Pognon

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Pognon

Date of birth: 
1838* (estimated)
Baptism Date and Sponsors: 
Unknown
Place of Origin: 
Louisiana (creole)
Gender and Designation: 
Female (mulatto)
Skills or Duties: 
Relationships: 
Child: Ida
Notes: 
Age 11 (R8.198); Age 22 (R5.075); Age 22 (R5.238); Age 22 (R5.073); Age 22 (R5.074); Age 35 (R8.097)
References: 
  • R8.198
    • Jacques Telesphore Roman Succession, St. James Clerk of Court, Probate 0683
    • Value: $600
  • 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
    • Value: $1800 (includes daughter, Ida)
  • R5.238
    • Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 171
    • Purchase Price: $1900 (includes daughter)
    • Listed as a "good seamstress, hair dresser, and house servant"
    • Lists Ida as Pognon's child
  • R5.240
    • Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v46 act 174
    • Value: $900
    • Vendor: Estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: L.E. Faures
  • 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
    • Lists Pognon as being mulatto
    • Lists Ida as Pognon's child
  • 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
    • LIsts Pognon as being mulatto
    • Lists Ida as Pognon's child
  • R8.097
    • Sale, St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance record, volume 36 act 1
    • Lists Pognon as a field slave

 


 

 

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