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7)	His maternal grandfather was Joseph LeBIanc.
8)	His maternal grandmother was Marie (maiden name unknown).
We now know the story about Joe “Pepe” arriving in America as an orphaned child with the sir name of Murphy is probably not true. While there is possibly some truth to the story, it does not fit with what the records tell us. Could Joe “Pepe” have simply been playing a joke on some of his grandchildren? Could it be that Joe “Pepe” failing mentally in his old age and the story had something to do with his wife, Mary Ann Crowley, who we know was born in Ireland?
In the Hancock County Deed Book B, page 323, we find a Probate record dated July 9, 1855 that cites the Will of “Jose Carrillo”. This record states the Will was dated January 23, 1850 and the “witnesses” to the Will appeared in “open court” on October 28, 1850, indicating Jose Carrillo was dead by that date. The Will also names his grandson, Joseph Carrillo, (our Joseph “Pepe” Carrio) as his Executor. His Will gives to his “wife Rosale” his personal property, house, and 160 acres. This property is hers “during her natural life”. He also leaves 2/3’s of a different 160 acres on Mulatto Bayou (as a life estate) “where he formerly resided” to “my son, Francois” who is the current resident. The remaining “1/3” goes to my granddaughter, Mary who is now the wife of Ursin Ladner. Upon Francois’ death, his 2/3 ’s goes to my grandsons, Joseph and Cecilio (actually Frank, Jr.) Carrillo, and so too the first 160 acres goes to the same grandsons.
In the same Deed Book, page 409, “Joseph Carillo” leaves to “his children, Mary Ann and Joseph” 18 head of cattle, dated March 20, 1856. This record is somewhat confusing. This “Joseph Carillo” can not be the “Jose Carrillo” making his Will in January 1850 because he was apparently dead by October 1850. Could this be our Joe “Pepe” Carrio’s father and his father’s full name was Joseph Francois Carrio? His “children” named were “Joseph and Mary Ann.” Could he have meant Joe “Pepe” and his wife Mary Ann? Probably this record was recorded incorrectly because we have not identified a separate family using these names in Hancock County at that time. If this is in fact Joseph “Pepe” Carrio’s father, he failed to leave any cattle to his other children, Francois “Frank” Carrio, Jr. and Marie Ladner.
Then on June 11, 1857 in Hancock County, we find “Rosalie Carre” marrying “Joseph Antonio Rivra”. On June 6, 1867 the Will of “Rosalie Harra” is filed in the Hancock County Will Book #1, page 55. She leaves her home to “husband Joseph Antoine Arara”, a separate house goes to “Ester” a colored woman, and after her husband’s death, the property goes to her “other heirs” but does not name them. Next we find Probate being opened for “Rosalie Harra” with “Joseph Carrio” Administrator on March 2, 1869. Then in the January 1869 Term of the Hancock County Probate Court, we find the estate of “Joseph A. Harra” being opened by “Joseph Carrio” with more records filed by Carrio in July 1869. On September 11, 1869, we find “Joseph Carrio, Anna his wife, and Mary Ladner, wife of Eusin Ladner”, selling their 2/3’s interest in 161 acres, less the 2 acre homestead, to Luther Russ. They inherited this land from “Rosalie Harra” and the property was called the “Gallarger Place”. Confusing, but this establishes Jose and Rosalie Carrillo as grandparents of our Joseph “Pepe” Carrio with Francisco “Frank” Carrillo and Lucie LeBIanc as his parents.
Now comes the problem of the proper spelling of the name Carrio. Joe “Pepe’s” family was apparently of Spanish origin because this is what we were told and the death certificate of his son, Seymour Carrio lists Joe’s place of birth as “Spain”. This is, of course, wrong but it clearly indicates that the people who raised him were recognized as Spanish. Also, we found
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