LeGarde died in Savannah and de l'Aigle brought Madame LeGarde and her two children to Augusta where he later married her. Pirates captured the ship and compelled many of its passengers to "walk the plank", but de l'Aigle, flourishing a Mason medal was saved, with his companions, a family named Le Garde. Migrating to San Dominogo, he found his life again endangered so he was smuggled aboard a vessel bound for America. Dominique with their two surviving daughters, Cleobelle and Emma, on the same ship as Nicolas de l’Aigle.Ī published account about Nicolas and Marguerite says, "Legend has romantic stories of Nicolas de l'Aigle, who escaped death on the guillotine during the French Revolution. Marguerite and Jacques had escaped from St. Marguerite’s first husband was Pierre Antoine Jacques LeGarde, who died in Savannah, GA. The actual spelling of her maiden name has been lost. Marguerite was born 1766 in Saint Dominque, West Indies, of French ancestry. Nicolas married Marie Marguerite Roullet/Roslette (LaGarde) ca 1800 in Savannah, GA.
But several other DeLaigle homes survive, most notably another one on Greene Street across from the courthouse. Beneath the house, as was fitting for a French owner, were two plastered wine cellars, floored with brick and provided with shelves along the walls for kegs and demijohns.” This home was torn down to make way for the Interstate system through Augusta. The house had three drawing rooms ,and there were slave quarters in the rear which had a large brick fireplace and a brick oven. There are tales about the magnificent home the built on Greene Street, supposedly built from bricks he had to import from England “the entire top floor with a solid mahogany staircase lading up to it.In March of 1845, he was one of the city leaders involved in the construction of the Augusta Canal."Backers at this meeting included many of the leading citizens: Valentine Walker, Thomas Flournoy, Thomas Cumming, William Cumming, Nicholas DeLaigle. On August 18, 1832, the leaders of Augusta met “in the name of Washington, that 'saint of liberty'." They agreed to send delegates to the state convention to be held in Milledgeville, where there was a proposed resolution for the convention to have "full powers" to act with regards to nullification of the tariff laws but the Augusta leaders said."we will not give our votes to any candidates.who are advocates of that doctrine".As an influential citizen of Augusta, on March of 1825 he was among the delegation that welcomed the Marquis de LaFayette to the city, greeting him in French.By the plantation standards of 1818, he was among the “greats” of the Augusta area, owning over 100 slaves.He owned the first brickyards in the South, and built a beautiful home in Augusta on Greene Street, as well as owning several other properties. He amassed a considerable fortune for the day as a planter with a plantation (14,000 acres) along the Savannah River. After his marriage, they moved to Augusta, GA. He was a merchant in Savannah, GA for awhile becoming a naturalized citizen on Decemwhile there. and then went on to Savannah,” arriving in America in 1794. There was a revolt by black slaves on the island, necessitating his escape for America, and in the family Bible it states that Nicolas deLaigle was put "in the feather bed" and put on a ship and sent to Charleston, S.C.
He dwelt at the residence of Mollet a l'Artibouille, parish of St. He left France on May 18, 1792, for Saint Dominique during the French Revolution. He was baptized the same day, per baptismal record. Nicolas de l’Aigle was born at Attancourt, Haute Marne, France.
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