Historical Markers in Edgard, Louisiana

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Historical Markers in Edgard, Louisiana

1 ► Louisiana, St. John the Baptist Parish, Edgard — Allées Gwendolyn Midlo Hall —

This monument records the names of 107,000 people held in bondage in Louisiana from 1719-1820. The records were gathered from the database Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, created by noted historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. We have named . . . — — Map (db m117304) HM

2 ► Louisiana, St. John the Baptist Parish, Edgard — Caroline Deslonde Beauregard — Wife of Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard — 1831- March, 1864 —

As Madame Beauregard lay dying in New Orleans, she yearned to see her husband once more, but his duties in the Confederate Army made his return impossible. She knew her husband could not be spared as a soldier of the South, and she resigned herself . . . — — Map (db m85143) HM

3 ► Louisiana, St. John The Baptist Parish, Edgard — Luis Bethancourt — Colonist and Patriot — 8 May 1750 - 14 May 1826 —

Served with Galvez Expedition for American independence. — — Map (db m205917) HM

4 ► Louisiana, St. John the Baptist Parish, Edgard — Saint John The Baptist Church —

On February 21, 1770 property was set aside by Spanish authority for a church on the second German Coast. When Father Bernardo de Limpach arrived in 1772, Acadians had also settled in the area. The new church took the name of the original Chapel . . . — — Map (db m87943) HM

5 ► Louisiana, St. John the Baptist Parish, Edgard — St. John The Baptist Catholic Church — 1770 —

From which civil parish was named. First church on second German Coast when Louisiana was a colony of Spain. Served west and east banks of river until 1864. Old cemetery contains wife of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard and John Slidell family tomb. — — Map (db m85324) HM

6 ► Louisiana, St. John the Baptist Parish, Edgard — The Slave Quarters —

Before the Civil War, the Whitney Plantation counted 22 slave cabins on its site. They were made of cypress and were located along River Road, downriver from the Big House. Most of the original cabins were torn down in the 1970s to enlarge the . . . — — Map (db m117313) HM

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