Carlos de Grand Pré
| Carlos de Grand Pré | |
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| Governor of West Florida | |
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In office 1805–1805 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown |
| Profession | Soldier and Governor of West Florida |
Carlos Louis Boucher De Grand Pré was Governor of West Florida (1805) and colonel in the Spanish army. He was also Lieutenant Governor of Red River Parish (Louisiana), and the Natchez District.
Born in Acadia in 1746, Grand Pré arrived in Louisiana during the second of two waves of Acadian immigrants, between 1765 and 1785. These arrivals were by invitation from the Spanish, who appreciated the Acadians' efficiency in irrigation and dam construction (which was based on the technique known as the aboiteau). Grand Pré participated in the extension of the site Baton Rouge by the French , although its original authorization had not been compiled. Ownership of Louisiana changed twice during this time period: First to the French in 1800, and then to the United States in 1803.
This was illustrated by taking the British military post of Thompson's Creek and Amite, which was under the control of Governor Bernardo de Galvez, Fort Manchac and Fort Richmond, in 1779. He served as commander of Pointe Coupee Parish (Louisiana) and as lieutenant governor of the Red River District, stationed at Avoyelles, under the Spanish regime. Pré was also commandant of Natchez District between 1786 and 1792. During this "", Pré built two parishes here in an attempt to convert inhabitants to Catholicism; however, the venture was unsuccessful. In 1789, he established the “Concord” mansion in Natchez. After leaving Natchez, he received land around the Avoyelles Post.
In a letter dated March 2, 1790, Carlos de Grand Pré created a list of tobacco farmers in the Natchez District, mainly from Kentucky and Virginia, that outlined production quantities and origination of each farm between the years of 1788 and 1790.
In 1804, Boucher de Grand Pré was appointed governor of West Florida. The same year, the new governor proposed that the Spanish settlers from the Canary Islands who lived in Galvez Town settle in the new town of Spanish Town. He drew up the layout of an area east of the fort 'out of cannon shot' that became known as Spanish Town.
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