Antoine Langlois, whose ancestors were from France, lived in Louisiana, which was owned by Spain, and in the 1770s fought with a militia against Britain, which contributed to the formation of the United States.
Antoine Langlois was Acadian, or “Cajun”—his forebears were
French people who lived in Acadia (now Nova Scotia, Canada) and he settled in
Louisiana during the 1760s. During the American Revolution, Spain declared war
on Britain. As a member of the Opelousas (Louisiana) militia, Antoine Langlois
took part in the Spanish effort against Britain. Antoine is a qualifying
“patriot” ancestor for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution
organization.
Relationship as recorded on familysearch.org/tree:
Antoine Langlois is the 6th-great grandfather of C. Muntz. C Muntz – M Lambert – Roger Lambert – Stanislaus Lambert – Victoria Hollier – Clement
Hollier – Ludivine Langlois – Antoine Langlois
References:
1776 Opelousas Militia muster roll – http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/military/1776must.txt
and http://www.oocities.org/bourbonstreet/5075/1776mil.html
The Attakapas Country: A History of Lafayette Parish,
Louisiana; by Harry Lewis Griffin; Pelican Publishing, 1959; ebook. Page 213 of
the text states that Antoine Langlois was an early settler in the Opelousas
district, present in 1765. https://books.google.com/books?id=5is-IIyu5N8C&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Daughters of the American Revolution, dar.org, Antoine
Langlois is Ancestor #: A069006, http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/
“America’s Spanish Savior: Bernardo de Gálvez,” History.net,
accessed 15 September 2016, http://www.historynet.com/americas-spanish-savior-bernardo-de-galvez.htm
Photo “Cuadro por españa y por el rey, Galvez en America,”
by Augusto ferrer dalmau, “This work is free and may be used by anyone for any
purpose.” Wikimedia Commons, accessed 15 September 2016. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuadro_por_espa%C3%B1a_y_por_el_rey,_Galvez_en_America.jpg
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