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"Twelve Flags - Triumphs and Tragedies"
-	Dale Greenwell (1968)
Chanter ?5 - "The Spanish Period" ngs. 360 to 171
Under the Spanish, many grants were recognised. Fror 17°-0 on
they vere recorded, recognising many who had lived on the land sin~e
the French neriod.
''ay ?5, 1779 - Alex T'clntosh received !+,650 acres of land there.
July 16, 17B3 - Francisco Carriere received 1,200 acres at Eay St. Loi TTe had received 6,000 acres on June ?5, 1781, at Pass Christ:-The land was not inhabited or cultivated.
August 21, 1787 - Joseph Boisdere (Boisidore) received land which vas not inhabited.
^eb. 10, 178° - Constancis Tardif also did not receive the land since it was not inhabited.
178^ - Iouisa Bosarge received land at Le Berie on Aug. 1°, 1795, where the family had lived since 178U.
Dec. 12, 1798 - louis A. Lessassier received 600 acres vhich vas not previously inhabited.	"
I79I+ _ Midow Armard.
Aug. 27,- 1781 - Philip Saucier received 800 acres
Aug. 27, 1781 - Jean Baptiste Saucier received his grant.
Aug. 26, 1783 - Louis Boisdore, the original claimant, received land fro”i Bay St. Louis to Pearl River issued by Governor Tiro. Since it covered several hundred thousand acres it comprised most of Hancock County.