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peace at those places and to present to them copies of the United States Constitution and copies of the territorial law codc.
On January 9, 1811, Flood docked the sloop Alligator at the Simeon Farvc Farm on the east bank of the Pearl, raised the flag, and appointed Farve as a justice of the peace of Biloxi Parish. Flood repeated this ritual later that same day at the Bay of St. Louis and Pass Christian, appointing Philip Saucier as justice of the peace. At Flood's next stop on Biloxi Bay, Jacques Ladner received the American documents and assumed office.
On the morning of January 13, Flood rcached the Pascagoula where he named Benjamin Goodin, Fortesquc Coming, and United States Navy Sailing Master George Farragut as justices of the peace for Pascagoula Parish. A half century later this last man’s son David would command the Federal Civil War fleet that would conquer New Orleans, the Mobile forts, and the Gulf Coast. Descendants of this family still reside in the Pascagoula area.
The anarchy attending the rebellion in the Pascagoula area ended with the establishment of American control. Flood, unable to proceed to Mobile because of the Spanish presence there, returned to New Orleans. In his report to Claiborne, he estimated the population of Biloxi Parish at 420 and that of Pascagoula Parish at 350. Although most of the residents were of French ancestry, Flood deemed them pleased to be attached to the United