LIST OF SLAVES ON PAYNE PLANTATION, ST. CHARLES PARISH, 1856 Submitted by Don Johnson ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** On February 20, 1856, George E. Payne purchased a sugar plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish. This plantation had formerly belonged to Edmond Fortier, Sr. A list of the slaves included in the sale appeared as a part of the act of sale. The following list is reproduced from a copy of that sale used in evidence in the case "Succession of George E. Payne,11 which was heard before the State Supreme Court in 1923 (docket no. 25843). 1....Anderson, creole Negro, aged about 38 years, field hand. 2....Andre, creole Negro, aged about 50 years, field hand, brick- layer, having anhernia. 3....Billy, American Negro, aged about 54 years, field hand. 4....Barthelemy, creole Negro, aged about 50 years, field hand, ploughman and carter. 5....Boncon, creole Negro, aged about 30 years, ploughman, carter, and coach driver. 6....Damas, creole Negro, aged about 27 years, carter and field hand 7 .. Honre Petit, African Negro, Aged about 60 years, crippled. 8....Hypolite, African Negro, aged about 60 years, crippled. 9....Evariste, creole Negro, aged about 52 years, field hand and ox driver. 10....Gilbert, creole Negro, aged about 49 years, field hand and carter. 11. Gilbert, creole Negro, aged about 33 years, field hand. 12. Honore, creole Negro, aged about 67 years, neatherd. 13. Joachim, creole Negro, aged about 42 years, field hand and carter. 14....James Wood, American Negro, aged about 54 years, carpenter and sugar maker. 15....Jackson, American Negro, aged about 54 years, having rheumatismal pains. 16....Jourdain, American Negro, aged about 47 years, field hand and carter. 17....Joseph, creole Negro, aged about 50 years, field hand and carter. 18....John Cutter, American Negro, aged about 47 years, field hand, carter, and ploughman. 19....Louis Congo, African Negro, aged about 70 years, having an hernia. 20....Louis Grand, American Negro, aged about 58 years, field 21....Louis Petit, creole Negro, aged about 33 years, field hand, ox driver, and carter. 22....Lidge, American Negro, aged about 46 years, field hand, carter, and ox driver. 23....Manuel, creole Negro, aged about 42 years, field hand and ox driver. 24. Major, American Negro, aged about 47 years, hostler, having an Hernia. 25 Nomme, creole Negro, aged about 31 years, field hand. 26. ...Noel, creole mullatto, aged about 52 years, field hand and cooper. 27....Noel Gros, creole mulatto, aged about 51 years, cooper and field hand, sickly. 28....Noel Septime, creole mulatto, aged about 37 years, field hand. 29....Pauvre, creole griffe, aged about 29 years, field hand. 30....Peter, American Negro, aged about 60 years, field hand, sickly. 31....Pierre Ouvrier, creole Negro, aged about 64 years, carpenter, sickly. 32....Peter Parker, American Negro, aged about 48 years, field hand, having an hernia. 33....Ursin, creole Negro, aged about 56 years, cooper and field hand. 34....Ursin No. 2, creole Negro, aged about 24 years, field hand. 35...Valsin, creole Negro, aged about 21 years, field hand. 36.....William Forgeron, American Negro, aged about 46, Blacksmith. 37....William Rigaud, American Negro, aged about 41 years, field hand. 38....Zenon, creole Negro, aged about 50 years, field hand and carter. 39....Auguste, creole griffe, aged about 45 years, carter and bricklayer. 40....Ben Lawrence, American Negro, aged about 31 years, carter, bricklayer, and field hand. 41....Charles Beverly, American Negro, aged about 32 years, field hand. 42....Charles Mulatre, creole mulatto, aged about 39 years, field hand. 43....George Hunt, American Negro, aged about 31 years, field hand. 44....Hilaire, creole Negro, aged about 16 years. 45....Jules, creole Negro, aged about 18 years, field hand. 46....John Hill, American Negro, aged about 35 years, field hand and ox driver. 47....Jack Philips, African Negro, aged about 52 years, crippled. 48....Leven, American Negro, aged about 43 years, carpenter, somewhat of a cooper. 49....Nelson, creole griffe, aged about 37 years, field hand. 50....Nathan, American Negro, aged about 33 years, field hand. 51....Norbert, creole Negro, aged about 33 years, gardener. 52....Ponponne, creole Negro, aged about 19 years, field hand. 53....Tomy, creole mulatto, aged about 37 years, cook and field hand. 54....William Tempore, American Negro, Aged about 55 years, field hand. 55....Victorin, creole Negro, aged about 48 years, driver. 56....Aglae, creole Negress, aged about 44 years, field hand. 57....Celeste, creole Negress, aged about 58 years, field hand. 58....Charlotte, creole Negress, aged about 49 years, field hand. 59....Darbey, American Negress, aged about 48 years, field hand (prolapsus uteris). 60....Fanny, American Negress, aged about 43 years, field hand (prolapsus uteris). 61....Helene, creole mulatress, aged about 37 years, field hand, sickly, with her child. 62....Bodine, aged about 2 years, child of Helene. 63....Marie, American Negress, aged about 25 years, hospital nurse, sickly. 64....Liza, creole mulatress, aged about 36 years, field hand, and her two children. 65....Jean, aged about two years. 66....Henrietta, aged about five months. 67....Mathilde, creole Negress, aged about 52 years, field hand. 68....Trabelle, African Negress, aged about 62 years, field hand. 69....Aimee, American Negress, aged about 50 years, Negro cook. 70....Caroline, American Negress, aged about 25 years, field hand. 71....Martha, American Negress, aged about 34 years, field hand, with her child. 72....Mathilda, aged about nine years. 73....Celeste Petite, creole Negress, aged about 31 years, field hand. 74....Chloe, American Negress, aged about 29 years, field hand. 75....Jane, creole Negress, aged about 18 years, field hand, with her child. ... 76....Jean Baptiste, aged about one year. 77....Jenny, American Negress, aged about 29 years, field hand, with her child. 78....Toby, aged about 5 years. 79....Rosalie, creole Negress, aged about 27 years, field hand, sickly. 80....Elsey, African Negress, aged about 31 years, field hand, with her children. 81....Esther, aged 15 years. 82....Francoise, about 13 years. 83....Elsey, about 9 years. 84....Evariste, about 7 years. 85....Renee about 3 years. 86....Jean Francoise, 18 months.