Avoyelles Parish

slave cabin signifying the cabins in where Ursin may have lived.

Parents for Ursin Augustin

Susane

A Major Brick Wall has been broken. I believe I’ve identified the parents of Ursin Augustin Sr. and Jean Pierre Augustin Sr., the ancestors of many African-Americans from the Avoyelles Parish area. Information gleaned from Lawsuits was instrumental in accomplishing this goal. Most of the lawsuits concerned property that members of the family acquired and fought to keep. Two White landowners who testified for the Augustin family in one of these lawsuits were Pierre P. Normand and his brother, Alcide H. Normand.

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Enslaved Lady symbolizing Eulalie Jacob standing in cotton fields

Eulalie Jacob-The Cause of a Lawsuit

Susane

The enslaved Eulalie Jacob was worth fighting over and Scholastic Normand sued her husband, for control of her. Moreover, the enslaved Jacob from Africa, once owned by Marguerite Wienaire may indeed be Eulalie’s father and the person from whom the African-American Jacob line from Avoyelles Parish descends. Eulalie goes from being an enslaved valuable asset to a free landowner.

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The Emancipation of Unity

The Emancipation of Unity

Susane

For my first blog post on The Courage of my Ancestors, I'm going to introduce you to my great grandmother, Unity and to Mally/Milla/Miley, whom I think is her mother and my great great grandmother. We will cover Unity's life from eleven years old to her emancipation. I wrote about Unity's son, my grandfather, George Washington (1827-about 1895) in a previous blog on the website Reclaiming our Ancestors owned by Jessica. If you haven't read it, you can find it at that link. I will, also, cover tips I've learned on finding documents and clues within documents.

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