one of the first serb immigrants to the united states was the settler george fisher, who came to philadelphia in 1815, moved to mexico, fought in the texan revolution, and became a judge in california. another important early serb in america was basil rosevic, who started a shipping company, the trans-oceanic ship lines, around the year 1800. in the early 1800s, many serb sailors and fishermen from montenegro and herzegovina came to new orleans looking for work. in 1841, serbs founded the greek orthodox parish with greek immigrants in new orleans.