Etienne Rancourt Type: Person Identifier: 213788 Title: Etienne Rancourt Unique ID: Etienne Rancourt Standard Name: Rancourt Manuscript Name: A. Racoon Atean Racoon Ateon Racoon Athian Racoon Atian Racon(?), Counselor Ation Racoon Attean Larcoon Attean Raccoon Attean Racoon Attean Racoon(?) Atten Racoon Atteon Lacoon Atteon Larcoon Atteon Raccoon Atteon Racoon Atteon Rancoeur Atteon Recoon Attian Raccoon Attian Racoon Attien Lacoon Attion Racoon Etiene Racone Etienne Raccoon Etienne Rackoon Etienne Racoon Ethnicity: Penobscot Family: Husband of Juliena Etienne Rancourt Place Event: Moosehead Lake, ME Place Vital: Bangor, MEGreenbush, MEOld Town, MESipayic/Indian Township, ME Date: 1810-06-19 1815 1816-09-19 1818-10-13 1823 1823-01-01 1825-01-01 1826-06-17 1829-01-23 1829-06-16 1830-06-05 1831-05-29 1832-01-02 1833-09-11 1834-08-10 1834-12-01 1835 1835-06 1836-01 1836-05-28 1836-06 1836-06-14 1837-01 1837-05-30 1837-06-21 1838-01-23 1838-05-18 1838-06-08 1838-06-14 1838-06-22 1838-12-17 1839 1839-05-24 1839-05-25 1839-05-27 1839-10-25 1840-01 1840-02 1840-02-05 1840-05-18 1840-12-30 1841-03-18 1841-05-18 1841-06-05 1842 1842-01 1842-02-12 1842-02-14 1842-06-08 1842-10-28 1843-01-17 1843-02-01 1843-02-04 1843-05 1843-05-11 1843-05-18 1843-07-29 1843-09-14 1843-09-16 1843-10 1843-11-24 1843-12-27 1844-01-31 1844-05 1844-05-13 1844-07-09 1844-11-01 1844-12-30 1845-02-08 1845-06-16 1845-07-14 1845-11-19 1846-01-05 1846-09-24 Alias: Birch Island Events that this Person attendedItem 128302 At an Indian Court held at Hemlock Island; Councilor.Item 128409 Blake's Roster of the Penobscot Tribe, 1818. Endorsed "Fall Supplies for 1818," 5 souls, 1 man.Item 128486 Head of families 6 persons.Item 129038 Blake roster of the Penobscot tribe, undated but Attean and Neptune are at the head of the list indicating their ascention to office; 6 souls; 1 hunter.Item 129041 On Gen. Blake's "Indian Roster for the Fall 1815", 4 souls, 2 hunters.Item 129047 Signed a document stating the Penibscot tribe had split.Item 102939 Owed J. T. Hardy $2.50.Item 132779 Signed receipt for 100 baskets of corn.Item 132849 Signed a petition to governor and council for funds for a priest.Item 100549 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 101450 Petitioned to support lease of fishing priviledge to Jo Mary Michel and Winslow Staples.Item 132908 Agent's vouchers for 1846.Item 132948 Agent paid them for plowing land.Item 132956 Received payment.Item 132999 Agent paid Thomas Jacques Alexis and Jean Pierre Joseph to plow land for him.Item 133000 On agent's list of agricultural products for 1845.Item 133039 Agent paid to have old and new land plowed.Item 133118 Signed a petition for recall of agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 133125 Agent paid to have his "old land" plowed.Item 133130 Received payments / supplies throughout the year.Item 133131 Agent paid to have his land plowed.Item 133132 Agent paid to have his land plowed.Item 133221 Agent bought seed potatoes for him.Item 133244 Agent bought potatoes for him.Item 133250 Penobscots petitioned for compensation for hosting Saint John and Passamaquoddy delegates.Item 133278 Agent paid plowing expenses.Item 133322 Agent paid bounty for harvest.Item 133337 Received supplies from agent. Multiple entries throughout the year.Item 133352 Agent bought wheat seed for him.Item 133380 His land had been plowed.Item 133407 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 133409 Agent recorded estimate of crop production for the year in detail.Item 133410 Agent paid to have his land plowed.Item 133411 Agent bought him lime.Item 133426 Agent's 1844 vouchers for supplies. Multiple entries follow.Item 133427 Agent bought seed for him.Item 133470 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 133486 On agent's 1836 list for provisions. Five in family.Item 133497 His land had been plowed.Item 133594 Agent paid to have land plowed.Item 133596 Agent bought potatoes from him.Item 133616 Agent paid to have land plowed.Item 102512 Petitioned for annual payment.Item 133665 Agent paid his bill.Item 133674 Agent's 1841 vouchers for supplies. Multiple entries follow.Item 133680 Penobscots requested money from trust fund.Item 103171 Signed a petition to have the state place education money in the hands of the priest.Item 133691 Agent's 1836 vouchers for supplies.Item 133725 Signed a proclamation deposing John Attean.Item 133740 Petitioned for aid to foster agriculture and buils schools.Item 101564 Petitioned for aid to encourage agriculture.Item 104126 Petitioned to have common lands divided to encourage agriculture.Item 103247 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 103248 Petitioned for their legislative representatives to be paid board from the Indian fund. Passage refused.Item 133748 Petitioned re: election law failed. Tribe realizes it can't live by hunting, must adopt agriculture; state agent bribed Governor and Lieut. Governor (drunkards, $500 each) to support sale of 4 townships.Item 133751 Petitioned to elect tribal officers by ballot.Item 133753 Petitioned for a change in the distribution ot tribal funds.Item 133754 Petitioned for biennial elections of governor and lieutenant governor.Item 133756 Petitioned to replace Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to elect new ones and to end influence of British tribes. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133762 Petitioned the legislature that Pierre Thomas was the Penobscot representative, not John Neptune.Item 133820 Indian court session; counselor.Item 134562 Signed a letter putting two lots into the hands of Bishop Fenwick.Show 56 moreSpouse, KinsmanItem 213793 Juliena Etienne RancourtMentions of this PersonItem 50127 At an Indian Court held at Hemlock Island; Councilor.Item 50125 Blake's Roster of the Penobscot Tribe, 1818. Endorsed "Fall Supplies for 1818," 5 souls, 1 man.Item 50133 Owned Groundnut Island near Sugar Island with wife. Also owned lot 3 on Birch Idlans.Item 50185 Head of families 6 persons.Item 50123 On Gen. Blake's "Indian Roster for the Fall 1815", 4 souls, 2 hunters.Item 50124 Blake roster of the Penobscot tribe, undated but Attean and Neptune are at the head of the list indicating their ascention to office; 6 souls; 1 hunter.Item 50131 Signed a document stating the Penibscot tribe had split.Item 50186 Married to Juliena.Item 50197 Owed J. T. Hardy $2.50.Item 50122 Signed receipt for 100 baskets of corn.Item 50160 Signed a petition to governor and council for funds for a priest.Item 50195 Petitioned to support lease of fishing priviledge to Jo Mary Michel and Winslow Staples.Item 50196 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 50183 Agent's vouchers for 1846.Item 50120 Paid for plowing.Item 50121 Agent paid them for plowing land.Item 50119 Received payment.Item 50175 Agent paid to have old and new land plowed.Item 50178 Agent's supply vouchers for 1845; for an axe.Item 50179 Agent bought potatoes from him.Item 50180 Agent's supply vouchers for 1845.Item 50181 Agent paid Thomas Jacques Alexis and Jean Pierre Joseph to plow land for him.Item 50182 On agent's list of agricultural products for 1845.Item 50187 Signed a petition for recall of agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 50169 Agent paid to have his "old land" plowed.Item 50172 Received payments / supplies throughout the year.Item 50173 Agent paid to have his land plowed.Item 50176 Agent paid to have his land plowed.Item 50140 Agent bought seed potatoes for him.Item 50141 Agent's receipts for 1838.Item 50142 Witnessed that Agent bought seed potatoes for Mary Cecile Laurent.Item 50143 Agent bought potatoes for him.Item 50134 Agent paid plowing expenses.Item 50144 Penobscots petitioned for compensation for hosting Saint John and Passamaquoddy delegates.Item 50191 Petitioned to have spending of tribal funds changed to focus instead on education, poor relief and cultivation. Protested governors for life. Wanted ballot election.Item 50157 Agent paid bounty for harvest.Item 50159 Received supplies from agent. Multiple entries throughout the year.Item 50161 Agent bought wheat seed for him.Item 50128 His land had been plowed.Item 50164 Agent paid to have his land plowed.Item 50165 Agent purchased medicine. Multiple entries follow.Item 50166 Agent bought seed for him.Item 50167 Agent bought potatoes from him.Item 50168 Agent bought him lime.Item 50170 Agent's 1844 vouchers for supplies. Multiple entries follow.Item 50171 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 50174 Agent's 1844 vouchers for supplies. Multiple entries follow.Item 50177 Agent recorded estimate of crop production for the year in detail.Item 50162 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 50135 On agent's 1836 list for provisions. Five in family.Item 50129 His land had been plowed.Item 50145 Agent bought potatoes from him.Item 50146 Paid by agent for seed.Item 50147 Agent paid to have land plowed.Item 50148 Agent paid to have land plowed.Item 50188 Petitioned for annual payment.Item 50154 Agent's 1841 vouchers for supplies. Multiple entries follow.Item 50155 Agent bought potatoes from him and paid his bill..Item 50156 Agent paid his bill.Item 50132 Penobscots requested money from trust fund.Item 50192 Signed a petition to have the state place education money in the hands of the priest.Item 50136 Agent's 1836 vouchers for supplies.Item 50138 Agent paid him for ferriage.Item 50139 Agent's 1837 vouchers for supplies. Multiple entries follow.Item 50130 Signed a proclamation deposing John Attean.Item 50118 Petitioned for aid to foster agriculture and buils schools.Item 50189 Petitioned for aid to encourage agriculture.Item 50190 Petitioned to have common lands divided to encourage agriculture.Item 50193 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 50194 Petitioned for their legislative representatives to be paid board from the Indian fund. Passage refused.Item 50150 Petitioned re: election law failed. Tribe realizes it can't live by hunting, must adopt agriculture; state agent bribed Governor and Lieut. Governor (drunkards, $500 each) to support sale of 4 townships.Item 50151 Petitioned to elect tribal officers by ballot.Item 50153 Petitioned for a change in the distribution ot tribal funds.Item 50149 Petitioned for biennial elections of governor and lieutenant governor.Item 50158 Petitioned to replace Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to elect new ones and to end influence of British tribes. Indefinitely postponed.Item 50163 Petitioned the legislature that Pierre Thomas was the Penobscot representative, not John Neptune.Item 50152 Land plowed and harrowed for him on Birch Island. Agent paid him for potatoes.Item 50184 Indian court session; counselor.Item 50126 census of Penobscot Indians, 6 souls, 1 hunter, 3 children under 10, 1 person under 10.Item 50137 Signed a letter putting two lots into the hands of Bishop Fenwick.Show 74 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300031 Penobscot Records. Bangor Public Library ...Item 300056 John Blake Papers. Bangor Historical Society ...Item 300075 Bradley, Zebulon. Survey of the Islands in ...Item 300077 Brewer, Josiah. 1823 Journal. Maine Historical ...Item 300160 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy Gen. John Blake’s ...Item 300164 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy. Old John Neptune ...Item 300157 Eckstorm Indian Pawn Papers Manuscript Records ...Item 300342 Maine Historical Society Manuscript Collection ...Item 300365 Maine State Archives Executive Council Report ...Item 300368 Maine State Archives Indian Affairs Box. ...Item 300370 Maine State Legislature Graveyard, Maine ...Item 300371 Maine State Archives Legislative Index.Item 300894 Maine State Library.Item 300369 Penobscot Census, 1823Item 300457 Penobscots to Bishop Fenwick, Manuscript ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Etienne Rancourt,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/58101.Item213788 Save this item as a PDF file
