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Destrehan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. At the 2020 census , its population was 11,340. [ 2 ] It is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River .
Destrehan Plantation became the leading sugar producer in St. Charles Parish in 1803. [citation needed] After the Louisiana Purchase, when the former colony had become a U.S. territory, the Destrehan Plantation was involved in a major slave revolt, the 1811 German Coast Uprising. Jean-Noël Destrehan was appointed to the parish tribunal by ...
He is the namesake for the town, one-time owner of Destrehan Plantation, and the first U.S. Senator elected from Louisiana, along with Allan B. Magruder. Nicolas Noël Destréhan (d. 1848), fourth son of Jean Noël Destréhan, and another son René Noël Destréhan (1807–1836), are buried in the cemetery; as is their sister, Marie Eléonore ...
Ormond Plantation House. The Ormond Plantation House is a French Colonial-style, Creole plantation house located in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States.. The house was built in the late 18th century, using bricks between cypress studs.
Destrehan Plantation: March 20, 1973: Destrehan: St. Charles: Completed in 1790, the site of a tribunal after 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history. Restored by a nonprofit organization and open to the public. 87000851 Dixie Plantation: May 29, 1987: Franklin: St. Mary Parish: 85002759 Ducros Plantation ...
D'Estrehan married Jeanne Catherine de Gauvret (daughter of Jean-Baptiste de Gauvret, an officer of colonial troops, and Jeanne Catherine Pierre). They had six children together, [2] the most notable of whom was Jean Noel Destréhan, after whom the town of Destrehan was named. Another son, Jean Baptiste Honoré d'Estrehan, was the first husband ...
Jean-Noël Destréhan de Tours (1754 – October 4, 1823) was a Creole politician in Louisiana and one-time owner of St. Charles Parish's Destrehan Plantation, one of Louisiana's historic antebellum landmarks.
People who were born in, or strongly associated with, Destrehan, Louisiana Pages in category "People from Destrehan, Louisiana" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.