Nicolas de Bournand

Nicolas de Bournand was born on 30 June 1742 in Mirebeau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France to Jacques de Bournand. 
In 1756, he joined the French Army as a Lieutenant and fought in the Seven Years War. In 1760, he made Captain. In 1764, he made Major. 
In 1767, he purchased a plantation in Maissade, Centre Department, Haiti.
In 1772, he had a son: Pierre-Jean de Bournand.
In 1773, he made Colonel. 
In 1780, he retired from the military to focus on his plantation in Haiti. 
In 1789, he rejoined the French Army during the revolution. 
He was killed by revolutionaries at his home in 1793.