Jacques Mete' Descendants

Bernard, son of Oliver and Deliah, was born in Monroe, Michigan; died in Detroit, and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Oliver, sixth child of Richard and Victoria Bissonnet Metty, he was born 19 Sep 1836 at St Antoine, River Raisin, Monroe County, Michigan. On 19 Oct 1863 he married Deliah Dequindre. They were both listed as being from Frenchtown and the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Edward Joos. To this union was born 10 children.

So the reader may ask, who was this Isaac Metty who died in the service of his country! Isaac was the third of eight children born to the union of Isaias (Eli) and Mary Anne Beauregard. He was born on 7 November 1841 and baptized the following August 1842 at St. Mary's Church in Monroe, Michigan. He enlisted in Company K of the 7th Michigan Volunteers on 29 January 1864 at Monroe, Michigan for a term of three years. The company was mustered at Detroit on the following day. At the time of enlistment, Isaac was described as being 5'6" in height, fair complexion, with blue eyes and brown hair. His occupation is given as farmer. The Seventh was reassembled at the end of January 1864 and returned to its old camp at Barry's Hill. In May the regiment started on the long campaign which finally ended in the siege of Petersburg and the surrender of the army of northern Virginia. It was part of the famous Second Corps, and crossed the Rapidan at Ely's Ford on the 4th of May....

On November 22nd, 2010, we visted Richmond National Cemetery which is located in Henrico County, Va., about three miles east of the state capital. The cemetery lies just within the fortification lines constructed by the Confederate army during its defense of Richmond during the Civil War. Three of the cemetery’s 10 acres were purchased in July 1867 from William Slater; additional acreage was subsequently purchased in 1868 and 1906. The first burials at Richmond National Cemetery were reinterments from Oakwood and Hollywood cemeteries in Richmond, the cemetery at Belle Island Confederate Prison, the battlefields of Cold Harbor and Seven Pines, and from locations in Chesterfield and Hanover counties, Va. Richmond National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Richmond National Cemetery, 1701 Williamsburg Road, Richmond, VA 23231 (804) 795 2031. This is what I found in relation to our ancestor Isaac Metty. NELTY, ISAAC DATE OF DEATH: 05/31/1864 BURIED A...