An enslaved boy of color in the household of Antonio Villaverde in Pensacola, Florida.
Race is recorded as Mulatto.
Appears in the 1821 will of Antonio Villaverde, in which two black enslaved women, Suckey and Diana, and “their two black children” were to be manumitted upon his death. The will does not specify which woman is the mother of either of the two children. The will then goes on to ratify the previous manumission of two mulatto children, Manuel and Francisco, who were the sons “of the said woman” (again, without specifying which woman is the mother, or whether the two mulatto boys are the same as the “two black children” previously mentioned).
Francisco and Manuel inherited one-half of Villaverde’s land and holdings in Mississippi, Louisiana, and East and West Florida. (The other half was bequeathed to the children of Dr. John Brosnaham).
Tully Robinson, a Lousiana attorney, and John Garnier of Pensacola were appointed Executors of Villaverde’s will and guardians of Francisco and Manuel.
Deeds of manumission for the two boys or their mothers have not yet been found.
FAMILY:
Mother: Suckey Villaverde* or Diana Villaverde*
Sibling: Manuel Villaverde*
SOURCES:
Will of Antonio Villaverde, Aug 29 1821, “Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990,” www.familysearch.org, accessed 1 February 2021.