| 1773 |
Born in West Springfield, Massachusetts |
| 1821 |
Married (second marriage) to Marie Constance Hahan |
| 1803 |
Arrives in New Orleans and will serve in the territorial legislature. |
| 1812 |
Member of the first Constiturional Convention, serves in the state legislature |
| 1812 |
Surveyor General of Louisiana and Mississippi. |
| 1814-1815 |
Commands Militia in the Battle of New Orleans as a Brigadier General |
| 1815 |
He has a letter printed defending the militia in the Battle of New Orleans |
| 1848 July 15 |
Dies in Covington, buried in Madisonville |