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Title
Cane River collection, 1824.
Biographical Information
Marie Rose Metoyer (born 1792) was a slave owner, property holder, and free woman of color of Natchitoches Parish. She was the natural daughter of Louis Metoyer (1770-1832), a former enslaved person, and Marie Thérèze Lecomte, a former enslaved person of full or partial Native American ancestry who was born into the LeCourt household. In 1810, she married Jean Baptiste Balthazar-Monet Balthazar, a half-French, former enslaved person, who died while their two children (Louis and Rose) were infants. They subsequently took the surname Balthazar. Marie Rose later became the placée of Antoine Coindet, Dr. Jean André Zepherin Carles (a French immigrant), and Dr. James Hurst.</br></br>Louis Metoyer (1770-1832) was a freed slave and propertied slave owner born to Marie Thérèze Coincoin (1742-1816?), a former enslaved person and property owner, and Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer (1744-1815), a white plantation owner and businessman. In 1802, he married Marie Thérèze LeComte, a half-Indian, former enslaved person born into the LeCourt household. Their children were Jean Baptiste Louis, Catiche, Rose, Thérèze, and Antoine.</br></br>Nicolas Augustin (1768-1856) was one of ten children born to Marie Thérèze Coincoin (1742-1816?), a former enslaved person, slave owner, and property owner, and Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer (1744-1815), a French-born, white plantation owner and businessman. He married Marie Agnes Poissot, a half-French, former enslaved person, who was born into the household of Pierre Derbanne. Their children were Marie Modeste, Marie Louise, J. B. Maxille, Auguste Augustin, J. B. Augustin, Marie Pompose, Joseph Augustin, Francois Gassion, and Marie Suzanne. Marie Thérèze Coincoin and Nicolas Augustin Metoyer are credited with founding the Cane River community, originally known as Isle Brevelle, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.</br></br>François Metoyer (1784-1862) was a propertied slave owner and a free man of color born to Marie Thérèze Coincoin (1742-1816?), a former enslaved person, property owner, and founder of the Cane River settlement, and Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer (1744-1815), a French-born, white plantation owner and businessman. In 1804, he married Marguerite Lafantasy, a half-French, former enslaved person whose sister, Marie Agnes Poissot, was married to François's brother, Nicolas Augustin. Their children were Marie Adélaÿde and Joseph François. In 1815, he married Marie Arthemise Dupart. Their children were Oliver and François Vilcour.
Date Created
1824
Description
Primarily notarized documents regarding the sales of land and enslaved persons signed in 1824 by Jean Pierre Marie Dubois, notary public of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Documents relating to free people of color include an appointment of a proxy for Rose Metoyer; a land sale conveying the property of Augustin Metoyer to François Metoyer; an exchange of properties by Jean Baptiste Augustin Metoyer and Louis Metoyer; and a slave bill of sale by Maxille Metoyer to his father, Augustin Metoyer. All but two documents in French.
Type of Resource
text
Size
23 items.
Language
French
Language
English
Source
The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, La., http://www.hnoc.org/
Digital Collection
Revealing an Unknown Past: Free People of Color in Louisiana and the Lower Mississippi Valley
Repository Collection
Cane River Collection, MSS 182, Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Shelf Location
MSS 182, Box 1, Folders 47-69
Contact Information
To inquire about ordering copies of these images, email louisquery@hnoc.org.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by the Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright of the original material is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the repository that holds the original.
Preferred Citation
Cane River Collection, MSS 182, Williams Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Related Collections
Adeleda Metoyer Papers, Mss. 836, 837, LSU Libraries.; Louis Metoyer Document, Mss. 849, LSU Libraries.; Metoyer Family Papers, Mss. 837, 846, LSU Libraries.; Dupre and Metoyer and Company Account Book, Mss. 834, LSU Libraries.; Norbert Badin Papers, Mss. 825, LSU Libraries.; Auguste Metoyer Papers, Mss. 871, LSU Libraries.
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