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William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-15, 1822-1829.
title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Legal and financial documents. Folder 01-15, 1822-1829.
Subject
Free African Americans, Mississippi, Natchez, African American women, Mississippi, Natchez, African American families, Mississippi, Natchez, Slaves, Emancipation, Ohio, Cincinnati, Slaveholders, Mississippi, Natchez, Power of attorney, Ohio, Cincinnati, Johnson, Ann Battles, 1815?-1866, Battles, Harriet, born approximately 1792, Tichenor, Gabriel, 1781-1855, Wright, Nathaniel, 1789-1875, Legal documents, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Deeds
Date created ms
1822, 1829
Abstract
The folder contains legal documents created during the years 1822-1829, which relate to the emancipation of Harriet Battles and Ann Battles Johnson by Gabriel Tichenor.

The first document, dated May 16, 1822, is a notice and acknowledgment of Tichenor's intention to emancipate Harriet Battles. The document was drafted in the Parish of Concordia, Louisiana and signed by Gabriel Tichenor, Judge Edward Broughton, and Deputy Sheriff A. Stanbrough.

The second document is a deed of manumission, dated May 1826, for Harriet Battles and her young daughter Ann Battles. The document is drafted and signed in Ohio by Gabriel Tichenor, Tichenor's lawyer Nathanial Wright, Judge George P. Torrence of Hamilton County, Ohio, Isaac G. Burnet, mayor of Cincinnati, and the court clerk. In essence, this deed, re-emancipated Harriet and legally manumitted her daughter Ann through the Court of Ohio.

The third document of Gabriel Tichenor (now claiming citizenship in Natchez, Mississippi) notifies the State of Mississippi that he has given his Cincinnati lawyer, Nathanial Wright, full power of attorney and informs the court that Wright has emancipated Harriet and Ann Battles. Through this document, Nathanial Wright also offers testimony that Tichenor has manumitted both Harriet and Ann Battles, through his attorney. The mayor of Cincinnati, Issac Burnet, also offers testimony of Nathanial Wright's right to manumit Harriet and Ann Battles on Tichenor's behalf.

The fourth document, dated December 21, 1827, is a receipt for the sale of two enslaved persons--"a negro girl named Julia aged about 21 years, and a child Laura aged one year"--from James Ferguson to Jenny Bush, Harriet's mother. Julia and Laura were later purchased and emancipated by Harriet Battles in 1840 (folder 17 of the William T. Johnson and Family Papers contains the act of emancipation), and it is likely this receipt belonged to Harriet. The receipt is attached to newsprint from a page of classified advertisements in a New Orleans newspaper.

The fifth item of the folder, dated June 11, 1829, is a handwritten receipt for Harriet Battles for the purchase of flour and lard.
Journal of the Governor of the State of Louisiana. Journal of the Official Acts and Proceedings of the Governor: From the First Session of the Fourth Legislature, begun on Monday the 4th of January, 1819 [pages 1-280]. Journal of the Official Acts and Pr
title
Journal of the Governor of the State of Louisiana. Journal of the Official Acts and Proceedings of the Governor: From the First Session of the Fourth Legislature, begun on Monday the 4th of January, 1819 [pages 1-280]. Journal of the Official Acts and Proceedings of the Governor: From the Second Session of the Sixth Legislature, begun 1824 [pages 281-589].
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Governors Order Book 1819-1828
Date created ms
1819, 1828
Abstract
The manuscript contains: executive orders signed by either the Governor or the Secretary of State to execute government business that falls under the purview of the executive office; orders to the Legislature to take up a certain topic (which eventually became Legislative acts); and gubernatorial addresses to the Legislature.
Deed to land seized from Eugene Carlin by Sheriff of Orleans Parish; then sold at public auction to J.L. Rabassa
title
Deed to land seized from Eugene Carlin by Sheriff of Orleans Parish; then sold at public auction to J.L. Rabassa
Subject
Documents
Date created ms
1828-2-18, 1828-2-18
Emancipation petition of Brigitte and Manette Daunoy, Number 11B, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Brigitte and Manette Daunoy, Number 11B, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Brigitte and Manette Daunoy to free the enslaved woman Marie Persillia. Marie Persillia is described as a quadroon woman aged about 32 years.
Emancipation petition of Jean L. Prevost, Number 46E, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Jean L. Prevost, Number 46E, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Jean L. Prevost to free the enslaved man Edouard.
Emancipation petition of William Ross, Number 10F, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of William Ross, Number 10F, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of William Ross to free the enslaved woman Pamela Webster, who is described as a mulatto woman slave aged more than 30 years.
Emancipation petition of Antoine Bordeaux, Number 3G, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Antoine Bordeaux, Number 3G, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Antoine Bordeaux to free the enslaved man Willis, who is described as a negro slave aged upwards of 30 years.
Emancipation petition of Aurore Maton, Number 3E, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Aurore Maton, Number 3E, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Aurore Maton to free the enslaved woman Louise, who is described as a negro woman upwards of 30 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Julie Moro, Number 5E, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Julie Moro, Number 5E, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Julie Moro (widow of Claude Treme) to free the slave Marianne. Marianne is described as a negro woman of about 60 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Marguerite Paturel, Number 159, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Marguerite Paturel, Number 159, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Marguerite Paturel (wife of Louis Coirard) to free the enslaved woman Manette. Manette is described as a negress of about 45 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Pierre Verain Desbordes, Number 102A, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Pierre Verain Desbordes, Number 102A, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Pierre Verain Desbordes to free the enslaved persons Guillausme Flavy and Elizabeth Honorine, who are both described as mulatto slaves.
Emancipation petition of the estate of Louise Elizabeth Dubergier, Number 10B, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of the estate of Louise Elizabeth Dubergier, Number 10B, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of the estate of Louise Elizabeth Dubergier to free the enslaved woman Melanie, who is described as a negro woman of about 60 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Marie Gervais, Number 9H, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Marie Gervais, Number 9H, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Marie Gervais (widow of Jacques Larche, alias Larcheveque) to free the enslaved man Gabriel, who is about 66 years of age.
Emancipation petition of the estate of Dominique LaRoche, Number 8B, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of the estate of Dominique LaRoche, Number 8B, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of the estate of Dominique LaRoche to free the enslaved man Jean Lazare, who is described as a negro man aged upwards of 30 years.
Emancipation petition of Charles Wharton Edwards, Number 5G, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Charles Wharton Edwards, Number 5G, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Charles Wharton Edwards to free the enslaved woman Mary (or Patience), who is described as a mulatto woman aged 30 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Francois Sarasse, Number 172E, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Francois Sarasse, Number 172E, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Francoise Sarasse (widow of Baptiste Dauphin) to free the enslaved woman Marie Rose, who is described as a negress of more than 50 years of age.
Emancipation petition of Francois Manuel, Number 152, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Francois Manuel, Number 152, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Francois Manuel, a free man of color, to free the enslaved man Julién, who is described as a negro of 52 years of age.
Emancipation petition of the estate of Marie Hyacinthe Arnould, Number 9B, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of the estate of Marie Hyacinthe Arnould, Number 9B, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of the estate of Marie Hyacinthe Arnould (widow of Lalande Fevriere) to free the enslaved woman Celeste.
Emancipation petition of Antoinette Beon, Number 117, 1828.
title
Emancipation petition of Antoinette Beon, Number 117, 1828.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1828
Abstract
Petition of Antoinette Beon to free the enslaved women Emelie (alias Heloise, about 50 years of age) and Antoinette (described as a mulatress of 30 years of age).
Emancipation petition of Marie Gervais, Number 8A, 1829.
title
Emancipation petition of Marie Gervais, Number 8A, 1829.
Subject
Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1829
Abstract
Petition of Marie Gervais (widow of Jacques Larche, alias Larcheveque) to free the enslaved woman Charlotte, who is about 60 years of age.

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