Pierre Part, Louisiana?

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hmmm .. review : Pierre Part, Louisiana named around 1769 in honor of Pierre Part IV following a brief military expedition into Pierre Part. The Bayou was named in his honor and the community grew around it and from it. The story of Pierre Part IV will be the opening story in the book titled "Stories of Ol' Pierre Part" which is also subtitled "Histoires du Vieux Pierre Part". It is known for a fact and documented that Pierre Part IV is whom Bayou Pierre Part is named after. The community took that name and it held. Research has been uncovered that tells the following story of our beloved community: "About in 1769, Pierre Part was a soldier at the age of 22 under the command of Lieutenant Nicolas Verret Commandant of Valenzuela. It is believed that after an expedition in the area, Lake Verett was named after Nicolas Verret and the settlement of Bayou Pierre Part was named after Pierre Part IV. There are stories, some documented with facts and documents that convey the story that the Attakapas and other tribes had been at war. Some say that the Governor of Louisiana had asked several tribes to wage war against an unfriendly tribe in the area that kept killing explorers and soldiers in the area. That tribe is believed to have been Chitmaches. Documentation of the facts will be cited in the book. It is also believed that a battle began along the edge of lake Verret, several canoes were blasted out of the water by a canon used by a regiment of Commandant Verret. There is also one source, as of yet unverified, that states that Pierre Part IV, a young lad of 22, saved a woman at or near where the community along Bayou Pierre Part now exists. The family name Blanchard is mentioned but unconfirmed. That information, once confirmed, will be reposted here for your reading enjoyment. Keep an eye out for Stories of Ol' Pierre Part and enjoy les Histories du Vieux Pierre Part.

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answered May 20, 2023 by Stanley Baraboo G2G Astronaut (1.4m points)
selected May 25, 2023 by Susan Laursen

and : Pierre Part and Belle River rest in an area once known as the Atchafalaya Basin. Between 1770 and 1773, a young Canadian named Pierre Part set foot on the banks of what he called La Bay de Lac Verret. He was with the Spanish colonial militia under the command of Commandant Nicholas Verret Sr., a French Canadian. Part considered this place a beautiful wilderness and asked his superior for permission to establish a settlement—his request was not granted. The military returned Part to the Spanish military post at Valenzuela, and although he never made this area his home, his name remains. Other French explorers came much earlier than Part, and some of the area's waterways bear French names: Le Belle Rivere, Le Lac de Natchez, Bayou de Magazille, Bayou de Lantania (Palmetto), Bayou de Postillion, Le Lac de Palourde, and Le Bayou Milhomme. In 1780, Acadian French–speaking people moved to Pierre Part from Burlie des Olivers and Burlie Saint Vincent. Small groups came and settled together at various places within sight of each other. In 1803, a small settlement of families, which is believed to have included the Solors and Berthelots and later the Heberts and the Pipsairs, settled on the banks of Lake Verret, where Bayou Pierre Part flows into the lake.

commented May 20, 2023 by Stanley Baraboo G2G Astronaut (1.4m points)

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