!i!~ SPAIN~ LOUISIANA PATRIOTS in its 1779-~.783 WARwith ENGLAND • During the . AMERICAN Revolution 9 PA RTSIX SPANISH BORDERLAND STUDIES By Granvil~ W. andN. C. Hough ! i i ,,~/.~,~,~z:.. r~.,,,L,;,'z.~/,~,'~:.~;'-~¢,'~'//~:.'.,'~',~,.'~'<'r~','.'.~:/'~:q,': -~" , ;(~" ,~ .'['~ '.,'. -'.'.,~,,;~,,, ".'.:r. , -,:~,",.~,. ,.,"~. ,..jbs":.~ .7.~-.t~: .~".~..... , .-,"',..'.','.:,y ..... "..~[. ' ".\~'~:_<.~. ~.. :.," .....~,~.:." -, ."".;,.7,~-,':,,.,.~."': • -~ -," ,, ,- " ,: ~'."--~\:.:,'-,,..~...'.~..';~.,<~.~..~.'.'.,'~x: -'- - ~ -"- ,'~ " ",'. '-'~ ,,~'~'~:~.'-=',k~;.'~'-'> -~ "--',: ",'~" ~."j,'.~.',: ~, ~,~'; ~-~'~'-.-,.~:~'~,,--.~ , -, " '-'~" :~..:,'/~; " -'.~-~.-'~ '~"~'~'~.x -~~X'*~tt~-~":,X~ ~: "~~,'--~" • . - ' ". , --- ! O .@ SPAIN'S LOUISIANA PATRIOTS IN ITS 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION , PART 6 OF SPANISH BORDERLANDS STUDIES by Granville W. and N. C. Hough © Copyright 2000 by Granville W. and N. C. Hough 3438 Bahia B!eanca West, Apt B Laguna Hills, CA 92653-2830 1 Email: [email protected] Other books in this series include: Spain's California Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England - During the American Revolution, Part 1, 1998. Spain's California Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England - During the American Revolution, Part 2, 1999. Spain's Arizona Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England - During the Amefic0n Revolution, Third Study of the Spanish Borderlands, 1999. Spain's New Mexico Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England - During tb..~American Revolution, Fourth Study of the Spanish Borderlands, 1999. Spain's Texas Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England - During the American Revolution, Fifth Study of the Spanish Borderlands, 2000. I Published by: SHHAR PRESS Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research P.O. Box 490 Midway City, CA 92655-0490 (714) 894-8161 Email: [email protected] ii ~,¢r¢'~,_.':.-;:75~..7:..,.~:,...:- ,., . .. ° .. , . .... ., ,. ,- , ,.,. ~..,~i;,~'~,'.~ ~ ~.-'~'~'-.'-.";2e .',"~.':".. :" :." . ...... • - . ". -.. :, . "(:.::.. ";.,,.. --".,, -:, ,'~ ," .;~.: "" ~"~" ~" .:'. ~'~'," '~ :"~v"~<~L~.~:', ' r~{.~. :.~"~r~.~ ~t"~ ;.~v~:~ ~:::.~:/~:~.:; ~..;/.~.:.~: :` .i ~:``~~.;.:~ `~/.. ... ~.~.......`~ ~.:~`~`~.~ ~??~ ~.~.~<~l~:~:~`;~L.~.~`~.':.:~`~t`~:~ ~ ~ .... ,- ~.';v',~ PREFACE This is the sixth study we have undertaken of Spain's patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England, during the American Revolution; and it covers Louisiana, West Florida, East Florida, and related areas under Spanish control at the time. ,As we have worked our way across the Spanish Borderlands from California to Florida, we believe we have gained an appreciation of Spanish activTties bexond that held by historians who have preceded us in recording the soldiers of Louisiana. Their interj..st has been in, identifying the units and individuals of Louisiana who served, with little attention paid to the Spanish soldiers, mariners, and volunteers who constituted the bulk of the forces involved. We know there were over 10,000 persons involved in the various army, naval, and mariner units of Spain and France, with abou| 2000 of that number coming from the militia, Indians, or other forces normally indigenous to ,~r assigned to Louisiana. We believe we have doubled the number of identified persons whose service would qualify descendants to join the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) or the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). We regret that we have been unable to travel to the libraries which hold additional information, but we have done what we could using interlibrary loan resources. We believe there are at least 6000 persons yet to be named as soldiers, sailors, or other patriots, serving along with General G~lvez. e We have prepared a consolidated list, with asterisks used to designate those for whom we believe records are suitable as documentation of service during the war. We have also included others who were of a suitable age, but for whom we did not see documentation. In our previous studies, we included lists of males over 18 who may have contributed to the war fund set up by King Carlos III for defraying expenses of the war. We found no direct record of contributions collected in Louisiana. It seems that there would have been collections, as many of the people were more able to contribute that those of New Mexico or California. We did find evidence of contributions in Cuba, which was under the same military jurisdiction. We also found no direct record of priests actually carrying out the request of King Carlos III to pray |or victory. We assume they did, so priests are included as patriots. As priests left no descendants, the SAR interest is in finding and marking their burial sites. Our presentation outline includes an introduction, a summary time line, then a listing of units involved in each engagement dr campaign, then a listing of persons involved, then a list of references which may be useful to other researchers. We express our appreciation to Ernesto Uribe, who went to the DAR Library and copied the unpublished work of Compatriot C. Robert Churchill of Louisiana. We thank Dr. Bonny (Hough) Miller who went to Tulane University Library in New Orleans to copy another compilation by Compatriot Churchill. We also express our appreciation to those persons in many libraries who work in interlibrary loan and who provided us with.the works of F. de Borja Medina Rojas, William S. and Hazel P. Coker, Winston De Ville, Gilbert C. Din, Jack D. !.~ Holmes, Walter Uowrle, John F. McDermott, Elizabeth Shown Mills, Earl C. Woods, and many others whose previous efforts made our work possible. LAPref, 11 Nov 2000. iii • " ~.~4.~q~ ":'~''~='J'';~.k';'':" -: : : • " " : .... .... : : - : "'-'~ ':.'~"t .... ~:" ~" "'-~" " :*."-'" ...... "~'~-'~e'~.~,~,'~k.~-~'-~'.~:~'~''~'~" " B SPAIN'S LOUISIANA PATRIOTS IN ITS 1779-1783 WAR WITH ENGLAND - DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Contents , -t. f Preface ........................... "......................... .......................................................................... iii 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 2. Louisiana Time Line ........................................................................................ : ................. 2 3. Participating Groups in the War Activities .............................................................................. 4 A. Summary ............................................................................................................ B. Clandestine Aid ..................................................................................................... 4 C. Recruiting Canary Islanders .................................................................................... 4 D. Baton Rouge Campaign .......................................................................................... 5 E. Mobile Campaign ................................................................................................. 5 F. Battle of St. Louis .................................................................................................. 6 G. Pensacola Campaign .............................................................................................. 6 H. Natchez Uprising.. ~.............................................................................................. 11 I. Mississippi River Activities ...................................................................................... 12 J. Texas Drovers ..................................................................................................... 12 FL G~lvez' Later Campaigns ............................................................... .,~...................... 12 L. Miscellaneous Maritime Activities............................................................................ 12 4. Louisiana Patriots and Near Patriots .................................................................................... 15 References .............................................................................................................. 15 Listing, A .............................................................................................................. 19 Listing, B - C ................................. ~......................................................................... 28 Listing, D - F ........................................................................................................... 62 (Spanish Aid - The King's Order of 24 Dee 1776) .................................................. 84 Llsting, G - 1........................................................................................................... 8S Listing, J - L ......................................................................................................... 102 Listing, M ............................................................................................................. 121 Listing, N - Q ......................................................................................................... 136 (The Many Wondrous Ways to Make Mistakes with Louisiana Names) ..................... 153 Listing, R - S ......................................................................................................... 154 Listing, T - Z ......................................................................................................... 175 $. Kentucky Patriots -Captives to Canada .............................................................................