Successions of Prudence Keller and Martha Hargrove Keller; Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Houston Tracy, Jr.




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Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Court Records
Probate Sales Book A, Page 254

15 September 1851 - Succession of Prudence Keller - Sale ordered by the 
court 12 August 1851. Same was advertised in an Avoyelles Parish newspaper, 
The Village.  Sheriff G.P. Voorhies proceeded to the residence of James M. 
O'Neal on Bayou Boeuf.  Henry Keller was the purchaser of 44 acres for $670.
It being bounded on the north by land of J.M. O'Neal and  on the west by 
Bayou Boeuf.

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14 February 1854 - Sale of Plantation on Bayou Boeuf - Succession of Martha 
Hargrove, deceased wife of Jacob G. Keller, deceased.  Property now 
belonging to their minor heirs. Advertised in The Village.  Sheriff Adolphe 
D. Coco proceeded to the last residence of the decendants.  Terms of this 
sale;  anything requiring the writing of notes (promissary) are to be made 
payable to Matthew Vernon, Tutor to said minors and deposited at the office 
of Joseph P. Waddill in the Town of Marksville.

Estate also consisted of a number of slaves, whose valued was shown to be 
$56,571.  Landed property shown had a total of 1492.98 acres.  240 acres of 
which, being a cypress swamp is held in-common with W.B. & W.M. Prescott, 
who became the purchasers of the land, which contained a "considerable 
dwelling", a sugar house with apparatus, negro cabins and outhouses.

NOTE: Do not think the "outhouses" are the temporary facilities with a  
      crescent moon on door.

(signed)  W.B., W.M. and Aaron Prescott