Opelousas Militia 1776 Muster Roll, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Kathryn Coombs ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Opelousas Militia 1776 Muster Roll Members present at April 15, 1776 Company Review (extracted from the Archives General de Indes, Seville, Spain, Paleles Procedentes de Cuba, 161) Note: If you can prove your lineage to one of these men, you are probably eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Sons of the American Revolution. Charles Jeansonne, Jr. (listed below) is in the DAR "Patriot Index" (list of eligible ancestors). Officers: don Estevan Roberto DE LA MORANDIER, Captain Mr. LE MELLE, Lieutenant Mr. Noel SOILEAU, Ensign Mr. Donato BELLO, Major NCO's SERGEANTS: Mr. MONDAN Mr. CASSE Mr. ST. GERMAIN CORPORALS: Baptiste FONTENEAU Amable BERTRAND Henry FONTENEAU Men: Laurento BAILLIO Antoine BELARD Charles BOURUSSU Francois BOTIN Joseph BOUTIN Blaise BRASSE (note: this is Blaise Brasseau, brother of Marie-Rose, brother in law of Charles Jeansonne, Jr.) Jaques BRIG....O Michel BRIGNAC Lange BROUGUE Louis BROUSSARD Dominique CAILLAUX Francois CAMPEAU Martin CARMARSAGUE Francois CAVEL (no first name given) CHARBONNEAU Jean CHEVALIER Joseph CHEVALIER Charles COMMEAU Joseph CORMIER Michel CORMIER Michel CORMIER Antoine COUNARD Jaque DE BORDE Jean DE BORDE Romain DE LA FOSSE Jaque DE ROSIER Baptiste DOUCETTE Laurent DUPRE Jaque DUPREE Louis FONTENEAU Pierre FONTENEAU Jaque FONTENOT Joseph FONTENEAU Louis FONTENEAU Francois FREGIER Francois FRENAN Francois FRUGIER Pierre FRUGIER Jaques GAGNARD Jaque GROUGUE Joseph GUENARD Baptiste GUILLORIE Claude GUILLORIE Joseph GUILLORIE Louis GUILLORIE Michel JANISE Charle JEANSONE (blotted) JEANSONNE Jean JEANSONNE Paul JEANSONNE Louis JOTRE Baptiste LA FLEUR Jaque LA FLEURE Reneau LAMARQUE Joseph LA MIRANDA Antoine LANGLOIS Silvain LAUNIER Francois LE BLEU LE GRAN Louis ( note: the name is listed as "Le Gran Louis", we are assuming that Le Gran is the surname) Blaise LE JEUNE Jaque MELAYAN Jacques MISTRE Jean ORTOTANTO Francois PITRE Christophe PLAISE Flourantin POUVIER Pierre PRIMEAU Michel PRUDHOMME Victor RICHARD Fabien RICHARD Pierre RICHARD Joseph SAUSIER Jean SAVOIE Pierre SEASIOE Baptiste SEAUSIER Joseph SILVESTER Auguste SOILEAU Jean Baptiste SOILEAU Jean Jean SOU(M?) Olivier SOUNIER Jean Baptiste STILLY Joseph STORY George STELEY Pierre TRAHAN Pierre THIBEAUDET Joseph VAIBLE Francois VEILLON Charlie VIGEE Pierre YOBERTO List of men exempt by the the state because of age or sickness: Note: if your ancestor appears on this list, it does not necessarily mean that he did not fight. Later muster rolls are available for 1776 (but not in my possession) and you should check these to be sure. Or, check the DAR ancestor list ("Patriot Index"). Louis BILLET Gui BLANCHARD BOIS DOREZ Joseph BOURQUE Paul BOUTIN Joseph CARON CARRIER CRETIEN Joseph FONTENEAU Juan Louis FONTENEAU Philipe FONTENEAU Pierre FONTENEAU Pierre FRUGIER Pierre GUIDERIE Jean LA FLEURE Petit LANGLOIS Philip LANGLOIS Berthelemy LE BLEU LE SAUDE LE TIOLET LOLIER MANE MARCANTELLE Joseph MAUREAU Pierre PANELLE PATIN Vincent PINET Francois RIVORE SAINT MOUT John TISON Honore TRAHAN Joseph VAIBLE Allesandre VEROSIN VIDRINE The above muster roll gave a count of 3 Sergeants, 3 Corporals, 87 Soldiers and 34 Exempt, for a total of 127. The roll as signed and certified by Le Chevalier DE CLOUET