Ursin

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:

1850* (estimated)

Baptism Date and Sponsors:

Unknown

Place of Origin:

Oak Alley (Creole)

Gender and Designation:

Male (negro)

Skills or Duties:

Domestic

Notes:

Age 10 (R5.075); Age 10 (R5.073); Age 10 (R5.074); Age 10 (R5.082)

References:

R5.075
- Inventory of Jacques Telesphore Roman's New Orleans home (Owned by Henri Roman and Octavie Roman Buchanan), New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 132
- Value: $800
R5.240
- Settlement and Partition of Oak Alley Plantation, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 174
- Purchase price: $1,225
- Vendor: The estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Ignatius Szymanski
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
R5.082
- Bill of Sale, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 176
- Listed as a domestic
- Purchase price: $1,225
- Vendor: The estate of Jacques Telesphore Roman; Vendee: Ignatius Szymanski
R17.006.24
- Letter from Celina Roman to her son, Henri Jacques Roman, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, ArRC 179
- Celina states that Ursin has runaway from Szymanski