A girl of color enslaved in the household of Don Jose Tapiola in Pensacola, Florida.
Born 26 November 1817. Race is recorded as parda.
Baptized on 8 December 1817 by Father Josef de Agustin Briones, Chaplain of the Louisiana Regiment of Infantry, at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Mother was Francisca, a woman of color enslaved in the same household. Father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
According to the 1820 Spanish census of Pensacola, Don Jose Tapiola was a shopkeeper born in Spain. His household included his wife and three children. (Enslaved people were not enumerated in this census.)
FAMILY:
Mother: Francisca Tapiola*
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.
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.