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1809-06-21

David Troy killed attacking Fort de la Sourde

Haitian

As soon as David Troy caught sight of the Emperor, he threw himself at his feet and embraced his knees. Dessalines pushed him away. “I am not the good God that men should kiss my feet,” he ordered that he be put to death. But General Pétion, a witness of this scene, obtained his pardon by dint of entreaties. Dessalines, wishing nonetheless to punish him, took from him his rank of squadron chief, which he had attained, and had him enter as a plain soldier in the ranks of the 4th half-brigade. He became later, under the presidency of General Pétion, colonel of the 22nd regiment, and a senator in 1807. He met his death on 21 June 1809 at the attack on the fort of la Sourde by General Lys. He was 39 years old.

Rouzier tells this under the entry DAVID TROY.

Source  ·  p. t. IV, p. 61 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. IV) (1928), p. t. IV, p. 61