Sofhia de la Rua*

A free woman of color in the household of Don Juan de la Rua.

Born around 1790 in Spanish Pensacola. Race is recorded as negra.

Listed in the 1820 Spanish census of Pensacola in the de la Rua household without a last name. Her role in the household was not specified; Juan de la Rua was a large business owner so it is possible she was an employee.


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