Jeanne Tonton Lemelle (FREE BLACK)
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Document Date: 1/2/1817
Document Number: 1
Notary: Phillipe Pedasclaux
Depository: housed in parish courthouses.
Location: Orleans (including Chapitoulas).
Language of this record: French
A Free person of African descent is involved in this document
Seller: Jeanne Tonton Lemelle (FREE BLACK)
Buyer: Louis Chevalier McCarty
Name: Joseph Figaro
Name Type: Partilly coded, overwhelmingly European
Gender: male
Race: black
Age: 18
sold or inventoried as an individual
Value of Sale: 1000
Sale Common Price: 1000