I represent Merced Bertrand, a free parda girl born in Pensacola. At the time of the 1820 census of Pensacola, I was 6 years old and lived in a house with my mother Isabel (who was a shopkeeper), and my two younger siblings. According to the will of Domingo Gonzalez and two subsequent deeds dividing his property, I was his daughter, and was also known as Marcela.