First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: 1808-1839 Published by Carol Young Knight. Submitted by Annette Carpenter Womack Date: June 1999 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ============================================================================= Published book pages 1-15 of 187. See also full name index and place name index. ============================================================================= First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 1808-1839 Self-Published by Carol Young Knight (C) 1985? Permission to upload received June 1999 Prepared and uploaded by Annette Carpenter Womack CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. BOOK A - 1808-1839 (First four pages of conveyance records-- are missing) p.5 YORK executed deed for 100 acres - -- in favor of SCOGGINS --if U.S. does not confirm JOHN M. COHLIN claim --- refund back to SCOGGINS p.6 2A 16 January 1809 - JOHN HUGHES and JOHN BROWNLEE witness deed testify they saw ARTHUR YORK sign. 3A 8 November 1808 - JAMES WALLACE - R. KIRKWOOD Indenture ...JAMES WALLACE puts himself out as apprentice to ROBERT KIRKWOOD to learn trade of blacksmith for term of four years - recorded 16 January 1809. /s/ ROBERT KIRKWOOD. Witness: REASON BOWIE, J.P. 4A 29 December 1806 - EDWARD BULLING, JAMES BROWNLEE and JOHN CLARK Agreement - BROWNLEE and CLARK pay $2 per acre for land on north side of Hemphill Creek ... /s/ JAMES BROWNLEE, JNO CLARK - Witness: MATT STONE, HARDYMAN DUKE It is understood that $2 per acre is not to be paid to BULLING until he gets 'indisputed' title ... /s/ EDWARD (x) BULLING, Witness: JOHN HUGHES, SETH DEAN 5A 9 September 1808 - Acknowledge Articles of Agreement between EDWARD BULLING, JOHN CLARK and JAMES BROWNLEE. 6A 1807 - JOHN HEBRAND of New Orleans Territory, County of Rapides and Concordia, and JOHN HENERY of Territory and County of Rapides Sale to HENERY of tract of land on Black River and Bayou Catahoula in the counties of Rapides and Concordia - 3200 acres or arpens for $6000 - /s/ JN HEBRAND, Witness: JOHN HUGHES, JAMES H. TATE, THOS. BALLEW, REASON BOWIE, J.P. 7A 19 December 1808 - DANIEL WIGGINS, JOHN HUGHES, THOMAS BALLEW, JAMES H. TATE acknowledge signing within deed - recorded 16 January 1809. /s/ BENJAMIN TENNELL, Judge 8A 2 October 1807 - Sale to JOHN BANNESTER of County of Rapides - a negro man JERRY about 23, a negro woman, BECK about 27, a negro boy NAT about 10, a negro girl TILL about 4 and a negro boy, SANDY about 2 --- also one horse for $2000. /s/ ROBERT HALL, BENJ. TENNELL Witness: BENJ. SCRIPPS, ELI WHITE 11 9A 17 January 1809 - FRANCES STOCKLEY conveyance to REASON BOWIE JUN, a minor - Witness: DAVID BOWIE, ROBT KIRKWOOD, BENJ. TENNELL, Judge -1- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 10A 26 October 1808 - GREGORY MICHEL ROUSSEAU VILLEJOIN to JAMES MURPHY Deed of Bargain and Sale of Plantation in the Parish of Catahoula at the fork of Bushley Creek. Land was opened and claimed by ANDREW FRANKS in February 1805 and sold by FRANKS to FREDERICK FOY December 1807 - price 10,000 weight of seed cotton. /s/ GREGORY MICHAEL ROUSSEAU VILLEJOIN - Witness: DAVID DUNAGAN, FREDERICK FOY Recorded 17 January 1809 11A 22 September 1807 - FRANCIS STOCKLEY to BENJAMIN SCRIPPS - to CAPT. MATTHEW STONE, Deputy Surveyor of the County of Rapides request for survey for BENJ. SCRIPPS of 1/2 of a section of land that I sold to SCRIPPS on 2 April last ... You can apply to JOSIAH PICKETT who is sufficient evidence of where I give possession to BENJAMIN SCRIPPS ... /s/ FRANCIS STOCKLEY Witness: WM MINOR, JUN, WILLIAM ROE, JAMES H. TATE, OLIVER J. MORGAN 12A 12 July 1808 - JAMES WRIGHT, Territory of New Orleans, Parish of Catahoula, and JONAS SCOGGINS ... WRIGHT obligates himself to erect a saw mill on one acre of land cited by SCOGGINS ... WRIGHT to furnish material and labor for which he is entitled to 112 of the property arising from the mill ... /s/ JAMES WRIGHT, JONAS SCOGGINS 13A 14A (unable to read microfilm) 15A 31 March 1809 - DAVID PHELPS to OLIVER J. MORGAN ... for $500 Paid by PHELPS, MORGAN sells land lying on Bowden's Creek containing 640 acres plus two negroes, DICK & KATE, and 30 head of hogs, Household furniture and farming utensils ... /s/ DAVID PHELPS - Witness: JOHN HUGHES, BENJ. TENNILLE 16A 15 August 1809 - Last Will and Testament of JONAS SCOGGINS, P.21 District p.21 of Orleans, Catahoula District ... I, JONAS SCOGGINS, being weak of body, but perfect mind and memory, having made this my last will and testament ... having theretofore given by my deed of gift to my two daughters, POLLY and AMELICE, their full proportion of my estate for which they and their husbands... also have given my son, JOHN, that plantation whereon he now lives ... and many other things ... give and bequeath to each of the above named one Spanish dollar each which I declare to be their full proportion of my estate. Item 1 - I give and bequeath to my son, SALEM, the tract of land adjoining the plantation whereon I now reside as his portion to have and to hold the same as his portion One third of my estate to my beloved wife, CATHERINE SCOGGINS, and the other two-thirds to my daughters, NANCY and RACHEL ... NANCY and RACHEL to get equally divided share of the plantation whereon JONAS SCOGGINS now lives after a term of eight years ... this plantation contains 800 acres ... CATHERINE SCOGGINS is named executrix, and ISIAH SLAYTER executor ... /s/ JONAS SCOGGINS - Witness: ISIAH SLAYTER, JAMES WRIGHT, SAMUEL CLEMMONS -2- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 17A 15 August 1809 - JAMES WRIGHT testifies to signature of JONAS SCOGGINS on Last Will and Testament .. /s/ BENJ. TENNILLE 18A 30 September 1809 - Sale to OLIVER J. MORGAN of slaves, a negro boy named PETER about 9 years old. /s/ ELISHA TILMAN 19A 26 November 1807 - Sale of tract of land to THOMAS BALLEW on Ouachita River .. /s/ JACOB SIMMONS - Witness: JAS H. TATE, HENRY D. DOWN , ANDREW FRANK 20A 14 September 1807 - JOHN HAMBERLIN sells land - Witness: JOHN CRUNBALTON, RICH CARRADIN 21A (could not read microfilm) 22A 26 November 1807 - Assign right, title and interest to Bill of Sale to THOMAS BALLEW for value received . /s/ JACOB SIMMONS Witness: JAS H. TATE, HENRY D. DOWN, ANDREW FRANK 23A 27 December 1809 - Land sale to OLIVER J. MORGAN 24A 18 August 1809 - Sale of negro girl, MARY 25A GREGORY MICHEL ROSSEAU VILLEJOIN assigns right, title and interest to negro woman, MARY, to OLIVER J. MORGAN - Witness: DAVID DUNAGAN 26A 19 May 1804 - Land formerly occupied by WILLIAM MOCK in Catahoula Prairie bounded on the north by WILLIAM MEEKS, south by RICH EARL, east by CATAHOULA BAYOU - sold to ISIAH SLAYTER. /s/ WILLIAM WHATLEY Witness: JACOB KIRBY, DANL WIGGINS, JOHN DOYAL 28A January 1806 - MOSES (x) CARE (could not read microfilm) 29A 17 June 1806 - I assign all my right, title and interest to within obligation to JOHN HENRY for value received ... /s/ BENJ. RICHEY Witness: ARTHUR YORK, FRED. FOY 30A 27 June 1808 - JOHN HENRY for $1000 paid by OLIVER J. MORGAN sells plantation.. /s/ JOHN HENRY - Witness: JOSEPH PRICE, JESSE WYETT 31A BALLARD sells to OLIVER J. MORGAN cows and calves, mare and colt for $182. 32A 30 March 1809 - JOHN L. HENDERSON and JOHN HENNERY - HENNERY sells 800 arpens for $4000 to HENDERSON, being part of tract of land given to JOHN HEBRARY by the Spanish Government. /s/ JOHN HENERY - Witness: THOS LEWIS, LUCINDA LEWIS, OLIVER J. MORGAN 33A JOHN HENERY sells 600 arpens for $4000 to ARTHUR YORK, land being part of a tract bought of JOHN HEBRARD. /s/ JOHN HENERY - Witness: J.L. HENDERSON, OLIVER J. MORGAN, NARCISSA MORGAN -3- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 34A May 1309 - THOMAS HUBBS for $600 sells to REASON BOWIE and JOHN BOWIE a parcel of land on the Boushey Waters between a tract of land claimed by REAZIN BOWIE and another claimed by ISAAC McNUTT - parcel contains 640 acres . 35A JOHN ROE sells to WILLIAM ROE for $500 a tract of land bounded on the lower side by RESHA BOWIE and on the upper side by JOHN BANNISTER. 36A ANDREW McNEELY and MARY, his wife, of the Parish of Rapides, and FREDERICK BRUNE of the City of Natchez ... for $2,182 paid by BRUNE sells a parcel of land containing 800 arpens lying in the forks of Catahoula Bayou or Little River, surveyed for one NICHOLAS GRUBB, deceased. /s/ ANDREW McNEELY - Witness: J. KIRKWOE, ALEX BAILLIE 37A 9 February 1809 - Acknowledge signature of ANDREW McNEELY, KIRKWOOD and BAILLIE - 9 October 1809 - R. CLAIBORNE /s/ ANDREW McNEELY, MARY (x)McNEELY 38A 27 September 1804 - For value received I sell to JOHN SCOGGINS the remainder of my stock of hogs now running on the plantation. /s/ JONAS SCOGGINS - Witness: SAMUEL SPRUILL, WILLIAM KIRKWOOD 39A 13 November 1809 - Bill of Sale from WILLIAM McKINNIS to JN MILLER for mare,feather bed and bedding, one pot and dutch oven for $100. /s/ WILLIAM McKINNIS Know all men by these presents that I, ABSALOM SCOGGINS, of New Orleans Territory, Parish of Catahoula, am held firmly bound ... 40A 6 July 1808 - Bill of Sale from ABSALOM SCOGGINS to JONAS SCOGGINS 100 acres for $600. /s/ ABSALOM SCOGGINS - Witness: JOHN HUGHES, JAMES H. TATE 41A October 1809-- McLAUGHLIN for $25 sold 100 acres on the Bushley to ARTHUR YORK 42A 16 March 1809 - JONAS SCOGGINS sells 200 acres of land to JOHN BOWIE for $600 - Witness: JAMES WRIGHT,NEIL BOWIE 12 December 1809 - signature acknowledged by ROBERT HALL 42A 6 January 1810 - Sale of Slave, negro woman PATTI, about 26 years old to JOHN HEBRARD. /s/ JOHN HENERY duplicate 43A 19 January 1810 - JOHN MILLER Change of Domicile to Rapides Parish. 44A 2 February 1805 - JONAS SCOGGINS and wife, CATHERINE, execute Gift Deed of 100 acres of land situated in the neighborhood of Pine Ridge to MOSES CARROLL and wife, AMELICE, late AMILICE SCOGGINS, daughter of said JONAS and CATHERINE SCOGGINS. /s/ MOSES CARREL, AMELIA CARREL Witness: ISIAH SLAYTER, JOHN CARREL 45A JONAS SCOGGINS and wife, CATHERINE, execute Gift Deed for 100 acres of land to JOHN CARREL and his wife, MARY CARREL, late MARY SCOGGINS. -4- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 46A JOHN HENERY sells to YORK for $4000, 1200 arpens of land in the Parish of Concordia, part of a grant to HEBRARD from the Spanish Government, also a gin and horse mill in good order with a good ferry boat and skift. 47A 9 February 1810 - SAMUEL WINGFIELD sells to JOHN PILLARS 60 acres of land situated on Hemphill Creek. /s/ SAMUEL WINGFIELD - Witness: JOHN BROWNLEE, JAMES BROWNLEE 48A WILLIAM COBB pays $500 for negro man, HARRY, about 19 years of age. /s/ JAMES HAWKINS of the County of Jep, State of Kentucky Witness: FRANCIS WISE, JOSEPH COBB 49A 3 January 1806 - JAMES M. WATERS assigns within Bill of Sale to JACOB BARKMAN for$500. /s/ JAMES M. WATERS I do assign the within Bill of Sale to JOHN BARKMAN on 2 April 1810 /s/ JOHN BARKMAN 50A 2 February 1809 - STEPHEN R. WILSON of the County of Wood, State p.62 of Virginia buys land on Hemphill Creek on which STONE resides. /s/ MATTHEW STONE For 75,000 feet of good inch plank to be delivered to the landing of Catahoula Lake in three payments. /s/ MATTHEW STONE - Witness: JAMES WELLS, THOMAS PHILLIPS, JOHN WILLIAM - 28 June 1809 51A 1 June 1810 - MORTGAGE from MATTHEW STONE to WILLIAM BELCHER for p.65 $1812 - Witness: ISAAC McNUTT, ROBT HALL p.66 Mortgage from MATTHEW STONE to.WILLIAM BELCHER for $1834 - 1 June 1810 p-67 MATTHEW STONE mortgages for security negro slaves, MILLY, GEORGE, ANNE,ANDREW, JACK, COLEMAN, LYDIA and a tract of land on Little River purchased of DAVID JONES with a saw mill. 52A Articles of Agreement between JAMES BROWNLEE and ELIAS CARTER and p.68 SAMUEL SPENCER and JOHN CLARK - January 1810 - BROWNLEE and CARTER sell their right to a saw mill and plantation lying on Hemphill Creek for $1800 to JOHN CLARK and SAMUEL S. SPENCER. p.69 5 May 1810 - This day came JOHN HUGHES who acknowledged signature of SAMUEL BROWNLEE and ELIAS CARTER 53A MATTHEW STONE sells land to STEPHEN R. WILSON for $1500 Registered 10 June 1810 /s/ MATT STONE 54A 5 April 1810 - THOMAS CARROLL,'minor, with consent of MARY WRIGHT, p.72 his mother ... is bound and puts himself in the care of JOHN BOWIE for ten years ... BOWIE is to teach him writing and fundamentalls of arithmetic... and after term of ten years furnish him two good suits of clothes, a good horse, saddle and bridle. /s/ JOHN BOWIE Witness: JAMES WRIGHT, WILLIAM ROE -5- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 55A JONAS SCOGGINS is held firmly bound unto ABSALOM SCOGGINS for the sum of $600. 56A ANDREW ROBINSON sells to SAMUEL GRAY a negro boy, an African named P.75 JACK about 14 years of age for $600. 57A 18 June 1810 - Articles of Agreement between JAMES WRIGHT and CATHERINE SCOGGINS, Executrix, and JOHN BOWIE, JR., legatees of the Estate of the late JONAS SCOGGINS, deceased, witnesses that the same JAMES WRIGHT agrees to purchase the one-half of a saw and tub mill that belongs to the said heirs, the other one-half of the ... mill belongs of right to the same JAMES WRIGHT agreeable to an article entered into by said WRIGHT and JONAS SCOGGINS ... gives $500 for the other one-half interest in the mill. /s/ JAMES WRIGHT, CATHERINE (x) SCOGGINS, JOHN BOWIE, JOHN BOWIE 58A 12 July 1810 - DAVID PHELPS sells to OLIVER J. MORGAN $650 worth p979 of good inch planks. /s/ DAVID PHELPS 59A DAVID PHELPS acknowledges debt to OLIVER J. MORGAN - sum of $1587 P.80 mortgages saw mill and land he lives on, all his stock of hogs and cattle. /s/ DAVID PHELPS - Witness: JOSEPH L. CLARK p.81 Received on account of the within note payable in May 1811 the sum of $110.50 - 12 July 1810. /s/ OLIVER J. MORGAN 60A URIAH WIGGINS and ELIZABETH WIGGINS (or WHATLEY) received $300 from ELIZABETH WIGGINS for negro slave ' JOE - 5 September 1809. /s/ URIAH WIGGINS - Witness: JACOB YORK, MATTHEW STONE Marth 14, 1810 P-82 JESSE BOWDEN sales to DAVID PHELPS for $400 quit claim release for land lying on Bowden's Creek. Witness: OSCAR J. MORGAN, RICHARD BALLARD 62A 14 May 1810 - ANGUISH BOWIE sells to OLIVER J. MORGAN a negro boy slave named PETER, that ELISHA TILMAN and his wife sold to MORGAN in the month of October 1807. 63A 14 June 1810 - DAVID BOWIE sells to JOHN BOWIE all my plantation for $1500. /s/ DAVID BOWIE (of the Parish of Attacapas, Territory of New Orleans) - Witness: JOHN HUGHES, SAM MORRISON 64A ELISHA TILLMAN sells to JOHN TILLMAN, 11 cows and calves for $100 p.86 /s/ ELISHA (x) TILLMAN - Witness: JOHN FOWLER 65A 2 April 1807 - FRANCIS STOCKLEY sells to BENJ. SCRIPPS his right, p.87 title and interest to 320 acres as soon as the Commissioner confirms my claim. /s/ FRANCIS STOCKLEY - Witness: JOHN HARVEY, REASON BOWIE Recorded 10 June 1810 -6- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 66A STEPHEN R. WILSON is indebted to JOSIAH S. JOHNSTON for 52,500 p89 feet of inch pine plank to be delivered at the landing at Catahoula Lake. As security WILSON mortgages to JOHNSTON a tract of land on Hemphill Creek which I purchased of MATTHEW STONE 67A JOHN HENERY sells to ARTHUR YORK for $1500 - four horses, 17 milk P.90 cows, one yoke of oxen, all my stock of hogs, all my interest in the present crop, all farm utensils, household furniture, beds and bedding, tables, chairs, trunk, liquor, groceries now remaining. 30 June 1810. /s/ JOHN HENERY - Witness: JOHN MORAN, LAURENCE SIGLER 68A WILLIAM ROE sells to EDWA D BULLING a bay horse - 9 July 1810 P.91 69A 22 March 1810 - JOHN HARRISON sells two cows and two calves and yearling for $45 to Wti JONES and MATT JONES. 70A OLIVER J. MORGAN sells to BENJ. TENNILLE a negro boy, PETER for p92 $350 Witness: JONATHAN MORGAN 71A Be it known and remembered that JOHN BOWIE and JOHN BOWIE JUN, legatees of the Estate of the late JONAS SCOGGINS and CATHERINE SCOGGINS, Executrix of the said estate, do acknowledge and agree and herby release, relinquish and quit claim all our right of interest that we now have to a tract of land lying on the waters of the Bushley .. land that JOHN SCOGGINS now lives on.. /s/ JOHN BOWIE, JOHN BOWIE, CATHERINE (s) SCOGGINS - Witness: JAMES WRIGHT, FRANCIS STOCKLEY 72A 15 June 1810 - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattles of SARAH p93 LACOMB in favor of Territory of New Lrleans for taxes for the year 1809 lands put up for public sale - DAVID F. SACKET purchaser. 73A 8 September 1810 - ABSALOM SCOGGINS purchased tract of land from p-95 ARTHUR YORK lying on the Waters of the Bushley - 100 acres - which YORK purchased from JOHN McLAUGHLIN (recorded Book A - folio 50 & 51) /s/ ABSALOM SCOGGINS - Witness: OLIVER J. MORGAN 74A 3 August 1808 - JOHN HENERY sells to ARTHUR YORK 6 cows, calves, one yoke of oxen, 4 horses, 300 bushels of Indian Corn, for $850 given under my hand at Black River - /s/ JOHN HENERY 75A Indenture - between ARTHUR YORK and JAMES CLARK - YORK sells for $11,000 to CLARK, 1200 arpens of land in the Parish of Concordia, Catahoula and Rapides . being part of a claim to JOHN HEBRARD by the Spanish Government, also house and mill, good ferry and skift. /t/ ARTHUR YORK Witness: JOHN HUGHES, OLIVER J. MORGAN 76A 8 October 1809 - JOHN HARRISON sells to MOORE BURNEY a grey horse p.99 about fourteen hands high, nine years old, and a bay horse. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON -7- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 77A 27 September 1810 ARTHUR YORK sells to JOHN BANNISTER for $600 p.100 cattle and horses /s/ ARTHUR YORK - Witness: JOHN HUGHES 78A OLIVER J. MORGAN is indebted to JOHN D. BECHTEL for $786 and P.101 mortgages plantation on Ouachita River containing 640 acres with ferry and all improvements. 79A JAMES MECOM sells negro woman, FEBY, age 25, to WILLIAM ROE for P.102 $1000 also her three children. /s/ JAMES MECOM 80A 28 September 1810 - JAMES MECOM sells negro girl, MILLY age 13, P-103 to WILLIAM ROE for $500. /s/ JAMES MECOM - Witness: JAMES WRIGHT, JOS BYNUM 81A LAURENCE SIGLER sells to WILLIAM ROE an improvement of public land p.104 on Ouachita River adjoining JOHN HENERY's line and ELISHA TILMAN's 82A 30 July 1809 - JOHN F. MYERS certifies he has no claim to tract p.105 of land on the Ouachita River above the mouth of Bayour Bushley. JOHN (x) MYERS - Witness: SAMUEL MARK, JAMES WELLS 83A JAMES WRIGHT is indebted to OLIVER J. MORGAN for the sum of $1133 for 640 acres of land - mortgages part of saw mill. /s/ JAMES WRIGHT Witness: LETICIA HENERY, B.D. FITTING 84A 7 October 1810 - Indenture - between PHILIP CALDWELL and CHARLES MILES of Nelson County, Kentucky - CALDWELL and JAMES M. BRADFORD sell to MILES a tract of land in Catahoula Parish, being part of a grant of land purchased by CALDWELL from LOUIS BADENS. /s/ P. CALDWELL, JAMES M. BRADFORD - Witness: @DW DORSEY, J.C. HUSTON 85A 10 October 1810 - Indenture between PHILIP CALDWELL and JAMES M. BRADFORD and CHARLES MILES of Nelson County, Kentucky - MILES paid $1000 to CALDWELL and BRADFORD for tract of land 86A Acknowledge signing above document . /s/ P. CALDWELL, JAMES M. BRADFORD Witness: J.C. HUSTON, EDW DORSEY 87A Indenture between PHILIP CALDWELL and THOMAS M. WINN of Adams p.113 County, Mississippi - $1000 paid to CALDWELL for tract p.114 of land. /s/ PHILIP CALDWELL - Witness: OLIVER J. MORGAN, W.H. BEAUMONT 88A Deed of Bargain and Sale - between JAMES MURPHY and GREGORY MICHEL ROSSEAU VILLIJOIN for the sum of $1 - tract of land on fork of Bushley Creek. /s/ JAMES (x) MURPHY Witness: ARTHUR YORK, MIRA HALL 89A 27 September 1810 - DAVID PHELPS is held firmly bound to IRA COLE and MOSES RAWSON of the Mississippi Territory - PHELPS sells tract of land to COLE and RAWSON that now remains in the Commissioners of Land Claims. -8- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 90A 27 September 1810 - OLIVER J. MORGAN receives a note on IRA COLE and MOSES A. RAWSON for the sum of $1391 given to him by DAVID PHELPS. 91A 20 October 1820 - OLIVER J. MORGAN in consequence of receiving note of IRA COLE and MOSES A. RAWSON, agrees not to foreclose. 92A 20 October 1820 - WILLIAM ROE sells to OLIVER J. MORGAN a negro man named JOE. 93A JOHN PILLERS sells to SAMUEL D. BLACK 60 acres of land on Hemphill's Creek. /s/ JOHN (x) PILLERS - Witness: OLIVER J. MORGAN, JAMES LEAVENS 94A 1 March 1810 - RICHARD COKE, Judge of Point Coupe - JOHN HENERY p-120 acknowledges that JAMES WALLACE paid him $2000 for 400 arpens of land. 95A JOHN DUTTON and COLUMBUS LAWSON acknowledge signature of JOHN HENERY. 96A 28 September 1810 - ARTHUR YORK places special trust and confidence in friend, ROBERT HALL, and appoints him attorney to do all things and especially to sell a tract of land that belongs to him on Black River containing 1200 french acres. /s/ ARTHUR YORK Indenture between ARTHUR YORK and JOHN HENERY - YORK leases to HENERY plantation for one year for the consideration of $600 - the lease to commence 28 September 1811. /s/ ARTHUR YORK - Witness: JOHN HUGHES, JOHN (x) BANNISTER 97A 5 October 1810 - MATTHEW STONE sells to HENRY KIPER a parcel of p.124 land on Hemphill's Creek - /s/ MATTHEW STONE - Witness: ABRAHAM GROVES, JAMES (x) JOHNSTON 98A OLIVER J. MORGAN sells to RACHEL TENNILLE, County of Ouachita, a negro man JOE-, JOB and a girl MARIA - Recorded 10 December 1810 99A WILLIAM SCRIPPS, of the District of Girardeau, Territory of Louisiana, father and representative of BENJAMIN SCRIPPS, late of Catahoula, reposing spiritual trust and confidence in my son, GEORGE SCRIPPS, do hereby appoint him my lawful attorney to recover the property my son, BENJAMIN, may have been possessed of at his decease. /s/ WILLIAM SCRIPPS 2 October 1810 100A Acknowledgement of act and deed of WILLIAM SCRIPPS p.129 101A GEORGE HENDERSON, recorder for the District of Cape Girardeau, p-130 certifies ENOCH EVANS is a Justice of the Peace. 102A JOHN BYRD, Judge for the Court of Common Pleas, District of Cape Girardeau .... -9- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. -_BOOK A (continued) 103A 10 January 1811 MATTHEW STONE sells to HENRY KIPER tract of land for $1500 on the west side of Hemphill's Creek he lately resided on. /s/ MATTHEW STONE - Witness: MIRA HALL, RICHARD GREEN 104A OLIVER J. MORGAN sells to JONATHAN MORGAN a tract of land in p.133 Catahoula Prairie adjoining lands of WILLIAM MEEKS on north side and by RICHARD EARL on south side, on east by Catahoula Bayou and which land was first improved by WILLIAM MOCH and afterwards it became the property of WILLIAM WHATLEY, then sold by WHATLEY to ISIAH SLAYTER on 19 May 1804 . /s/ OLIVER J. MORGAN - Witness: STEPHEN R. WILSON, RICHARD GREEN 105A 10 January 1811 - SAMUEL D. BLACK sells to JOHN PILLERS a black man branded on rear shoulder. /s/ SAML D. BLACK - Witness: WILLIAM (x)STEEL I assign within to NANCY LEAVENS for value received - 16 October 1810 /s/ JOHN (x) PILLERS 106A ANNE McWILLIAMS, mother to MARMADUKE McWILLIAMS, PETER M. p.135 McWILLIAMS, LAURENCE SIGLER, FANNY TREFANY McWILLIAMS, brothers and sisters to MARMADUKE, appoints him lawful attorney, to sell land in the upper part of Mary Ann County, State of South Caroline - which land was the property of PETER M. McWILLIAMS. Witness: WILLIAM ROE, MIRA HALL 17 January 1811 107A JOHN HENERY and CHARLES MILES - MILES paid $3000 to HENERY for p.137 tract of land on banks of Black River containing 1600 french acres - which lands HENERY conveyed to JAMES WALLACE. /s/ JOHN HENERY - Witness: MATTHEW STONE, JACOB YORK 108A 22 January 1811 - ROBT HALL to JOHN HENERY - sale of 18,0 arpens of land on Black River, adjoining lands HENERY sold to ARTHUR YORK /s/ ROBT HALL for ARTHUR YORK - Witness: JOHN (x) BANNISTER, REUBEN SUTTON 109A This is to certify that we, partners in a saw mill on Trout Creek, empower JOHN BROWNLEE to mortgage saw mill to JOHN MARTIN for payment of $700. /s/ JOSEPH L. CLARK, JOHN BROWNLEE, JAMES BROWNLEE 110A 25 January 1811 - For security of the above obligation of $700 p.142 mortgage to JOHN MARTIN & CO. saw mill and grist mill on Trout Creek oxen and utensils. DAVID HARE of JOHN MARTIN & CO. accepts this instrument. Witness: ISAAC PULFORD, MIRA HALL 111A 4 September 1310 - Indenture or Deed of Bargain and Sale - between JONATHAN MORGAN, SR. and THOMAS COCHRAN - MORGAN sells to COCHRAN parcel of land lying in Catahoula Prairie containing 640 acres for $800 - adjoining lands of WILLIAM MEEKS on the north, RICHARD EARL on the south, and Catahoula Bayou on the east. /s/ JON M GAN Witness: OLIVER J. MORGAN, THOS BARLOW I accept the within deed or bargain of sale - /s/ THOS (x) COCHRAN -10- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 112A 24 September 1810 - THOS COCHRAN mortgages to JOHN MORGAN, SR. p.145 horned cattle or cotton. 113 A THOMAS COCHRAN appeared before the Judge of the Parish of Catahoula and acknowledged himself indebted to JONATHAN MORGAN for sum of $800. /s/ ROBT HALL Received of THOMAS COCHRAN on account of first payment of the annexed note - $30. /s/ JON MORGAN I, JON MORGAN, transfer all my right, title, interest or claim unto OLIVER J. MORGAN to the annexed note and mortgage for value received 19 November 1810. /s/ JON MORGAN - Recorded 7 Feb. 1811 114A 20 November 1810 - OLIVER J. MORGAN sells to DANIEL MULLINS a black mare and colt, cows and calves, yoke of oxen. /s/ OLIVER J. MORGAN Witness: JAMES WELL, MIRA HALL 115A JAMES CLARK deeds to ARTHUR YORK land, being part of grant given P.148 to JOHN HEBRARD by Spanish Government - beginning at the mouth of the Tensaw on left side running 15 acres down - 40 acres back with ferry, also horse mill in good order with a good ferry boat and skift. /s/ JAMES (x) CLARK - Witness: OLIVER J. MORGAN, JAMES (x) MURPHY 116A 10 December 1810 - BAILLIE & WIGGINS to JESSE BOWDEN, sell land for $600. /s/ ALEX BAILLIE, DAN WIGGINS - Witness:OLIVER J. MORGAN, ABSALOM SCOGGINS 117A 10 December 1810 - JESSE BOWDEN sells to DANIEL WIGGINS improvement situated on Sicily Island adjoining CAPT. LIGHTNER on the west and CARODINE's claim on the east -'for sum of $500. /s/ JESSE BOWDEN Witness:ABSALOM SCOGGINS 118A 12 April 1810 - ROBT HALL, Auctioneer and acting in capacity of Parish Judge, expose to public sale an improvement of the late THOMAS HUBBS deceased with advice and consent of a meeting of the family -ALEXANDER BAILLIE and DANIEL WIGGINS were the highest bidder for $600. /s/ ROBT HALL - Witness: JESSE BOWDEN 119A JESSE BOWDEN paid $400 to DAVID PHELPS for land lying in Sicily Island near JOHN LOVELACE - containing 320 acres. /s/ DAVID PHELPS - Witness: OLIVER J. MORGAN, RICH BALLARD 120A WILLIAM ROE and JAMES WRIGHT are firmly bound unto JAMES MECOM for p.155 the sum of $1500 for tract of land with all improvements on the Waters of the Bushley where ROE now lives . adjoining lands of RHESE BOWIE on the south, ELIJAH FORD on the east and vacant lands on the west, containing 640 acres. /s/ WILLIAM ROE, JAS WRIGHT - Witness: JOHN BYNUM, MIRA HALL 121A 28 September 1810 - Indenture between ARTHUR YORK and JOHN HE4RY for $7500 - mortgage deed pledge or lien on said plantation in favor of HENERY. /s/ ARTHUR YORK - Witness: JOHN HUGHES, JOHN BANNISTER 11 CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA.--- BOOK A. (continued) 122A JOHN BANNISTER sells to ARTHUR YORK for $600 a negro man named P-158 JERRY. /s/ JOHN (x) BANNISTER - Witness: JOHN HUGHES 123A 28 September 1810 - ARTHUR YORK gives to my niece, ISABELLA HENERY, for consideration of blood relation, my negro man, JERRY, whom I purchased from JOHN BANNISTER. /s/ ARTHUR YORK 124A 20 November 1810 - DANIEL MULLIN sells to OLIVER J. MORGAN a P.159 negro woman, MARIA, about 14-15 years of age, for $500. /s/ DANIEL (x) MULLINS - Witness: JAMES WELLS, MIRA HALL 125A 20 October 1810 - JOHN BANNISTER sells to LETICIA HENERY a cow, p.160 and calf, branded with JOHN HEBRARD's brand for $1. /s/ JOHN (x) BANNISTER 126A August 1807 - SAMUEL SPRUILL sells to JOHN McLAUGHLIN 640 acres of land on the Waters of the Bushley Creek in the settlement of Catahoula County. /s/ SAMUEL (x) SPRUILL - Witness: JOHN DOYL, JONAS SCOGGINS, ARTHUR YORK 127A 15 November 1809 - Deed of Bargain and Sale between JOHN McLAUGHLIN and ANDREW McNEELY - McLAUGHLIN sells to McNEELY 540 acres on Bushley Creek for $380. /s/ JOHN (x) McLAUGHLIN - Witness: BENJ TENNILLE ALEX BAILLIE, ROBT HALL 128A 1811 - HENRY OATES and CELIA, his wife, formerly wife of CHARLES PICKET deceased, Administrix of estate of the late PICKET, late of the State of Tennessee - sell to NATHAN KING, negroes RUTH, JIM and her children. /s/ HENRY OATES - Witness: CHARLES PICKET, MOSES KING, JAMES KNOX 129A Acknowledgement of signatures of HENRY OATES and CELIA. 130A 4 August 1808 - State of Tennessee, County of Montgomery - NATHAN P.166 KING for $100 paid him by MARK K. LONG, sell neqro named FILL./s/ NATHAN KING - Witness: THOMAS WALKER, TABBY (x) TIDWELL 131A GEORGE W. LOVELACE is bound unto WILLIAM PICKETT for $20,000 for P-167 lawful title to 800 arpens or french acres of land on which PICKETT now lives ... /s/ GEORGE W. LOVELACE - Witness: NATHAN KING, SAML LIGHTNER, RICH L. LOVELACE 1 April 1811 132A 8 January 1808 - State of Tennessee, County of Montgomery - NATHAN KING delivers to CHARLES PICKET and his heirs (page has tape over this part ) negro man, JACOB. /s/ NATHAN KING - Witness: JOHN GALTIS, WILLIAM GORDAN 133A 3 March 1811 - NATHAN KING assigns all his right, title and claim to negro boy PETER to CHARLES PICKET. 134A 7 November 1809 - THOMAS H. PARKER sells to NATHAN KING seven negroes PERNAL, HANNAH, JOE MIRIAH _______, _______ and two male children, EDWARD and (taped over). /s/ THOMAS H. Parker -12- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK A (continued) 135A 23 January 1811 - JOHN HARRISON sells to WILLIAM PICKETT two P-171 negroes JANE and JESSE for $970. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: NATHAN KING, HENRY OBERRY 135A RICHARD CARODINE bound unto WILLIAM PICKETT for$6000. duplicate 136A 11 February 1811 - JOHN HARRISON sells to WILLIAM PICKETT a negro woman named PEGGS about 22 years of age for $525. 137A 7 November 1810 THOMAS H. PARKER sells to WM MASTIN a negro girl, PEGGY, for $500. /s/ THOMAS H. PARKER - Witness: NATHAN KING 138A 17 February 1811 REUBEN SUTTON sells to RACHEL ALLER improvement on which sutton now lives on Ouachita River, four cows and calves ox,100 head of hogs and a bay horse for $680. /s/ REUBEN SUTTON Witness: JAMES (x) CLARK, SAML LEAVENS 139A REUBEN SUTTON sells to ELISHA TILLMAN a bay horse for $65. p.176 140A FRANCIS CAVET of the Parish of St. Landry, sells to JOHN HUGHES p.177 of the Parish of Ouachita, all my right, title and claim to the succession of my father, FRANCIS CAVET deceased, in the Parish of Ouachita, sometime in the month of August last past, and to any property or inheritance that may descend to me from my mother, HELEN LOFLIER. /s/ FRANCIS (x) CAVET - Witness: JAMES WELLS, J.C.SUTTON 141A THOMAS H. PARKER sells to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND two negro men, P.178 SOLOMAN and PHILLIP, for $1200. - 27'October 1810 142A 16 March 1810 - THOMAS H. PARKER sells to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND a P.179 negro woman and her two children, PRISCILLA and JACOB. Received for JACOB one oxen, am to receive for PRISCILLA one yoke of steers if she lives to the 4 July next. /s/ THOMAS H. PARKER - Witness: EDW DORSEY, DAVID PHELPS 143A 8 March 1811 - before me MICHEL deARMAS, Notary for the City of P.180 New Orleans, appeared JOHN HENERY, swearing he is indebted to the firm of JOHN D. BECHTEL & CO for $1225.36, and to the firm of DUBEY for $881.15, for which HENERY mortgages land in Parish of Concordia (1000 arpens) 144A 7 March 1811 - JOHN HENERY sells to JACOB TREMBLE of the, City of p-183 New Orleans, 350 arpens in Catahoula Parish, bounded by lands on south of JAMES LEAMENS, on east by WILLIAM MOCK, and on north by person unknown. /s/ JOHN HENERY, JACOB TREMBLE -13- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA - BOOK A (continued) 145A JOHN DYSON sells to THOMAS DYSON a tract of land in Catahoula p.185 Parish for $200. 146A 23 September 1811 - stephen r. wilson sells to HENRY KIPER p.186 for $1000 one-half of a tract of land and one-half of a saw mill on Hemphill's Creek. 147A 3 June 1811 PHILIP CALDWELL sells to ELISHA STEWART 232 « P189 acres. 148A 20 July 1811 JOHN DOYLE sells to WILLIAM BLACK a tract of land p.192 on Hemphill Creek (being « of section of land DOYLE purchased of A. SLAYTER). /s/ JOHN DOYLE - Witness: CHARLES McBRIDE, HENRY KIPER 149A MARTIN McWILLIAMS sells to MARMADUKE McWILLIAMS for $125 all of p.195 his part of his father's, PETER McWILLIAMS',estate and his part of a tract of land containing 3200 acres in the State of South Carolina. 150A 2 May 1811 - An examination of the property which has been P.200 deposited in the hands of JOSIAH PICKETT for the benefit and security of the heirs - 15 head horses, 16 head horned cattle, 1 yoke oxen, 3 promissory notes of JAMES HUSTON, 2 promissory notes of JOHN CRANE ... PICKET to exercise functions of a faithful stewart for the consideration of the price of four negroes ... /s/ DANIEL (x) MULLINS - Witness: JOHN GASTER, JOHN HUGHES 151A 16 September 1811 - By instrument bearing date of 7 August P.201 1807, recorded in the records of the Parish of Rapides, ISIAH SLAYTER is to make to JOHN DOYLE a good and sufficient warranty deed of a tract of land situated on Hemphill Creek containing 640 acres adjoining land of MATTHEW STONE. /s/ ISIAH SLAYTER - Witness: PETER STAMPLEY 152A 10 September i8ll - JESSE and COMFORT BOWDEN sell to NATHAN KING and MOSES KING an improvement called HUBBS IMPROVEMENT situated in Sicily Island adjoining the Pine Hills for $ _____ /s/ JESSE BOWDEN, COMFORT (x) BOWDEN - Witness: JOHN HUGHES, GEORGE W. LOVELACE 153A 12 August 1811 - Alexandria - Received of STEPHEN R. WILSON 52,500 feet of pine plank in discharge of mortgage. /s/ JAS. J. JOHNSTON 154A 30 January 1811 - JOHN HARRISON sells to RACHEL TENNILLE of the p.204 Parish of Ouachita, a negro, POLLY, about 23 years old and her child, CHANEY, about 2, for $550. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: SAML LIGHTNER 155A 19 November 1810 - Received of HENRY OATES and his wife, CELIA, p.205 $619 in full for my claim at the suit against CELIA PICKETT, now CELIA OATES, Administrix of CHARLES PICKET in the Court of Equity of Robinson District. /s/ LEWIS PICKETT, - Witness: JAMES KNOX JAMES WILLIAMS, JAMES HAMILTON -14- 156-A (no original) p.206 State of Tennessee District of Fairfield ... and wives, NANCY & CATHERINE under a distributive share of the estate of CHARLES PICKETT, decd ...received of HENRY OATES and CELIA, his wife, $1238 in full for the claim of JOHN HARRIS and MOSES KNIGHTEN ... 157-A p.208 28 Feb 1811 Writ of fieri facias against chattels of THOMAS DYSON at the suit of RICHARD KING ... 200 acres on waters of Bushley adjoining lands of ELIJAH FORD ... /s/ ROBT HALL 158-A 1 May 1808 SAMUEL PORTER, of the Parish of Rapides, sell to SAMUEL LEAVENS and JOHN TILMAN, a tract of land containing 480 acres on north fork of the Bushley ... /s/ SAMUEL PORTER Wit.: JAMES H. TATE OLIVER J. MORGAN 159-A (original found) 28 Feb. 1811 WILLIAM CHANDLER sells to JOHN RUTLEDGE ...a horse hands high ... for which RUTLEDGE is to pay a certain rifle gun... Signed: /s/ WILLIAM (X)CHANDLER 29 ,June 1811 Wit.: JAMES EVERETT 160-A (couldn't read) 161-A (original found)MULLINS & CRANE - recordance lost 162-A (original found) ROE & GREEN (recordance lost) 163-A (original found) WRIGHT & LOCKART (recordance lost) -15- continued on at the following link...