Thomas Hulse MILITARY SLAVE SYSTEM ON ALABAMA GULF COAST https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236809113_Slave_Rentals_and_the_Early_Development_of_the_Military_Slave_System_at_Mobile_Point_1812-1834
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A Ray of Light
Virginia Greer, Press Register Staff Reporter, June 17,1962, writing of Dauphin Island says: "It belongs to us, our own mysterious island. It is draped with history and shrouded with mystery".
This island is not unlike Brittany on the coast of France where tides was hits shore line, and where, moving inward, encouraged by the Gulf Stream , mimosa, camellias and rhododendron bloom in profusion.
In the early seventeen hundreds there came from Brest in Brittany two natives, Joseph Moro and his wife, Jane Dauphine. They settled in the Province of Lee on the coast of Biloxi. To them was born a son, Joseph, who never married and a daughter who married Mr. L'Amy. The young Joseph also became a Pilot of the King and in his voyaging liked very much Dauphin Island. He wished to purchase the island from the Spanish Government then in control and made the following plea:
New Orleans, July 31st, 1781
Henry Granerist, Governor of Mobile:
General or Governor General Joseph Moro who is an inhabitant of this city , in the most respectful manner presents himself to your Excellency and says that being desirous of making settlement on the island commonly called Dauphin Island which is situated west of the entrance to Mobile Bay, and in order to be able to do so and that his right to the same may alway s appear, he appeals to the goodness of your Excellency and most humbly prays that your Excellency may be pleased to grant him the said island, on which he may settle himself as above stated without hindrance, molestat ion or interruption in the possession of the same. This kindness he hope s to obtain from the known goodness of your Excellency. Dated, New Orlea ns, July 31st, in the year 1781.
New Orleans, August lst A.D. 1781. The Governor, ad interim of Mobile, D on Henry Granarist, will put the petitioner in possession of Dauphin Island, provided the same is vacant and no injury thereby is done to anyone , a survey which shall be made and plot and Certificate of the same signed by him and by the neighbors, if there are any shall be transmitted to me in order that the petitioner may be furnished with the necessary title in due form.
Evidence written and signed by: Chas. Paresst
Louis Courrie
Colanno Demouy
Dubraca
The foregoing evidence was taken with my knowledge and the persons who si gned the above Certificate are old inhabitants of the city.
Dated Mobile, Sept. 21st, in the year 1781,
Signed HENRIQUE GRANARIST
1, Don Henrique Granarist, Civil and Military Governor of the Port and District of Mobile and Lieutenant of the Royal Armies, etc.; and etc., in my pursuance of the powers which his Majesty has been pleased to place in my hands and in consequence of the foregoing memorial and Certificate annexed thereto, do by these presents grant Joseph Moro, the above named petitioner and inhabitant of this Jurisdiction, and in pursuance of the prayer of this petition, title to Dauphin Island to enjoy the same during his natural life, and after death the same to descend to his lawful heirs to have and to hold the same for the purpose of cultivating same, breeding cattle, cutting wood, for a place of habitation, and all other purposes which he may deem proper and necessary And under the authority of this grant he is permitted to take immediate possession of the said Island and shall be known and recognized as the only lawful owner of the same without let or hindrance of molestation from any person. And in order that the same my at all times appear, This Grant shall be deposited among the Archives of the Government and a certified copy of the same in due for m of law shall be furnished the petitioner.
Given at Mobile, the 5th day of December, 1783; Signed with my Signature and sealed with my Seal of Arms.
Seal of Arms HENRIQUE GRANARIST
Translated record No. 2. pages 83, 84, 85.
Joseph Moro does not seem to have lived to enjoy Dauphin Island for many years after receiving the Grant. The following copy of his will which seems to have been written on his death bed, bears the date August 25 , 1791, eight years after receiving the grant.
WILL OF JOSEPH MORO (OR MOREAU)
In the name of Almighty God, who lives without beginning and reigns without end. Know ye all men who shall in this last will and testament that I , Joseph Moreau, Pilot to the King, dwelling in Dauphin Island, a native of the Coast of Baloxy, Province of Lee, legitimate son of the deceased Joseph Moreau, Senior, and the late Jane Dauphin, his parents both natives of Brest in the Province of Brittany, being in his bed sick, but being of sound mind, memory and understanding, believing firmly in the mystery of the fable of the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and that of the incarnation of the Son of God, made man in the bosom of the most pure and holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and in all the mysteries and articles which Our Mother believes, teaches and confesses, the Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Catholic Church united and governed by the Holy Spirit, under which belief I have lived and protest to live to my last hour fearing death which is natural to all persons and which hour is uncertain and dreading that it may overtake me, I wish to make my last will and testament, and for the best guidance of which I invoke as my Counselor the Sovereign Queen to intercede in my behalf, as well as her dear Son that he may forgive the burden of my sins and conduct my soul to the mansion of Safety, with which prayer and Divine innovation and order it in the following manner. . lst - I recommend my soul to God Who has created it and purchased it again for the price of the precious blood of His dear Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, His passion and death, and I implore Him by His tender mercy to pardon it and receive it among the number of His Saints, and my body I desire to be interred with all possible decency and in conformity to the will of my Executors. For such is my will: Item: I wish and desire that there be ten masses said for the repose of my soul and that two bits be given for the use of the poor Such is my will .
Item: I declare that I own owe twenty-five dollars and two bits, of which Martha a free woman has full knowledge, who will make it known to my Executor, to have them paid to those whom I owe them, such is my will .
Item: I desire that all my furniture, chairs, beds, tables, linen, dishes, and plates, and in general all that is comprised in my home to Martha, a free Negro woman, as well as the whole kitchen, table set, the yard , my watches (gold) and my young Negro named Charles, with twelve (12) milch cows of her own choice out of my stock, that she may enjoy them peacefully and in full prosperity as being a property belonging without anyone having a right to oppose her, being an acknowledgement of the good service she has rendered to me during the course of several years, for this reason I beg my Executor to put her in possession of the above mentioned as soon as possible immediately after my death - For such is my will.
Item: I bequeath to my nephew John Batiste LAmy my boat with all rigging and tackle: Such is my will.
Item: I desire and order that the remainder of my property be given to my niece, Euphrasie LAmy, married to Mr Lacoste, to enjoy them during life. The same property to come to her children at her death, and said La Coste to have no right to sell or make use of said property, leaving to my niece to direct and govern at her own pleasure- the said property without her husband's opposition having anything to do with it - For such is my will.
Item: I nominate and appoint as my Executors - Mr John Josse and Pete Jansen, whom I authorize to put in force the present according to its spirit and meaning without alteration - For such is my will, Item: I revoke and annul all other wills , codicils, powers or other writings which may have been made here to fore not wishing them to have any validity approving and acknowledging the present only which I execute actually as my last will and testament, where of I have made my ordinary mark not knowing how to write in the presence of the undersigned
witnesses in Mobile, the 25th day of August, 1791.
Mark of Joseph X Moro
Witness: Raphael Higalgo Santiago De La Sausage
Francisco Mirando Francisco Nonpreul
Francisco Fontarella
Law Office St. Stephens, Ala., April 20,1853
I do hereby certify that the annexed and foregoing is a correct copy from the book of Records of Claims laid before me and acted on by Commissioners Barton and Barrett.
The niece of Joseph Moro, Euphrasie married to Augustine La Coste seems to have been unable to control her interest in Dauphin Island, as between her husband who, contrary to the Will of Joseph Moro, sold a half interest in the Island to Joshua Kennedy and Uncle Sam, who condemned considerable more than a few hundred acres which may in time be recoverable if the living heirs, who are many and scattered, care to investigate.
It would seem from recorded deeds and wills that Augustine La Coste, Sr and his safe Euphrasie came to southern Baldwin County and settled in the vicinity of Bon Secour on the south bank of the river in the late Seventeen Hundred or early Eighteen Hundred. They had two sons, Benjamin, who had no heirs and Augustine, who married Elizabeth Hartley. It may be well to copy here the Will of Euphraise La Coste:
In the name of God Amen.
1, Euphraise La Coste of Mobile County and Mississippi Territory being of perfect and sound mind and memory Blessed be Almighty God for the same . But considering the uncertainty of this mortal life. Have, therefore , made and do by these present make publish this my last will
and................................................................
(We have lost this last part which had the will of Euphrasie La Coste . I have never seen it, but it apparently exists. JW Hadley)
STAPLETON FAMILY
Source of information: WD. Stapleton, Bay Minette
Came to Baldwin County from North Carolina. Settled near Stapleton in 18 50
Source of information: Mrs. Molly Gabel Stapleton, (Wife of Joshua Staple ton)
The famfly of D. C. Stapleton passed her home on their way to their new h ome at the mouth of Fly Creek when she was six years of age. She will be 84 July 26, 1959. 1959 minus 78 yrs. equals 1881. Change Date: 16 JAN 2000 at 19:02:49
Father: Jaques LAMI
Mother: Marie Helene MOREAU
CONDEMNATION OF FORT GAINES RESERVATION 1853 https://archive.org/stream/militaryreservat00unitrich/militaryreservat00unitrich_djvu.txt
Title to D.I. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=hadbase&id=I20480&op=GET
A Ray of Light
Virginia Greer, Press Register Staff Reporter, June 17,1962, writing of Dauphin Island says: "It belongs to us, our own mysterious island. It is draped with history and shrouded with mystery".
This island is not unlike Brittany on the coast of France where tides was hits shore line, and where, moving inward, encouraged by the Gulf Stream , mimosa, camellias and rhododendron bloom in profusion.
In the early seventeen hundreds there came from Brest in Brittany two natives, Joseph Moro and his wife, Jane Dauphine. They settled in the Province of Lee on the coast of Biloxi. To them was born a son, Joseph, who never married and a daughter who married Mr. L'Amy. The young Joseph also became a Pilot of the King and in his voyaging liked very much Dauphin Island. He wished to purchase the island from the Spanish Government then in control and made the following plea:
New Orleans, July 31st, 1781
Henry Granerist, Governor of Mobile:
General or Governor General Joseph Moro who is an inhabitant of this city , in the most respectful manner presents himself to your Excellency and says that being desirous of making settlement on the island commonly called Dauphin Island which is situated west of the entrance to Mobile Bay, and in order to be able to do so and that his right to the same may alway s appear, he appeals to the goodness of your Excellency and most humbly prays that your Excellency may be pleased to grant him the said island, on which he may settle himself as above stated without hindrance, molestat ion or interruption in the possession of the same. This kindness he hope s to obtain from the known goodness of your Excellency. Dated, New Orlea ns, July 31st, in the year 1781.
New Orleans, August lst A.D. 1781. The Governor, ad interim of Mobile, D on Henry Granarist, will put the petitioner in possession of Dauphin Island, provided the same is vacant and no injury thereby is done to anyone , a survey which shall be made and plot and Certificate of the same signed by him and by the neighbors, if there are any shall be transmitted to me in order that the petitioner may be furnished with the necessary title in due form.
Evidence written and signed by: Chas. Paresst
Louis Courrie
Colanno Demouy
Dubraca
The foregoing evidence was taken with my knowledge and the persons who si gned the above Certificate are old inhabitants of the city.
Dated Mobile, Sept. 21st, in the year 1781,
Signed HENRIQUE GRANARIST
1, Don Henrique Granarist, Civil and Military Governor of the Port and District of Mobile and Lieutenant of the Royal Armies, etc.; and etc., in my pursuance of the powers which his Majesty has been pleased to place in my hands and in consequence of the foregoing memorial and Certificate annexed thereto, do by these presents grant Joseph Moro, the above named petitioner and inhabitant of this Jurisdiction, and in pursuance of the prayer of this petition, title to Dauphin Island to enjoy the same during his natural life, and after death the same to descend to his lawful heirs to have and to hold the same for the purpose of cultivating same, breeding cattle, cutting wood, for a place of habitation, and all other purposes which he may deem proper and necessary And under the authority of this grant he is permitted to take immediate possession of the said Island and shall be known and recognized as the only lawful owner of the same without let or hindrance of molestation from any person. And in order that the same my at all times appear, This Grant shall be deposited among the Archives of the Government and a certified copy of the same in due for m of law shall be furnished the petitioner.
Given at Mobile, the 5th day of December, 1783; Signed with my Signature and sealed with my Seal of Arms.
Seal of Arms HENRIQUE GRANARIST
Translated record No. 2. pages 83, 84, 85.
Joseph Moro does not seem to have lived to enjoy Dauphin Island for many years after receiving the Grant. The following copy of his will which seems to have been written on his death bed, bears the date August 25 , 1791, eight years after receiving the grant.
WILL OF JOSEPH MORO (OR MOREAU)
In the name of Almighty God, who lives without beginning and reigns without end. Know ye all men who shall in this last will and testament that I , Joseph Moreau, Pilot to the King, dwelling in Dauphin Island, a native of the Coast of Baloxy, Province of Lee, legitimate son of the deceased Joseph Moreau, Senior, and the late Jane Dauphin, his parents both natives of Brest in the Province of Brittany, being in his bed sick, but being of sound mind, memory and understanding, believing firmly in the mystery of the fable of the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and that of the incarnation of the Son of God, made man in the bosom of the most pure and holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and in all the mysteries and articles which Our Mother believes, teaches and confesses, the Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Catholic Church united and governed by the Holy Spirit, under which belief I have lived and protest to live to my last hour fearing death which is natural to all persons and which hour is uncertain and dreading that it may overtake me, I wish to make my last will and testament, and for the best guidance of which I invoke as my Counselor the Sovereign Queen to intercede in my behalf, as well as her dear Son that he may forgive the burden of my sins and conduct my soul to the mansion of Safety, with which prayer and Divine innovation and order it in the following manner. . lst - I recommend my soul to God Who has created it and purchased it again for the price of the precious blood of His dear Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, His passion and death, and I implore Him by His tender mercy to pardon it and receive it among the number of His Saints, and my body I desire to be interred with all possible decency and in conformity to the will of my Executors. For such is my will: Item: I wish and desire that there be ten masses said for the repose of my soul and that two bits be given for the use of the poor Such is my will .
Item: I declare that I own owe twenty-five dollars and two bits, of which Martha a free woman has full knowledge, who will make it known to my Executor, to have them paid to those whom I owe them, such is my will .
Item: I desire that all my furniture, chairs, beds, tables, linen, dishes, and plates, and in general all that is comprised in my home to Martha, a free Negro woman, as well as the whole kitchen, table set, the yard , my watches (gold) and my young Negro named Charles, with twelve (12) milch cows of her own choice out of my stock, that she may enjoy them peacefully and in full prosperity as being a property belonging without anyone having a right to oppose her, being an acknowledgement of the good service she has rendered to me during the course of several years, for this reason I beg my Executor to put her in possession of the above mentioned as soon as possible immediately after my death - For such is my will.
Item: I bequeath to my nephew John Batiste LAmy my boat with all rigging and tackle: Such is my will.
Item: I desire and order that the remainder of my property be given to my niece, Euphrasie LAmy, married to Mr Lacoste, to enjoy them during life. The same property to come to her children at her death, and said La Coste to have no right to sell or make use of said property, leaving to my niece to direct and govern at her own pleasure- the said property without her husband's opposition having anything to do with it - For such is my will.
Item: I nominate and appoint as my Executors - Mr John Josse and Pete Jansen, whom I authorize to put in force the present according to its spirit and meaning without alteration - For such is my will, Item: I revoke and annul all other wills , codicils, powers or other writings which may have been made here to fore not wishing them to have any validity approving and acknowledging the present only which I execute actually as my last will and testament, where of I have made my ordinary mark not knowing how to write in the presence of the undersigned
witnesses in Mobile, the 25th day of August, 1791.
Mark of Joseph X Moro
Witness: Raphael Higalgo Santiago De La Sausage
Francisco Mirando Francisco Nonpreul
Francisco Fontarella
Law Office St. Stephens, Ala., April 20,1853
I do hereby certify that the annexed and foregoing is a correct copy from the book of Records of Claims laid before me and acted on by Commissioners Barton and Barrett.
The niece of Joseph Moro, Euphrasie married to Augustine La Coste seems to have been unable to control her interest in Dauphin Island, as between her husband who, contrary to the Will of Joseph Moro, sold a half interest in the Island to Joshua Kennedy and Uncle Sam, who condemned considerable more than a few hundred acres which may in time be recoverable if the living heirs, who are many and scattered, care to investigate.
It would seem from recorded deeds and wills that Augustine La Coste, Sr and his safe Euphrasie came to southern Baldwin County and settled in the vicinity of Bon Secour on the south bank of the river in the late Seventeen Hundred or early Eighteen Hundred. They had two sons, Benjamin, who had no heirs and Augustine, who married Elizabeth Hartley. It may be well to copy here the Will of Euphraise La Coste:
In the name of God Amen.
1, Euphraise La Coste of Mobile County and Mississippi Territory being of perfect and sound mind and memory Blessed be Almighty God for the same . But considering the uncertainty of this mortal life. Have, therefore , made and do by these present make publish this my last will
and................................................................
(We have lost this last part which had the will of Euphrasie La Coste . I have never seen it, but it apparently exists. JW Hadley)
STAPLETON FAMILY
Source of information: WD. Stapleton, Bay Minette
Came to Baldwin County from North Carolina. Settled near Stapleton in 18 50
Source of information: Mrs. Molly Gabel Stapleton, (Wife of Joshua Staple ton)
The famfly of D. C. Stapleton passed her home on their way to their new h ome at the mouth of Fly Creek when she was six years of age. She will be 84 July 26, 1959. 1959 minus 78 yrs. equals 1881. Change Date: 16 JAN 2000 at 19:02:49
Father: Jaques LAMI
Mother: Marie Helene MOREAU
CONDEMNATION OF FORT GAINES RESERVATION 1853 https://archive.org/stream/militaryreservat00unitrich/militaryreservat00unitrich_djvu.txt
ALABAMA. CEDAR POINT. This reservation contains 29G.5 acres; is &t the entrance -pf, Mobile Bay, and embraces the small island between tr>o Xoilli ^oiiit of J}U- phin Island and Cedar Point, and so much of Cedar Point as lies in fractional sections 25 and 26 of Township 8, South of Eange 2 West. It was reserved for military purposes by Executive Order, dated February 9, 1842, and jurisdiction was ceded to the United States by an act of the State Legislature, approved December 1, 1837, providing as follows : " That the jurisdiction of this State, within and over all Forts and Arsenals that may be established and erected by the United States within the limits of this State, shall be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the United States, so far as the walls or permanent enclosures of the same shall extend and no further." FORT (MINES. This reservation contains about 983.9 acres, and is situated on the eastern end of Dauphin Island, in Mobile County. It was acquired by condemnation under final decree of the Court of Chancery for the First District of the Southern Chancery Division of the State of Alabama, made January 20, 1853. Jurisdiction over the reservation was acquired under Act of the State Legislature, approved January 28, 1848, and deed of the Gov- ernor, dated November 25, 1853, ceding "exclusive jurisdiction" under section 3 of said act for the purposes stated in section 1 of the act the jurisdiction to be "in all respects such as is contemplated by the terms and conditions of the act." The act, so far as it relates to jurisdiction, is a? follows: "SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the United States be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, acquire, hold, own, occupy, and possess such land or lands, within the limits of this State, as they shall adjudge it expedient, and shall seek to occupy and hold as sites on which to erect and maintain Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, 999196 4 MILITARY RESERVATIONS, ETC. dockyards, and other needful buildings, or any of them, as contem- plated and provided in the United States ; said purchase to be effected either by contract with the owner or owners of said land, or lands, or in the manner hereinafter provided." (Sec. 2 provides for acquiring title by condemnation.) "SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. That whenever the United States shall contract for, purchase or acquire any land or lands, within the limits of this State, for the purposes aforesaid, in either of the modes above mentioned and provided, and shall desire to acquire constitu- tional jurisdiction over said land or lands for said purposes, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor of this State, upon application made to him in writing, on behalf of the United States, for that purpose, accompanied by the proper evidence of such purchase, con- tract, or acquisition of record, describing the land or lands sought to be ceded by convenient metes and bounds, and the said Governor shall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, thereupon, in the name and on behalf of this State, to cede to the United States exclu- sive jurisdiction over the land or lauds so purchased or acquired, and sought to be ceded, the United States to hold, use, occupy, own, pos- sess. June] exer'cise sa-itf jurisdiction over the same for the purposes afore- said,' and none other whatsoever : Provided always, That the consent aforesaid is hereby- given-, and cession aforesaid is to be granted and miide "as* Aforesaid, upon the express condition, that this State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the land or lands to be ceded and every portion thereof, so far that all civil and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of this State, against any person or persons charged with crimes committed without the boundaries of said land or lands so ceded, may be executed therein in the same way and manner as though this cession and consent had not been made or granted: Saving, however, to the United States, security to their property within the said limits and extent, and exemption of the same, and of said land or lands, from any tax under the authority of this State, whilst the same shall continue to be owned, held, used, and occupied, by the United States for the purposes above expressed and intended, and not otherwise."
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