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Maturin TESSON

SAR Patriot #: P-308663

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State of Service: ESP Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service

Birth: 1762
Death: 04 Feb 1782 Opelousas / / LA

Qualifying Service Description:

Fusileer in the Opelousas Militia under General Bernardo de Galvez

Additional References:

Susan B Douget, Sous Cette Pierre Repos, Tombstone inscriptions of the Old St Landry Church Cemetery, 1993
Churchill, SAR Spanish Records, Spanish-English War, 1779-83, pg 247

Spouse: XX XX;
Children: Unknown;

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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 #:

261066331

Marker Type:

Granite Cenotaph

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

28 Oct 2023

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Derrick W. Spell

Maturin Tesson was born in 1762. He was the son of Jean Tesson and Marie DeMoulin. The Tesson family originated from northern France. It is currently unknown if Maturin was ever married or had children.

Maturin served as a Fusilier [a soldier armed with a light flintlock musket.] in the Opelousas militia starting in 1777, according to the militia list published by Churchill. In this capacity, he fought with Bernardo de Galvez during his lower Mississippi River campaigns, including the Battle of Baton Rouge.

He died in Opelousas on the 4th of February, 1782, and was buried in the Yellow Fever Cemetery in Washington, Province of Louisiana, New Spain.

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Additional Information:

No DAR number identified in Oct 2023