Bennett Store and Bennett House
Bennett House in Dispair in 1979
The house was still owned by descendants of the Bennetts
but was unoccupied and in dispair.
The Bennett Store stood between Bayou Boeuf and the curving road that followed the bayou. Bayou Boeuf was used for transporting agricultural products to market in New Orleans and for delivering goods from the city to the country.
Bennett Store Records
An unbroken series of ledgers of the Bennett Store, 1868-1917 have been lent by the family to Louisiana State University (LSU) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Correspondence dates from 1838.
Jim Bowie was active in this area and the orginal Bowie Knife was said to have been made by Jim Bowie's relative in Marksville, Louisiana.
Jim Bowie is listed in the Bennett ledgers as purchasing wine at the Bennett Store in 1818. 
