Dominique François "Victor" Burthe (1811–1868), was born in Jefferson, Louisiana, to Dominique François Burthe, a native of Metz, France, and Louise Delord-Sarpy (1789–1848), whose father Sylvester Delord-Sarpy's plantation became Tivoli Circle. His father had purchased the plantation that became known as Burtheville from Bernard de Marigny by an act passed before Felix de Armas, Notary Public, on 3 June 1831 at the price of $38,000.Meloncy C Soniat, 'The faubourgs forming the section of the upper city of New Orleans', The Louisiana Historical Quarterly Volume 20, January–October 1937, pp 192–211 He married Antoinette Estelle Millaudon, daughter of Benjamin Laurent Millaudon. He was a judge in Jefferson Parish and later served as a Senator in the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish. As a judge he ruled on the Joseph Tom v. The Slave Ernest at the Carrollton Courthouse.Mary Ann Wegmann, Dying Declaration of a Ten-Year-Old Carrollton Girl: Stop 2 of 9 in the Carrollton Courthouse tour, New Orleans Historical (Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, History Department, University of New Orleans & Communication Department, Tulane University. He was president of The Boston Club from 1866 to 1868.
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