Person:Jacques Roy Villere (1)
Jacques Philippe Roy Villere
b.28 Aug 1761 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
d.7 Mar 1830 Conseil Plantation, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Parents and Siblings
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m. Oct 1759
  1. Jacques Philippe Roy Villere1761 - 1830
  2. Louise Roy Villere1764 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Aug 1784
  1. Rene Jean Gabriel Villere1785 - 1852
  2. Charles Roy Villere1790 - Abt 1792
  3. Marie Villere1791 -
  4. Unknown VillereAbt 1793 - Abt 1793
  5. Jules Gabriel Villere1794 - 1866
  6. Caliste Villere1799 - 1865
  7. Delphin VillereBef 1803 -
  8. Anatole Villere1807 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Jacques Philippe Roy Villere
Alt Name[2] Jacques Philippe Villere
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 28 Aug 1761 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Baptism[1] 15 Sep 1761 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Marriage 18 Aug 1784 St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisianato Jeanne Henriette Charlotte de Fazende
Death[3][4] 7 Mar 1830 Conseil Plantation, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Burial[3] St. Louis Cemetery, No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Villeré joined the French army in 1769 and was educated in France at the Crown's expense due to his father's death at the hands of Gov. O'Reilly. In 1776, he was assigned by the French army to Saint Domingue as a first lieutenant of the artillery. On leave in Louisiana, Villeré was detained by the Spanish authorities.

In 1803, he secured a seat on the municipal council (the Cabildo) of New Orleans during the short French rule. The next year, Villeré was appointed a Major General in the territorial militia, a Police Juror in Orleans Parish and a Justice of the Peace for St. Bernard Parish. Villeré was a member of the convention which drafted Louisiana's first state constitution. He ran for governor in 1812, but was defeated in the election by William C. C. Claiborne when the creole vote was split between Villeré and Jean N. Destréhan.

He participated in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, commanding the First Division of the Louisiana Militia. His men stood fast, assigned to the area near Lake Borgne and Bayou Dupre, as the British Army approached New Orleans. The Villeré Plantation, Conseil, located downriver from the city, was overrun by the British Army. His home was destroyed and he lost 52 slaves, whom the British took aboard their ships and freed later.

Villeré was elected Governor in 1815, narrowly defeating Joshua Lewis. He took office the following year and serving through 1820, a period of prosperity and growth for the new state. He retired to his plantation in St. Bernard Parish after his term. In 1824, Villeré was brought out of retirement to run again for Governor, but he and Bernard de Marigny split the Creole vote and Henry Johnson was elected Governor.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. (New Orleans, Louisiana: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987-)
    Vol. 2 (1751-1771), p. 246 (citing St. Louis Cathedral, Record Book 4, p. 83).

    Sponsors: Jacques Philippe Hubert Bellair (militia captain, coastal guard) & Marguerite Derensbourg Delachaise.

  2. ↑ Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. (New Orleans, Louisiana: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987-)
    vol. 12 (1816-1817), p. 387 (citing St. St. Louis Cathedral, Record Book 28, p. 111).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Find A Grave.

    "Jacques Philippe Villere / First Native-Born Governor of Louisiana" Jacques Villere

  4. ↑ Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    Jacques Roy Villere

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