The Patout family comes from the village of Ussy in the Departement de Seine-et-Marne, France. Records for this family dating back into the 1700's can be found for this family at the Department of Archives, Melun, France. Below is the Tate family home which was damaged during WWII and had to be dismantled.
I am presently reading copies of the original records and finding additional branches of this family.
Simeon Patout Sr. a native of Ussy, France, arrived in Louisiana in 1825. With his wife Appoline Fournier he started Enterprise Plantation which has remained in family hands every since. Simeon came from a family of grape growers and had hoped to establish a winery at Enterprise. Conditions were not correct and the attempt was unsuccessful. Simeon was born 18 Feb 1791 in Ussy and died in 1847. His wife ran the plantation until their son Hippolyte took over the plantation operation. The family continues to run Enterprise Plantation, Patoutville, Louisiana. It is a National Landmark and the oldest continually operating family owned sugar plantation in the United States.
