Parlange Plantation House
The Parlange Plantation is located off Highway 78 in New Roads, Louisiana. Julie de Ternant once lived on the plantation with her father Claude de Ternant. Her father was raised by strict French traditions in which the father chose what would be best for his children. Julie was the youngest of his five children and he wanted to specifically make sure she was taken care of by choosing a husband for her. Claude picked a man for Julie that she found repulsive and that she knew could never love. The man was much older than her and had heaviness that caused much sweat to his body. However since the year was 1790, the daughter had to abide by the father’s decision.
This was especially prevalent when the social status of the daughter and her family would increase as a result of the marriage. The wedding took place on the plantation which was beautifully transformed into a wedding hall. Legend has it that Julie held back from crying during the ceremony and went through with it for her father. Later that night as they went up to bed, Julie panicked and started to run away from the upstairs bedroom. She made it to the outside of the house and slammed into one of the oak trees in the darkness. She was killed at the scene and buried the following day in her wedding dress. The ghost of a young lady in a white gown has been seen running from the house into a tree. Upon impact of tree, the ghost disappears. The ghost is most often seen after sunset when there is little moonlight.
(Source: Dwyer, Jeff. Ghost Hunter’s Guide to New Orleans. 2007.)
The date given for this is wrong. It didn’t happen in 1790. It happened in Aug of 1861. The french nobelman turned out to be a Confederate soldier, Lieutenant Lucas Rochilieu. Read the book “I am Madame X”, a memoir about her sister Virginie Gautreau.
It appears we have conflicting information. Thanks for the input. Let it be known to everyone that the date has been contested.
Nolalove is incorrect. “I am Madame X” is a work of fiction (as explained in the book by the author) which borrows and alters liberally from the facts to make an interesting read. Virginie Gatreau (in the book the niece, not the sister of Julie) is actually made older by a number of years than is true to make the story “work.” Virginie is immortalized in the painting “Madame X” by John Singer Sargent. It is acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces and hangs prominently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. For detailed factual information, read “Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X.”
wow.. thats weird ghosts should go through things :\