An enslaved woman in the household of Victoire Le Sassier, widow of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.
Born about 1785. Race is recorded as Negro.
Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr., listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to him in 1813. She was described as being 28 years old, a cook, laundress, and ironer.
Bill of Sale: 28 January 1824 – Don Jose Noriega sold her to Gertrudis Sierra y Le Sassier (wife of Lt. Cirilo Le Sassier, commandant of Ft. San Marcos de Apalache) for $800. She is described as Negro, about 36 years old. (Escambia Co. [FL] Deeds, A/151)
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.]