| 12. | James Forman was born in 1774 in Natchez District, Mississippi (son of Edward* Forman, (son? speculation) and Marie* Burnett (or Barrett or Bouret or Bonet or Bournet or Brunet)); died before 2 Jun 1833 in Lacassine/Bayou Chiot, Louisiana. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1810, Opelousas. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- Census: 1820, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- Research Notes: 30 Nov 2015
Notes:
Foreman, James of this parish (Edward & Marie Barrett) m 5 Feb 1805 Susan Cole of Natchez (James & Maime Cotter) Wits: David Harmon, Joseph Andrus, John Andrus, John Close.
Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch v 1-B - Protestant Marriages 1787-1830 p 12)
Forman, James of Opel (Edouard & Marie Burnett) m 5 Feb 1805 Susanne Cole of Natchez (Opel Ch: v.1-supp. #24)
(Fontenot: Acadia Parish, La Vol 1 P 42)
The Cole and Foreman families both lived for a time in the Natchez District of Mississippi before moving to Louisiana. Members of both families were early settlers in the area which is now know as Acadia Parish. James Cole, who was Susan's father and James Foreman are both shown to be owners of riverbank strips of land fronting Bayou Plaquemine Brulee on an Acadia Par. map that represents land ownership prior to 1803. James Foreman was the original owner of his tract, claiming ownership by settlement and occupancy. (Fontenot: Acadia Parish La Vol 1 P 21)
Susan and James were married 5 Feb 1805. the Marriage was registered in the Opelousas Catholic Church. (Hebert: Southwest La Records, vol 1 p 135).
Apparently James did not retain ownership of his land on Bayou Plaquemine Brulee but moved his family to another area. Several bits of information substantiate this. George King, probate judge from Opelousas at the time of James' death i3 stated in the succession that he had traveled 70 miles to the last residence of the deceased. It is not possible to travel that distance from Opelousas and still be on Bayou Plaquemine Brulee. Further, Hampton Holland, orally relating family history stated that his grandmother, Zilia Ann Foreman (dau. of James and Susan) was from the Lacassine, LA area. Lacassine is about 70 miles "as the crow flys" from Opelousas. (St. Landry Parish Court House. Succ # 619)
Susan remarried in 1835 to Nelson Higginbotham, widower of Judith Ware. Mr Higginbotham received his authority to celebrate marriages in 1832 and thereby was a Justice of the Peace.
Susan died in 1881 at age 92.
Sources for the children of this marriage and their spouces is Hampton Holland and Sadie Davis by Melba Brown Martin P 35, (Bell City Library)
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From: winston@asbank.com (winston)
Source: Acadia Parish History to 1900, by: Mary Alice Fontenot,
Chapter II, Colonial landowners, pg. 42, 51.
Item: Accross on the Bayou's north bend was the property of James Foreman, the original landowner, claimed by settlement and occupancy. The foreman land was adjacent to Antoine Blanc's large holding on upper Plaquemine Brulee. The son of Edward Foreman, native of Virginia, and Marie Burnett (Bonnet, Barnett) he was married in 1805 to Susan Cole, daughter of James, originally of Natchez and Maime Cotter. (Marriage source?: Henry Newton Pharr genealogical records)
"Acadia Parish History to 1900"
Census:
Name: James Forman
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Opelousas, Louisiana
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 Sarah, Catherine
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 1785-1794
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 4
Census:
Name: James Foreman
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):
St Landry, Louisiana
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 Jacob, David
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 1795-1804 ?
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 1774-1796 James
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 Mary Ann & Melissa
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 Sarah, Catherine
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 1774-1796 Susanna Cole
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11
Name: James Foreman Junior
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): St Landry, Louisiana
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 Elisha, Jesse
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6
Research Notes:
Trees on Rootsweb show the James married To MCCleland as the son of James and Susan Cole. Dates are close to not working. Forman/McCleland m was 1819 Forman/Cole m 1806. If James Jr b after marriage, then 1806 makes him only 13 to marry in 1819. Est his b at 1800 is 4 yrs before marriage.
Also, mother Susanne Cole - b 1789. He could not be her son and born 1800 or any time earlier. That puts her at 11. If she were 15, that puts him b at 1804, meaning he married at 15 - which is the only possible age to meet both dates, but not likely. Doesn't quite add up.
update 30 Nov 2015
Looking at 1820 census and age groups, James Sr. and James Jr. are both in the same age range, 26-44. Each has to be at the respective far end of the range, meaning James Jr. was born abt 1796, so his marriage to Elizabeth in 1819 would be 23 years. However if Susanne Cole born 1789 is his mother, that puts her age at his birth at 7. James Sr.'s age 18. James Sr. must have had a 1st wife.
Died:
James Forman Sr; succession #619, filed St. Landry 2 Jun 1833.
James married Susanne Cole on 5 Feb 1805 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Susanne (daughter of James Cole (Coale) and Jemimah Curtis) was born on 16 Dec 1789 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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