Display Patriot - P-341452 - Jean Baltazar VICNER/WICKNER
Jean Baltazar VICNER/WICKNER
SAR Patriot #:
P-341452
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: 05 Jan 1740 / / LA Death: 02 Oct 1816 Edgard / St John / LA
Qualifying Service Description:
Soldier in the German Coast Militia under the command of General Don Bernardo de Galvez
Additional References:
Albert J Robichaux, Louisiana Census and Militia Lists, 1770-1789, pg 1, 74
Judy Riffel, 1778 Reports of German Coast inhabitants, Slaves and Militia, La Raconteur, Volume 35, Number 1, pg 3, 5, 9
Les Voyageurs, Volume 7, Number 3, pg 139-43
Les Voyageurs, Volume 13, Number 1, pg 19-28
Robichaux, German Coast Families, pg 371-2
Spouse: Marie Magdelaine Triche Children: Marie Anne; Marie Magdelaine; Nicholas; Rosalie; Marguerite; Jean Baptist; Philippe; Genevieve; Marie Josephine; Charles;
Jean Baltazar Vicner/Wickner, was born 5 January 1740, a son of Henry Nicolas Wickner and Anne Barbe Conrad, at the German Coast of Louisiana, Destrehan, Saint Charles Parish, according to Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Vol. 1, 1718-1750. Jean Baltazar married Marie Madeleine Triche about 1768 at Louisiana.
A 1770 Census shows Jean Baltazar and his family living on the left bank at Saint John the Baptist Parish of Louisiana, producing 12 quarts of rice and 60 quarts of corn. A Louisiana Report of 1778 shows he was willing to provide 15 quarts of rice to the war effort. A list of 1 June 1778, further shows Jean Baltazar serving in the Second Company of the German Coast Volunteer Militia, under the overall command of General Bernardo de Gálvez. This militia company participated at least in campaigns against the British at Louisiana and was included in the initial force of 600 men assembled by Gálvez in August 1779. They marched more than 100 miles to challenge the British at Fort Bute of Manchac, 7 September 1779, and the British fort at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 21 September 1779.
Jean Baltazar Vicner/Wickner died 2 October 1816 at Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
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