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Title
Cane River collection, 1841.
Biographical Information
Marie Rose Metoyer was a free woman of color born in 1792 to Louis Metoyer (1770-1832), a former enslaved person, and Marie Thérèze Lecomte, of full or partial Native American ancestry who was born an enslaved person into the LeCourt family. She married Jean Baptiste Balthazar-Monet with whom she had two children: Louis (1807-1853) and Rose.</br></br>St. Cyr Hypolite Metoyer (active 1841-1862) was a ferry boat operator, soldier, and free man of color from Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of Antoine Joseph Metoyer (1778-1838) and Marie Pelagie LeCourt, who were free people of color and landowners of the Cane River settlement in Natchitoches Parish. He operated a ferry in the village of Cloutierville and later served in the 1st Regiment of Native Guards at New Orleans during the Civil War.</br></br>Émile Dupard (also spelled Dupart) was a free man of color and blacksmith who appeared in Natchitoches Parish in 1824. He was the son of Victoire Mulon, a free woman of color from New Orleans, and brother of Marie Arthemise Dupart, wife to François Metoyer (1784-1862). In 1829, he married Marie Rose Cephalide Balthazar, a free woman of color born to Jean Baptiste Balthazar-Monet and Marie Rose Metoyer (daughter of Louis Metoyer, 1770-1832). At the time of Marie Rose Balthazar's death by 1842, their children were listed as Elisa (born 1826), Victor, Claire, Arthémise, Eugénie (born 1838), Thairése, and Nestor.
Date Created
1841
Description
Primarily notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, financial statements, mortgage records, and receipts signed in 1841 by the Natchitoches Parish notary public. Papers relating to free people of color include the account sheet of St. Cyr Metoyer, the land sale of Rose Metoyer, and the statement of debt of Émile Dupard. All but four items in French.
Type of Resource
text
Size
45 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 13, Folders 591-635
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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