Jeffry/ Jeffery

OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

The Historic Site & Exhibits will be open daily from 8:30am-5pm.

Please note that we stop selling tickets at 4pm and expect a higher volume of visitors so we recommend you purchase your admissions in advance. Please pay close attention to the details as you make your reservation and on your confirmation regarding arriving 30 minutes prior to the selected time. Late arrivals are not guaranteed access to the "Big House" exhibit if that is the ticket you purchase. We look forward to your visit.

To purchase your admission in advance, please click HERE.

Date of birth:

1834* (estimated)

Baptism Date and Sponsors:

Unknown

Gender and Designation:

Male (Mulatto)

Skills or Duties:

Domestic

Notes:

Age 26 (R5.075); Age 28 (R5.081); Age 26 (R5.073); Age 26 (R5.074)

References:

R5.075
- Inventory of Jacques Telesphore Roman's New Orleans home (owned by Henri Roman and Marie Octavie Roman Buchanan), New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 132
- Labeled as a coachman
- Value: $1,600.00
R5.240
- Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 175
- Value: $14,750 (Includes fourteen people)
- Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Henri Jacques Roman
R5.081
- Bill of sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 175
- Labeled as a "...good coach driver, ostler, and house servant..."
- Purchase price: $14,750 (Includes 10 people)
- Listed as being mulatto
R5.073
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
- Listed as being located at the Roman's home in New Orleans
R5.074
- Transfer of Records, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
- Listed as being located at the Roman's home in New Orleans