Jean Baptiste Fontenot

1729 - 1805  (76 years)

• Name	Jean Baptiste Fontenot  [1]
  Born	1 Jan 1728/29	Mobile, Alabama, USA
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	2 Jan 1728/29	Fort Conde, Mobile, Alabama, USA
  Emigration	Between 1763 and 1764
  Died	4 Oct 1805	Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA   [1]
  Buried	St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1627	Hollier & Dufilho
  Last Modified	29 May 2022

  
  

  Family	Marie Louise Francoise Lagrange,   b. Abt 1737, Fort Toulouse, Mobile, Alabama, USA
  Married	Abt 1752	Mobile, Alabama, USA
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Louis Fontenot,   b. 1753, Fort Toulouse, Mobile, Alabama, USA ,   d. Abt 1820, Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA  (Age 67 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	29 May 2022
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Jan 1728/29 - Mobile, Alabama, USA Baptism - 2 Jan 1728/29 - Fort Conde, Mobile, Alabama, USA Married - Abt 1752 - Mobile, Alabama, USA Died - 4 Oct 1805 - Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA Buried - - St Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Emigration: Bet. 1763 - 1764, "...during the winter of 1763-1764 when the English took possession of the Fort, that Jean Louis dit Cadet and Marie were forced to evacuate along with other soldiers and their families. The Opelousas country was the destination of the FONTENOT (cont'd) Emigration (cont'd): girls and their families moved to the German Coast."

  
  

• Sources

  [S347] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Record for Jean Baptiste Fontenot [S294] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, National Cemetery Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Jean Batiste A Fontenot. Name: Jean Batiste A Fontenot Service Info.: PVT CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY Cemetery: St Landry Catholic Cem Cemetery Address: Opelousas, LA 70570