 Besserer died in March 1823, and his older brother Louis-Théodore Besserer was his heir.Louis Besserer immediately set to work dividing Sandy Hill into lots, however those lots proved difficult to sell due to the sandy and unproductive land, and the lack of churches, schools and business.By 1845, Besserer transferred six of these lots over to the Roman Catholic Church for them to establish a church and a college.