[1] Coles Creek, renamed Villa Gayoso in 1792, was the site of an early colonial settlement and the seat of a Catholic parish where the Spanish colonial governor sent a priest to evangelize mostly Protestant settlers to the Catholic faith.

[2] In June 1792 it was the second-largest settlement in the Natchez District with a population of 909 (this enumeration may not included enslaved people).

[3] According to J. F. H. Claiborne, "Villa Gayoso was on Cole's creek, in Jefferson county, (not far from the river) where Gov.

Gayoso erected a sort of chateau as a summer residence, and posted a small garrison.

Guion as public property, and he stationed there to hold it for the United States Corporal Diddup and five men.