Petition #20883347
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. March 31, 1833. - July 18, 1834.
- Court: Police Jury
- Salutation: To the Hble the President and members of the Police Jury for the Parish of Orleans
Abstract
Etienne Deynan presents to the police jury that he is the "legal owner" of a six-year-old male mulatto boy named Louis Ulgère. He further presents that he had Louis Ulgère baptized "as free," the act of baptism having been performed before and signed by two witnesses. Louis Ulgère, a "statu liber" by virtue of the act of baptism, is now an orphan and Etienne Deynan is "desirous" to grant him "definitive freedom" on account of his late mother's "long faithful and important services." Deynan therefore asks the police jury to emancipate Louis Ulgère, without compelling him to leave the state.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Certificate [Text in French], 30 March 1833; Extracts from Police Jury Deliberations, 6 April 1833, 28 June 1834, certified 30 June 1834; Petition to Parish Court, ca. 18 July 1834; Order, 18 July 1834; Sheriff's Return, 2 August 1834; Copy of an Extract from the Baptism Registry, Louis Ulgère [Text in French], 19 April 1830, certified 17 June 1831; French Consulate Baptism Registration [Text in French], 24 June 1831
- Pages of related documents: 5
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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 101D
- Microfilm: Reel #98-4
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