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Title
Cane River collection, 1839.
Biographical Information
Jean Baptiste Dominique Metoyer was born about 1797 to Dominique Metoyer (1776-1839) and Marie Marguerite LeComte, both free people of color and founders of the Cane River Settlement in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. In 1816, he married Adelaïde Rachel, a free woman of color (described as a quadroon). Together the couple had at least one child, a daughter named Athanase Vienne Metoyer (1813-1833). He also married Marie Louise Doralise Dupré (born 1807), a free woman of color and sister of his business partner, Joseph Emmanuel Dupré. Baptiste Dominique was an educated landowner and principal partner of Dupré, Metoyer & Company.</br></br>Narcisse Dominique Metoyer was born around 1805 to Dominique Metoyer (1776-1839) and Marie Marguerite LeComte, both free people of color and founders of the Cane River Settlement in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. He was married to Marie Cephalide David.</br></br>Pierre Mission Rachal was a free man of color born about 1802 to Jean Baptiste Rachal, a white planter, and Marie Francoise LeCompte, his half-French freed slave. He married Marie Perine Metoyer, the daughter of Dominique and Marie Marguerite LeCompte Metoyer.</br></br>Seraphin Llorens was a carpenter, landowner, and free man of color born in New Orleans around 1800 to François Llorens, a white man, and François Nivette, a free woman of color. In 1818, he married Marie Aspassy, the daughter of Antoine Joseph Metoyer (1778-1838) and Marie Pelagie LeCourt. The same year, his brother, Manuel Llorens, married Marie Arsene Anty, the daughter of Jean Baptiste Anty and Suzanne Metoyer, a free woman of color.
Date Created
1839
Description
Notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, reports from family meetings, estate records, and partnership agreements, signed in 1839 by the Natchitoches Parish notary public. Papers relating to free people of color include minutes from a family meeting concerning the late Narcisse Dominique Metoyer; land sales conveying the property of Pierre Rachal, Seraphin Llorens, and Jean Baptiste Dominique Metoyer; and slave bills of sale with Jean Louis Placide, Marie Francois ( called ""Pagneule""), Suzanne (called ""Pinquette""), and Antoine Chateau Saint Andre as interested parties. The bulk of the items are in French.
Type of Resource
text
Size
41 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, Boxes 11-12, Folders 537-577
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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