Joseph Houma Courteaux-Abbe-Iacalobe (1765 - 1850)

Born 2 Jun 1765 in Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, United States

Died 1850 at about age 84 in Bayou Petite Caillou, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Name: Joseph Houma Courteaux-Abbe-Iacalobe. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]} Joseph Houma Courteaux. Joseph Houma Courteaux. Courtoa Savage. ^[12] Tough-la-bay Joseph Houma Courteaux. Found multiple versions of name. Using Joseph Houma Courteaux-Abbe-Iacalobe.

Residence 1810 Lafourche, Louisiana, USA. Map: Latitude: N29.4942. Longitude: W90.399. ^[12]

Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: S2 p. 22 Touh/Tough-la-bay alias Courteaux of the Beloxy Nation" purchases land from a Jean Billiot (Terrebonne Parish 1822e). Note: #N690
2. ↑ Source: S2 p. 22 Loup La Bay called Courteaux Indian of the Beloxy Nation," he conveys the same land to Alexander Verdin [husband of Marie Gregoire] (Terrebonne Parish 1829g). Note: #N691
3. ↑ Source: S2 p. 22 "Loup/Toup la [B]ay alias Courteaux" comes from Rosalie herself and is found in a land transfer from Rosalie to Clement Carlos (Terrebonne Parish 1856). Note: #N692
4. ↑ Source: S2 p. 22 1838, "Houma dit(14) Courteaux" and wife Mari Ann/Marie Anne sold land to a Louis Verret (Terrebonne Parish 1838). Note: #N693
5. ↑ Source: S2 p. 22 evidence that Courteaux is the father of Rosalie and the husband of Rosalie's mother, Marianne, is also found in official parish records. Identification of Rosalie as the daughter of Marianne is found in an 1841 transfer of land from Marianne, identified as the wife of Courtau [sic] and the sister of Louis le Sauvage, to her "daughter" Rosalie (Terrebonne Parish 1841a). Note: #N694
6. ↑ Source: S2 p.22 probate of the estate of Francois Iacalobe (Terrebonne Parish 1844), which identifies Iacalobe as the deceased husband of Marianne and the father of four children: Francois Courteaux/Abe/Iacalobe (deceased); (Marie Mingoloi is identified as Francois' widow; their children are Julien and Josephine Iacalobe) Rosalie Iacalobe/Benbe(?); Antoine Iacalobe; Marguerit Iacalobe Note: #N695
7. ↑ Source: S2 p. 18 Rosalie's father is believed to be "Courto, a Savage" listed on the 1810 census (U. S. Bureau of the Census 1810, page 161, line 25). The census was recorded in English, therefore "a savage" clearly meant Courto was an "Indian." Marie Gregoire (m. Alexander Verdin) and Jeanet (m. Joseph Billiot) could not be found. Note: #N696
8. ↑ Source: S2 p. 22 Rosalie's Father, Houma Courteaux/Abbe/Iacalobe. Rosalie's father appears in official records under several different names, but most consistently as "Courteaux." These names, when viewed collectively, clearly identify "Courteaux" as Indian and as Rosalie's father. Note: #N697
9. ↑ Source: S2 p. 36 Evidence of Houma Courteaux's tribal heritage is conflicting. Terrebonne Parish land records from the 1820's identify him as being of the "Beloxy Nation" [Biloxi] (Terrebonne Parish 1822e; Terrebonne Parish 1829g). In the early 1900's, Swanton's informants described him as a Biloxi medal chief (Swanton 1911, 292). Elsewhere in Swanton's field notes, he is identified as a Chitimacha chief (Swanton n.d.b). With regard to language, Swanton recorded "about 78 words and expressions in the Houma language" noting that it was "nearly pure Choctaw" (Swanton, n.d.b), but more recent scholarship considers these words to have originated in Mobilian Trade Jargon, which was the pidgin lingua franca among Indians of various language groups along the Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to Florida (Drechsel to DeMarce, 1993). Oral history collected in the 1970's says that his daughter Rosalie was the last of the "Houma" (Billiot, Charles 1979). The most consistent contemporary documentary evidence appears to describe Houma Courteaux as Biloxi. Late sources indicate he was possibly Chitimacha or Choctaw. Note: #N698
10. ↑ Source: S2 p. 39 The UHN petition states that "early courthouse records refer to the Houma as the CourteauxIndians which was, most likely, a reference to an extended family" (UHN 1985b, 27). BAR researchers found no such direct references in official records. One possible explanation may have been that "Loup La Bay called Courteaux Indian of the Beloxy Nation" was interpreted as "Courteaux Indian" rather than the more likely interpretation "Courteaux[,] Indian of the Beloxy Nation" (Terrebonne Parish 1829g). Note: #N699
11. ↑ Source: S4 Roll: 10; Page: 199; Image: 154.00 Name: Courtoa Savage , 1 free white male 45 and over, pays taxes ???? children County: Lafourche State: Louisiana Note: #N700
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Source: S321 Year: 1810; Census Place: Lafourche, Louisiana; Roll: 10; Image: 0181355; Family History Library Film: 00167 Record for Courtoa Savage Note: #N689

• Source: S2 BIA/BAR Geneaology Report NOTESource Medium: Book

• Source: S321 Ancestry.com 1810 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; NOTEThird Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Source: S4 Census Record - 1820