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Pierre Belly, born in
France in 1738, is the son of Jean Belly, a textile merchant. As a result of his father's death in 1753, Pierre received a several Spanish land grants, one being 3,756 acres in the Ibervile District called the Baltimore tract. This is in the present day White Castle area. He was a planter and provided lumber to the Spanish colonial government. In 1779, Pierre received 30 slaves from Jamaica including Marie Rose with whom he had 6 daughters. Pierre freed Rose and left his estate to her and their daughters. Marriage was not an option then. He served as an officer with the Spanish colonial militia and participated in the Galvez expedition against the British in 1779. He retired from the militia in 1802. In 1814 he joined a company from Iberville to defend New Orleans in the War of 1812. In the earliest days of the Louisiana Territority, he served as a civil judge for Iberville from 1805 - 1807. Pierre and Rose were buried on their plantation. About 1860 their remains were removed to the tomb of their grandson Pierre Cyprien Ricard in St. Raphael Cemetery. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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