Joseph (Prevost) Provost (abt. 1726 - 1806)

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Biography

Joseph Provost, dit Colette, son of Nicolas Provost, dit Colette & Ines Dubos, was born about 1726 at the Natchitoches Post in Louisiana, Nouvelle France. In 1745 he was counted with his parents in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana:

Nicolas PREVOT, sa femme; with 9 children, 0 slaves, 80 cattle, 12 horses or mules, and 15 hogs:

Nicolas Prevot, called Collet, 45

Jves (Yves/Ines) Dubos, his wife, 38

Piere Prevot, 21

Joseph Prevot, 19

Antoine Prevot, 3

Marie Francois Prevot, at the breast."^[1]

He married Magdeleine Mayeux, daughter of Pierre Mayeux and deceased Marie Sellier, on 15 April 1749.^[2] Ten years later he was a widower, and his father had died as well. He married Marie Jeanne Daublin, daughter of Valentin Daublin and Marguerite Descruirs, on 12 July 1759.^[3] In 1771 they were counted in Attakapas, St. Martin, Louisiana,^[4] and on 30 October 1774 they were counted there again.^[5]

He was a member of the Attakapas Militia in 1777, and was a patriot of the U.S. Revolutionary War.^[6] That same month he was counted as a widower with six children and fourteen slaves in the census of 4 May 1777 at Attakapas, St. Martin, Louisiana.^[7]

Inventory for the succession of probably his wife's estate (as the children came of age and moved on) was held on 2 November 1783 in St. Martinville.^[8]

Joseph Prevost died and was buried at the churchyard of St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church on 20 November 1806; age given at death was 80 years.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Census of Pointe Coupee Louisiana 1745" taken by R. S. Remy, edited by Bill Barron (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1978).
2. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records ("DOBR"), (Baton Rouge, LA: diocese, 2002) Vol 1-B, pp. 42 & 150;

   Joseph PROVOST (Nicolas Provost & Yves DUBO) native of St. Francis Parish at Natchitoches, m. 15 April 1749, Magdelaine MAYEUX (Pierre Mayeux and decd. Marie SELLIER) native of this parish. Wit: Nicolas Provost, father of Joseph Provost; Francois Mayeux, brother of Magdelaine Mayeux; Antoine Patin; Jean Francois Decuir, brother-in-law; Balquet; Bordelon; Lammbreumon (PCP-1, 92) also (PCP-2-38a).

3. ↑ DOBR1-B, p. 150;

   Joseph PROVOST (Nicolas Provost, decd. and Yves DUBOST) "dit" Collette, widower of Magdelene MAIEUX, m. 12 July 1759, Jeanne DAUBLIN (Valentin Daublin & Marguerite DESCUIRS, both decd.) native of Cannes Brulees, wit. Joseph Decoux; Martin; Poke; Allain; Gerard (PCP-1, 200) also (PCP-3, 50).

4. ↑ Attakapas Post: The Census of 1771, Winston De Ville, editor (Author: 1986) p. 15;

   Citing transcription of Papales Procedentes de Cuba (in the Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain), Legajo 188C, on microfilm at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwest Louisiana, in Lafayette, LA.

   ---(Blank) COLETTE (little doubt, PREVOST), age 43; Francois COLETTE, age 18; wife (written as though wife of Francois Colette, but probably wife of head of household who is 43), age 35; Bapte. COLETTE, age 17; Jos. COLETTE, age 15; two boys, ages 7 and 5; two girls, ages 12 and 3. There are seven male negroes, ages 50, 45, 30, 25, 15, 8, and 5. There are four female negresses, two age 30, 18, and 6. They have 100 cattle and 20 horses, on 80 arpents of land, without title.

5. ↑ Winston DeVille, Marriage Contracts of the Attakapas Post, 1760-1803 (St. Martinville, LA: Attakapas Historical Assoc., 1966) p. 43;

   "1774 Census of Attakapas Post," ed. by Jane Guillory Bulliard & Leona Trosclair David;

   :Colette et sa femme; with 7 children, 11 slaves, 300 cattle, 15 horses or mules, and 25 hogs.
6. ↑ Attakapas Gazette, 1966-1994 (Attakapas Historical Association and the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana; Carl A. Brasseaux, ed.) Attakapas Gazette Online vol. IX, no. 4 (Dec 1974) p. 176;

   Patriot listed on the roster of "La Compagnie de Milice des Attakapas." Cites C. Robert Churchill, "S.A.R. Spanish Records; Spanish-English War 1779-1783," pp. 289-290.

7. ↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publishing, 2010); citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300); p. 15;

   "91. Joseph PREVOT, Widower, 50.

   Garcons: Baptiste, 25;

   Joseph, 22;

   Pierre, 14;

   Bernard, 12.

   Filles: Magdeleine, 17;

   Marie, 10.

   Slaves: 14.

   There were 350 cattle, 20 horses, 27 hogs, and 27 sheep.

8. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, citing Marriage Contracts of the Attakapas Post, 1760-1803, compiled by Winston DeVille (St. Martinville, LA: Attakapas Historical Assoc., 1966) Special Publication No. 1, p. 43;

   Inventory of the estate of Joseph PREVOST dit Collete was made 2 Nov 1783 (SMOA 3-61).

9. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900 ("SWLR"), CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publications Division, 2001);

   PREVOST, Joseph - of Illinois (Nicolas) d. at Joseph Pierre NEZAT - of La Pointe sur le Bayou Teych, bur. 20 Nov. 1806 at age 80 yrs. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #448).

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