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Author: Erin

Amateur historian and genealogist with four decades' experience in hunting down ancestors who don't seem to want to be found.
October 6, 2021July 14, 2025Black/Mulatto, Free Person of Color, Male

Richard de Villiers

A free man of color born into the household of Celeste Tala de Villiers. Born 1 November 1838 in Pensacola. Race recorded […]

October 6, 2021July 14, 2025Black/Mulatto, Enslaved, Female

Maria Sophia de Villiers Tala

An enslaved woman in the household of Celeste Tala de Villiers. Born around 1802. Race is recorded as negra. Deed of Manumission: […]

October 6, 2021October 9, 2021Enslaved, Male

Marcelino de Villiers*

An enslaved boy in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Born 16 October 1818. Race is not recorded. Baptized […]

October 6, 2021October 5, 2024Enslaved, Male

Juan Ruperto de Villiers*

An enslaved boy in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Born around 1820. Race is not recorded. Baptized by […]

October 6, 2021October 19, 2022Black/Mulatto, Enslaved, Male

Francisco Dalmacio de Villiers*

An enslaved mulato boy in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Francisco Dalmacio was born 20 October 1819.  He […]

October 6, 2021October 9, 2021Enslaved, Female

Francisca de Villiers*

An enslaved woman in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Race is recorded as negra. Appears in the 1820 […]

October 6, 2021October 9, 2021Enslaved, Female

Cery de Villiers*

An enslaved woman in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Race is recorded as morena. Appears in the 1819 […]

October 6, 2021October 5, 2024Enslaved, Female

Catarina de Villiers*

An enslaved woman in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Race recorded as morena. Appears in the 1820 baptismal […]

October 6, 2021December 16, 2021Enslaved, Male

Antonio de Villiers*

An enslaved boy in the household of Captain Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. Born 7 September 1818. Race is not recorded. Baptized […]

October 6, 2021October 9, 2021Female, Free Person of Color

Sofhia de la Rua*

A free woman of color in the household of Don Juan de la Rua. Born around 1790 in Spanish Pensacola. Race is […]

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