Petition #20882743

• Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra July 14, 1827. - July 16, 1827.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: To the Honorable James Pitot Judge of the parish Court for the city and parish of New Orleans

Abstract

Charlotte Blaise, a free woman of color and the widow of Jacques Jazon [Jason], presents to the court that she has purchased her godchild, a six-year-old orphan girl named Charlotte, with the view to "withdraw" her from the bonds of slavery, and to have a support in her old age. She asks the court to submit her petition to the police jury "according to law."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Deposition, Christoval de Armas [Text in French], 14 July 1827; Order, 16 July 1827; Sheriff's Return, [17] July 1827; Extracts from Police Jury Deliberations, 14 July 1827, certified 16 July 1827
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20882743

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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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 41E
• Microfilm: Reel #98-2

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Seniors (FPOC)
• Orphans
• Purchased for emancipation