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EMANCIPATIONS the Following Is a List of Emancipations Registered In EMANCIPATIONS The following is a list of emancipations registered in the St. Louis Circuit Court, 1817-1865. The list was compiled by Jefferson National Expansion Memorial historian Bob Moore and Dr. Kris Zapalac from a thorough examination of the Circuit Court Record Books at the St. Louis Civil Courts Building at Tucker and Market Streets, and the examination of papers at the Missouri Historical Society. The location of the original listing in the Circuit Court Record Books is noted by two numbers (example, 24:230). The first number is the Circuit Court book number, the second is the page number in that book. {MOHIS} denotes the use of papers in the slavery collection of the archives of the Missouri Historical Society. Other collections and sources used are noted in the individual cases. May 12, 1817 - Terrace (mulatto woman), Joseph (mulatto boy), Agathe (mulatto girl), Antoine, Francois, Edward, Julia, Matilda, and George Spears (mulatto man) by Esther, a free woman of color. {Original document, St. Louis Civil Courts} Oct. 21, 1817 - Winny (mulatto) by Loring Burk 1:106 Oct. 20, 1818 - Caroline Matilda (infant) [Frederick Bates, Guardian] by H. Renard and Marie Louise Renard (Manumitted on 8/18/1817) 1:318 Oct. 21, 1818 - Jack by Eusebius Hubbard 1:318 Sept. 20, 1820 – Fanny by Rufus Easton and Abeal Easton. 2:276 July 3, 1822 – Frances by Nicholas Hebert alias Lecompte. 3:168 July 3, 1822 - Rosita by Nicholas Hebert alias Lecompte. 3:168 July 2, 1823 - Jonathan by Robert Duncan on Nov. 1, 1822. 3:260 October 25, 1823 – Baptiste LaPou[n]piere by Antoine Chenie. 3:292 June 10, 1824 – Arthur and Tilla, his wife by Joseph C. Brown. 3:342 June 10, 1824 – Jeffrie by Amable Diroine. 3:342 June 14, 1824 – Polly by Arthur Magenis. 3:345 July 13, 1824 – James by Jennings Beckworth. 3:400 October 26, 1824 – Polly a coloured woman otherwise known as Polly Kerr by Mathew Kerr. 4:36 April 9, 1825 – Armistead by Benjamin Lawless. 4:106 April 12, 1825 – Daniel by Louis Brazeau. 4:109 April 15, 1825 – James by Jennings Beckwith. 4:116 Sept. 19, 1825 – Charlotte by Christian F. Keinlin. 4:245 Nov. 18, 1825 – Jerry by Edward Tracy. 4:251 Dec. 2, 1825 – Owney by Edward Tracy. 4:259 May 27, 1826 – Odille by Jacque Desire. 4:361 May 27, 1826 – Lurana by Jennings Beckwith. 4:365 Sept. 9, 1826 – George Herod by Samuel Ogle. 4:406 Sept. 26, 1826 - Manumission of a mulatto man Francois, aged about 40. Purchased at a public sale of property of Regis Loisel, deceased. {MOHIS Slavery papers} Dec. 21, 1826 – Rachel by Elias Metz. 4:461 Dec. 21, 1826 – Barbara by Elias Metz. 4:462 Dec. 21, 1826 – Charles by Elias Metz. 4:462 May 1, 1827 – Gabriel by Russell Farnham. 4:526 Aug. 11, 1827 – Joseph Lee by Henry Atkinson. 5:50 Sept. 21, 1827 – Charles by Alexander Scott and William K. Rule. 5:59 Feb. 10, 1828 – Shadrack by Coleman Duncan of Hopkins County, Kentucky. 5:181 April 18, 1828 - Peggy by Daniel D. Page. 5:138 Jan. 6, 1829 – Charles Wells by Clayton Tiffin. 5:208 April 6, 1829 – Jerry by the firm Scott & Rule. 5:300 May 1, 1829 - Molly (mulatto) by Pamela Hayden 5:302 August 18, 1829 - Mathilde (30, mulatto) by Barthelemy Berthold 5:371 Dec. 12, 1829 – Eliza (aged 21) and her son John (nearly 5) by Xavier Dugall and Colastic (formerly Colastic Lacroix). 5:446 Jan. 21, 1830 – Jefferson by Telemachus Camp of the County of Madison in the State of Illinois. 5:477 Jan. 25, 1830 – Cloe Anderson and son John Richard Anderson by Sarah Bates. 5:480 Jan. 29, 1830 – Frances by Daniel D. Page. 5:487 April 6, 1830 - Betzey by William and John Smith 5:518 May 3, 1830 – Nancy a colored woman and her children Mary & John by Benjamin O’Fallon. 6:4 April 12, 1831 – Pauline Catherine by Rene Paul. 6:101 Aug. 2, 1831 – Judith by Antoine Chenie. 6:156 Aug. 23, 1831 – Malinda & son William (2 months old) by Robert Kinnier. 6:197 Aug. 25, 1831 – Lewis by John & Polly Votau, Landon & Elizabeth Williams, Philip, Felix & Mary Coonce. 6:201 March 28, 1832 – James & Oney, his wife; John Pryor (albino), Frankey (mulatto) & Kitty by Charles R. Hall, trustee for Robert Quarles. 6:255 April 12, 1832 – Lucy by John B.D. Valois. 6:276 April 28, 1832 – Lucile by Therese Cerre Chouteau. 6:302 May 3, 1832 – Charles & Pelagie by Joseph Papin. 6:316-317 May 4, 1832 – Swanston by Shadrach Duncan. 6:317 May 8, 1832 – Charlotte and her child Ann Frances (2) by Richard Dallam. 6:323 July 24, 1832 – Doctor alias Henry by Stephen Smith. 6:338 July 25, 1832 – Zachariah Lewis by James H. Lewis. 6:340 July 28, 1832 – Sancho by Bernard McMenomy. 6:351 Aug. 22, 1832 – Milca alias Matilda & daughter Elizabeth (9 months) by George Brown. 6:393 Nov. 30, 1832 – Esther by daughter Molly, a mulatto woman. 6:421 May 4, 1833 – Jenny and her children Eliza (2) and Alexander (1) by Alexander Felson. 6:492 May 22, 1833 – Cecile by Pierre Chouteau, Jr. 6:506 Aug. 9, 1833 – Lewis, a boy (aged 8) by Priscilla Coonce. 7:30 Aug. 14, 1833 – Jane Anderson and daughter Mary by Benjamin C. Johnson 7:38 Dec. 1, 1833 - Manumission of Phillis Murray by William Glasgow {MOHIS Slavery Papers} Dec. 9, 1833 – James by Aaron H. Young. 7:61-62 Jan. 4, 1834 - Emancipation of Louisa (a yellow woman) by John Berry Meachum 7:96 Jan. 17, 1834 – Jemima and her infant son Shadrack (aged 2) by Joseph A. Wherry. 7:125 March 24, 1834 – Helene by Jean Tayon. 7:140 April 29, 1834 – Lydia Robinson by her daughter Priscilla Coonce. 7:200 May 9, 1834 - Vital (mulatto, 23) by Pierre Melicourt Papin 7:217 May 9, 1834 - Rosette (mulatto, 42) by Paul Liguest Chouteau 7:217 May 9, 1834 - Eliza (13) by Michael Girard 7:217 August 18, 1834 - John Tobias Baltimore (35) by David Bryant 7:234 Nov. 24, 1834 - Henry (yellow, 28) by John W. Johnson 7:270 December 4, 1834 – Nelson by Matthew Kerr. 7:275 Dec. 18, 1834 - Charles, Gooly, Hay, Anthony, Hannibal, Louisa by Edmund Gannaway 7:306 Jan. 5, 1835 – Filliet by John B. Sarpy. 7:329 Jan. 5, 1835 – Ann by Cassandra S. Dallam. 7:330 Jan. 5, 1835 – Charlotte and Adaline by James S. Holliday. 7:330 Jan. 7, 1835 - Lewis (35) by John Evans 7:332 April 11, 1835 - Susan (36) by Francis Hogg, a free man of color 7:363 April 17, 1835 – Dick (19) by his father Gabriel Hellam, a free man of color. 7:371 April 22, 1835 – Rhoda by Asa Wilgus. 7:374 April 25, 1835 – Charity and her son Samuel (aged 6) by John B. Gratiot. 7:377 July 16, 1835 - Charles and Nancy by David Lawrence 7:409 July 17, 1835 - Priscilla of New Orleans 7:410 July 20, 1835 - Maria (45) by Henry Taylor a colored man 7:414 Nov. 10, 1835 - Sarah by Thomas Hart Benton 7:454 Jan. 20, 1836 – Eugenie by Pierre Chouteau, Jr. [Criminal Court, 1:283] March 16, 1836 – Polly by John Thornton. 8:7 March 19, 1836 – Thornton by Jemimah Chick. 8:13 March 23, 1836 - Polly Gratiot, a free woman of color, frees her daughter Caroline (mulatto) and Caroline's children James (6), Charles (4), and Adelia (2), all mulatto 8:22 March 30, 1836 – William Douglas by Allen Davis, John E. Davis, & John H. Garvin for himself, heirs of John Davis deceased. 8:36 April 13, 1836 – David by David W. Doak. 8:52 July, 1836 - Amy by Mary Davis in Washington Co. Missouri 8:46 July 19, 1836 – Marie Felicite, “negro child” by Emilie Labbadie Pratte. 8:77 July 20, 1836 - Louisa (4) by her father Joseph Lee 8:79 August 9, 1836 - Mellite (mulatto), Eelise, Euphemie (3), Virginie (3 months) by Joseph Bennard 8:100 August 10, 1836 – Matilda by Auguste R. Chouteau. 8:99 August 17, 1836 – Benoit, son of Rose (39) by Cerre Chouteau 8:107 August 18, 1836 – Esther Bowen by John Mulhall. 8:109 Nov. 11, 1836 - Diana (30) by John Berry Meachum 8:128 Nov. 23, 1836 – Harry by George Collier. 8:130 Nov. 29, 1836 - Pierre (mulatto) by Marie P. Laduc 8:139 Nov. 30, 1836 – Pierre by Charles Gobeil [Benoist – Charleville Papers, MHS Archives] Dec. 2, 1836 – Bob by Samuel Willi. 8:144-145 Dec. 13, 1836 – Celestin by Sylvester Labbadie. 8:189 March 16, 1837 - Ester (39) by Thomas Keller, a free man of color 8:195 March 17, 1837 - Dulalie (49) by Marie P. Laduc 8:197-198 April 6, 1837 – Cato by Henry B. Berry. 8:218 April 7, 1837 - Maria (mulatto, 35-40) and two sons Patrick Henry (9) and infant (22 months) by Wyllis King; purchased from John H. Gay 8:220-221 April 7, 1837 - Francis by James Quarles 8:220-221 April 14, 1837 - Lavinia (25-30) and child Noah (1) by Benjamin Hart, a free man of color 8:232 July 10, 1837 – Esther by George Newton. 8:240 July 10, 1837 – Stephen Anderson by his wife, Jinney Anderson. 8:240 July 12, 1837 - Peter (28) by John B. Sarpy 8:247 July 19, 1837 – Mary by John Darnielle. 8:272 July 21, 1837 - Mary Hickman (36) by Clayton Tiffin 8:276 Nov. 20, 1837 - Daniel and Sally by Edmund Melvin 8:367 Nov. 29, 1837 - Genevieve (28) by Mathieu Papin 8:382 Dec.
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