As a child I was reared on my father's memories of the JACKSON HOUSE, which was located in Waveland, MS. Although my family believed ANDREW JACKSON was the original occupant of the JACKSON HOUSE, researcher Russell Guerin of Waveland believes it was Andrew Jackson, JR. who commissioned the antebellum mansion to be built.  Originally the plantation consisted of 1000 acres and was called "Sea Song."  Russell told me that the young Jackson was a poor manager of money, and the plantation was taken over by the Mississippi Parks Department and could only be used for a school or leased. The DEBLIEUX family held a 99 year lease
which was sold in the late 1920's and the house burned to the ground about a year later.  On the property currently is BUCCANEER STATE PARK located on South Beach Blvd. in Waveland, MS.  For a picture of this lovely old home, visit  http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/ldh/THEJACKSONHOUSE.html

My father's uncle, HONORE F. DEBLIEUX II, obtained the original lease on the Jackson House. After his death around 1886, my grandfather, JOHN D. DeBLIEUX (a younger brother of H. F.) obtained the lease.  My father, JOHN DODD DEBLIEUX, JR, wrote this description to his grandson, John IV, dated 3/19/1993

"We owned a large summer home on the Mississippi Gulf where we spent part of
each summer. Dad had inherited the place from his family. It had originally
been built by Andrew Jackson. I have no idea how our family bought it, but
they did.

The Jackson House had 21 rooms, a large porch around it, two large halls,
and a big kitchen. The first floor was about 8 feet above the ground, and
you would go from the second floor to a small section of the roof that was
floored and had rails around it."

JUDGE BENJAMIN NOEL DEBLIEUX, SR, the father of H. F and John Sr., lived in the home until his death. His father, JUDGE HONORE F. DEBLIEUX, died at the JACKSON HOUSE. His obituary in the New Orleans Times Picayune read,

"JUDGE HONORE FABRICIUS DEBLIEUX died on Monday, August 12, 1878, in Bay St. Louis, MS. while visiting his son, Judge Benjamin Noel Deblieux, Sr.. He was 80 years old."

Obituary: New Orelans Daily Picayiune, Wednesday, August 14, 1878 DEBLIEUX--At Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Monday, August 12, 1878, Judge H.F. DEBLIEUX, in his 80th year."
Note: There was a yellow fever epidemic in the area at the time, and his body was kept in Bay St. Louis for burial.

Judge H. F. DEBLIEUX was born June 16, 1798 in Digne, France, and came to America with his parents in 1802 when he was four years old. Honore married THERESA PAULINA CATHERINE CONAND around 1819 in St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans. Pauline was the daughter of DR. JOSEPH CONAND and THERESE JOURDAN.  She is buried next to him in Bay St. Louis. Her obit reads:

"Obituary: New Orleans Times Picayune DEBLIEUX--Thursday, November 30, 1882, at 7 1/2 o'clock, P.M.,

Mrs. Widow H.F. DEBLIEUX , born Pauline Conand, aged 83 1/2 years. The body will be taken to Bay St. Louis for interment, and will leave the residence of Mrs. A.C. Tremoulet (Marie Octavie Conand, sister of Pauline), No. 69 Esplanade Street, this day, Friday, at 21/2 o'clcok P.M. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.  Natchitoches papers please copy."

JUDGE BENJAMIN NOEL DEBLIEUX, SR. was born 1826 in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, LA, . He married ELIZABETH W. DODD June 15, 1848 in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, LA, daughter of WILLIAM DODD and MARY PRITCHETT. They were parents to eight children: William Joseph, Honore Fabricius (named for his grandfather), May Mary Elizabeth, Benjamin Noel Jr., John Dodd "Jack",
Lavinia Mary "Lillie", Frank, and Mark Dodd.

During the Civil War Colonel Theodore Johnston organized a militia regiment in Iberville Parish, LA. By mid-May 1861, 700 men had their name's on the regiment's rolls. Among them was Benjamin N. Deblieux, who served as lieutenant colonel.

Although Benjamin was a plantation owner, he was elected November 10, 1845, as Deputy Clerk for Iberville Parish. He is shown in the 1850, census, Iberville Parish, as a plantation owner. He is still living in Iberville Parish when the census ws taken in 1870. He is now age 43, a lawyer, and landowner. His land is valued at $20,000 and his personal property, $4000.00.

BENJAMIN DEBLIEUX was an attorney and later became a judge. He was living in the JACKSON HOUSE at the time of his death. BENJAMIN DEBLIEUX, Sr., died sometime after January 1893 and is buried in Cedar Rest Cemetary, Hancock County, MS. His wife, ELIZABETH DODD DEBLIEUX, died November 01, 1895, and is buried in Plaquemine, LA.

Lynda DeBlieux Hlywiak
Duluth, GA
atlcajun@charter.net