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DIr 'OU HAVE AN ANCESTOR AT FORT M/ EPAS?
The following partial list of the first white settlers on Mississippi soil is copied from Pages 151-163 of HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI., THE HEART OF TtfE. SOUTH, by Dunbar Rowland, LL.D. , Vol. I, Chicago-Jackson, the S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925:
STAFF OFFICERS:
Mr.	de	Sauvolle, Commander
Mr.	de	Bienville,	Lieutenant of	the King
Mr.	Le	Vasseur de	Bousouelle, Major
Mr.	de	Bordenave,	Chaplain
Pierre Cave, Surgeon-Major
PETTY OFFICERS:
Jean Francais le Vasseur, Ferry-boat Master Francais Guyon, Ferry-boat Master Nicolas le Voye, Coast Pilot Pierre Tabatrau, Road Pilot Philipes Ley, Master Gunner
SAILORS:
Pierre Hardouin Raymond Saintot Bernard Saurotte Jacques Roy
CANADIANS:
Jacques Bellair Pierre Pot Philipes du Coudret Pierre Tesserontie Antoine Damedieu Le Polonnais Hurs Le Roy Clauda Marandan Jean Du Chesne Estienne Godefray Jean Emery Jean Pintereau Jean du Boulley Jean Baptiste Herviers Jean Cabateau Tineau Alexandre Louis Guay Antoine "Olivier
FREEBOOTERS:
Pierre Desmarsz Michel Chesse Nicholas de Carde Jack Nimonneau Jwan Desplans Philipes Paget Pierre Bertrand Jacques Emerit
FREEBOOTERS CONTINUED:
Andre Regnaux Jacques Carolle Jean Charneaux Louis Le Due Pierre St. Germain
Labourers;
Jacques Gourdon, Edge-Tool Maker
Francois Nicaud, Carpenter
Estienne Tardif
Henry Croisy, Carpenter
Jean La Porte, Gunsmith
Estienen Duguay, Baker
Marc Antoine Basset
Claude Bage
Pierre Potus
CABIN BOYS:
St. Michel Pierre Huet Gabriel Marcel Jean Joly Jacques Charon Pierre Le Vasseur
SOLDIERS:
Daniel Pineau called La Motte, Sergea Francois Montiron, Corporal Jean Des Garennes, Corporal
SOLDIERS Pierre Bosset Jacques Porche Heyerome Brouin Jean Malbeeg Jean Marpeaux Pierre Godeaux Guillaume Martin Antoine Niret Jean Chesne Jean du Val Nicolas la Tuille Jacques Henry Pierre Vallet Pierre Maury Morgan Nomme Pierre Cilliraux Guillaume Lucas-
In the same source cited above, there is a "Roll of the Staff Officers, petty Officers, sailors, Canadians, freebooters, laborers, cabin boys, and soldiers of the fort of the Bay of Biloxi (Fort Maurepas) reviewed on May 25, 1700."