I represent Don Eugenio Lavallet, a blanco man born in Mobile around 1773. I am listed in the 1791 Holy Visit to Pensacola by the Bishop of Tricali as having made confession and taken communion in 1791.
In 1817, I asked the Spanish Crown for a grant of land on Church Street (in what was called Barracks Square), and I was described thusly: “… the King’s Master Armourer … honorably served His Majesty for 25 years in his profession. He is the party who mounted the gun carriages on board the gun boats and superintended all the work attending it, without compensation. Also, the iron work of the Auditor’s Office, the Fort and all the Houses at Barrancas; notwithstanding the care of a large family.”
At the time of the 1820 census of Pensacola, I was 47 years old and married to Doña Maria Josefa Pol Lavallet. I worked as a civil servant in the Spanish government. We shared our household with our five children and one free pardo boy named Santiago, who worked as a blacksmith.