Petition #20881764
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. August 20, 1817. - August 30, 1817.
- Court: Parish
- Salutation: A L'honorable James Pitot juge de la cour de paroisse de la Nlle Orléans, Etat de la Louisianne
Abstract
François Péron, a free man of color, acting as the representative for his aunt, Françoise Lilavoix, asks the court to order the legal notices for the emancipation of Lilavoix's thirty-year-old male slave named Joseph Jonguy, a Creole from Saint Domingue. Péron vouches that Joseph's conduct has always been above reproach and that he has never tried to run away [Original in French].
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Order, 30 August 1817; Sheriff's Return, 5 September 1817
- Pages of related documents: 0
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Citation information
Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Records of the Parish Court, Emancipation Petitions 1813-1843
- Page: frame 161
- Microfilm: Reel #98-5
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