Display Patriot - P-151587 - Laurent Jacques DUPRE

Laurent Jacques DUPRE

SAR Patriot #: P-151587

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State of Service: ESP      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A035147

Birth: 02 Jan 1746 Opelousas / / LA
Death: 24 Aug 1783 Opelousas / / LA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He was a member of the Opelousas, Louisiana Militia Company which served on the expedition under General Bernardo de Galvez
  2. Left New Orleans Aug. 27, 1779, arriving at Manchac, LA on Dec. 7, Baton Rouge, Sep. 21, Nachez, Mobile, Ft Charlotte, and Pensacola

Additional References:
  1. Louisiana Patriots, 1776-1783. Elizabeth Whitman Schmidt, compiler. DAR. 1994
  2. “Bernardo de Gálvez: Services to the American Revolution,” by Charles Robert Churchill, Louisiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1925 - Louisiana, pg 246-247
  3. Louisiana Genealogical Register, March 1963, pg 11, 13-4

Spouse: Marie Josephe Fontenot
Children: Jacques; Eugenia;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1976-03-24 LA Unassigned John Raleigh Fontenot (110630) Eugenia   
1978-11-15 LA Unassigned Patrick Tremie (114861) Eugenia   
1991-11-26 TX 215703 David Lacey Garrison Jr (137094) Eugenie   
1994-08-25 TX 212568 James Gardiner Garrison (139524) Eugenie   
2001-02-08 LA 8531 David Jerome Romagosa (155192) Jacques   
2001-02-08 LA 8532 David Jerome Romagosa Jr (155193) Jacques   
Burial:
Yellow Fever (aka City Hill) Cemetery (C-0257315)
Location:
Washington / St. Landry Parish / LA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2487397
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
30.616270 / -92.062050
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:
13 Apr 2024

Comments:
  • Granite Cenotaph
  • No burial information on Find-a-Grave in Apr 2024
  • Burial listed in Sous Cette Pierre Repos, Tombstone inscriptions of the Old St Landry Church Cemetery, Susan B. Douget 1993


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Cameron Lejeune

Laurent Jacques Dupre was baptized on 2 January 1746 in New Orleans. The Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records lists his parents as Jacques and Anne Bienvenue, residents of the parish of Les Allemands. He was most likely born about 1745 somewhere on the German Coast of Louisiana. 

He married Marie Josephe Fontenot on 26 May 1772 in Pointe Coupee. Laurent and Marie were then listed as residents of Opelousas. They had the following children: Pierre Laurent, Jacques Louis, Eugenie and Antoine. Jacques later became the eighth Governor of Louisiana.

Laurent served as a fusilier in the Opelousas Militia. His service in the Opelousas Militia Roll from 8 June 1777 is referenced on page 247 of Churchill’s Spanish Records. In this capacity, Laurent served under Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez in the Battles of Fort Bute and Baton Rouge.

The Patriot died on 24 April 1783 in Opelousas and was buried in the nearby Yellow Fever Cemetery in Washington, Louisiana. 


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