In 1792, Juan Baptista Degrui, previously a 1st Lieteneant in the German Coast Disciplined Provincial Militia was "breveted" (promoted to) captain of the Militia. This means Jean Baptiste was actually in the Spanish military. I think Antoine Dufouchard was also in teh militia duringthe time of the American revolution - but Louisiana was a French/Spanish colony. I think those men who fought with Galvez, for example, against the Brittish during the revolution are recognized as having participated, even tho they were not art of the Continental Army. Celine ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Hotard, Degruy List Administrator [Please do not send me anonymous, forwarded, chain emails. Thank you.]" <degruylist@earthlink.net> To: <DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 6:40 PM Subject: Gulf Coast Colonials entry Hi, Now, here's a question for you..... Were any of our Degruys in the Revolutionary War? Why I ask is that I did took a very brief look at Winston deVille's "Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution" and didn't see any Degruy names in it......maybe I missed something. Does anyone know if there are any Degruy DAR members????? Renee ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I know that Pierre Verloin Degruy was listed as a veteran of the War of 1812 as his wife, Francoise Azelie Daspit St. Amant, put in for a widow's pension. The listing is at the Louisiana State Archives, at least. Wally -----Original Message----- From: cmj@acsalaska.net [mailto:cmj@acsalaska.net] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:43 PM To: DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: Gulf Coast Colonials entry In 1792, Juan Baptista Degrui, previously a 1st Lieteneant in the German Coast Disciplined Provincial Militia was "breveted" (promoted to) captain of the Militia. This means Jean Baptiste was actually in the Spanish military. I think Antoine Dufouchard was also in teh militia duringthe time of the American revolution - but Louisiana was a French/Spanish colony. I think those men who fought with Galvez, for example, against the Brittish during the revolution are recognized as having participated, even tho they were not art of the Continental Army. Celine ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Hotard, Degruy List Administrator [Please do not send me anonymous, forwarded, chain emails. Thank you.]" <degruylist@earthlink.net> To: <DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 6:40 PM Subject: Gulf Coast Colonials entry Hi, Now, here's a question for you..... Were any of our Degruys in the Revolutionary War? Why I ask is that I did took a very brief look at Winston deVille's "Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution" and didn't see any Degruy names in it......maybe I missed something. Does anyone know if there are any Degruy DAR members????? Renee ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx