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 106-120 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 ============================================================================= CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) ============================================================================= 628C 8 August 1828 - FREDERICK KIPER and REBECCA KIPER, his wife, for $200 paid them by JOHN H. BRUCE sells piece of land (50 acres) being 1/6 undivided part of 300 acres conveyed to BENJ. BRUCE by RICHARD L. LOVELACE lying on Sicily Island ... Witness: SAM GORDON GEORGE KIPER 629C 15 August 1826 - JOHN J. BOWIE for $500 paid by McCUIN BARROW sells piece of land containing 75 acres beginning at black oak marked SP where the road leading from the Catahoula Courthouse to the Prairie crosses DAVID DEVORE's upper line, the line which divides DAVID DEVORE's tract from the tract where PLOWDEN & MARTIN formerly resided, ... thence to Mill Creek ... being tract confirmed to DECORE by Commissioner's Certificate No. 556 dated Oppolusas Church May 25, 1811... Witness: JAMES BOWIE, RICHARD KING 630C CHARLES B. HARVEY and CALEB C. KING are held bound to HENRY JOHNSON, Governor, for the time being and his successor in office, in the penal sum of $100 for which payment made 6 September 1826 ... the condition of which this date CHARLES B. HARVEY has obtained a license to keep a ferry on LITTLE RIVER at or near the Salt Works on said river ... shall keep boats or crafts and horses for the purpose of transferring man and horse across the river ... 631C 15 August 1826 - 9 August 1824 - GEORGE FOGAL acknowledges thqt he owes and stands indebted to RICHARD KING in the amount of $498.19... and mortgages negro man, PRINCE, age 26 years ... Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, S.M. HODKINS 632C To the Honorable Judge of the Parish of Catahoula - I, CHARLES B. HARVEY, do assert that I live immediately on the line that divides Catahoula and Natchitoches Parish and have improvements on both sides of said line ... it is not my intention to move my domicile from the Parish of Catahoula as my business both public and private lays in this parish .... Harrisonburg, 6 September 1826 ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY 633C RICHARD MASTERS for $600 paid him by JAMES B. MASTERS sells a tract of land near Catahoula Prairie ... Tract JAMES LEAVENS to RICHARD C. BRIGHTMAN - Warranty Deed - Notorial Act #12 dated 6 October 1820, Recorded 6 October 1820 - Conveyance Book "G" p. 116, Price $1000 cash, conveys parcel of land containing 198 acres to LEAVENS by Commissioner's Certificate dated 5 June 1807 ... originally granted by the Spanish Government ... being the same acquired by purchased by the said RICHARD MASTERS of RICHARD C. BRIGHTMAN ... estimated to contain 200 acres - 2 October 1826 in the presence of HENRY YOUNG and DAVID DEVORE 634C 12 November 1826 - JOHN J. BOWIE by himself and as attorney in fact for JAMES BOWIE ... for $675 paid by HENRY STAMPLEY sells piece of land containing 500 arpens on the west side of Deer Creek ...(Note: at this point on the microfilm there are apparently some pages missing - the number skips from 634C to 637C, but the following names are visible: W. BISHOP, BEVERLY DUNN, CHARLES INGRAM, POLLY INGRAM and WILLIAM CARR) 106- 637C 7 November 1826 - State of Louisiana, County of Feliciana JOHN C. WHITE, Notary Public, ...before me appeared CHARLES INGRAM and his wife, POLLY INGRAM and WILLIAM CARR of the Parish and State aforementioned ... declared this to be their free act and voluntary deed ... 638C 20 November 1826 - JOHN J. BOWIE, principal, and WM. WOOLDRIDGE and JAMES C. CALDWELL, securities, are held and bound to HENRY STAMPLEY and ERR DOUGLAS for $1000 ... JOHN BOWIE sells to STAMPLEY 540 arpens of land on Deer Creek and 260 arpens to ERR DOUGLAS and adjoining the black lands of HENRY STAMPLEY ... Witness: SAM GORDON and J. DORSEY 639C 1 January 1826 - SAMUEL ALLEN, husband of the late FANNY SMITH, for $300 paid him by STACY M. HODKINS, sells to HODKINS a tract of land containing 200 acres in Boueff Prairie to be taken off the southwest side of 1000 acres belonging to the succession of WILLIAM M. SMITH, deceased, adjoining lands of JAMES DESHA... /s/ SAMUEL ALLEN, S.M. HODKINS - Witness: SAM GORDON, G.N. MATTHEWS 640C 2 December 1826 - ANDREW POSEY sells to DAVID POSEY all his right, title and claim to the following articles: one house of cotton, one dwelling house, one crib or house of corn, one sorrel horse about 15 months old, one small cart and rifle gun, one improvement of land or preference right situated on Bayou Mason for $150 in presence of DAVID STAMPLEY ... Witness: SAM GORDON, S.M. HODKINS 641C 7 October 1828 - HARMON DASH, SR. sells to HARMON DASH, JR., slaves JENNY, REBECCA, BOB, HENRY, GEORGE, JOE, a woman SOUSY and a man, JESSE, for the consideration of seven service rendered by HARMON DASH, JR. /s/ HARMON DASH, SR. Withess: WILLIAM BLOUNT, JOHN R. MATTHEWS 642C State of South Carolina -Sumptner District... WALTER J.CORBIT of Clarendon County, Dumptner District, authorizes and appoints my worthy sister, MARY HOOPER FORMSBY,and if she is not alive, to JOHN HOOPER's heirs, my true and lawful attorney ... to sue and recover all my property that is coming to me from my uncle BENJAMIN CORBIT's estate, and if GEORGE W. RIDER has received all my power of attorney sent him, then this power s@all give you full power to receive from him and sue for recover ... what he has received of my uncle, BENJAMIN CORBIT's ... 18 February 1828 ... /s/ WALTER J. CORBIT Witness: BENJAMIN WALKER 643C State of Mississippi, Copiah County ... MARGARET RICHARDSON appoings BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, my true and lawful attorney to receive all that part of the estate of BENJAMIN CORBIT, deceased, to which I am fully and legally entitled in the State of Louisiana ... /s/ MARGARET RICHARDSON - Witness: FRANCES HOWELL, LOUISE (x) HOWELL State of Mississippi, Adams County ... FRANCIS HARWELL, Notary Public, saw MARY RICHARDSON sign the above document ... -107- 644C 18 November 1828 - MRS. MARY KING, wife of THOMAS A. KING, deceased, for $37 paid her by RHESE BOWIE and WILLIAM MICUM sells tract of land being 1/4 undivided moriety of 540 acres on Bayou Bushley ... /s/ MARY KING, RHESA BOWIE, WILLIAM MECUM - Witness: JAS. WILLIAM, WILLIAM BYRNE 645C 20 November 1826 - EDWARD P. KING of the Parish of Concordia, appoints ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND my true and lawful attorney to lease, sell, or convey land in Sicily Island - Witness: SAM GORDON, S.M. HODKINS 646C RICHARD WINN of the Parish of Rapides, for $150 paid him by JOHN KITTERLIN, and for $250 to be paid before I March 1829, sell negro girl, ANNY, about 13 ... Witness: JAMES M. DAUGHTERS, JOHN R. MATTHEWS 647C 8 January 1828 - JOSEPH N. DADD, legal representative of the mother HANNAH DADD, do on this date employ as a lawful attorney, SOLOMON STAMPLEY, to collect and give receipts for the same on the balance due from the estate of BENJAMIN CORBETT, deceased, amounting to $1385... 648C 28 Febeuary 1829 - We, the undersigned, have this date agreed to let GEORGE N. MATTHEWS have the upper tract of land owned by the heirs of JOHN LOVELACE, deceased, it being the half on which is at present resides ... agreeable to the divisional line running by MILO JOHNSON's ... $100 to MRS. HOOTER, $100 to THOMAS P. L OV ELACE and $100 to SAMUEL LIGHTNER ... agreement to be final and conclusive ... /s/ SAMUEL LIGHTNER for NANCY HOOTER, SAM LIGHTNER, THOMAS P. LOVELACE for the heirs of THOMAS LOVELACE, G.N. MATTHEWS 649C 25 June 1827 - SOUSAN STAMPLEY and JULIA STAMPLEY, both of Jefferson ,County, Mississippi, lawful heirs of BENJAMIN CORBETT, deceased, appoint SOLOMAN P. STAMPLEY of Jefferson County , Mississippi, their lawful attorney. /s/ SOUSAN STAMPLEY, JULIA STAMPLEY 650C 5 January 1820 - JAMES G. TALIAFERRO acknowledges debt of $324.57 to HENRY HAIR and mortgages negro, GEORGE, about 35 years of age ...Witness: JOHN W. DANIELS, MATHIAS RINEHART 651C 9 January 1829 - C.C. RIVES changes his domicile from Catahoula Parish to West Feliciana.../s/ CHARLE'S C. RIVES 652C 20 January 1829 - HENRY J. PECK and LUMINDA M. PECK,"his wife, County of Warren, State of Mississippi, for $618.33 paid by ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND, sells to KIRKLAND a tract of land in Sicily Island being an undivided part of a preference improvement adjoining the said above described tract of land known as LAKE PLANTATION of ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND, deceased, and now occupied by ZACHARIAH T. KIRKLAND ... the said HENRY J. PECK, and LUMINDA M. PECK, his wife,-being heirs and legatees of ZACHARTAH KIRKLAND... Witness: MARTIN G. JONES, SAM GORDON -108- 653C DAVID W. JOHNSON of the State of North Carolina, and executor p.339 of the Last Will and Testament of his brother, MILO JOHNSON, deceased, appoints GEORGE W. LOVELACE, his lawful attorney to sell all lands which his brother, MILO JOHNSON, possessed in the Parish of Catahoula ... /s/ D.W. JOHNSON - Witness: SAM GORDON, Z.T. KIRKLAND 654C 24 January 1829 - HENRY J. PECK and LUMINDA PECK, his wife, of Warren County, Mississippi, for $50 paid by JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS of Catahoula Parish, sells a certain tract of land being 1/4 of an undivided moreity of 8 acres lying and being near the town of Harrisonburg bounded on the north by lands on which the said WILLIAMS now resides, on the west by lands claimed by RICHARD KING and on the south by lands of WILLIAM MOCH and on the east by CELIA, a free woman of colour, (2 acres) ... Witness: KING HOLSTEIN, STACY M. HODKINS 655C 21 February 1829 - ROBERT L. DESHA acknowledges that ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND stands bound as security for him in the sum of $3300 to be paid in six annual payments ... gives him promissory note ... mortgages tract of land between Deer Creek and Turkey Creek being same conveyed by WILLIAM WATERS and wife, to ROBERT L. DESHA ... Witness: SPENCER GRIFFIN, P.M. BLACKSTONE 656C 21 February 1829 - WILLIAM WATERS and his wife, ELIZABETH, for the sum of $3300 paid by ROBERT L. DESHA, sells to DESHA a tract of land between Deer Creek and Turkey Creek - it being same sold by PETER LOUBERCAZE to SAMUEL NELSON and sold as the property of NELSON at Sheriff's Sale to FRANCIS LONG, -and from LONG to JAMES STOKES, deceased... Witness: P.M. BLACKSTONE, JAMES L. STOKES 657C 20 March 1829 - THOMAS BANKS and PATTERSON & PHILPOT of the City of New Orleans, by RICHARD KING their attorney in fact,'for $1000 paid by HENRY HUMBLE sells tract of land to HUMBLE situated on Stockley Creek (320 acres), the same being mortgaged to BANKS, PHILPOT & PATTERSON by JACOB HEABERLING and sold at Sheriff's Sale.../s/ RICHARD KING for PHILPOT & PATTERSON, JACOB HUMBLE for HENRY HUMBLE Witness: JOHN SOUSE, GEORGE KIPER 658C 5 Januay 1829 - HUGH B. JOHNSON acknowledges debt to house of SOBER GOODMAN & CO. of the City of New Orleans for the acceptance of his draft or bills of exchange drawn and made payable to R & C KING, RICHARD KING, WILLIAM BYRNE, ELI MONTGOMERY, SAM GORDON, WILLIAM BRUNE, and THOMAS BRYAN, and due on 5 January 1830 and 1 March 1830 amounting to $2500 ... for security,'mortgages plantation on which HUGH B. JOHNSON resides situated on Deer Creek together with all improvements, all stock of hourses, oxen, cattle and hogs,- all farming implements, and also JOHN a negro about 35, NANCY a negro woman about 30, together with her children; TOM, a boy abut 8, MARY a girl about 10, JIM a boy about 6, HESTER a girl about 1 ... s/ HUGH B. JOHNSON, GOBER GOODMAN & CO. Witness: ROBERT FRISTOE, JAMES M. DAUGHTERS 659C 3 April 1829 - State of Louisiana, City of New Orleans ... JOHN SMARR of Louden Co., Virginia, sells to SAMUEL GORDON of Catahoula Parish, five slaves: MARY age 19 and her son of 10 months with name, valued together at $350, HARRIETT, about 22 years old valued at $600 and WILLIAM a mullato of 19 valued at $550 ... -109- 660C GEORGE W. LOVELACE appoints JAMES FERGUSON of Natchez, Mississippi, his true and lawful attorney to make conveyance to the heirs of WILLIAM PICKETT, deceased, for a tract of land lying on Sicily Island containing 677 acres ... Witness: W.H. GIBSON, GEORGE KIPER 661C 17 April 1829 - ICHABOD K. THOMAS and SUSAN THOMAS, his wife, of the County of Jefferson, State of Mississippi, appoint JOHN THOMAS of the County of Franklin, their lawful attorney for the following purpose: whereas we have been appointed by the Honorable Orphans Court of the County of Jefferson to be guardians to the persons and estate of LOUISA, JAMES, JULIAN, ELIZA and SAMUEL GOODAIL, infant children of SAMUEL GOODAIL, deceased, and possess property descended to them from the estate of BENJAMIN CORBIT, their great uncle ... /s/ ICHABOD (x) THOMAS, SOUSAN (x) THOMAS 662C JAMES CORBIT for $150 paid him by JOSEPH BEILLER sells improvement of. land lying on Bayou Mason ... settled and improved by CHRISTIAN NEWCOMER previous to the year 1829, and adjoining lands claimed by WILLIAM M. SMITH and now in possession of BEILLER ... /s/ JAMES CORBIT, JOSEPH BEILER - Witness: THOMAS BALLEW, Z.T. KIRKLAND 663C 4 June 1829 - THOMAS BRYAN for $700 paid him by ELIZABETH BOWDEN sells negro woman, CYNTHIA and her two children, MARY & JUDY ... Witness: JOHN L. McCLENDON, RESIN CRISWELL 664C 1 July 1829 - DAVID McCLEUR for $525 paid him by JOHN ADAIR of the Parish of Ouachita sells a negro woman, FANNY about 21 years old.. Witness: S.M. HODKINS, MOSES BURNETT 665C 5 September 1829 - Parish of Avoilles - EDWARE WIRE sells to JACOB LANIUS of the Parish of Catahoula two tracts of land in Catahoula Parish adjoining each other and lying on the road that leads from the interior to the town of Harrisonburg ... being same land conveyed by present seller to WILLIAM LANIUS by deed dated 10 October 1829, also stock of horses, cattle and hogs ... for $400 666C 21 September 1829 - THOMAS HATEN for $600 paid by ELISHA WHATLEY is to pay on a note due to the estate of NEIL GASTER, deceased, between said THOMAS HEATON as Curator of the succession of JOSEPH HEATON, deceased, sells negro womam, MILLA about 18 and child MARIAH about 3. /s/ T.H. HEATON, ELISHA WHATLEY Witness: JOHN M.B. THOMAS, JAMES L. STOKES 667C 7 October 1329 - EDWARD GOLDMAN of the Parish of Concordia acknowledges debt to GEORGE W. LOVELACE of $515 ... gives promissory note and mortgages 390 acres of land ... Witness: LUMANAN PHELPS. G.W. MATTHEWS 668C EDWARD P. KING of the Parish of Concordia for $1OOO paid him by ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND sells 677 acres in Sicily Island in the Pine Hills being the same granted to PEDRO POGO by GOVERNOR Miro and the same tract of land conveyed by JOHN J BOWIE to KING on which FRANCIS LONG formerly lived ... Witness: JAMES BROWN, GEORGE KIPER -110- 669C 5 January 1830 - ZECHARIAH H. DORSEY sells to EDMUND UNDERWOOD a negro woman, MAHELY, about 25 years of age ... Witness: DITTO NUTTALL, G.W. LOVELACE 670C 25 March 1829 - JOHN L. McCLENDON sells to JOHN BUNCH a negro girl, CINTHA about 11 years of age ... Witness: W.T. BRADLEY, LEWIS DUNCAN 671C 20 January 1830 - JAMES SMITH and his wife, ZELPHIA SMITH, heirs of the succession of MRS. PRISCILLA CORBIT, deceased, for $200 paid by SAMUEL DAILEY sell land in Prairie Jacob, being same on which MRS. CORBIT lived and owned ... Witness: G.W. LOVELACE 672C 3 February 1830 - THOMAS H. HEATON for $350 paid him by AMOS HEATON, a minor over the age of puberty, sells negro boy named JOHN about 11 ... Witness: NANCY HOOTER, MARY DUGGINS 673C 3 February 1830 - THOMAS H. HEATON for $675 paid by AMOS HEATON, sells negro man, KAIN, about 28 years of age ... /s/ T.H. HEATON, AMOS (x) HEATON- 674C 13 February 1830 - EDWARD DORSEY and GEORGE W. LOVELACE, and EDWARD DORSEY, as agent and attorney for THOMAS BALLEW, administrators of public schools for the Parish of Catahoula, for $60 paid by JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, sell tract of land in Harrisonburg, it being the same purchased by the Trustees of Public School at Sheriff's Sale ... and known by the name of School Land ... Witness: JAMES M. DAUGHTERS, THOMAS BRYAN 675C 2 March 1830 - JOHN PATTERSON appoints son, JOSEPH A. PATTERSON, his true and lawful attorney to receive from J.G. WOLVERTON of the town of Vinsane, State of Indiana, $299.59 which he received ... certificate of forfeited lands stock by virtue of a power of attorney by me given to him ... /s/ JOHN PATTERSON - Witness: HOSEA MARKHAM, THOMAS C. SPRUIL 676C 24 November 1829 - DICY SMITH, widow of WILLIAM M. SMITH, of Franklin County, Mississippi, and HENRY J. PECK of Warren County, Mississippi, for $1920 sells to PECK a tract of land on Sicily Island - 320 acres ... /s/ DICY (x) SMITH 677C RUTHA NOBLES appoints JAMES M. DAUGHTERS her true and lawful attorney to transact business in the Territory of Arkansas, and to dispose of a tract of land on the Ouachita River known as Robinson's Land being the same purchased of ROBINSON ... title papers left with JOHN WILLIAMS ... and to receive whatever rent may be due.. /s/ RUTHA NOBLES Witness: Z.T. KIRKLAND, JOSEPH J.WILLIAMS 678C 11 March 1828 - Exposed lands at Public Sale - New Orleans - lands situated in Catahoula Parish (640 arpens) - JOHN KENTON became the purchaser for $15 - from Estate of N. PHILO -111- 679C 10 April 1830 - ZECHARIAH H. DORSEY for $475 sells to HARDY HILL a negro woman, CLARISA, dark complexion and about 18 or 19 ... Witness: LUMAN PHELPS, W.H. GIBSON 680C 26 May 1830 - THOMAS GRAYSON of the Parish of Ouachita for $400 sells to WILEY B. GRAYSON of the Parish of Catahoula his preference right of land in the Boueff Prairie, being same improvement on which WILEY B. GRAYSON now lives ... Witness: LUMAN PHELPS, THOMAS B. MATTHEWS 681C 11 August 1829 - State of South Carolina, Barnwell District MARY CORBIT appoints FRIZEL JOHNSON and CHARLES N. JOHNSON of the State and District aforesaid as her lawful attorney to receive monies due from the estate of BENJAMIN CORBIT of the Parish of Catahoula... MARY (x) CORBITT - Witness: JOHN WILLIAMS, CORNELIUS K. BROWN State of Louisiana - Parish of Catahoula - Before me, HITTOWER after being duly sworn as the law directs, saith she was in the house of BRINKLEY CORBIT when the above MARY CORBIT was born and it was on January 6, 1808 ... sworn to me this 2nd October 1829... /s/ ANNA (x) HITTOWER - Witness: JOHN CHAROIS Personally appeared before me MARY FILL being duly sworn saith on her oath that the within MARY CORBIT is the daughter and only daughter and heir of BRINKLEY CORBIT, own brother of BENJAMIN CORBIT late of Louisiana ... Sworn before me this 11 day of August 1829. /s/ MARY (x) FILL - Witness: KILLIS HALLFORD Personally appeared JOHN WILLIAMS before me duly sworn saith on his oath that he was present and saw the within Power of Attorney duly assigned sealed and delivered and he saw CORNELIUS BROWN subscribe as a witness with himself at the same time sworn to before me this 11 day of August 1829. /s/ JOHN WILLIAMS - Witness: KILLIS HALLFORD, JP 682 C Received of GILBERT BOWIE $961, the amount due for a negro man named TOM purchased by the said BOWIE at the sale of the property of NANCY BAILEY, deceased, being in full satisfaction of a mortgage given for the purchase this 23 June 1830 ... /s/ STEPHEN GASTER 683C KING HOLSTEIN, STEPHEN HOL3TEIN, HENRY H. HOLSTEIN and DAVID HOLSTEIN p.359 and BURWELL JOHNSON, heirs and legatees of MRS. CINTHIA JOHNSON late of this Parish, and JOHN B. JOHNSON, a minor and represented by BURWELL JOHNSON, his tutor, acknowledge they owe and are indebted to GEORGE W. LOVELACE, tutor of the minor heirs of RICHARD L. LOVELACE and LAVINIA LOVELACE, deceased, who was also one of the heirs of CINTHIA JOHNSON, deceased, in the amount of $649.65. HOLSTEIN mortgages land to secure debt. Witness: Z.H. DORSEY, D.C.SHORT 684C 9 June 1830 - Z.T. KIRKLAND vs. JOHN L. McCLENDON -Judgment in favor p-359 of Plaintiff for $2035 ... 685C JOHNER GOODMAN & CO. vs. HUGH B. JOHNSON - Judgement in favor of p.360 Plaintiff for $2099.48 -112- 686C GEORGE N. MATTHEWS for $600 paid him by LUMAN PHELPS sells lot of negroes: one woman EBAG about 40, one infant girl ELIZA about 9 months, one small negro boy JAMES about 5, being part of a family of negroes acquired by MATTHEWS from EDWARD & HANNAH DORSEY ... Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, L. PHELPS 687C R.C. KING vs. PLEASANT M. BLACKSTONE - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $289 - 1 March 1831 688C 8 June 1830 - R.C. KING vs. JOHN HILL, JUN - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $97.53. 689C R.C. KING vs. JOHN HILL, SR. - Judgment in favor of P.aintiff p.362 for $356 ... 690C Articles of Agreement between RICHARD KING and LUMAN PHELPS and WILLIAM BRYNE ... the said RICHARD KING and LUMAN PHELPS being a mercantile establishment in the Town of Harrisonburg agrees to give WILLIAM BYRNE an interest in said establishment. 1/4 part of stock in trace, 1/4 of debts due,1/4 of all and singular interests and advantages in the firm, - BYRNEto pay 1/4 of the original cost of the stock ... $1062.56 to ROGER SLOCUM & CO., 1/4 part of $582.35 to J. SMITH, 1/4 part of $210.50 to J. BREWSTER, 1/4 part of $124.49 to J. FLORENCE, 1/4 part of $912.13 to HILL & HENDERSON, 1/4 part of $117 to FRANKLIN, 1/4 part of $173 to GASQUET, 1/4 part of $309.12 to WM EGAR, 1/4 part of $66.17 to RICHARD KING, 1/4 part of $1401.87 to (blank) ... Witness: JEFFERSON DORSEY, JAMES L. STOKES 691C JONATHAN J. BROWN and MARTHA BROWN, his wife, formerly MARTHA BRUICE, p.364 for $180 paid by BENJAMIN and RICHARD BRUCE, sell piece of land on Sicily Island being part of land conveyed by RICHARD LOVELACE to BENJAMIN BRUCE, and an undivided part of 300 acres belonging to the heirs of BENJAMIN BRUCE, SR., deceased ... land presently occupied by BENJAMIN and JOHN H. BRUCE (50 acres)... /s/ JONT.J. BROWN, MARTHA V. BROWN, B. BRUCE, R.K. BRUCE - Witness: Z.T. KIRKLAND, J.P. KIPER 692C 4 September 1830 - ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND for $400 paid by JACOB KIPER sells a negro girl, MARY, about 18 - being same purchased from ISAAC FRANKLIN at New Orleans ... Witness: J.M. HODKINS, B.B. BRUCE 693C WHEATON B. JOHNS N vs. JOHN FRISBY - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $81.50 ... 7 September 1830 694C 11 September 1830 - ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND and JOHN L. McCLENDON sell p.365 to JOHN D. and WILLIAM THOMASON of the Parish of Ouachita a parcel of negroes: JESSE about 40; BIG JESSE about 28; boy JESSE about 4; LIZ about 20; HENRY about 6; JIMA about 2 ... Witness: JOHN G. JAMMEY. HENRY ROGERS -113- 695C JOHN D. and WILLIAM THOMASON of the Parish of Ouachita acknowledge debt to ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND in the amount of $1900 and mortgages six slaves ... 11 September 1830 696C JOHN BAKER for $425 paid by HARRIETT STAMPLEY sells negro woman, SILVA about 40 ... /s/ JOHN (x) BAKER, JOEL TRAHERN - Witness: PETER WILLIAMSON, MONTGOMERY SMITH 697C MARGARET DASH for $600 paid her by HARMAN DASH sells lot of negroes: p.368 BILL about 26 black complexion; JIM about 22 black complexion; REUBIN about 22 yellow complexion; LUCY about 20 black; NANCY about 14 dark; DOREA about 13 black ... MARGARET (x) DASH, HARMAN DASH - Witness: JOEL TRAHERN, PETER WILLIAMSON 698C ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND for $1500 paid him by ELISHA THOMASON of the Parish of Ouachita sells three negroes: CHARLES 6,bout 40; LILE about 28 and her son, JIM, about 8 ... Witness: JAMES BROWN, JONT. J. BROWN 699C 21 October 1830 - ELISHA THOMASON of the Parish of Ouachita acknowledges debt to Z.T. KIRKLAND and mortgages three negroes. 700C Received of WILLIAM L. MULLINS $415 in consideration of a negro named HATARUN about 18 ... 18 November 1829 /s/B.A. PORTER Witness: PETER WILLIAMSON 701C 27 December 1830 - HIRAM SWAYZE of the Parish of Concordia, sells p.370 to KING G. HOLSTEIN of the Parish of Catahoula for $400 a negro girl, JULIA, about 19 ... Witness: MATTHEW A. DOYAL 702C State of Mississippi, Franklin County - JAMES J. JONES and MARTIN C. MIDDLETON, free holders in the county, certify we have known the property of following named nogroes for more than three years and that they are good moral negroes and not in the habit of running away, neither have they committed any crimes before any court of law to the best of our knowledge - viz: DANIEL, ADAM, CHARLES, DAVE, ANDLEY and DINAH MARCON, JOHN and JACK, MARIAH and JANE, the property of RUFUS H. PICKET who is about to remove them to the State of Louisiana and that they have been in the county and state first above written for a number of years ... 703C 26 January 1831 - NANCY HOOTER for $354 paid her by GEORGE N.MATTHEWS p.371 sells 59 112 acres being her undivided 1/3 of 178 acres and being her share of a tract inherited belonging to her brother, JOHN LOVELACE (land on Sicily Island) ... Witness: LUMAN PHELPS, JAMES L. STOKES 704C 18 March 1831 - CALEB C. KING conveys 112 of a tract of land containing 20 arpens on Bayou Grand in the Parish of Terihon ... conveyed to him by JAMES BOWIE by deed bearing date of 19 December 1827 ... /s/ RICHARD KING - Witness: WILLIAM KING -114- 705C New Orleans - CLEMENT TOWNSEND of Woodville, Mississippi, sells P-373 to LUMAN PHELPS of Cathaoula Parish a mulatto slave, ABE, about 11 years old for $425 ... /s/ CARLISLE POLLOCK, NP 706C 24 May 1831 - DITTO L. NUTTALL and MARTHA E. NUTTALL, his wife, p-374 for $1000 paid them by ZECHARIAH H. DORSEY sells 218 acres on Sicily Island, being same Purchased from HENRY PECK ... which land was inherited by LAMINDA M. PECK from her father, WILLIAM M. SMITH, deceased. ... Witness: HENRY H. PECK, T.L. PENISTON 707C 25 May 1831 - DITTO L. NUTTALL and MARTHA E. NUTTALL, ZECHARIAH H. DORSEY and LAVINIA P. DORSEY for $1418-43 paid by ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND sells all their interest and title to a tract of land on Sicily Island fronting on LAKE LEWIS and known as LAKE PLANTATION, being lands inherited from our grandfather, ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND... 708C 4 May 1831 - DITTO L. NUTTALL and MARTHA, his wife, for $1000 paid by HENRY J. PECK sells 218 acres being Lot #4 of the land of Wm M. SMITH, deceased, and drawn by MARY SMITH one of the heirs, late MARY JOHNSON, and purchased from MILO JOHNSON by COL. KIRKLAND deceased, and purchased by DITTO L. NUTTALL at Administrators Sale Witness: Z.H. DORSEY, A. HAWTHORNE 709C 21 May 1831 - HENRY J. PECK and LAMINDA, his wife, for $1000 paid them by DITTO L. NUTTALL sell 218 acres being same inherited by LAMINDA SMITH, now LAMINDA PECK, out of the succession of her father, WILLIAM M. SMITH ... 711C 2 May 1831 - GLENDY BURKE empowered to accept mortgage from Z.T. KIRKLAND ... /s/ A. FISK & CO. , p.378 Acknowledged by ZECHARIAH TUCKER-KIRKLAND ... debt to FISK & CO ... in the amount of $13,295.09 ... mortgage property (SILVER BLUFF on Sicily Island - 100 acres) and 46 slaves: JIM 14; SILVA 20; MATILDA 22; LUCY 18; CHARLOTTE 20; WILSON 18, EDMUND 16; THOMAS 40; PEGGY 35; MILLY 18; ARTHUR 25; MARY 20; ABRAIIAM 21; CAROLINE 20; LEWIS 30; JACOB 20; LINDA 25; PHILIP 25; DELIA 20; HECTOR 27; NELLY 22; SOUSAN 25; SAMSON 13; MILTON 10; STEPHEN 50; PINDES 50; MINOR 20; MIMA 19; RINA 18; WAKEFIELD 17; FINALLY 38; ANIKA 18; SAM 16; GEORGE 12; STEPHEN 10; CLARISA 12; LAVINIA 10; NACE 22; HARRIETT 21; JOE 22; DENNIS 30; MARTHA 24; SANCA 38; JULIA 38; DERRY 22; GEORGE 35... /s/ Z.T. KIRKLAND, HARRIETT KIRKLAND, FISK & CO by attorney GLENDY BURKE 712C 11 May 1831 - JOHN H. GRAYHAM of the City of New Orleans for $450 paid by ZECHARIAH H. DORSEY of the Parish of Catahoula sells a negro man, BEN, about 30 ... /s/ JOHN H. GRAYHAM, DITTO L. NUTTALL, Witness: GLENDY BURKE -115- 713C U. S. of America - State of Louisiana, Parish of Catahoula Treasury Department of New Orleans ... FRANCIS GARDERE, of the State of Louisiana by virtue of the second section of an act of the Legislature of the state aforesaid entitled an act supplementary to the several acts relative to the revenue approved March 20, 1818 and after advertisement according to law, did expose at public sale the lands returned to r% as non-resident lands by the Collector of Taxes which were commenced on the second Monday of the month of February 1828 at New Orleans and was continued from that date according to law... and have on the 18 March 1828 exposed a certain tract of land situated in the Parish of Catahoula (640 acres) ... JAMES MOONEY became the purchaser for $11 ... McCOY ANGUS PRADBR failed to pay taxes for the year 1822 ... /s/ F. GARDERE 714C 29 May 1831 - ... exposed at public sale 18 March 1828, 600 arpens in the Parish of Catahoula ... JAMES MOONEY became the purchaser for $10 ... ISAAC SLATER failed to pay taxes for the year 1822. 715C ... 640 acres in the Parish of Catahoula exposed to public sale... p.381 JAMES MOONEY became the purchaser for $10 ... JACOB KIMBLE failed to pay taxes for the years 1823, 1824 and 1825. 716C 15 May 1821 - 4500 arpens in the Parish of Catahoula exposed to public sale ... JAMES MOONEY became the purchaser for $41 ... SOUBER CAGE failed to pay mtaxes for the year 1824 ... 717C 15 May 1821 - 500 arpens in the Parish of Catahoula exposed to public sale ... JAMES MOONEY purchased for $10 ... RICHARD GREEN failed to pay taxes for the years 1824 and 1825. 718C ... 400 arpens of land in the Parish of Catahoula exposed to public P-383 sale ... JAMES MOONEY became the purchaser for $11 ... JOHNSON JONACKS failed to pay taxes for the year 1822. 719C 27 March 1829 - HENRY J. PECK and LAMINDA M ' PECK of the County of Warren, Mississippi, and DITTO L. NUTTALL, sell negro known as QUACK on Sicily Island, of the estate of WM ' M. SMITH, deceased, for value received in the name of a negro called JACK, formerly owned by ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND, deceased, of Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, La. 720C 24 May 1831 - DITTO L. NUTTALL and MARTHA E. NUTTALL, his wife, for $600 paid in hand in the value of one other negro by HENRY J.PECK, called JACK about 35 ... Witness: Z.H. DORSEY, A. HAWTHORNE 721C June 1831 - SOBER GOODMAN vs. P.M. BLACKSTONE - Judgment in favor p-385 of Plaintiff for $181.28. 722 SOBER GOODMAN vs. HUGH B. JOHNSON - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $149.30. -116- 723C DAVID ALEXANDER vs. JAMES G. TALIAFERRO - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $242. 724C WILLIAM WATERS vs. P.M. BLACKSTONE - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $114. 725C June 1831 - Widow and heirs of THOMAS A. KING vs. JAMES G. TALIAFERRO Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $768. 726C JAMES G. TALIAFERRO acknowledges debt of $2500 to ZECHARIAH T. p.387 KIRKLAND --- mortgages negro man, JOHN about 32, negro woman ROSIANNA about 27, and her child of four years; negro boy WASHINGTON about 23 and 198 acres of land. 727C 2 December 1828 - Appeared JAMES BOWIE by JOHN J. BOWIE of Arkansas Territory, attorney in fact authorized by Power of Attorney, for the sum of $500 paid by JOHN STUART, sells tract of land containing 1015 American acres situated on Deer Creek founded on an order of survey granted to ANTOINE COURVELL by GOVERNOR GAYOSO at New Orleans 15 June 1798 and #22 in the first class of claims and confirmed by Congress. /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE attorney in fact for JAMES BOWIE, JOHN STUART - Witness: JEFFERSON DORSEY, BURRELL JOHNSON 728C Know all men by these presents that JOHN J. BOWIE does hereby authorize and impower REZEN P. BOWIE to sell and receive payment on my lands in the Parish of Catahoula, State of Louisiana, or such parts of lands as my said attorney may think proper ... 8 July lF31. Witness: R.P. BO!4'@,.E, R.J. WALKER, B.M. CLARK p.389 8 March 1831 - Be it remembered that I, JAMES BOWIE, do authorize and empower my brother, REZIN P. BOWIE, of Sapourche Interior Louisiana to sell lands, etc. in the State of Louisiana, Territory of Arkansas, or Privince of Texas, in Mexico, and generally to do and perform my business of every kind ... and particularly to make any contracts for the purchase or sale of moveable or immoveable property, and particularly for the sale or exchange of lands in the U.S., for lands in Texas ... and to make any such contracts with any person immegrating to Texas ... Parish of Lafourche ... /s/ JAMES BOWIE Witness: R.J. WALKER, ELIJAH BELL September 1831 - REZIN BOWIE, attorney in fact for my brother, JOHN J. BOWIE of Arkansas, and JAMES BOWIE of Texas, sale of 4000 arpens of land to WILKINS Z. WALKER, property owned in Catahoula, Rapides and Ouachita by the BOWIEs ... /s/ R.P. BOWIE, JAMES BOWIE, JOHN J. BOWIE by their attorney R.P. BOWIE - Witness: JOHN MAXWELL Sale to JAMES C. WILKINS, ROBERT J. WALKER, and DUNCAN J. WALKER on the unsold portion of their land in Ouachita, Rapides, Concordia, Catahoula and Natchitoches, originally containing 67,000 arpens, now supposed to contain between 30,000 and 40,000 arpens for $20,000 ... p-392 I September 1831 Schedule A - lands owned by the BOWIE'S. -117- 729C Recorded 29 December 1827 - HANNAH DODD of Barnwell District, S.C. appoints my son, JOSEPH W. DODD, to do,whatever necessary to settle estate of my late brother, BENJAMIN CORBITT ... /s/ HANNAH DODD 730C Notary in Barnwell District, S.C. certifies the foregoing Power of Attorney. 5 March 1827 - /s/ JENNINGS O'BANNON 731C State of South Carolina - Notary Certification of JENNINGS O'BANNON 732C 6 September 1829 - Before JOS. J. WILLIAMS, Notary Public, appeared RICHARD KING, for $400 paid by RUTH NOBLES, sells mulatto girl, LYDIA about 10 years old ... /s/ RICHARD KING, RUTH (x) NOBLES - Witness: CALEB C. KING, J.M. DAUGHTERS 733C Citizens of Warren County, Mississippi., certify that the following p.395 negroes belonging to H.J. PECK: PHILIP, JACK, DUBLIN, BELFAST, ISAAC, LEWIS, CHARLES, DIVERS, PHILLIS, RACHEL, SALLY, LIZZA, PENER, CHERRY, RHODES, and MARY, so long as they remained in the State were of good character and they were not removed for any crime ... 9 January 1830 - Warren County, Mississippi. /s/ J.B. STEVEN, FRANCIS PATTERSON, WM. GILLESPIE 733C Justice of the Peace certifies that STEVENS, PATTERSON and GILLESPIE are respectful free holders in said County. /s/ CARWELL VICK, JP JOHN LANE, Judge of the Probate Court, BELFRED WINN, Clerk of Court 734C 10 February 1832 - HARDY HILL for $800 sells to JAMES L. STOKES an undivided 1/2 of 160 acres being SE quarter of Section 9, Township 11, Range 8 East ... STOKES relinquishes all right he might have to purchase made by STOKES & HILL of the e@tate of G.W. RIDER... Witness: JAMES DESHA, W.C. GIBSON 735C 11 September 1830 - Promissory note for $633 to ZECHARIAH T. KIRKLAND or bearer ... /s/ JOHN D. THOMASON, WILLIAM THOMASON, ELISHA THOMASON Witness: JOHN G. JANNERY Full amount received on this note and the mortgage give. /s/ JOHN McLENDO 736C 11 January 1832 - RICHARD KING for $250 paid by RUTH NOBLES sells mulatto boy, TOM, about 11 years old ... Witness: WILLIAM BYRNE, Z.T. KIRKLAND 737C 25 March 1831 - JOHN BROWN & CO of New Orleans, by agent, RICHARD KING, sells parcel of land in town of Harrisonburg, #1, Sq. #3, fronting on Main St., together with improvements acquired at Sheriff Sale May 1823 in the suit of JOHN BROWN & CO vs. CRAIG HEABERLING & CO. sale to RUTH NOBLES for $150 ... Witness: J.M. DAUGHTERS, PETER ROW -118- 738C 21 June 1831 - For value received, we, HENRY HOLSTEIN, SIMPSON HOLSTEIN, KING HOLSTEIN, JULIA HOLMES, and ANTHONY HOLMES, assign unto DAVID HOLSTEIN our several interests to a tract of land situated on Sicily Island adjoining lands of JAMES DESHA on the one side and lands claimed by the heirs of MICHL HOOKS on the other and being the same granted to our ancestor, KING HOLSTEIN, deceased, by the Spanish Government ... Witness: STEPHEN TIPPET, JAMES McKEON State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides - E.F. BRIGGS takes acknowledgement of STEPHEN TIPPED and JAMES McKEON to signatures above. 739C 20 October 1831 - DAVID H. HOLSTEIN of the Parish of Rapides appeared before SAMUEL LIGHTNER, Judge of the Parish of Catahoula, and made obligation to the Bank of Louisiana for $1000 ... mortgages 400 arpens in the Parish of Catahoula - Sicily Island, that was granted to KING HOLSTEIN by the Spanish Government ... Witness: PETER WILLIAMSON, BURREL E. JOHNSON 740C 22 October 1832 - For $200 cash paid us by JAMES L. STOKES,we p. 401 WILEY B. GRAYSON and wife, MARTHA GRAYSON, sell an undivided 1/2 parcel of land on STOKES CREEK - 650 acres - land which MARTHA GRAYSON inherited from the ESTATE OF JAMES STOKES, deceased. Witness: H.H. HOLSTEIN, ISAAC DAVENPORT 741C For $400 paid me by WILLIAM HAWTHORNE, BARNETT G. WOOLDRIDGE of the Parish of Ouachita, sells negro man, MOSES, about 30... Witness: A. HAWTHORNE 742C SAM LIGHTNER, vs. RICHARD KING, - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $700 - interest from 12 May-1827 to 14 December 1831... 743C ZACHARIAH DORSEY and wife, LAVINIA DORSEY, for $3600 paid by DITTO L. NUTTALL, sell's 436 acres on Sicily Island adjoining land claimed by NUTTALL and H.J. PECK, a portion of these lands inherited by LAVINIA DORSEY from her father, WM. M. SMITH, deceased ... Witness: JOHN L. McLENDON, D. HOLSTEIN 744C 18 January 1832 - DITTO L. NUTTALL acknowledges debt to ZACHARIAH p. 403 H. DORSEY for $3600 and to secure same gives his note and mortgages land ... Witness: JAMES L. McLENDON, D. HOLSTEIN 745C BENJAMIN RATCLIFF from the State of Mississippi, Amite County, said he bought six negroes: JACOB, about 50, heavy build about 5'3" and nearly blind, the right eye entirely out and a blemish on the other, a scar on the right eye, a scar on the face, on the nose and all his teeth out; a negro woman, CATE, about 65, 5'4", dark complexion, smooth skin with a scar on the left arm; a negro girl, HANNAH, well grown, about 11 or 12, dark complexion, a scasr on the left eye; a girl named WIN, about 10, well grown; a child named HESTER about 8; a child named NOAH about 6, yellow complexion - they are not for sale, but for his own use. /s/ BENJ. (x) RATCLIFF -119- 746C RUFUS KING PICKETT - 3 January 1832 Tuesday night -brought into this state two negroes at Harrisonburg and on Friday landed them on Sicily Island. The negro belonged to him in the State of Mississippi and when he moved to the state, moved them also; a woman named JENNY about 50, black, 5'5"; a girl CHARLOTTE about 14 of a real complexion - not a mulatto 5'1" or 2" - he will not sell them for five years as specified by law, nor loan or exchange them. /s/ RUFUS KING PICKETT 747C 12 January 1832 - GAYOSO L. LOVELACE, ELEANOR ANN LOVELACE, his p.405 wife, FRANCES A. SHEPPARD, widow of late FRANCIS A. LOVELACE, and SARAH C. NORWOOD, late SARAH C. LOVELACE, together with her husband, NICHOLAS NORWOOD,all of the state of Mississippi, by their attorney, PETER E.H. LOVELACE, and for himself, for $525 paid by GEORGE W. MATTHEWS, sells parcel of land - 59 1/2 acres on Sicily Island bounded on lower side by Z.T. KIRKLAND and on the upper side by GEORGE MATTHEWS and being part of the Ferry Tract formerly owned by JOHN LOVELACE, deceased. Witness: G.W. MATTHEWS, THOMAS B. MATTHEWS 748C GAYOSA L. LOVELACE, ELEANOR ANN LOVELACE, his wife, FRANCIS A. SHEPPARD, widow of the late FRANCIS A. LOVELACE, SARAH C. NORWOOD, NICHOLAS NORWOOD, her husband, of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, appoints PETER E.H. LOVELACE their Power of Attorney. 749C 26 December 1831 - Justice of the Peace certifies to signatures of ELEANOR A. LOVELACE and SARAH C. NORWOOD separate and apart from their husbands. /s/ JOSEPH PATTERSON 750C DITTO L. NUTTALL and MARTHA E. NUTTALL, his wife, and ZECHARIAH p.407 DORSEY and LAVINIA P. DORSEY, his wife, for $30 paid them by JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, sells undivided part of-land containing 8 acres adjoining lands of ZACHARIAH BROOKS, ROBERT D. BANDY and the lands of JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS. Witness: J.M. SHERROS, PETER ROW 751C JOHN H. BRUCE for $600 paid by GEORGE W. LOVELACE sells a negro p.408 man, CUFFEE, about 30 years old, dark complexion. 752C 1 February 1832 - JULUISH DANIELS brought into the state the following slaves: a boy, STAKLY COOPER about 14, copper complexion; a boy, HANSON FREDERICK about 13, black; NACE LANSKER about 11; ABNER WOOD about 12. I will not sell, hire, loan or exchange them for five years... 753C RICHARD KING for 425 paid him by LUMAN PHELPS sells lot of land in the Town of Harrisonburg on Main Street adjoining lot of WM. NOBLES.. Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS, JAMES L. STOKES 754C NAOMA McCLEUR, natural tutrix for her minor children, for and in consideration of $600 paid her by SQUIRE McCLEUR... sells all her right, title and interest or claim of undivided 112 of saw mill lying on the waters Mason being same built by DAVID McCLEUR and BRYAN McCLEUR ... 18 February 1832 - Witness: JOHN YOUNG, JR. -120- Continued on page 121