Plan de la Nouvelle Orléans telle qu'elle estoit au mois de dexembre 1731 levé par Gonichon. Décembre 1731. Souvenir reproduction.

ID: 5911 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection.

This file appears in: Archaeology of the St. Peter Street Cemetery

This reproduction of the 1731 Gonichon map shows the St. Peter Street Cemetery area still outside of the developed portion of the city.

This file appears in: Archaeology of the St. Peter Street Cemetery

Archaeology of the St. Peter Street Cemetery

By D. Ryan Gray

The St. Peter Street Cemetery served as the City of New Orleans’ primary burial ground through most of the Colonial era, from 1724 (and possibly earlier) until 1789, when it was officially replaced by…