Name: Courjault, Tusanus
Born: Unknown
Place France
Ordained: Unknown
Place Ordained: Unknown
Years of Service: 1844-1853
Died: 10/12/1855
Place Died: Raytown, Madison County, Mississippi
Burial Info: Saint Mary of the Springs Catholic Cemetery
Notes: It is unclear if this is the same Fr. Courjault that served in Indiana. This information comes from “Find-A-Grave” and Ancestry. I also found information about a priest named “Rene” Courjault. It is from: St. George and it says:
In 1848, a small Catholic community is established and dedicated to St. George. Many of the French emigrates decide to name the village after their native homeland of St. George d’ Henriville in Quebec. Mass is offered in private homes when a priest is available until ten acres of land is donated by Hillaire Lanoux to be used for a Catholic Church.
A small wooden mission church is built with L’abbe Rene Courjault serving as the first missionary priest to the new area. A native of France, Rene Courjault also serves as the pastor to a mission in Bourbonnais and had served previously at the mission in Vincennes, Indiana.
There is also evidence of a Rev. Courjault performing baptisms in Madison County Mississippi