After commanding a Spanish trading ship in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, he had joined the South Carolina Navy as a lieutenant when the war broke out.

He joined his new country at the beginning of the American Revolution, initially as a lieutenant in the South Carolina Navy, and anglicized his first name to George.

After President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory, people were needed to staff the new U.S. port at New Orleans.

George, age 53, made plans to place his young children with friends and family who could better care for them.

Soon after, George Farragut bought a large piece of property outside of town on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi, and spent his final years there.

Jordi Farragut Mesquida died in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on June 4, 1817, at age 62 of yellow fever.