CANE RIVER COMMUNITY OF ISLE BREVELLE, LOUISIANA

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CANE RIVER, Cabin
In letters to Mrs. Cammie G. Henry, Mrs. Irene Wagner discusses the construction and landscaping of their cabin on Cane River. Discusses here impressions and attitudes toward Negro workers they employed. Melrose Collection Folders 442, 443
CANE RIVER, Pictures, 1922
Snapshots: Isle Brevelle church, cemetery, children going to school in a boat. Melrose Scrapbook #68, p. 66
CANE RIVER PLANTATIONS, Jones, Carroll
Pen & ink sketch done in 1970's by Dearna Douglase showing the Julian Rachal-Carrol Jones house as it appeared about 1820-35. Mills Collection Folder 2
CANE RIVER PORTRAITS,
1928 article in Scribner's Magazine, written and illustrated by William Spratling. Melrose Collection Folder 1018
CECILE,
1781 manumission by Jean Baptiste Dupre, in his will, of Balthazard and Cecile, son and daughter of his Indian servant. Melrose Collection Folder 582
CHEVALIER, MARY,
A handwritten copy of her memoirs is included in the RSVP Collection. RSVP Collection
CHEVALLIER, J. B.,
1855 receipt; payment made by E. V. Deblieux to J. B. Chevallier. Melrose Collection Folders 196
CHEVALLIER, LOUIS,
(typed copy) 1849 sale of land by James Cozine to Louis Chevallier. Melrose Collection Bound Vo. 8, pp. 370-371
CHURCH RECORDS,
Book #2 Baptism of slaves 1847-1865 and baptism of Negros 1865-1871. Name of church not mentioned; Church is in Natchitoches Parish. Church Record Book #2 in Miscell Collections Misc. Collection
COIN-COIN, DOMINIQUE,
1802, 1804 items in Journal of Official Acts, Post of Natchitoches. Melrose Collection Folder 738
COIN-COIN, MARIE THERESE,
(typed copies) 1794 manumissions of 5-year old Catiche; 1795 manumission of her daughter Marie Louise CoinCoin. Melrose Collection Folder 181
COIN-COIN, MARIE THERESE, Documents About
Certified copy of 1758 division of slaves in estate of Mme. de St. Denis (CoinCoin went to Le Chevalier de St. Denis). Also typed translated copy of document dated 1795 in which Marie Therese CoinCoin freed Marie Louise CoinCoin. Hollomon Collection (Ethel) Misc. Box 8 (legal size)
CONAN, FLORENTINE,
1840 survey of T8N R6W by George S. Walmsley, showing land of claimant, Benjamin Metoyer, land confirmed to Remy Lambre, to Florentine Conan, and to Pierre Tousant Metoyer on Red River & other waters. Five undated survey plots T8N R6W. Cloutier Collection Folders 15 & 55
CONANT, Family
Genealogical data, Metoyer and related families. Melrose Collection Folder 107
CONANT, FLORENTIN,
1864 document & typed transcription giving genealogical descent of Florentine & Jean Conant from Marie Louis Metoyer daughter of Agnes f.w.c. who was freed in 1778. Mignon Collection (Francois) Folder 116
COTTON GIN, Metoyer's
1852 mention of Octave Metoyer's gin in the typed copy of the Prudhomme diary. Melrose Collection Bound Vol. 7, page 87

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