20884611https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20884611LouisianaSt. John the BaptistParish2071846District881846Districtgranted306St. John the Baptist Parish Courthouse, Edgard, LouisianaPelagie Rodrigue seeks to regain control of her dotal and paraphernal property from her husband, Pierre Faucheux. Rodrigue asserts that, according to her marriage contract, she brought a slave woman named Yacinthe and $2,090 in promissory notes into her 1832 marriage to Faucheux. Since then, Yacinthe has given birth to a child named Felicité, whom Pelagie considers part of her dotal property. In addition, Pelagie inherited a slave woman named Janette from the estate of her mother, Marguerite Delatte. She informs the court that her husband is in a “habitual state of madness and insanity” and has been “interdicted on account of his sanity” from the administration of his person and property. Therefore, she asks the court to appoint a guardian for her husband and to order a separation of property.Diseases (mental)Diseases (physical)Assessed Value (enslaved)Prenuptial agreementProperty owners (women)Dowry