Cane River collection, 1851 January-May. - Cane River collection, 1851 January-May.

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Title
Cane River collection, 1851 January-May.
Biographical Information
Manuel Llorens was a free man of color and Creole born in New Orleans around 1797 to François Llorens and his placée, François Nivette. The family settled in Natchitoches before 1810. Manuel married Marie Arsense Anty (described as a quadroon), the daughter of Jean Baptiste Anty, a white planter, and Marie Suzanne Metoyer (1768-1838), a free woman of color. The couple had at least one child, a son named Valmont (born 1835).</br></br>Jean Baptiste Siriac Monette (also known as ""Cyriaque Monet"") was a former enslaved person born about 1816 in Natchitoches Parish. In 1829, he was emancipated by Marie Louise Marguerite LeComte, a free woman of color born in 1782 to Françoise, an enslaved woman in the household of Baptiste Dupre.</br></br>Jean Baptiste Augustin Metoyer (1798-1854) was a free man of color and Creole and was a plantation owner and slave owner in the Cane River community. His parents were Nicholas Augustin Metoyer (1768-1856) and Marie Agnes Poissot (1768-1839), who were both free people of color of the Cane River community. In 1816, Jean Baptiste Augustin married his first cousin, Marie Suzette Anty (described as a quadroon), the daughter of Marie Suzanne Metoyer (1768-1838) and Dr. Joseph Conant. The couple had at least two sons: François Florival Metoyer (born 1821?) and Charles Achille Metoyer (1830-1856). Charles married Philomene Estelle Morin, the daughter of Louis Morin and Marie Suzette Metoyer, both free women of color of Creole heritage. Marie Suzette's father was Nicholas Augustin Metoyer.</br></br>Florentin Conant (born ""Juan Francisco Florentine"" in 1795-1858) was a free man of color and plantation owner born to Marie Suzanne Metoyer (1768-1838), a free woman of color, and Dr. Joseph Conant. He married his cousin, Marie Louise Metoyer (1799-1837), the daughter of Nicholas Augustin Metoyer (1768-1856) and Marie Agnes Poissot (1768-1839). The couple had at least five children: Florentin (born 1820), Florentine, Augustin Arnold (born 1826), Charles Darcourt (born 1825), and Marie Agnes (1826-1875).</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.
Date Created
1851
Description
Legal and financial papers including summons, verdicts, mortgages, account sheets, land sales, slave bills of sale from 1851. Papers relating to free people of color include a summons ordering Cyriaque Monet to appear in court; a quittance and a procuration given by Valmont Llorens to his father, Manuel; two land sales by Florentin Conant to Jean Baptiste Augustin Metoyer and the former's receipt of funds from his daughter, Florentine Metoyer; a slave bill of sale from Jean Baptiste Augustin Metoyer to his son, François Florival; and a land division and mortgage of [St. Cyr?] Hippolyte Metoyer. The bulk of the documents are in French.
Type of Resource
text
Size
43 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 21, Folders 1129-1171
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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