Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos

Pierre Gédéon, Comte de Nolivos (born 25 November 1715) was a French soldier and a rich slave plantations owner.

Pierre Gédéon René de Nolivos was born on 25 November 1715 in Léogâne in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti).

[2] His father, also called Pierre Gédéon, was born in Sauveterre-de-Béarn, son of a judge in the Parliament of Navarre, and took part in a number of privateering expeditions before being sent to Saint-Domingue in 1707.

[4] Nolivos joined the navy as an ensign and was promoted to lieutenant and then ship's captain (capitaine de vaisseaux).

[4] He was appointed brigadier, then aide général des logis or assistant to the chief of staff of the Army of Bas-Rhin in 1761.

[5] Nolivos had great wealth, and owned various coffee and sugar plantations in Saint-Domingue, as well as a townhouse on the rue de la Grange Batelière, Paris.

[8] Nolivos' property listed in the contract included large sums of money, 46 domestic slaves, 26 horses, furniture and silverware.