Austerlitz Plantation

In the year 1783, a purchase of 1800 acres of farmable land from a group of local native Americans was made on Fausse Riviere, or False River. Approximately 53 years later, a free man of color, named Antoine DeCuir, would go on to cultivate this same land; this 1783 land purchase from native Americans was done by his father. Spanning from approximately, 1832-35, DeCuir would undergo the construction of his plantation that would take the eventual name Austerlitz Plantation, located in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Decuir was quite wealthy and was born into a family of mixed race, having "mulatto," or "quadroon" features. Decuir also happens to be my fifth great-uncle.