Musa Noriega*

An enslaved man in the household of Victoire Le Sassier, widow of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.

Born about 1767. Race is not recorded.

Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. Musa was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813. He was described as being 56 years old, and an acerrador, which can be interpreted as either a locksmith or possibly someone who held household keys.


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.]