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

Highland Cemetery

September 4, 2010

1. Highland Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In use since 1815. Interred here, among others, are Armand Allard Duplantier, Sr. (1753-1827), French officer who served with Lafayette in the American Revolution; his wife, Constance Rochon Joyce (1766-1841); and Pierre Joseph Favrot (1749-1824), officer under Bernardo Galvez in the 1779 expedition against the British fort at Baton Rouge and commandant here 1779-1781.

Erected by City of Baton Rouge.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1815.

Location. 30° 24.283′ N, 91° 10.345′ 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 in this post office area: 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: George Garig (here, next to this marker); Benjamin Parker Thomas (a few steps from this marker); John Baptiste Kleinpeter (a few steps from this marker); John Stephen Huguet, M.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Anthony Peniston (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Madame Anne Marie Renée Aimé Douézan (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Highland Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

Also see . . . Historic Highland Cemetery. (Submitted on August 10, 2015.)

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September 4, 2010

2. Highland Cemetery

September 4, 2010

3. Highland Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2015. This page has been viewed 650 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 9, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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