Pognon

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.

 

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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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