Joseph Deville Degoutin Bellechasse

Joseph Deville Degoutin Bellechasse

North American colonial-territorial administrator (1761–1837?)

📍 New Orleans, Louisiana USA

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Joseph Deville Degoutin Bellechasse was a native of New Orleans who held various positions of responsibility in colonial and territorial governments. There are many recorded variations and misspellings of his name; he signed the 1812 Louisiana constitution as J. D. Degoutin Bellechasse. His forefathers were Acadians who relocated to Louisiana. He served in the Spanish colonial militia, stationed at many frontier outposts along the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. He was credited with the construction of what came to be known as Fort St. Stephens. He was the commandant at Fort San Fernando

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