Minard, Joseph.

Marquis de Lafayette, French nobleman and military officer, was born September 6, 1757, in Cavaniac, France. Leaving France in 1776 he offered his services to the Americans in the Revolutionary War. He assisted in the defeat of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781 thus ending the war. He contributed much of his wealth to the American cause, and Congress rewarded him for his military and financial assistance with a land grant of 11,520 acres located in what was to become Louisiana.

From the description of Joseph Minard and Henry T. Williams contract, 1848 June 23. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 318446559