Rene Jean Serveau Baptist
Rene Jean Baptist Serveau , known as Touchebaron (° September 2nd 1740 Évron - † 4th day complementary Year VII (September 20th 1799) Laval), French politician of the Mayenne.
Biography
Member of a known évronnaise family since the 16th century, Rene Jean Serveau Baptist, known as Touchebaron , born with Évron the September 2nd 1740, wire of Rene-Urbain Serveau and Renee Launay , bachelor of law of the faculty of Caen, was Baillif of Adze-the-Berenger by capitulary decision of the September 4th 1765.Rene Jean Baptiste Serveau was in 1766 the author of a Traité jurisprudence on the various uses of the countryside and qualified itself there judge of the châtellenies of Adze-the-Berenger, Brée, Saint-Georges-on-Erve, Foulletorte and lawyer with the seat of the baronnie of Évron.
Judge civil and criminal with Évron in 1772, it Maria the same year with Julienne Jeanne Perrine the Duke of Pilière , Chémeré.
He was named administrator of the department in July 1790.
He adhered the federalistic, but less compromised movement or to more brave man who his colleagues, remained with Laval after the failure of the party.
Relieved the October 3rd 1793 by François Joachim Esnue-Lavallée, it was restored the 13 floréal An III (May 2nd 1795) by Grenot, Guezno and Guermeur. The 29 frimaire, he is delegated with Juliot-Morandière to close the cabins of the freemasons of Laval. It is found president of the first section of the court of the department.
In 1788 it had taken with farm with Mathurin Julien Dalibourg the field of Holy-Suzanne and offered to the directory Évron of him to deliver of it the chartrier which it had between the hands, to throw it to the flames.
The brûlement of 439 bundles gathering 3347 documents is mentioned in an act of January 30th 1794. 105 bundles leave thus in smoke concerning the history the baronnie, 75 for that of seigniory, 57 for the stronghold of Ambriers , 134 for that of the Sourches-Chamaillard , 11 for Neuvillette , 21 for the Giraudière , 1 for the Gohard , 14 for Saint-Jean-Domard and 21 for the Verrerie … Rene Jean Baptiste Serveau adds that the registers of receipts, beams, remembrances had been burned by the citizens of Évron.
It was in April 1795 appointed, with Lefebre-Champorin and Maupetit , in the sorting of the departmental records, and died in Laval the 4th day complementary An VII (either the " day of the opinion" " Sans-culottid s" , September 20th 1799).