Simon

OPEN MEMORIAL WEEKEND:

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

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Date of birth:

1831* (estimated)

Baptism Date and Sponsors:

Uknown

Place of Origin:

Louisiana (creole)

Gender and Designation:

Male (negro)

Skills or Duties:

Domestic

Relationships:

Mother: Antoinette; Sibling: Roselia

Notes:

Age 18 (R8.198); Age 29 (R5.239); Age 29 (R5.073); Age 29 (R5.074); Age 29 (R8.097)

References:

R8.198
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
- Value: $1,000
- Listed as a Domestic
- Lists Antoinette as Simon's mother
R5.239
- Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession Settlement, New Orleans Notarial Archive, Felix Grima, v 46 act 173
- Listed as a field hand
R5.016
- Jacques Telesphore Roman and Celina Pilie Marriage Contract, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v2 act 185
- Lists Antoinette as Simon's mother
- Lists Roselia as Simon's sibling
R5.073
- Transfer of Rights, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 107
- Lists Simon as a field slave
R5. 074
- Transfer of Rights, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 45 act 108
- Lists Simon as a field slave
R8.097
- Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, volume 36 act 1
- Lists Simon as a field slave
Slave baptism records, Archdiocese of Baton Rouge
- St. Michael Catholic Church, Convent, Louisiana
- Item no. 5; Page no. 159; Entry no. XXX
- Lists Antoinette as Roselia's mother; Estimated that Simon and Roselia are siblings