French Emigrants to Richmond County, GA

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FRENCH EMIGRANTS TO RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA
By Wm. H. DUMONT
printed in National Gen. Society Quarterly, Vol. 52, part 1, Number. 2, June 1964

Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by K. Torp

There were at least 77 French emigrants to Richmond Co., Georgia during the latter part of the 18th and early 19th centuries, as indicated by the 1850 and 1860 census and tombstone inscriptions and records of the cemeteries of Richmond County. Most of them settled in Augusta, the county seat of Richmond County. Of these, 32 were French refugees from St. Domingo¹. Some of the others may also have fled from St. Domingo, but the records do not so indicate.

* indicates that a tombstone has been erected for that person and the information was taken mainly from it. Where additional information, different from the tombstone, was found in the cemetery records or in the 1850 and 1860 census, it is shown in parenthesis.

Persons of the following names are listed in the telephone directory of Augusta for 1963:
Bignon, Brucker, D'Antignac, Delaigle, Dugas, Rossignol, and Verdery.

Emigrant

Cemetery Buried In

*Alleoud, Marc I. , native, Geneva, Switzerland; d. Oct. 5, 1831, in 52nd yr. (Alleoud, Martinille, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1810)
Magnolia Cem

*Alleoud, Celesten Martinet , wife of Marc I. Alleoud; native, St. Domingo; d. Oct. 29, 1848, age 55 (or 60 yrs.)
Magnolia Cem

Bardeneau, John , b. France; bur. Aug. 23, 1822.
Magnolia Cem

Bermand, Dr. C., , b. France; bur. Oct. 5, 1828. (Bignon, Joseph, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1787 or 1782). (Bignon, Lagarde, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1796).
Magnolia Cem

*Boisclair, Michael F., b. Island of St. Domingo, Sept. 11, 1792; d. July 21, 1864, at "Adventure" (his home) in Richmond Co.
Walker Cem

Bordeneau, John , b. France; bur. Aug. 22, 1822.
Magnolia Cem

Bozer, Bartlett, , b. France; bur. Oct. 24, 1837, age 75.
Magnolia Cem

Brixitte, Lewis, , b. France; bur. Oct. 27, 1822, age 60.
Magnolia Cem

*Brucker, Daniel , native, Basle, Switzerland; citizen of U. S. for 38 yrs.; d. Oct. 11, 1832, age 65 (or 66).
Magnolia Cem

*Brux, Dr. Edward , b. St. Domingo; d. Oct. 12, 1820, in 31st yr.
Magnolia Cem

*Brux, Guillaume Mathieu (William) b. Oct. 27, 1765 at Castelneau Barbareus near Auch; d. Sept. 8, 1852; resident of Augusta 52 yrs.; (Professor of music).
Magnolia Cem

Carrie, Eugenia , b. France; bur. May 2, 1833, age 42.(Carrie, Clarre, b. either 1794, St. Domingo, or 1800, S. C.).
Magnolia Cem

Carrie, John , b. France; d. June 19, 1857, age 76; resident, 58 yrs.
Magnolia Cem

Carrie, Pete , b. St. Domingo; bur. Aug. 8, 1856, age 69; resident, 38 yrs.
Magnolia Cem

Carvie, Joseph , b. France; bur. Jan. 14, 1835, age 62.
Magnolia Cem

*Catonnet (Cattannet), Peter , native of France, but many years resident of Augusta; d. Aug. 19, 1843, in 74th yr.
Magnolia Cem

*Caudrom, Mrs. Mary Dorothy , native, Rouen, Normandie, France; d. Sept. 28, 1840, age 73.
Magnolia Cem

Convert, Louis, b. France; bur. Aug. 12, 1823, age 50.

Coquillon, F. B. , b. St. Domingo; bur. June 10, 1827, age 79.
Magnolia Cem

Crepew, Mrs. E., b. France; bur. Oct. 25, 1823, age 28. (Crepieu, Victor, b. France, ca. 1774).
Magnolia Cem

Dangas, John , b. France; bur. Sept. 10, 1822, age 35.
Magnolia Cem

*D'Antignac, Major John , native of France; d. Apl. 11, 1827, age 78 (or 79).
Magnolia Cem

D'Conchron, Mary A., b. France; bur. Sept. 25, 1840, age 74; resident, 29 yrs.
Magnolia Cem

*DeBeauregard, Charles Lambert, native, France; d. Mar. 12, 1822, age ca. 45.
Magnolia Cem

Delaigle, Mary H. Ranlet, b. St. Domingo; bur. Aug. 11, 1847, age 83; resident, 46 yrs.

*Delaigle, Nicholas, b. France; d. Oct. 22, 1853, in 87th yr.
Magnolia Cem

*Doubet, Alexander , b. France; d. Jan. 15, 1854, in 33rd yr.
Magnolia Cem

(Dovigno, Antonette, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1806).

Dugas, Eustane, b. St. Domingo; bur. May 23, 1856, age 67; resident, 42 yrs.
Magnolia Cem

Dugas, Mr.'s son, b. France; bur. June 13, 1825.
Magnolia Cem

*Dugas de Vallon, Mary Frances Pauline Vincendiere, widow of Louis R. A. Dugas de Vallon; b. St. Domingo, d. Nov. 18, 1854, in 83rd yr. (Dugas, Pauline, b. St. Domingo, d. Jan. 5, 1875 in 84th yr.).
Morris St. Cem.

Eldtier, P., b. France; bur. June 14, 1825, age 74.
Magnolia Cem

Frederick, Antony, b. France; bur. Oct. 11, 1836, age 46.
Magnolia Cem

(Frederick, Catharine, b. France, ca. 1792).

Frederick, Joseph, b. France; bur. Nov. 1, 1836, age 38.
Magnolia Cem

(Frederick, Martin, b. France, ca. 1792).

Frederick, Peter, b. France; bur. May 23, 1843, age 76; resident, 5 yrs. (This family migrated to U. S. around 1837).
Magnolia Cem

Ganter, Caroline, b. France; bur. Oct. 13, 1839.
Magnolia Cem

Ganter, Elizabeth, b. France; bur. Oct. 17, 1839, age 30.
Magnolia Cem

Guerry, Francis, b. France; bur. Sept. 28, 1834, age 26.
Magnolia Cem

*Guieu (Gien), Philip Couppeau, native of St. Domingo; b. Nov. 17, 1784; d. Sept. 28, 1849; resident, 18 yrs.; "many years an esteemed editor."
Magnolia Cem

Guigon, William, b. France; bur. Sept. 7, 1824, age 35.
Magnolia Cem

Iaham, Mary, b. St. Domingo; bur. July 2, 1854, age 81; resident, 2 yrs.
Magnolia Cem

James, John, b. France; bur. May 20, 1828, age 39.
Magnolia Cem

Kerblay, Jeanne Modelevis Mirepoix, widow of Lequinio Kerblay; b. Toulouse, France, Oct. 4, 1766; d. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 17, 1822.
Magnolia Cem

King, John, b. France; bur. July 27, 1840, age 40.
Magnolia Cem

*Kunze, John M., b. Strasbourg, France, Nov. 10, 1774; emigrated to U. S. in 1798; d. at Macon, Ga., Apl. 18, 1855.
Magnolia Cem

Labateus, Hypolite, b. Bordeau, France; d. Aug. 26, 1836, age 32.
Magnolia Cem

Leatagne, Gerat, b. France; bur. July 4, 1815; "coffee planter, St. Domngo" in pencil.
Magnolia Cem

(La Taste, Eliza, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1787).

(Lediory, Harley, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1770).

Lefevre, H., b. Paris; bur. Aug. 24, 1828, age 34.
Magnolia Cem

(LaFitte, Venevieve R., b. West Indies, ca. 1793).

Peter, C., b. France; bur. Nov. 31, 1821, age 72.
Magnolia Cem

*Piquet, Antoine native, Strasbourg, France; d. Aug. 30, 1865, in 68th yr.
Magnolia Cem

*Poisson, Jane Ann, relict of Dr. Louis Poisson; b. France; d. Augusta, Mar. 30, 1831, age 91 (or 93).
Magnolia Cem

*Poisson, Mary dau. of Jane Poisson; widow of Francis Stanislas Malier Mondouville; b. France; d. Augusta, Sept. 6, 1848, age 76; (Resident, 45 yrs.).
Magnolia Cem

Quarard, Henry b. France; bur. Nov. 14, 1821.
Magnolia Cem

(Quarard, Sophia, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1794).

(Rossignol, Paul, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1785/6).

*Rudler, Francis Joseph, b. France; 1782; d. Dec. 15, 1849; resident, 17 yrs. (15 yrs.)
Magnolia Cem

*Rudler, Agatha, wife of Francis Rudler; native, France; b. Oct. 1780; d. May 18, 1848; resident, Augusta, 14 yrs., 7 mo.
Magnolia Cem

Saventure, Bernard b. France; bur. May 15, 1833, age 43.
Magnolia Cem

Shambonny, J. C. b. France; bur. Dec. 15, 1830, age 79.
Magnolia Cem

*Simonnet, Augustus, native, France, but 41 yrs. in Augusta; d. June 27, 1856, age 77.
Magnolia Cem

(Simonnet, Sophia, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1790, d. Nov. 5, 1876, in 85th year.)

Singer, John, b. France; bur. Aug. 4, 1828, age 60.
Magnolia Cem

*Talvande, Mrs. Rose b. St. Domingo; d. Feb. 6, 1843, age 74.
Magnolia Cem

*Verdery, Mathurin (Verdery Cem.), native, Bordeaux, France; youngest son of M. Jacques DeVerdery, Counsellor of Parliment of Guimne; emigrated at early age to St. Domingo; escaped to Charleston. S. C. where he married; d. Jan. 4, 1837, age 84; resident, 45 yrs.; lived near Augusta; American citizen.

Violiun, John, b. St. Domingo; bur. May 17, 1844, age 50; resident 4 yrs.
Magnolia Cem

* indicates that a tombstone has been erected for that person and the information was taken mainly from it. Where additional information, different from the tombstone, was found in the cemetery records or in the 1850 and 1860 census, it is shown in parenthesis.
¹ See: Houdaille's French Refugees in the United States 1790-1810 in the December 1963 Quarterly.

Emigrant	Cemetery Buried In
*Alleoud, Marc I. , native, Geneva, Switzerland; d. Oct. 5, 1831, in 52nd yr. (Alleoud, Martinille, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1810)	Magnolia Cem
*Alleoud, Celesten Martinet , wife of Marc I. Alleoud; native, St. Domingo; d. Oct. 29, 1848, age 55 (or 60 yrs.)	Magnolia Cem
Bardeneau, John , b. France; bur. Aug. 23, 1822.	Magnolia Cem
Bermand, Dr. C., , b. France; bur. Oct. 5, 1828. (Bignon, Joseph, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1787 or 1782). (Bignon, Lagarde, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1796).	Magnolia Cem
*Boisclair, Michael F., b. Island of St. Domingo, Sept. 11, 1792; d. July 21, 1864, at "Adventure" (his home) in Richmond Co.	Walker Cem
Bordeneau, John , b. France; bur. Aug. 22, 1822.	Magnolia Cem
Bozer, Bartlett, , b. France; bur. Oct. 24, 1837, age 75.	Magnolia Cem
Brixitte, Lewis, , b. France; bur. Oct. 27, 1822, age 60.	Magnolia Cem
*Brucker, Daniel , native, Basle, Switzerland; citizen of U. S. for 38 yrs.; d. Oct. 11, 1832, age 65 (or 66).	Magnolia Cem
*Brux, Dr. Edward , b. St. Domingo; d. Oct. 12, 1820, in 31st yr.	Magnolia Cem
*Brux, Guillaume Mathieu (William) b. Oct. 27, 1765 at Castelneau Barbareus near Auch; d. Sept. 8, 1852; resident of Augusta 52 yrs.; (Professor of music).	Magnolia Cem
Carrie, Eugenia , b. France; bur. May 2, 1833, age 42.(Carrie, Clarre, b. either 1794, St. Domingo, or 1800, S. C.).	Magnolia Cem
Carrie, John , b. France; d. June 19, 1857, age 76; resident, 58 yrs.	Magnolia Cem
Carrie, Pete , b. St. Domingo; bur. Aug. 8, 1856, age 69; resident, 38 yrs.	Magnolia Cem
Carvie, Joseph , b. France; bur. Jan. 14, 1835, age 62.	Magnolia Cem
*Catonnet (Cattannet), Peter , native of France, but many years resident of Augusta; d. Aug. 19, 1843, in 74th yr.	Magnolia Cem
*Caudrom, Mrs. Mary Dorothy , native, Rouen, Normandie, France; d. Sept. 28, 1840, age 73.	Magnolia Cem
Convert, Louis, b. France; bur. Aug. 12, 1823, age 50.
Coquillon, F. B. , b. St. Domingo; bur. June 10, 1827, age 79.	Magnolia Cem
Crepew, Mrs. E., b. France; bur. Oct. 25, 1823, age 28. (Crepieu, Victor, b. France, ca. 1774).	Magnolia Cem
Dangas, John , b. France; bur. Sept. 10, 1822, age 35.	Magnolia Cem
*D'Antignac, Major John , native of France; d. Apl. 11, 1827, age 78 (or 79).	Magnolia Cem
D'Conchron, Mary A., b. France; bur. Sept. 25, 1840, age 74; resident, 29 yrs.	Magnolia Cem
*DeBeauregard, Charles Lambert, native, France; d. Mar. 12, 1822, age ca. 45.	Magnolia Cem
Delaigle, Mary H. Ranlet, b. St. Domingo; bur. Aug. 11, 1847, age 83; resident, 46 yrs.
*Delaigle, Nicholas, b. France; d. Oct. 22, 1853, in 87th yr.	Magnolia Cem
*Doubet, Alexander , b. France; d. Jan. 15, 1854, in 33rd yr.	Magnolia Cem
(Dovigno, Antonette, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1806).
Dugas, Eustane, b. St. Domingo; bur. May 23, 1856, age 67; resident, 42 yrs.	Magnolia Cem
Dugas, Mr.'s son, b. France; bur. June 13, 1825.	Magnolia Cem
*Dugas de Vallon, Mary Frances Pauline Vincendiere, widow of Louis R. A. Dugas de Vallon; b. St. Domingo, d. Nov. 18, 1854, in 83rd yr. (Dugas, Pauline, b. St. Domingo, d. Jan. 5, 1875 in 84th yr.).	Morris St. Cem.
Eldtier, P., b. France; bur. June 14, 1825, age 74.	Magnolia Cem
Frederick, Antony, b. France; bur. Oct. 11, 1836, age 46.	Magnolia Cem
(Frederick, Catharine, b. France, ca. 1792).
Frederick, Joseph, b. France; bur. Nov. 1, 1836, age 38.	Magnolia Cem
(Frederick, Martin, b. France, ca. 1792).
Frederick, Peter, b. France; bur. May 23, 1843, age 76; resident, 5 yrs. (This family migrated to U. S. around 1837).	Magnolia Cem
Ganter, Caroline, b. France; bur. Oct. 13, 1839.	Magnolia Cem
Ganter, Elizabeth, b. France; bur. Oct. 17, 1839, age 30.	Magnolia Cem
Guerry, Francis, b. France; bur. Sept. 28, 1834, age 26.	Magnolia Cem
*Guieu (Gien), Philip Couppeau, native of St. Domingo; b. Nov. 17, 1784; d. Sept. 28, 1849; resident, 18 yrs.; "many years an esteemed editor."	Magnolia Cem
Guigon, William, b. France; bur. Sept. 7, 1824, age 35.	Magnolia Cem
Iaham, Mary, b. St. Domingo; bur. July 2, 1854, age 81; resident, 2 yrs.	Magnolia Cem
James, John, b. France; bur. May 20, 1828, age 39.	Magnolia Cem
Kerblay, Jeanne Modelevis Mirepoix, widow of Lequinio Kerblay; b. Toulouse, France, Oct. 4, 1766; d. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 17, 1822.	Magnolia Cem
King, John, b. France; bur. July 27, 1840, age 40.	Magnolia Cem
*Kunze, John M., b. Strasbourg, France, Nov. 10, 1774; emigrated to U. S. in 1798; d. at Macon, Ga., Apl. 18, 1855.	Magnolia Cem
Labateus, Hypolite, b. Bordeau, France; d. Aug. 26, 1836, age 32.	Magnolia Cem
Leatagne, Gerat, b. France; bur. July 4, 1815; "coffee planter, St. Domngo" in pencil.	Magnolia Cem
(La Taste, Eliza, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1787).
(Lediory, Harley, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1770).
Lefevre, H., b. Paris; bur. Aug. 24, 1828, age 34.	Magnolia Cem
(LaFitte, Venevieve R., b. West Indies, ca. 1793).
Peter, C., b. France; bur. Nov. 31, 1821, age 72.	Magnolia Cem
*Piquet, Antoine native, Strasbourg, France; d. Aug. 30, 1865, in 68th yr.	Magnolia Cem
*Poisson, Jane Ann, relict of Dr. Louis Poisson; b. France; d. Augusta, Mar. 30, 1831, age 91 (or 93).	Magnolia Cem
*Poisson, Mary dau. of Jane Poisson; widow of Francis Stanislas Malier Mondouville; b. France; d. Augusta, Sept. 6, 1848, age 76; (Resident, 45 yrs.).	Magnolia Cem
Quarard, Henry b. France; bur. Nov. 14, 1821.	Magnolia Cem
(Quarard, Sophia, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1794).
(Rossignol, Paul, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1785/6).
*Rudler, Francis Joseph, b. France; 1782; d. Dec. 15, 1849; resident, 17 yrs. (15 yrs.)	Magnolia Cem
*Rudler, Agatha, wife of Francis Rudler; native, France; b. Oct. 1780; d. May 18, 1848; resident, Augusta, 14 yrs., 7 mo.	Magnolia Cem
Saventure, Bernard b. France; bur. May 15, 1833, age 43.	Magnolia Cem
Shambonny, J. C. b. France; bur. Dec. 15, 1830, age 79.	Magnolia Cem
*Simonnet, Augustus, native, France, but 41 yrs. in Augusta; d. June 27, 1856, age 77.	Magnolia Cem
(Simonnet, Sophia, b. St. Domingo, ca. 1790, d. Nov. 5, 1876, in 85th year.)
Singer, John, b. France; bur. Aug. 4, 1828, age 60.	Magnolia Cem
*Talvande, Mrs. Rose b. St. Domingo; d. Feb. 6, 1843, age 74.	Magnolia Cem
*Verdery, Mathurin (Verdery Cem.), native, Bordeaux, France; youngest son of M. Jacques DeVerdery, Counsellor of Parliment of Guimne; emigrated at early age to St. Domingo; escaped to Charleston. S. C. where he married; d. Jan. 4, 1837, age 84; resident, 45 yrs.; lived near Augusta; American citizen.
Violiun, John, b. St. Domingo; bur. May 17, 1844, age 50; resident 4 yrs.	Magnolia Cem