There were basically only two Putnam or Putman families in Louisiana in the 1800s. One was from New England and one was from our bunch. As the continuing westward movement took place, Louisiana seems to have been bypassed. Maybe no one liked shrimp gumbo.
John James Putman, eldest son of James Putman and Elizabeth Johnson was in Louisiana in the 1830s through the 1850s. He was covered in the MISSISSIPPI PUTMANS section of this work. After 1850 he either moved on or died. I lost track of him after 1850.
Charles Putnam, a son of Caleb Putnam and Hannah Russell was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and came to Georgetown in Washington DC and then to Knox County, Tennessee and then went first to New Orleans where he studied law and then to Mississippi by 1850. His brother, James Russell Putnam, was also in New Orleans where he died in 1843. A few of the kids hung around through the 1880 census, but most just simply moved on.
In the Mississippi section, I covered Charles Caleb Putman, here I will briefly cover his brother, James Russell Putnam. Both these gents are from New England and not part of our Southern Branch, but in order to sort everyone out, I'll brief you on Jim.
Louisiana research is not going to shed much light on our family's movements, but is included anyway.
There were several Putnams in the Civil War, but all related to Caleb's children and their children.
