David Perrin had always told me that Antoine died sometime between July and September of 1959, he thought in the French-Indian war. I had seen 1759 many times but I had never known where the "between July and September" came from...... [Remember that recently Carl Ekberg has suggested that maybe he died around Niagara]. Today I have an annotation to go with that, should any of you be interested. When I went to Illinois to retrieve the records recommended by Robert de Bernardinis... one of the items I photocopied was a letter from Michel to Rouille dated January 22, 1750. And in a footnote to that letter which identified "M. de Gruis, one of the officers of that post", the following was written: "Antoine Valentine de Gruis Verloin. Ensign en second, October 1, 1740; ensign en pied, June 1, 1746; lieutenant, October 15, 1752; captain July 1, 1759. A N Colonies D2C4. As early as 1743 he appears in various financiual transactions connected with the exploitation of the lead mines of the Illinois. In 1746 his partnership in it with Declozeau was wound up. Louisiana Historical Quarterly, 14:253; 16:337-338. His death occurred sometime between July and September 1759. A N Colonies D2C52: 125-125v" This comes from Volume XXIX of the Illinois Historical Collections; Ellinois on the Eve of the Seven Years' Warr 1741-1755, edited by Theodore Pease and Jenison. Now, as happy as I am to have that citation... I still wonder.... where is his death recorded in military records????? I cannot believe that they did not record some mention of his death... even if it was heresay and he died on some battlefield. If anyone has any ideas about this, please speak up. Renée