Pierre Barnabé Boutte

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"Pierre BOUTTÉ is almost surely Pierre BOUTTÉ, mulâtre affranchi, native of La Côte-aux-Puces, present-day Grand Marais, near New Iberia; or his son, Eugène-Pierre BOUTTÉ. If the father, he was born a slave on 27 Sept 1775 and baptized 10 Jan 1779. His parents were André-Claude dit Lalime BOUTTÉ, native of Amiens or Bourseville, France, and Philomène Françoise “Fanchon,” négresse esclave belonging to Lalime. Baptismal sponsors were Antoine BOUTTÉ and Agathe PAINDEE (SM Ch v 1 p 69). He fathered children with 2 women simultaneously: (1) Hiacinthe LAPORTE, also known as Hiacinthe DE LA HOUSSAYE, mulâtresse affranchie, daughter of Joseph LAPORTE of France and Éloïse DE LA HOUSSAYE – griffonne affranchie from Louis DE LA HOUSSAYE; (2) Adélaïde DARBY, also known as Adélaïde ST. MARC, négresse affranchie by Pierre. On 7 Sept 1813 Ursin Étienne DARBY sold Adélaïde, a 36 year old négresse, to Pierre for $1,200 (SM Cth OA v 28 #11). He emancipated Adélaïde, who was 37 years old, on 21 Jan 1815 (SM Cth Original Acts Book 28 #221). He had purchased 5 slaves (probably he and Hiacinthe’s children; unnamed) on 17 Feb 1809 from Louis le Pelletier le Chevalier de la Houssaye for $2,000 (SM Cth OA Book 24 #118). On 7 Sept 1813, Louis DE LA HOUSSAYE sold 3 slaves (Illegible, Éloïse, and Hyacinthe) to Pierre for $1,300 (SM Cth OA v 28 #12). In 1817, Pierre purchased from the DE LA HOUSSAYE and DARBY families, 7 slaves (Pierre, 20; Marcellin, 19; Mélidor, 18; Fanchon, 17; Mulot, 15; Adèle, 13; Delzinde, 12), all his natural children with Adélaïde, formerly a slave of the said DE LA HOUSSAYE and DARBY family, for the purpose of manumitting them. Purchase stipulated that the children would live as free until Pierre could formalize their emancipation, legally. His 2 brothers served as tutors or legal guardians with some of the children. Source: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Slave Emancipations, database, lines 3733-3741). Pierre BOUTTÉ’s last will and testament are dated 22 Jan 1817, wherein he acknowledges paternity of children with both women. Succession is dated 14 Nov 1826 (Franklin Cth #152). He served as a private in the War of 1812 under Captain Alexandre LEMELLE and General Neuville DE CLOUET." Pierre died on 21 Sep 1826, age about 48, at his home at la Cote au Puce, St. Martin Parish and was buried on 22 Sept. 1826 in the parish cemetery.

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