Cane River collection, 1851 June-December. - Cane River collection, 1851 June-December.

Manuel Llorens (also known as Emmanuel) 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>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.</br></br>Marie Louise Théotisse Metoyer was a free woman of color and resident of Natchitoches Parish who was born in 1825 to Dominique Metoyer (1776-1839) and Marie Marguerite LeComte (born 1780), both former enslaved persons. In 1851, she married Merin Rachal, a free man of color.</br></br>Auguste Dorestan Metoyer (born 1823) and Seraphine Llorens (born 1822) were a married couple, free people of color, first-cousins-once-removed, and members of the Cane River Colony. Auguste Dorestan was the son of Pierre Metoyer (1772-1883), a free man of color, and Marie Henriette Dorothée Cloutier (born 1797). Seraphine was the daughter of Seraphin Llorens, a free man of color and native of New Orleans (born 1800?) and Marie Aspassy Metoyer (born 1804), the daughter of Antoine Joseph Metoyer (1778-1838) and Marie Pelagie LeCourt (born 1783). Auguste Dorestan and Seraphine married in 1841 and had at least one child, a daughter named Marie Angele Metoyer.</br></br>Jean Baptiste Augustin Metoyer (1798-1854) was a free man of color of Creole heritage 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 people of color. Marie Suzette's father was Nicholas Augustin Metoyer.