Charles Dreux.
Age: 15 years.
Enslaved person of color.
Slave of Widow Dreux.
Burial in the New Orleans Holy Field (St. Peter Street Cemetery).
Note: St. Louis (Cathedral) Church Parish's "Holy Field" was St. Peter Street Cemetery from as early as 1720, until this plot was overcrowded by the late 1780s. St. Louis Cemetery #1 was established in 1789, although burials continued for a handful of years in St. Peter Street, Saint Louis Cemetery # 1 became the new "Holy Field" of the church. It is estimated that St. Peter Street Cemetery holds roughly 8000 in ground burials.
Age: 15 years.
Enslaved person of color.
Slave of Widow Dreux.
Burial in the New Orleans Holy Field (St. Peter Street Cemetery).
Note: St. Louis (Cathedral) Church Parish's "Holy Field" was St. Peter Street Cemetery from as early as 1720, until this plot was overcrowded by the late 1780s. St. Louis Cemetery #1 was established in 1789, although burials continued for a handful of years in St. Peter Street, Saint Louis Cemetery # 1 became the new "Holy Field" of the church. It is estimated that St. Peter Street Cemetery holds roughly 8000 in ground burials.
Charles Dreux.
Age: 15 years.
Enslaved person of color.
Slave of Widow Dreux.
Burial in the New Orleans Holy Field (St. Peter Street Cemetery).
Note: St. Louis (Cathedral) Church Parish's "Holy Field" was St. Peter Street Cemetery from as early as 1720, until this plot was overcrowded by the late 1780s. St. Louis Cemetery #1 was established in 1789, although burials continued for a handful of years in St. Peter Street, Saint Louis Cemetery # 1 became the new "Holy Field" of the church. It is estimated that St. Peter Street Cemetery holds roughly 8000 in ground burials.
Age: 15 years.
Enslaved person of color.
Slave of Widow Dreux.
Burial in the New Orleans Holy Field (St. Peter Street Cemetery).
Note: St. Louis (Cathedral) Church Parish's "Holy Field" was St. Peter Street Cemetery from as early as 1720, until this plot was overcrowded by the late 1780s. St. Louis Cemetery #1 was established in 1789, although burials continued for a handful of years in St. Peter Street, Saint Louis Cemetery # 1 became the new "Holy Field" of the church. It is estimated that St. Peter Street Cemetery holds roughly 8000 in ground burials.
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