Teresa Noriega*

An enslaved woman in the household of Victoire Le Sassier, widow of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.

Born around 1799. Race is not recorded.

Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. Teresa was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813, described as being 14years old.


SOURCES:

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.]