Display Patriot - P-240712 - Augustin JUNEAU

Augustin JUNEAU

SAR Patriot #: P-240712

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: ESP Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

DAR #: A212417

Birth: 05 Nov 1757 / Pointe Coupee / LA
Death: bef 25 Aug 1825 / Avoyelles / LA

Qualifying Service Description:

Fusileer in the Militia of the Post of Pointe Coupee, 30 Jun 1777
Spanish Soldier Galvez expedtion

Additional References:

Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church records, Mansura, La
Schmidt, Elizabeth W. “Louisiana Patriots, 1776-1783. “Washington, DC; National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1994, pg 33; Churchill, Charles Robert. “Bernardo de Galvez: Services to the American Revolution.” Louisiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1925, pg 331
Hough, Granville W. & N.C. Hough. “ Spain’s Louisiana Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England during the American Revolution.” Pt. 6, 2000. Laguna Hills, Ca: GW & NC Hough, pg 33
De Ville, Winston. “Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution.” Lafayette, LA: Provincial Press. 1991, pg 32-3

Spouse: Marguerite Duplechain
Children: Augustin; Zoe; Jean Baptiste;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2004-09-29	LA	19141	Clifford Joseph Normand (157351)	Augustin
2006-06-06	LA	25639	Harry James Moreau (167180)	Zoe
2017-04-07	TX	72737	David Lee Peavy (194635)	Zoe
2018-08-31	LA	82724	Benjamin Paul Juneau (208768)	Jean
2021-03-05	TX	95981	Stafford Gerard Juneau III (218482)	Jean
2024-12-06	WA	109831	Jerry Michael Bordelon (206717)	Augustin/Augustino/Auguste

Burial:

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery_(C-0371185)

Location:

Mansura / Avoyelles Parish / LA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1562164

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

91866429

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

29 Oct 2011

Comments:

On 29 October 2011, Enenomd Meullion (Cenla) SAR Chapter dedicated a plaque at the St. Paul the Apostle cemetery in Mansura, Avoyelles, LA
The plaque is a memorial to those soldiers who served in the local militias and the German Coast
Jean Pierre LeDoux is listed as on the memorial plaque as a member of the Pointe Coupee militia
Photos displayed courtesy of David L. Peavy, TXSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

In 1784, the Spanish King granted land for a church and cemetery near Avoyelles Post
The church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) was erected in 1796
By 1845, a new church was built and named St. Paul the Apostle. The cemetery continues to be owned and operated by the Catholic Church

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Author: David Lee Peavy

Augustin Juneau's father - Claude Juneau dit La Tulippe - was born at Quebec and was a voyageur and trader. By the time he was 20, he was living at Natchitoches. He made voyages to Fort Detroit, as well as to Fort de Chartres. By 1755, he moved to the Pointe Coupee Post, and married Marie-Francoise Lemoine (or Le Moine), 9 September 1755. Augustin was born 5 November 1757 at Pointe Coupee.

On 8 October 1776, Augustin married Marguerite Duplechan (b. 28 Jan 1761 at Pointe Coupee) at Pointe Coupee. From that marriage, there are known to be ten surviving children: Augustin, Jr. (b. 1780), Augustine (b. 1781); Frosine (b. 1783, Marie (b. 1786), Zoe (b. 1788), Joachim (b. 1791), Jean Baptiste (b. 1794), Cyprien (b. 1796), Marguerite (b. 1801), and Zenon (b. 1805). Unlike his father, Augustin was a farmer.

Augustin was listed as a fusilier in the June 1777 roster of militia members of the Pointe Coupee Post. The settlement's need for the militia was for protection from English interests, as well as raids by the local Choctaw Indians.

During the American Revolutionary War, Spain provided assistance to the Continental Army beginning in 1776 and by 1779 declared war on Britain. All of Louisiana's militias had been activated by 1777 with the arrival of Bernardo de Galvez as governor. Augustin participated in Galvez's campaigns against the British to capture the forts in Baton Rouge, as well as West Florida.

By 1782, Augustin's family had moved to the Avoyelles Post, along with his father. In the 1785 census, he is listed as having a wife and three children, 16 arpents of land were planted, one house, 14 cattle, five horses, and 17 swine. On 20 November 1796, two of Augustin's children received the sacrament of confirmation. These were Jean Baptiste (Juan Bautista) and Cyprien (Cypriano). In the collection of Spanish colonial documents for Avoyelles Post, there are numerous transactions involving Augustin between 1793 and 1800 (see De Ville. "Calendar of Louisiana Documents...", v. I).

Augustin is listed on the 1810 federal census with his wife, four children and six slaves. Both Augustin and Marguerite are reported as deceased at the time their daughter, Marguerite, was married, 24 October 1815. The exact dates of their deaths is unknown at this time. (See: Ducote, Alberta R. "Book of Marriages, 1806-1830, Saint Paul Catholic Church, ..." Mansura, LA: St. Paul the Apostle Church. 1982.)

(See: Landry, L. Paul and Eugene J. Connerton. "Genealogie de la Famille Juneau." s.l.: s.n., 1971.)

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