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| Jean Baptiste Jannot m. Mar 19, 1793 La. Terr. b. 1756? New Orleans? d. 1801? Rapides Parish, La. Terr. |
Felicity b. Dec 31, 1794 Orleans Terr. d. Jan 24, 1874 DeVille, Rapides Parish LA |
Rosalia (twin) b. Dec 31, 1794 Orleans Terr. d. aft. 1844 |
Cecilia m. by 1820? ?Rapides Parish LA b. 1795? Natchez Miss. Terr. d. by 1830? Rapides Parish LA |
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Jean Baptiste Jeannot (Jr.) b. 1798? La. Terr. d. 1840? |
Celeste b. 1800? La. Terr. d. 1820 |
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The Jannot family name is sometimes found written as Johnette or Jeanot. |
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New Orleans was part of British West Florida from 1763 until 1783, but Spain
captured its capitol, Pensacola, in 1781. |
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Cecile was the daughter of Louis LaPrairie (1735-1789).
Her sister, Marie Jeanne Jannot (1782-1808), married Jacob Paul (1770-1830) and
had son Michael who in 1821 married Mary Anne, daughter of
James Holloway. About 1787,
Jacob Paul's sister Mary Paul married James T. White,
son of James "Tiago" White, brother of
Elizabeth White. |
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Rapides Parish was formed in 1807 by the Territory of Orleans government.
(see present day map
for location). |
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In 1812, daughter Felicity married John T. "Gentille" DeVille (1785-1855) in the
town named after his family in Rapides Parish LA. She was buried in Old Catholic
Cemetery in Buckeye, Rapides Parish LA [familysearch.org, website]. |
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On Sep 30, 1819, daughter Rosalia married John Simpson (born 1799?) in Quebec Canada
[familysearch.org, website]. |
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In the 1820 Census for Rapides Parish LA, on the 4th line of
page 134,
there is a "Thomas Hollaway" household
with: 2 males aged under 10 [Thomas Jr.,?], 1 male aged 26-45 [Thomas b. before 1795], 3 females aged under 10 (3 daughters, 2 orphans), 1 female aged 16-26 [Cecile b. between 1794 and 1804], |
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At present, Holloway is a community in Rapides Parish LA. It's center is located
at the intersection of Hickory Grove Road, State Route 1207 and Route 28, about
14 miles NE of the parish seat of Alexandria, and 50 miles W of Natchez MS.
Holloway Methodist Cemetery is located just off of Hickory Grove Road at the end
of Slay Cemetery Road (see
present day map for location). There is also a Hickory Grove Cemetery also
known as Holloway Baptist Cemetery. |
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Before 1820, daughter Cecilia married
Thomas Holloway. In 1850, there is a
Lewis Holloway household and, next to it,
a Thomas Holloway household still in
the Holloway Prairie area of Rapides Parish, probably son Thomas Jr. (age 29). |
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Catahoula Parish was formed in 1808 and originally bordered Rapides Parish.
(see present day map
for location). In 1910 a western part of the parish became La Salle Parish. |
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SOURCES: Aymond, Greg, Holloway Family of Holloway Prairie, website, Dec 1999. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 134. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1830, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 91. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1840, S-K Publ., 2003, page 209a, page 209b. Imbert, J. Leopold, map maker, Carte des Possessions Angloises... 1777, reprinted by the Museum of the American Revolution from map image at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. Unknown author, "...to John ..." [illegible], correspondence detailing discovery of baptismal records of Stillee children in Cathedral Archives, no date but possibly mid 1900's. Veach, Damon, "Louisiana Ancestors", article in Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge LA, Feb 21, 1982. White, Gifford, "James White and John White", Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC,1997, p. 111. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. |
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