Ignace Despontreaux Marion

Ignace Despontreaux Marion (December 2, 1772 – November 20, 1831) was a Haitian officer in the Haitian Revolution (1791–1794) for independence from France. On 1 January 1804, he was one of the signatories to the Act of Independence of Haiti. Military career Ignace Despontreaux Marion was born on 2 December 1772 on the Sarrebrousse habitation, in Léogâne. At age 21, in 1793, he served as captain of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Western Equality Legion as soon as he was trained on 12 May. He participated in the war against the Royalists and the English and the Civil War (War of Knives) against Toussaint Louverture under André Rigaud. In 1802, he served in the French ranks when the Haitian War of Independence broke out. Then The following year, he took part in the campaign of the war of independence in the South against the French. On 1 January 1804, he was one of the signatories of the Independence Act of Haiti. In 1808, Marion was appointed commander of the arrondissement of Léogâne after the death of General Yayou. In December of the same year, he became commander of the Jacmel district until 1811.