In November 1836 Marguerite, her children; her sister and other descendants of Marie Jean Scypion, her mother, finally won their case as free people of color, based on their maternal descent from a Natchez woman, by a unanimous jury decision in Jefferson County.
Her children; her sister and other descendants of Marie Jean Scypion finally won their case as free people of color, based on their maternal descent from a Natchez woman, by a unanimous jury decision in Jefferson County. This was in November 1836 Marguerite. Marie Jean Scypion was her mother.