Received a grant for 1,000 acres; He later sold his grant of land to George Cochran of Natchez on 4 December 1798 for $250
Date: 1777
Place: Bayou Pierre, about 45 miles northeast of Fort Panure
200 acres on Bayou Castang, a small bayou which empties into the northern part of Lake Pontchartrain. "District of Manchac" In his application for the land grant (approved in 1775) he indiciated he had four family members-Himself, Wife, Nancy and Samuel.
Date: 1775
Place: Bayou Castang, Louisiana. US
"...From my research John Perry, who married Penelope Perry, came down to British West Florida in 1774 before the Revolution, settling on Bayou Castang, north of Lake Pontchartrain." Source: Joe Hebert, Abbeville, La; Lynn Thomas, Grants Pass, Or.
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