programs. Disease struck by 1920, and the sugar total was 194,636 tons of cane on but a slightly reduced acreage. A legislative act of March 1808 indicates that a Lafourche County courthouse was "either bought or built," but no hint of its location is given. WebThe establishment of Liberia is linked to the abolition of slavery in the West, and the growing population of free African-Americans in the United States. Albert J. Lirette, today a resident of the Parish, was a brakeman. New Orleans, Louisiana 70116. c: (504) 481-4790. e: peter@peterpatout.com. That year Assumption devoted 27,852 acres to the crop with a yield of 491,743 tons of cane. Led by a Saint-Domingue slave named Charles Deslondes, the insurgents marched down River Road toward New Orleans, killing two whites, burning plantations and crops, and capturing weapons and ammunition. Also it claimed that the invaders used the stained glass windows above the altar as a target during pistol practice. By 1824, it had grown to 7,500 acres. "Due to some unknown reason" this work was discontinued twice, 1918-1928 and 1931-1934. The moss forms the basis of a hundred-thousand-dollar a year industry for the Assumption gatherers. The free black Metoyer family lived in the Natchitoches area and acquired vast holdings of land and slaves during the antebellum period. Other Belle Grove enterprises included a grist mill, saw mill, distillery, store, lime kiln, quarry, and blacksmith shop. Diversified agriculture are assumed an important part In the economic picture of the parish In addition to sugar and rice, the crops include corn, hay, oats, and vegetables. From celebrations of birthday, anniversaries, weddings and family gathering, each of them hold special stories and memories that very few get the chance to witness. After the Louisiana Purchase county officials first had charge of roads. 1, four There are a number of smaller bayous which have been called variously Pierre Landry, Corne, Pierre Part, St. Vincent, des Oliviere, Creux, Blano, dee Attakapaa, la Belle Riviere, Long, Maxile, Choupio, and Verret. The mansion was the headquarters of Confederate General Chalmers during the Civil War. Assumption Parish was included in the general road law of 1818 which made mandatory the construction of roads along waterways and of bridges and their maintenance under supervision of the police jury. [4], The plantation house was listed on theNational Register of Historic Placesin 1998. Other Belle Grove enterprises included a grist mill, saw mill, distillery, store, lime kiln, quarry, and blacksmith shop. Originally this 7,000 acre plot was a grant to Don Juan Vives, a physician and military officer of The plantation had over 300 slaves who worked in the fields and in the house. A good picker can average, it is claimed, about 600 pounds a day. Timber was cut on the site, and bricks were made by slave labor. Louisiana's sugar harvest rose from 5,000 hogsheads (a large barrel that held an average of 1,000 pounds of sugar) in 1802 to a high of 449,000 hogsheads in 1853, peaking at an average price of $69 each in 1858, bringing the total value of Louisiana's sugar crop to $25 million. Both the Overton was a wealthy planter and slaveholder who also served as a judge and as a member of the Tennessee General Assembly. The first church burned, and subsequent buildings were destroyed by storms in 1909 and 1915. It was one of the largest and most successful plantations in the South. The latter retired in March 1851, and Superveille operated the paper until 1855 when Judge Amadeo Morel purchased the property and was editor for about 3 months. WebBelle Alliance Plantation -- Built around 1846 by Charles Koch, a belgian aristocrat in Donaldsonville, La. Fires In 1884 and 1894 destroyed practically all of the existing town. By 1868 there were 10 public schools in the parish. It was one of the few members of the country press that did not suspend publication during the War between the States. Licensed in the State of Louisiana and Mississippi. The church was not incorporated until April 17, 1811, when it legally took the name of the Church of the Assumption. WebOne hundred years ago plantations owned by members of the Pugh family dotted both sides of Bayou Lafourche. There is no definitive answer to this question. William Lenoir (17511839), American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman, he was the largest slave-holder in the history of Wilkes County, North Carolina. The tribe during the first decade of white exploration gained considerable notoriety and punishment for the murder of a Catholic priest, Father Jean St. Cosmo, and three Canadian companions. Eugene Superveille and F. A. Devilliers were founders. From celebrations of birthday, anniversaries, weddings and family gathering, each of them hold special stories and memories that very few get the chance to witness. In between were cotton and a few tobacco plantations, livestock ranches, and grain farms. They also had their own church on the A brother, Joseph Dupaty, took control of the Pioneer. Compared to cotton, sugar growing involved greater risks but also greater profits. In 2008, a 12,582 square foot home on a 3.776 acre plot of land was sold for around $3.47 million. Most slaves worked from sunrise to sundown and beyond, although slaves often worked around the clock during the grinding season on sugar plantations. Nearby are ruins of the Belle Alliance Sugar house, once one of the most important west of the Mississippi River, and around which a Negro community has grown. Belle Grove Plantation--Built by John Andrews in 1847. The plantation house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Attempts were made later by rival tribes to enslave the Chitimacha, and warfare continued intermittently until 1718 when Bienville demanded peace to which the Indians agreed Belle Meade Plantation, a 30-acre historic site 6 miles west of Nashville, was built in 1889. The plantation house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Assumption is bordered on the north by Iberville and Ascension Parishes, on the east by St. James and Lafourche Parishes, on the south by Terrebonne and St. Mary Parishes, and on the west by St. Martin and Iberia Parishes. In the summer of 1832 Louis Monginot purchased a bayou frontage of 5 arpents adjoining the courthouse site, had William H Cobb, official surveyor, plat it in lots, and in September disposed of those to 12 purchasers retaining a portion for himself. Assumption Parish is in south central Louisiana approximately 60 miles (air line) west of New Orleans. Other communities, all small, reflect the cultural heritage of the French-Acadians. Passed after the division of Lafourche County into two parishes, the measure provided for the sale of "all public buildings . of the late county," the proceeds to be apportioned between the two new civil subdivision. Grand River, Bayou Boeuf and Bayou Black constitute portions of the southern and western boundaries. Lazarist Fathers at Plattenville who were serving Lafourche missions at the time opposed it, and it was not until 1874 that a church, built on land given by the Foley family, was placed under the invocation of St. Napoleon. posts on the lower story and paneled wooden pillars on the upper story. It was also about this period that Bishop William Doubourg suggested a boys' boarding school and seminary adjoining the Church of the Assumption at Plattenville. They consumed some of the local crop in its brown-sugar or molasses form and distilled it into rum and taffia, a cheap grade of rum. Cotton picking was hard, back-breaking, finger-splitting work. Picking of this air plant, which hangs in abundant festoons from trees, especially in the heavily watered areas, begins in November and continues through April. Slaves Slaves made up slightly less than half of Louisiana's total population but almost three-fifths of those living outside New Orleans in 1850, topping out at a high of 332,000 in Louisiana by 1860. Some few planters at once followed de Bore, but it was not until 1824 after the ribbon canes replaced the delicate Creole variety that the parish saw its first cultivation to advantage. St. Anne's Church was completed in 1909. Records of Our lady Star of the Sea show for its first year of operation 6,531 attendances at mass, 2,151 communions, 25 baptisms and 7 marriages. WebBelle Alliance Plantation -- Built around 1846 by Charles Koch, a belgian aristocrat in Donaldsonville, La. Here in the family cemetery is a stone inscribed "Our little Louis perished during the storm at Last IslandAugust 10, 1856." Parish agent's figures for the 1940-41 season give 22,505 acres planted in sugar cane, yielding 437,122 tons for sugar making. According to an old Louisiana saying, "it took a rich cotton planter to make a poor sugar planter." Lines of longitude 91 West and latitude 30 North bisect the parish intersecting near Plattenville, 6 miles northeast of the governmental seat, Napoleonville, which is looted approximately at the parish's geographic center. Slaves performed most of the manual, skilled, and domestic tasks on Louisiana plantations. Originally designed by Louisiana's architect, Henry Howard in 1846. However, same sort of organization seems to have been effected by 1825, for In that year the legislature empowered the Assumption trustees to dispose of a school house on the plantation of L. Tromental. On establishment the paper was published entirely in French. Of approximately 160 miles of highways in the parish, about 25 miles are paved. One of the seminary students was Adrien Rouquette, poet-priest and Indian missionary. Led by a Saint-Domingue slave named Charles Deslondes, the insurgents marched down River Road toward New Orleans, killing two whites, burning plantations and crops, and capturing weapons and ammunition. Sam F. Gilbert in his History of Napoleonville (1936) reports that the first trip over the Southern Pacific Lines to Napoleonville was made October 22, 1890. See also Other Catholic centers include Immaculate Conception Church, near Napoleonville; St. Jules, at Belle Alliance; St. Martin's, near Belle Rose; St. Augustin's, at Klotzville, and St. Benedict the Moor Church, at Bertrandville. W. W. Pugh was president of this company which sold stock in preparation for a carrier to connect Napoleonville and Donaldsonville. Belle Meade Plantation was built in 1807 by John Harding. ASSUMPTION PARISH HISTORICAL SKETCH The town was also a hotbed of antislavery activity and an important stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. New Orleans, Louisiana 70117. o: (504) 415-9730. They also had their own church on the It was closed by 1890. Belle Meade Plantation was built in 1807 by John Harding. Thus, many Louisianians raised cotton. Hunters were held in high regard, since they were trusted enough by their masters to carry arms and supplied the slave community with meat. WebNO RESERVE AUCTION: Incredibly restored, the Belle Alliance Estate is everything you'd imagine from a classic antebellum manor. Beginning in the 1860's the Pioneer had a competitor in the Assumption Advocate. A building thereon was sold by the Bourgs to the police jury for $400. Their letters reveal that they tried to maintain ties with friends and family, visiting other plantations or venturing to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other towns, where they attended balls, concerts, operas, and plays. "The people altogether red" was a description given by members to themselves. Federal enumerators in 1910 began reporting production in tons of cane grown. 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