Thirty-seven men with ties to Avoyelles Parish were soldiers in the American Revolution.

Most of these men were part of the Louisiana Militia which assisted General Bernardo de Galvez in taking back Baton Rouge from the British in 1779. The Spanish had lost this area to the British in 1763.

On 10/29/2011, a plaque was placed in St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church Cemetery in Mansura (Louisiana) honoring these Revolutionary War Patriots. Some of these soldiers are buried in St. Paul's Cemetery in unmarked graves.

The soldiers and their units are as follows: