| (Left) This 1856 Map by G.W. Colton, authorized by Congress 1854, is in the David Rumsey collection and available online. I was able to locate many maps in private collections bearing the same information and placing the Southwestern boundary of Lafayette Parish well into Township 11 South, Range 3 East. This is also noted on the General Land Office Map Below produced from 1865 to 1879. I was able to find the 1879 GLO Map online at the Alabama State Geolocial Society. In both cases, I entered my search into the google search window to tto locate each map. As luck would have it, someone had collected these maps and made them available online. |
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| MAPS OF LOUISIANA 1856 & 1878 COMPARED WITH BERNARD SURVEY & AERIAL MAP |
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| COMPARE TO THE 1856 MAP(Below) & 1879MAP( RIGHT) |
| T 11 |
| T 10 |
| T 9 |
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| Township 11 South, Range 3 East |
| The (Green Line) Below represents the departure point from Grange's Coulee to Indian Point according to Bertrand. (The Yellow Line) indicates the line that LCG & Vermilionaccepted as the re-established line from the State Land Office. The Bertrand Line is exactly the same as the 1856 G.W. Colton and the 1879 General Land Office Map. |
| This BlueLine Map represents the 1931 Bernard Conclusion and the Lombard Abstract Conclusion. Note that the Coulee des Noix (aka) Coulee Isle des Cannes (Purple Line) located in Township 11, Range 3 East. The Bernard and Lombard Conclusions have the southwestern line in Township 10 South Range 3. |
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| General Land Office Map of Louisiana, 1879(Above). These maps were produced from 1865 to 1879 after the All surveys had been received and posted with the Surveyor General in Washington, D.C., under the management of the Department of the Interior. This map was located and a copy purchased from the Alabama State Geo- logical Society for $10.00. |
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| 1856 G.W. Colton Map of Louisiana Close Up of Lafayette Parish |
| 1879 GLO Map of Louisiana Close Up of Lafayette Parish |
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| Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1854, by G.W. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Souther District (Below) |
| Indian Point |
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| (Above) This diagram superimposed over the Aerial Closeup from the Right, shows the (green) line which represents where the boundary line intersects the Township line dividing Township 9 from 10. It is also the westmost line of Section 30, Township 10 South, Range 3 East. In 1844 Indian Point divided Indian Point Coulee (East) from Indian Bayou (West). |
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| Township 10, Range 3 East |
| Township 9, Range 2 East |
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