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Manuel Andry
1757-1839

1757
Born ca. 1757 in New Orleans ?
Marries Sophie Glapion.
1805
June 12
Accepts the posts as coroner and justice of the peace of St. John the Baptist Parish, now the territorial county of the German Coast.
1805
September 9
Refuses reappointment as Commandant of the German Coast.
1805
August 12
Apointeded a major 5th Regiment, Louisiana Militia.
1809
April 21
Promoted to Colonel.
1811
December 24.
Resigns from militia.
1807
June 30
Re-appointed justice of the peace.
1806-1810
Member of the territorial House of Representatives.
1810
March 4
Nominated for an appointment to the legislative council.
1811
January 8
Andry’s plantation is the flash point of the largest slave uprising in U. S. History. The old Colonel organizes the first effort to subdue the slaves and sends word for aid to Claiborne but his son is the first fatality of the insurrection.
1839
Dies in New Orleans
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