Marksville, Louisiana - Francois Tournier

Marksville is named after Marc Eliche (Marco Litche, as recorded by the Spanish), a Jewish-Italian immigrant who established a trading post after his wagon broke down in this area. He was a Sephardic Jewish trader from Italy, believed to be from Venice. His Italian name was recorded by a Spanish priest as Marco Litche, and as Marc Eliche or Mark Eliché by French priests after his trading post was established about 1794. Marksville was noted on Louisiana maps as early as 1809, after the United States acquired the territory in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Eliche later donated the land that became the Courthouse Square. It is still the center of Marksville.

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE

HOUSE OF AUGUSTINE (TOURNIER) MAGLOIRE

The memoir ends with his telling of how he reacquired his freedom, aided by a man named Samuel Bass. Bass was born in Canada but lived and died in Marksville, Louisiana in Avoyelles Parish. Bass died of pneumonia August 30, 1853 – age 46, while at the home of Justine Tournier (a free woman of color), only months after Solomon was freed.

Augustine (Tournier) Magloire of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana was a slave of Francois Tournier of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. She is listed in the following November 3, 1807 slave document as being sold to Martin Landreneau.

Louisiana, Slave Records, 1719-1820 about Augustine
Name: Augustine
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1801
Other History: sold or inventoried in a group; Member of a family group; Slave's mother is listed in the document; This slave sold with his or her mother.
Comments: sale of 2 plantation on 1 arpent other 30, beasts, utensils and slaves
Family: mom and 4 girls
Mother's Race: Black
Mother's Age: 26
Mother's Birth Year: abt 1781
Members of Group: 2 plantations, implements, beasts and slave
Document Date: 3 Nov 1807
Location: Avoyelles
Document Number: 1
Notary: Alienation Book A
Document Language: French
Document Depository: New Orleans Public Library
Seller: Francois Tournier
Buyer: Martineau Landreneau
Selling Value: 8500
Selling Value US$: 8500

Augustine Mcglory in entry for Ellen Cass
Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956
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Name: Ellen Cass
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Apr 1922
Event Place: Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Age: 76
Race (Original): Colored
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Birthplace: Marksville, Louisiana
Father's Name: Samuel Bass
Mother's Name: Augustine Mcglory
Spouse's Name: John Cass
Certificate Number: 4081