Barbaroux Family Papers, 1771-1884

Held by the Filson Historical Society

Creator: Barbaroux family

Title: Papers, 1771-1884

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection: 1 box

Locator Number: Mss. A B229

Scope and Content Note

Personal and business papers of the Barbaroux and Picquet families, mainly in French; largely of Joseph Barbaroux, merchant of Shippingport and Louisville, Kentucky. Land papers and letters of a business nature to his uncle, Martin Picquet, merchant. Land papers and letters to Martin Picquet, dealing primarily with the Tombeckbee Association of Alabama, the group of French emigrants who settled near Demopolis. Individual correspondents include Alex Fournier, Louis Vimont, John E. Baumgarthen. Marriage and birth registrations of the Picquet family.

This collection has been digitized; please click on the folder titles to open the PDF scans of each file.

Folder List

Folder 1: Abstracts of marriage and birth registrations [click to access PDF]

Folder 2: Letters of Joseph Barbaroux to C. M. Martin, 9-20 January 1825; letters to Martin Picquet, July 1820- January 1826; Letter of Julie Barbaroux to Martin Picquet, 16 January 1826 [click to access PDF]

Folder 3: Land certificates: Joseph Barbaroux; promissory notes [click to access PDF]

Folder 4: Land certificates: Martin Picquet 1820, 1837, 1839, 1840; Joseph Barbaroux, 1840; Alphonse Sardorie, 1840 [click to access PDF]

Folder 5: Letters of Alex Fournier to Martin Picquet, 18 April 1837-18 November 1845 [click to access PDF]

Folder 6: Miscellaneous letters and notes. Statement of Angelique Audibert on behalf of Joseph Barbaroux  [click to access PDF]

Folder 7: Copies of the Acts Concerning the Tombeckbee Association. Map of Alabama [click to access PDF]

Folder 8:  Mortgages: Martin Picquet [click to access PDF]

Folder 9: Tax bills: Ms. H. Barbaroux [click to access PDF]