The Freedmen's Bureau Online

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Louisiana
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869.
National Archives Microfilm Publication M1027, Roll 33
"Reports Relating to the Condition of Freedmen"

Report of Indigent & Helpless Freedpeople in the Parish of West Baton Rough, La. - April 1^st to 30^th, 1868

Name	Children	Age	Sex	Causes of Destitution	Name of Police Jurors Certifying to Destitution	Date when reported to A. S. A. C.
Betsy Ann Rease	5	50	F	Widow	N. W. Pope, President of the Police Jury	April 30^th, 1868
Franklin Singleton	56	70	M	Overflow	"	"
Mary Singleton		62	F	Overflow	"	"
Abraham Murphy		50	M	Crippled	"	"
Harriet Williams	2	40	F	Crippled	"	"
Jane Ward	2	55	F	Overflow	"	"
Laier Ross	1	50	F	Crippled	"	"
John Lewis		60	M	Overflow	"	"
B. Lewis		48	F	Overflow	"	"
Adam Pinckney		60	M	Crippled	"	"
Ned Porter		50	M	Old age	"	"
Leorena (illegible)		50	F	Crippled	"	"
Arrebella Thompson	3	60	F	(illegible)	"	"
Fanny Downs	4	55	F	(illegible)	"	"
Alex Gowens		35	M	Crippled	"	"
Hatch Terrell		90	M	Old age	"	"
Paul Pennette		50	M	Old age	"	"
John Pierre		80	M	Old age	"	"
Matilda Butler		80	F	Old age	"	"
Kessiah Chapthman		70	F	Old age	"	"
Lewis Antoine		100	M	Old age	"	"
Catharine Gibbons	5	35	F	Widow	"	"
P. ?Sackett		85	M	Old age	"	"
Elias Rease		70	M	Old age	"	"
Harriet Baltice	56	30	F	Widow	"	"
Violet Thornton		80	F	Old age	"	"
Abraham Brown		80	M	Old age	"	"
Gus Attukapas		?90	M	Crippled	"	"
Rachel Adams		70	F	Crippled	"	"
Kitty Anderson	4	30	F	Widow & sickly	"	"
Mary Magalt		67	F	Crippled	"	"
Dorcas Alexander		70	M	Crippled	"	"
Ellen Barrow	56	30	F	Sickness	"	"
Celestine Brown		85	F	Crippled	"	"
Sam Brown		30	M	Widow	"	"
Thos. Baker		63	M	Sickness	"	"
Mary Bains		72	F	Old age	"	"
Betty Brown	3	50	F	Crippled	"	"
Lucy Baron		40	F	Crippled	"	"
Milly Barmis	2	35	F	Crippled	"	"
Sam Babin	1	65	M	Blind & old	"	"
Freedman Bazil	3	35	M	Crippled	"	"
Sam ?Catchie		60	M	Old age	"	"
Sam Celiot		70	M	Old age	"	"
John Converse	3	40	M	Overflow	"	"
Ulysse Couonge		60	M	Overflow	"	"
Dolly Chester	2	49	F	Overflow	"	"
Annie Dunlop	2	40	F	Overflow	"	"
Louis Day		70	M	Old age	"	"
Fannie Deucil		75	F	Old age	"	"
Jane Elijah	4	60	F	Old age	"	"
Christopher Green		65	M	Old age	"	"
John Grady		70	M	Old age	"	"
Mary Grady	2	40	F	Sickness	"	"
Argot Papro		80	F	Old age	"	"
Francis Ogresse	5	35	F	Overflow	"	"
Pursay Layonay	2	90	F	Old age	"	"
Betsy Bright	2	50	F	Sickness	"	"
Vivian Datron	3	55	F	Sickness	"	"
Silas Griffin		70	M	Crippled	"	"
Jacob Johnson		55	M	Crippled	"	"
Delphine Phillips	4	40	F	Blind	"	"
Julian Deggs	4	39	M	Crippled	"	"
John Lewis		80	M	Old age	"	"
James Littleton	3	69	M	Crippled	"	"
Victory Landry	2	80	M	Sickness	"	"
Boda Keemper		72	F	Blind	"	"
Hy Brown		90	M	Old age	"	"
Becky Wood	4	65	F	Overflow	"	"
Pauline Holmes		35	F	Sick	"	"
A. Herbert		80	F	Old age	"	"
Robt. Mash	3	85	M	Old age	"	"
Victoria Martin	2	50	F	Old age	"	"
H. Scott	4	30	M	Crippled	"	"
Joseph Edwards		25	M	Crazy	"	"
Julius Basseau		40	M	Sick	"	"
Sophia Williams	4	35	F	Overflow	"	"
Louisa Cole	3	40	F	Overflow	"	"
Bright Coleman	5	40	F	Overflow	"	"
J. DeBliereux		80	M	Old age	"	"
Jane Larina		80	F	Old age	"	"
Isaac Green		76	M	Old age	"	"
Clarise Smith		50	F	Crippled	"	"
Esther Granger		80	F	Old age	"	"
Dick Johnson		72	M	Blind	"	"
Rachel Adams		78	F	Old age	"	"
Wilson Jordan		98	M	Old age	"	"
Jane Turby	2	45	F	Sickness	"	"
Mary Gray		90	F	Old age	"	"
Jessie Trippet		85	M	Old age	"	"
E. Trippet		72	F	Old age	"	"
Sam Smith		90	M	Old age	"	"
Sam Brown		50	M	Old age	"	"
Hannah Berry	2	60	F	Old age	"	(grandchildren)
Lissie Walker	1	90	F	Old age	"	(grandchildren)
Matilda Hall		80	F	Old age	"	"
Malinda Jordan		58	F	Old age	"	"
London Chinz		46	M	Sickness	"	"
William Henderson	4	40	M	Cripple	"	"
Caroline Watson	5	30	F	Overflow (widow)	"	"
Clarince Mills		80	F	Old age	"	"
Chas. Robinson		70	M	Old age	"	"
Winnie Jackson	2	60	F	Old age	"	(grandchildren)
Ferguson Davis	3	58	M	Old age	"	"
Carroline Murray		70	F	Old age	"	"
George March	5	60	M	Old age	"	"

REMARKS (which will contain the reason why the Parish Authorities fail to provide for their own destitute): No funds, the Parish is bankrupt.

I certify the above to be correct.
Plaquemine, May 9^th, 1868

Charles E. Merrill
Asst. Sub. Asst. Comr.
Par. Iberville & West Baton Rouge