An enslaved woman in the household of Jose Ortiz in Spanish Pensacola. Ortiz was a shopkeeper born in Spain. He shared his household with a free woman of color named Genoveva.
Race is recorded as negra.
Appears in the 1819 baptismal record of her son, Miguel, from St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
FAMILY:
Child: Miguel Ortiz*
SOURCES:
Records of St. Michael’s Parish, Pensacola, FL, Book III: Baptisms of People of Color, 1817 – 1882. University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center. 22 SEP 2021.