Antoine Barraque (born April 15, 1773October 29, 1858), also known as Antoine Barraque Sr., was a

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trader who founded

New Gascony, Arkansas New Gascony, also known as Barraque Landing, is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is located west of Pine Bluff, the county seat. Founded by French ''émigré'' Antoine Barraqué, a 19th-century la ...

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Barraque was born in

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, on April 15, 1773. A

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's Old Guard, he

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from France to the

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in 1816. After emigrating, he worked in the

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and New Gascony, Arkansas. Barraque, who was fimiliar with the

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and married to a local Franco-American woman related to them, led the

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to their new home in 1826 on lands given them by the

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on the Bayou Treache of Red River pursuant to the Treaty of 1824. He later served as the

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of New Gascony and Plum Bayou, Arkansas. He was a business associate of

Frederick Notrebe Frederick Notrebe (1780–April 4, 1849) was an early settler and businessman in Arkansas Post, Arkansas. A Frenchman and former soldier, Notrebe immigrated to the United States around the year 1810 and soon moved to Arkansas Post. He originally w ...

. Barraque died on October 29, 1858, in

Jefferson County, Arkansas Jefferson County, officially the County of Jefferson, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas in the area known as the Arkansas Delta that extends west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson County consists of fi ...

, at the age of 85.

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Barraque Township in Jefferson County and Barraque Street in

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff, officially the City of Pine Bluff, is the List of municipalities in Arkansas, tenth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, Jefferson County. The population of the city wa ...

, are named after him.

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