Display Patriot - P-234192 - Francois LEMELLE

Francois LEMELLE

SAR Patriot #: P-234192

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: ESP      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

Birth: 1738 New Orleans / / LA
Death: 15 Sep 1789 Opelousas / / LA

Qualifying Service Description:

Lieutenant of Opelousas Militia under Bernardo de Galvez during his lower Mississippi campaigns


Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Holmes, Honor and Fidelity - The Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana Militia Companies, 1766-1821, pg 201

Spouse: Charlotte L'Abbe
Children: Marie Louise; Jacques; Francois Denis
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1991-08-21 TX 215710 David Lacey Garrison Jr (137094) Marie   
1994-08-25 TX 212566 James Gardiner Garrison (139524) Marie   
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:
30.616273 / -92.062047
Find A Grave Memorial #:
261066165
Marker Type:
Granite Cenotaph
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
28 Oct 2023

Comments:
  • Find-a-Grave search was negative, Nov 2023
  • 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: Derrick W. Spell

Francois Lemelle was born in 1738 in New Orleans, the son of Francois Lemelle dit Bellegarde and Marie Louise Mariette. The Lemelle family originated in Paris, France.

He married Charlotte L’ Abbe sometime before 1763 in Opelousas, and they had two sons and a daughter together named Marie Louise, Jacques, and Francois Denis. Francois was a successful farmer. According to the 1777 Opelousas Census, Francois had 160 cows, 50 horses, and 15 hogs. 

Francois served as a Lieutenant in the Opelousas militia, according to the militia list published by Holmes in Honor and Fidelity. In this capacity, he fought with Bernardo de Galvez during his lower Mississippi River campaigns, including the Battle of Baton Rouge.   

The Patriot died in Opelousas on the 18th of September, 1789, and was buried in the Yellow Fever Cemetery in Washington, Province of Louisiana, New Spain.


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