I represent Valmon Palao, a free pardo boy born in Pensacola. At the time of the 1820 census of Pensacola, I was 4 years old. I lived with my parents: Severino Palao, a free pardo carpenter, and Merced Vidal – a free parda woman who would figure mightily in the relations between General Andrew Jackson and Spanish governor Jose Callava within a few months of the transition. I had one sibling.