Land claim surveyed by Carlos Trudeau, Surveyor General of Louisiana. The land sold by Bernard Martin Despallier to Adam Huffman and to Uriah Wiggins became the Towns of Alexandria and Pineville, respectively. Document can be found in the Louisiana State Land Office – Land Grants Southwestern District, pgs. 316-318. Top part of pg. 316 is in French. With the exception of one paragraph in English, the rest of the document is in Spanish.
Link: https://wwwslodms.doa.la.gov/WebForms/DocumentViewer.aspx?docId=511.00009&category=H#316
Trudeau’s Surveyor’s Certificate to Huffman and Wiggins has been translated in Elaine Brister’s Once Upon A River: A History of Pineville, LA.
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