Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Henri Bouvier Favrot
1799-1881
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
1. Henri Bouvier Favrot Marker
Private, 8th Regt, Meriam's Co., War of 1812. Capt., 11th Regt., La. Militia, 1836. Organizer of company of free black volunteers for Confederate States Army. Operator of first regularly established ferry service at Baton Rouge, beginning 1836.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812 • War, US Civil.
Location. 30° 24.303′ N, 91° 10.336′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It is on 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 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: Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier (here, next to this marker); Luis Estevan Favrot (here, next to this marker); Joseph Onieda Lopez (here, next to this marker); Anthony Peniston (here, next to this marker); Madame Anne Marie Renιe Aimι Douιzan (here, next to this marker); Albert Florestan Aucoin (here, next to this marker); Philogene Joseph de Favrot (here, next to this marker); Francoise Gerard (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
2. Henri Bouvier 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 355 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
