William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-14, 1793-1795. - William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-14, 1793-1795.

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Title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-14, 1793-1795.
Creator
Gil, Andrés, active 1793-1795.
Contributor
Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-1799.
Biographical Information
Andrés Gil (active 1793-1795) was a surgeon at the King's Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, during the Spanish regime and a slaveholder.</br></br>Manuel Gayoso de Lemos was the Governor-General of Louisiana and West Florida from 1797 to 1799. He was born in Oporto, Portugal on May 30, 1747 to Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Sarmiento and Theresa Angelica de Amorin y Magallanes. He entered the Spanish Army in 1771 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1786. Gayoso de Lemos was named the first district governor of the Natchez district in 1787. The same year, he married Theresa Margarita Hopman y Pereira (died 1790). Together the couple had two children: Manuel Gayoso Hopman (born 1788) and Henriqueta (born 1789). Gayoso de Lemos successfully administered the Natchez district until 1797, although Spain had ceded the Natchez territory to the United States under a treaty signed in 1795. He was married on April 23, 1792 to Elizabeth Watts (died 1792), daughter of Stephen Watts and Frances Assheton of the Natchez district. Following his second wife's death, Gayoso de Lemos married for a third time in 1796 or 1797 to Margaret Cyrilla Watts, the sister of his second wife. Together, the couple had a son, Fernando (born 1797).</br></br>Gayoso de Lemos was appointed governor-general of Louisiana and West Florida in 1797. During his term as governor-general, Gayoso de Lemos was recognized for strengthening the defenses of the Spanish territory. He was known to be a fair and able administrator and a natural diplomat. He died in New Orleans on July 18, 1799 of yellow fever, and he is interred beneath the altar of St. Louis Cathedral.</br></br>Source: Louisiana Historical Association. (2014). Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Retrieved from http://lahistory.org/site49.php
Date Created
1793 - 1795
Subject
Free African Americans--Mississippi--Natchez
Land grants--Mississippi--Natchez
Conveyancing--Mississippi--Natchez
Hospitals--Mississippi--Natchez
Surgeons--Mississippi--Natchez
Governors general--Mississippi--Natchez
Gil, Andrés, active 1793-1795
Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-1799
Johnson, William T., 1809?-1851
Legal documents
Location
Natchez (Miss.)
Occupation
Barbers
Soldiers
Businesspeople
Farmers
Landowners
Teachers
Description
The conveyance, dated May 22, 1793, negotiates use of land in Natchez ceded to Andrés Gil, practitioner at the Natchez royal hospital. In the document, Gil addresses Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, District Governor of Natchez (West Florida), and states his plans to build a house on No. 2 of Square No. 2. Written in the left margin on the same date is Gayoso de Lemos' response, granting the concession under the condition that a house be built on it within one year. The district governor also states that Guillermo Dunbar will mark out the land.</br></br>On the third page, Dunbar certifies on June 2, 1793 in Natchez that he has measured No. 2 of Square 2 and marked its boundaries with cypress pickets and he gives the measurements.</br></br>On January 7, 1795, Gayoso de Lemos notes at the end of the document that Gil has met the conditions of the concession and, thereby, has full rights to the land in question. Charles Vidal's signature is barely visible below Gayoso de Lemos’.</br></br>Inside the document are three notes in English, one of which is scratched out.<br></br>William Johnson, a free man of color and barber of Natchez, Mississippi, later owned the lot that belonged to Andrés Gil. In Spanish.
Type of Resource
text
Size
1 conveyance.
Language
Spanish.
Language
English.
Source
Louisiana State University Libraries, Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, La., http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special
Digital Collection
Revealing an Unknown Past: Free People of Color in Louisiana and the Lower Mississippi Valley
Repository Collection
William T. Johnson and family memorial papers, Mss. 529, 561, 597, 770, 926, 1093, LSU Libraries.
Shelf Location
Mss. 529, Box 1
Contact Information
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Rights
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Special Collections. Copyright has expired and the item is therefore in the public domain. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the repository that holds the original.
Preferred Citation
William T. Johnson and Family Memorial Papers,Mss. 529, 561, 597, 770,926, 1093,Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSULibraries, Baton Rouge.
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