Petition #20882622

• Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. October 20, 1826. - April 12, 1827.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Parish Court of the Parish of Point Coupee State of Louisiana

Abstract

Benjamin Poydras de la Lande writes that he entered into an agreement with Hypolite Bergeron, whereby Bergeron would grow cotton using Poydras's slaves on a tract of Poydras's land. After the crop was harvested, Jack Hardy, a free man of color, illegally received ten thousand pounds of Poydras's cotton from Bergeron. Poydras de la Lande estimates the value of this amount of cotton at $250. He asks the court to compel payment from Hardy [Original in English and French; French version incomplete].

Result: Denied.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: PARs #20882605, #20882845, #20883015, #20883029, #20883210, #20883409, #20883528, #20883594, #20883609, #20883937, #20885201; Judgment, 12 April 1827
• Pages of related documents: 0

7 people are documented within petition 20882622

• 3 Enslaved
• 3 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse, New Roads, Louisiana

• Records of the Early Parish Court

Subjects

• Property owners (Black)
• Crops (Cotton)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)