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Title
Cane River collection, 1844 June-December.
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>Joseph François Metoyer (1810-1883) was a landowner and free man of color born to François Metoyer (1784-1862), a free man of color, and Marguerite Lafantasy, a half-French, former enslaved person. Marguerite's sister, Marie Agnes Poissot, was married to François's brother, Nicolas Augustin. Joseph François married Marie Désirée Coton-Maïs. The couple had at least two daughters, Estelle (1830-1854) and Louisiana Metoyer (1834).</br></br>Oscar Dubreuil (active 1843-1860) was a free man of color, teacher, merchant, billiard hall operator, ferry boat operator, tailor, undertaker, and native of New Orleans who settled in Canes River, Natchitoches Parish. There, he married Marie Celina Rachal, the daughter of Jean Baptiste Espallier Rachal and Marie Susanne Metoyer, both free people of color. He ran the 24-mile ferry with Emanuel Dupré in the 1860s.
Date Created
1844
Description
Primarily notarized documents including mortgages, slave bills of sale, financial records, and land transactions signed in 1844 by the Natchitoches Parish notary public. Papers relating to free people of color include a mortgage on enslaved persons given by Marie Rose Metoyer to Marie Aimee Lavespere; a partnership agreement between Moses Clark and Victoire Lemeste; a promissory note granted by Jh. Metoyer, administrator of the deceased Joseph Metoyer, to pay William L. Cannon; and slave bills of sale between Thomas A. Morgan and Oscar Dubreuil. The bulk of the documents are in French.
Type of Resource
text
Size
53 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 15, Folders 765-814
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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