Lt. Carlos (Charles-Phillipe) de Villiers

I represent Lt. Carlos (Charles-Phillippe) Coulon de Villiers, born in New Orleans in 1764 (baptized July 31). I descended from French aristocracy, though my family had long been in the New World, from Canada to Illinois and down to Louisiana. My parents were Francois, native of Illinois, Chevalier of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, and infantry captain in the Louisiana Regiment; and Marie Genevieve Enouil de Livaudais, his second wife. Lt. Col. Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers was my older half-brother. I was one of the officers in the Spanish military who remained behind after the changing of the flags to assist in the completion of the transfer of power, and was among the Spanish officers who publicly protested the rude treatment of former Governor Jose Maria Callava during the Vidal affair and who were ordered deported to Cuba by General Andrew Jackson.