Petition #20883173
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra November 1831. - December 16, 1831.
- Court: Police Jury
- Salutation: To the Honorable James Pitot, President and members of the Police Jury for the City and Parish of New Orleans
Abstract
Etienne Fortier, a free man of color, presents the following facts to the police jury. In 1829, he purchased, from one Marie Celeste Livaudais, née Marigny, his four "natural," i.e. illegitimate, children: Edmond, Celestine, Henry, and Françoise. The latter died in 1830. Fortier also recently purchased, from the same Marie Celeste Livaudais, his wife Phrosine, mother of his children, and one other child named Armand; both purchases having been made under the condition that he would immediately emancipate all of them. He asks the police jury to authorize him to appear before the parish court and "demand" that the legal formalities "been gone through toward setting free" his family.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Certificate [Text in French], 24 October 1831; Power of Attorney, Fortier to de Armas [Text in French], 13 March 1830; Extracts from Police Jury Deliberations, 12 November 1831, 3 December 1831, certified 5 December 1831; Petition to Parish Court, ca. 16 December 1831; Order, 16 December 1831; Sheriff's Return, 17 December 1831; Notice of Emancipation [Text in French and English], 17 December 1831
- Pages of related documents: 9
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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 43C
- Microfilm: Reel #98-2
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