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Individual:
PIERRE RICHARD & MARGUERITE DUGAT
Court Case #970 dated April 27, 1825
To the honorable Seth Lewis, Judge of the Fifth District Court in and
for the parish of St. Landry
The petition of LOUIS RICHARD, OLIVIER RICHARD, PHILLIPPE
RICHARD, FRANCOIS RICHARD, MARGUERITE RICHARD wife of JOHN BOURQUE who
authorizes this suit, all of the parish of St. Landry, in their own
right as the legitimate children of PIERRE RICHARD & MARGUERITE DUGAT,
both deceased at the parish of St. Landry.
Of ANCELET RICHARD, PHILLIPPE RICHARD, LOUIS RICHARD, LIZI RICHARD wife
MOISE HEBERT who authorizes this suit all of the parish of Lafayette
legitimate children of FABIAN RICHARD (winston's note: in the original
document Fabian Richard's name is scratched thru), PIERRE RICHARD
deceased, and representing him in the succession of his deceased father
and mother the aforesaid PIERRE RICHARD and his wife MARGUERITE DUGAT.
Of URSIN HEBERT of the parish of Lafayette natural tutor of URSIN
HEBERT, fils, JOSEPH HEBERT, GIDEON HEBERT, LOVINSKI HEBERT, CAROLINE
and URANIE HEBERT, minors under the age of puberty, and his children
by his deceased wife MARGUERITE RICHARD, and representing her in the
succession of the aforesaid PIERRE RICHARD and MARGUERITE DUGAT his
deceased wife and grandfather and grandmother of the said
MARGUERITE RICHARD, deceased.
Of PIERRE RICHARD, EUPHROSINE RICHARD, JOSEPH RICHARD, JEAN RICHARD
AUGUSTINE RICHARD wife JOSEPH LAVERNE who authorizes this suit all of
the parish of St. Landry and LENILE RICHARD of the parish of Lafayette
legitimate children of FABIEN RICHARD deceased and representing him in
the succession of his deceased father and mother PIERRE RICHARD and
MARGUERITE DUGAT.
Of NOEL VASSEUR of the parish of St. Landry, natural tutor of LOUIS
VASSEUR, CELISE VASSEUR, JEAN VASSEUR, LUGERE VASSEUR, LISAS VASSEUR
and ISRAEL VASSEUR, minors under the age of puberty and his children
by his deceased wife ANGELIQUE RICHARD, and representing her in the
succession of her grandfather and grandmother the aforesaid PIERRE
RICHARD and MARGUERITE DUGAT his wife deceased as aforesaid.
Of ARSENE THIBODEAUX wife of HYPPOLITE THIBODEAUX of the parish of St.
Landry who authorizes this suit in right of her deceased mother
FRANCOISE RICHARD, and representing her in the succession of her
grandfather and grandmother, the aforesaid PIERRE RICHARD and his wife
MARGUERITE DUGAT deceased as aforesaid.
With respect represents that your petitioners are the legal heirs and
representatives of the aforesaid PIERRE RICHARD and his wife
MARGUERITE DUGAT deceased as aforesaid, and that as such they are
entitled to the property belonging to their succession, and
particularly that in the said capacities they are the legal owners and
proprietors of a certain negro woman named CELESTE about twenty eight
years of age, and a slave for life, and her children JEAN LOUIS a negro
boy about twelve, CADET a negro boy about ten years of age, SOSTHENE a
negro boy about eight years of age, VALIERE a negro boy about six years
of age, CELESTINE a negro girl about three years.
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Submitters note:This is a transcription of a few pages of a court case
of the Pierre Richard, Sr. and Marguerite Dugas family. It was a suit
brought by the Richard descendents against a slave woman named Celeste.
The Richard family was claiming she was a slave and that they were
therefore entitled to own her and her children.
The end result of this court case was in the favor of Celeste who had
claimed she was emancipated by Pierre Richard, Sr. prior to his death.
Celeste, the supposed slave, married a free man of color,Jean Baptiste
Malvaux, in 1812. Here is the marriage record from Father Hebert's SW
LA records. It is this record that helped Celeste win her case against
the Pierre Richard, Sr. descendants.
"Malvaux, Jean Baptiste negre libre (Catherine, originally libre)
m. 14 July 1812 Celeste, negresse libre (Opel. Ch.: Vol. 1, P. 292)"
to a free man of color, Jean Baptiste Malveaux.
I am not really sure why the Richard family lost the case. There were
people who testified that Celeste had never gone by the name
"Theotiste" the emancipated slave as she had claimed and that she had
always been known as Celeste and had always been a slave. I think
perhaps the judge did not like slavery and therefore ruled in her
favor. There is a St. Landry Parish court document dated 1798 and
written in French which is the emancipation record of a slave named
Theotiste. Pierre Richard, Sr. emancipated her or him before he died.
This was the basis for the defense of Celeste.
Pierre Richard, Sr. is a recognized Louisiana DAR Patriot. He fought
under Governor Bernardo de Galvez. I descend through his son, Pierre
Richard, Jr. who married Marie Josephe Dugas. Their daugher Marie
Marguerite Richard married Ursin Hebert.
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