- Joseph Sylvestre, age 44; 26 cattle, 10 horses, 0 hogs, 0 sheep
- Catherine Ayre, wife, 30
- Marie, daughter, [no age]
Sources
↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1987) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300
Baptism of son: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5G-P1MM : 14 January 2020), Catherine Hais in entry for Francois Sylvestre, 1777.
Baptism of daughter: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS5G-P12M : 14 January 2020), Catherine Haile in entry for Marie Jeanne Sylvestre, 1780.
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