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Toni: Yes, I'm familiar with those sites. Unfortunately, the La Tourrettee's 1848 map just won't enlarge enough to allow one to read the owners' names. I gave you a link to the Library of Congress which has a digital image of La Tourrettee's 1853 map which you can enlage. That's the one which I said was so tedious to use. Another interesting website is David Rumsey Map Collection:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Use the Luna 6.0 browser and do a search for "Louisiana", you should get quite a few hits. On page two, there is a map by Samuel Breese (1802-1873)"Louisiana" 1845, National Atlas. You can magnify it and key in on specific areas. It clearly shows exactly how Bayou Teche ran at that time.
Frankly, I would concentrate on the St. Martin Parish conveyance records with LDS. I don't know if these films contain a grantor/grantee index but you might want to find out. That saves a lot of time and eye strain. You know the time period so you could concentrate on the appropriate
film(s). And of course the microfiche of the maps showing owners still seems like a good source.
I believe that I gave you a link to the University of Louisiana's bibliography of sources re: plantations. You might want to print it out and take it to your local library. Even though they won't likely have a whole lot of this material, it's always possible they can get some of it on interlibrary loan. Just a thought.
It does sound like you are making progress so hang in there. Hopefully, you'll get the Supreme Court case from UNO - it should have the details of the original suit plus more. Just curious, do you have anything concrete as to whether either of the two structures still exist? Nothing shows up in the National Historic Landmarks database but that doesn't prove anything.
BTW, glad to hear that you enjoyed your trip to the area back when.....Rick
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