An enslaved woman in the household of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.
Born around 1768. Race is recorded as negra.
Appears in the confirmation records of her children, Antonia Mariana and Francisco, in Pensacola on May 7, 1798.
Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire Le Sassier (widow of Lt. Col Noriega) and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. She was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813, described as being 45 years old, and a cook. She was among the enslaved people in the household who went to her son, Don Jose Noriega, Jr., when the property of Lt. Col. Noriega’s estate was divided between mother and son.
FAMILY:
Children: Antonia Mariana Noriega* and Francisco Noriega*
SOURCES:
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis, “Confirmation Lists for Pensacola and Fort Barrancas, 1798,” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 61-76.
Victoire Le Sassier v. Pedro de Alba, Florida State Supreme Court, 11 November 1831. In custody of Special Collections, John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, Coker Film 102-2. [Transcription by Deborah Beagle Baldock, www.wfgs.org, 1 February 2021.]