Son of Dr. John Chastang and Louison, a woman of color, Zeno Chastang, Sr., a free man of color, was born about 1782 in Mobile, Alabama. On October 21, 1810, Fr. Vincent Genen married Zeno and Maria Teresa Bernoudy, a free woman of color. One of the witnesses was Simon Andry, a white man of Mobile who had a free family of color. According to federal census records, Zeno, a farmer, owned 29 slaves in 1860, as well as 80 improved acres and 1,230 unimproved acres. The value of his farm appears as $3900, and that of his livestock as $800. (In 1850 the value of his livestock was $2,450.) Zeno died October 18, 1860. Three months later his estate (excluding his land holdings) was appraised at $24,517.50. His 30 slaves alone were appraised at $23,525.
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