Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Luis Estevan Favrot

1788-1872

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019

1. Luis Estevan Favrot Marker

Inscription.
Served two years in the colonial Spanish military service, served in 7th Regiment Militia of Orleans Territory, and as a Major and Colonel of 8th Regiment Louisiana Militia, War of 1812.

Became Judge of West Baton Rouge Parish, 1822. Became physician of East and West Baton Rouge. Built Montevista in West Baton Rouge, 1840, on Pierre Favrot Plantation.

Married first cousin by special dispensation from the Catholic Church.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812.

Location. 30° 24.302′ N, 91° 10.337′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Oxford Avenue north of Amherst Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4251 Oxford Avenue, Baton Rouge LA 70808, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep

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South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Madame Anne Marie Renée Aimé Douézan (here, next to this marker); Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier (here, next to this marker); Henri Bouvier Favrot (here, next to this marker); Anthony Peniston (here, next to this marker); Joseph Onieda Lopez (here, next to this marker); Albert Florestan Aucoin (a few steps from this marker); Philogene Joseph de Favrot (a few steps from this marker); Francoise Gerard (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

More about this marker. Located in the historic Highland Cemetery.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019

2. Luis Estevan Favrot Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 273 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.