An enslaved man in the household of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.
Born around 1783. Race is recorded as negro.
Listed in the 1798 confirmation record of his daughter Ysabel, a negra woman enslaved in the household of Don Pedro de Alba, along with her mother, Julia, a negra woman also enslaved in Madame LeSassier’s household.
Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. Samuel was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813, described as being 30 years old, and a carpenter.
FAMILY:
Child: Ysabel de Alba*
Mother of child: Julia Noriega*
SOURCES:
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis, “Confirmation Lists for Pensacola and Fort Barrancas, 1798,” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 61-76
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.]