An enslaved man in the household of Don Pedro Mendoza. Don Pedro was a pulpero (which can be described as “grocer” or “tavernkeeper”) born in Mexico.
Race is recorded as negro.
Bill of Sale: 14 June 1824 – Pedro Mendoza sold him to Foster S. Chapman for $126.50. Bautista is described as “the same which I purchased from Juan Garreta.” (Escambia Co. [FL] Deeds, A/205)
Bill of Sale: 1 November 1824 – Foster S. Chapman sold Bautista to Francisco Collins for $110.
SOURCES:
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis. “Census of Pensacola, 1820.” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 93-126