Pierre Couvillon I (1783 - bef. 1829)

Born 28 May 1783 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States

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Died before Nov 1829 before age 46 in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Pierre Couvillon was born around 1776 in Pointe Coupee where he grew up to young manhood but married in Avoyelles where he met Brigette Mayheur (Mayeux), of Pierre Mayheur and Anna Bordelon who were among the group who first pioneered on the Avoyelles prairie. They were married at St. Francis church in Pointe Coupee in 1802 and had settled on his father's farm close to Marksville where he had built a little home and where too, sixteen years later he became the sole owner of his father's plantation. Their eleven children were born and reared there and it was there that he had died suddenly in the fall of 1825 leaving a small fortune in land and money to each of his seven living children who were: NOS B-1, Petit PIERRE; B-2, HYPOLITE OGE; B-3 JULIE (born 57/1808 and died young without issue); B-4, CYPRIEN; B-5, CELINE (born 4/7/1811 and seems to have died young); B-6 NARCISSE; B-7 SOSTHENE; B-8, AMABLE (born 5/8/1815 and died young); B-9, ZELINE (born 5/13/1818 and died at birth); B-10, SYMPHORIEN; and B-11, MARY ANN (born in 1823 and died in her early youth). All of these children were baptized in St. Paul's Catholic Church at Hydropolis. Their birth and baptismal records can now be seen in the present St. Paul's Church in Mansura.

Pierre, unlike his father, was very politically minded he being generally involved on most of the political affairs of his community and though he never ran for a major office, we found him frequently in mentioned as a "Road Syndict" (ferry and road maintenance director), "COMMISSIONER" (one to direct others in the building of public facilities), and "OVERSEER of public roads", receiving this last appointment on June 6, 1825, only a few months before his sudden death. He was, besides his political ventures, a very active and successful farmer, cattle and businessman, having been in the general merchandise retail business throughout his adult life and beginning when he was yet a young man. His store was situated near the lands ofOld River on the eastern line of his property where the public road was located. His fortune, when he died, amounted to $25,000 in cash, which in those days was quite a sizeable sum of money. Besides his money, his property holdings consisted of land, cattle and stapled store merchandise, aggregated to much more than his accumulated cash. His family followed his personal suggestion immediately after his death; his widow receiving $7,000 and one-half of the property and each of his children $2,500 and one-seventh of the other half of the property. This decision was made known to his family on his deathbed, he not having prepared a will previously.

It is not definitely known where he was buried but since his parents in St. Louis in New Orleans and because no mention is made of his burial in Mansura, it must be assumed that his body rests in the New Orleans cemetery. His widow, Brigette Mayeux, remarried Joseph Roi (Roy) who was formally from Pointe Coupee and who was the widower of Amelie Guillot and was living in the Hydropolis community. There were no issues in her second union. It is not known when she died and it is presumed that she is buried in the old Hydropolis cemetery. ^{[citation needed]}

Baptism

22 SEP 1783. Pionte Coupee Parish, Louisiana. ^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

Husband Amable Andrien Couvillon. Wife Marianne Therese Pourceau. Marriage 7 JAN 1779.

Child: Veronique Couvillon. Child: Marie Barbe Amable Couvillon. Child: Petronille Couvillon. Child: Pierre Couvillon.

Child: Amable Couvillon. Child: Adrien Couvillon.

Census

1810 Census:^[1]

1820 Census:^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-HWK : accessed 2 February 2018), Pierre Couvillon, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 101, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 181,355.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-JYG : accessed 2 February 2018), Piere Couvillon, Islands South of Red River, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 3, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 181,357.

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