Eighth Generation


246. Claude CHÂTELAIN dit BELONY was born on 6 September 1766 in New Orleans (Orleans Parish), Louisiana, USA.1430 He was baptized on 11 September 1766 at St. Louis Church/Catheral in New Orleans (Orleans Parish), Louisiana, USA.1431 War of 1812 Military service: (War of 1812, Private, 17th, 18th and 19th Consilidated Regiment., Louisiana Militia) in 1812.1432,1433 An inventory of his estate was made on 28 November 1820 but he was still alive on that date. The document does mention that his wife was deceased by that date. He also placed his "X" on one of the documents related to this succession on 31 May 1821.2887 "Claude Chatelain" is listed as an inhabitant of Avoyelles, Louisiana, who owns slaves and who contributed to the indemnity to those of the Pointe Coupee whose slaves were executed as a result of the conspiracy of the Negroes in the year 1795. This indemnity fund was established by Spanish Governor General Baron de Carondelet so that slaveholders could be reimbursed for slaves who were sentenced to death, killed in flight or sentenced to the public works. This fund was established in conjunction with new slave control regulations and restricted slave trade after Captain Guillaume Duparc, commandant of the Pointe Coupée Post,learned in April of 1795 of a plot by local slaves to force their masters into giving them their freedom. At that time, Duparc immed. sent out three patrols to arrest the slaves suspected of planning the revolt. Soon afterwards, several negroes and mulattos were arrested and jailed. In all, sixty three persons were implicated; fifteen were hanged and several others were sentenced to presidio duty or banished from the colony. The slaveholder tax of 1795 imposed a tax of six "escalins" (75 cents) per slave on slaveowners in the Louisiana colony. There was considerable opposition to this tax and many refused to pay. Claude paid a tax of six piastres. The census of these taxpayers was dated 3-20-1796. Suzanne GAUTHIER and Claude CHÂTELAIN dit BELONY665 were married on 31 January 1792 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.1434 They1434 appeared in the census in 1810 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA. They appeared in the census in 1820 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.

247. Suzanne GAUTHIER was baptized on 3 April 1777 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1435 She died before 28 November 1820. She was listed as deceased on that date on the succession inventory record of the community property of her and her husband.2887

Children were:

i.

Zenon CHÂTELAIN I was born on 4 November 1792 in Louisiana, USA.1436 He was baptized on 14 January 1794 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.1436 He was buried on 28 January 1847 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1437

ii.

Julia (Julie) CHÂTELAIN was born on 25 November 1794 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1438 She was baptized on 20 November 1796 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1438

iii.

Celeste CHÂTELAIN was born on 5 February 1798 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1439 She was baptized on 1 May 1798 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1439 She was buried on 28 May 1869 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1440

iv.

Emma CHÂTELAIN was born on 2 May 1801 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1441 She was baptized in 1801 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1441

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Aimée CHÂTELAIN.

vi.

Joseph CHÂTELAIN I was born about 1803. He died after July 1860 at the age of 57.

vii.

Constance CHÂTELAIN was born about October 1807 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1442 She was baptized on 19 November 1807 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1442

viii.

Élise CHÂTELAIN was born in May 1810 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1443 She was baptized on 18 November 1810 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1443 She was buried on 13 December 1826 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1444

ix.

Manette CHÂTELAIN was born on 12 August 1817 in (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1445 She was baptized on 2 December 1817 at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Mansura (Avoyelles Parish), Louisiana, USA.1445