In 1699 Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur D'Iberville, father of Louisiana, explored the Mississippi and its distributary the Ascantia, later called Bayou Manchac. By 1758 exiled Acadians had settled at Manchac. They soon built upstream this cypress church, . . . — — Map (db m127915) HM
Co. B - Meriam's Reg't. Louisiana Militia War of 1812 Born - Jan. 9, 1770, St. Servan, France Died - Mar. 14, 1843, Iberville Parish, Louisiana Buried - Old St. Gabriel Church Cemetery St. Gabriel, Louisiana Migrated to Iberville Parish in 1785 . . . — — Map (db m108798) HM