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ANTOINE BORDELON I
Birth: 1733 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Death: 24 NOV 1785 in New Roads, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
Burial: 25 NOV 1785 St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, New Roads, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
Father: GABRIEL LAURENT BORDELON b: 25 OCT 1696 in Notre Dame Parish, Le Harve, France
Mother: ANNE FRANCOISE ROLLAND b: 1699 in St. Germain, L'Aurerois, Paris, France
Marriage #1: Marie Anne DECUIR
b: 27 NOV 1740 in Pointe Coupee Post, Louisiana
Married: 23 APR 1759 in St. Francis Catholic Chruch, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana 5
Note: Witnesses to the marriage were, Jean Stephen, Joseph Decoux, Francois Mayeux, Sarazin Moreau, & Bordelon.
children from MARRIAGE #1: MARIE ANNE DECUIR
Pierre BORDELON I b: 22 OCT 1761 in Pointe Coupee Post, Louisiana
Marianna BORDELON b: 22 APR 1764 in Pointe Coupee Post, Louisiana
Antoine BORDELON II b: 14 FEB 1767 in Pointe Coupee Post, Louisiana
AUGUSTIN BORDELON I b: 10 NOV 1768 in New Roads, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
Franois BORDELON, Sr. b: 26 FEB 1771 in Pointe Coupee Post, Louisiana
Lucie (Lucille) BORDELON b: 24 OCT 1773 in Pointe Coupee Post, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
Hilaire BORDELON I b: 10 DEC 1777 in Pointe Coupee Post, Louisiana
MARRIAGE #2: Marguerite Perrine FREDERIC-LEONARD
b: 1747 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Married: 20 JUL 1779 in St. Francois Catholic Church, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana 16
Died: September 23, 1792
CHILDREN FROM MARRIAGE #2: Marguerite Perrine FREDERIC-LEONARD
Felicite BORDELON b: 26 MAR 1780 in Pointe Coupee, Point Coupee, Louisiana
Victoire BORDELON b: 20 MAY 1781 in Avoyelles Post, Louisiana
Zenon BORDELON I b: 29 SEP 1782 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Charles BORDELON b: 1783 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Valery BORDELON (1782 - 6 Aug 1858) in Pointe Coupee Parish,Louisiana
LIFE
Antoine was likely born in New Orleans in 1732 - possibly after the death of his father, Gabriel. Laurens(t) Bordelon. His mother was Anne Françoise Roland.
Antoine was married twice. His first marriage to Marie Anne Décuir was recorded on 23 April 1759 at St. François d’Assise Catholic Church at Le Poste de la Pointe Coupée in (what is now) the New Roads area of Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana. Seven children were born from this union: Pierre, Marianne, Antoine II, Augustin, François, Lucille, and Hilaire. After his wife died in 1778, Antoine married Marie Marguerite Frédéric dite Leonard on 20 July 1779. His second union produced five more children: Félicité, Victorie, Zénon, Charles, and Valery.
Antoine is considered a Revolutionary War patriot by virtue of his service with Galvez in the Pointe Coupée Militia during the American Revolution.
According to a 6 November 1783 Spanish colonial document entitled "Liste des Officiers de milice du Poste de La Pte. Coupée" Antoine was a 'Second Adjutant', and a promotion to the grade of 'Lieutenant of the [Pointe Coupée] Militia' was being requested. The document also stated that 'this officer was in the Baton Rouge campaign and since then Natchez'. The Battle of Baton Rouge took place in September 1779, at which time the British surrendered after three hours of fierce fighting. The terms of the British surrender insisted upon by Galvez included the surrender of Fort Panmure - present-day Natchez.
This defeat of the British cleared the lower Mississippi River of British forces and put the mighty river totally under Allied control. [Antoine Bordelon is a proven ancestor for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as well as the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
In 1785, he was documented in a census as a Le Poste de la Avoyelles resident. He had been granted 1000 acres of land there by the Spanish government - likely for his military service.
He died on 24 November 1785. His burial took place a day later and was recorded in the records of St. François d’Assise Catholic Church (Pointe Coupée Parish). If he was, indeed, buried at St. François d’Assise, his grave was likely located in the cemetery of the 1760 church. The cemetery was blessed in 1764. Almost all of the graves from this church were lost to the Mississippi River. A few were moved to St. Mary's Church in New Roads, but none of those were for individuals who died prior to 1818.
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Antoine Bordelon I died on 24 November 1785. His burial took place a day later and was recorded in the records of St. François d’Assise Catholic Church (Pointe Coupée Parish) St. Francis Chapel- The original structure was completed in 1728 at the Post of Pointe Coupee. A new church was constructed in 1760 but built too close to the Mississippi River. The rushing waters soon consumed graves from the church's graveyard.
Antoine Bordelon I fought and served under Louisiana Governor Gálvez (above) who carried out a masterful military campaign and defeated the British colonial forces at Fort Bute, Baton Rouge, and Natchez in 1779.
The Battle of Baton Rouge, on 21 September 1779, freed the lower Mississippi Valley of British forces and relieved the threat to the capital of Louisiana, New Orleans. In March 1780, he recaptured Mobile from the British at the Battle of Fort Charlotte.