Barbaroux Family Papers,1771-1884

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Title

Barbaroux Family Papers

Date

1771-1884

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Barbaroux Family Papers, 1771-1884, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

0.33 cubic ft.

Scope and Content

Papers of the Barbaroux and Picquet families, primarily of Joseph Barbaroux, merchant of Shippingport and Louisville, Ky. Included are personal and business Papers, mainly in French, regarding his business; land papers and letters to his uncle Martin Picquet, primarily concerning the Tombeckbee Association of Alabama, a group of French emigrants who settled near Demopolis, Alabama; and Picquet Family marriage and birth records. Correspondents include Alex Fournier, Louis Vimont and others. Card index in repository. Primarily in French

Subjects

• Kentucky-- Genealogy.
• Tombeckbee Association for the Encouragement of the Cultivation of the Vine and Olive.
• Barbaroux, Joseph.