CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 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 ********************************************** 755C HARDY HILL acknowledges debt to GEORGE W. RIDER, deceased, in the sum of $321.42 ... to secure debt mortgages negro woman, CLARISSA about 20... Witness: JAS. L. STOKES, W.H. GIBSON 756C JAMES L. STOKES acknowledges debt to the succession of GEORGE W. RIDER in the sum of $1921 ... gives promissory note and mortgages tract of land on Deer Creek, SE qtr. Sec. 9, Township 11, Range 8 East and one negro man, MOSES,about 22 and a negro woman, NLLY, about 23. 13 February 1832 757C 15 February 1832 - MICHAEL B. WELLS and LOUISA WELLS, authorized p.411 by her said husband who acknowledged that for $362.50 to them paid by THOMAS B. MATTHEWS sells undivided 1/2 of a negro woman, LUCY about 25 and her two children, FANNY about 2, and NELLY about three months ... Witness: JAS DESHA, G.W. LOVELACE 758C 6 April 1832-RICHARD BOLES for $206.12($160 paid by 5 bales of p.413 cotton - balance to be paid by promissory note) by JESSE KISER, sells to KISER 80 acres - east half of NE qtr., Sect. 22, TS 12, range 8E. /s/ RICHARD BALES, JESSE KISER - Witness: ROBERT HAWTHORNE, WILLIAM HAWTHORNE 759C 14 April 1832 - JAMES DESHA for $82.21 paid by JOEL LOCKET (PICKET) sells piece of land on Sicily Island being fractional Sect. 17, TS 10, R BE, containing 65 acres ... Witness: MICHAEL K. HOOKS, JONATHAN W. GOODWIN 760C 19 April 1832-MICHAEL H.DOSSON for $400 paid him by WILLIAM H. p.414 GIBSON sells negro woman, PUG ... Witness: R.D. BANDY, JOSEPH (x) FRANCIS, SR. 761C 2 January 1833 - MARY DAVIS, about to remove into this state and has introduced for her own use a negro slave about 30 years old, yellow complexion with a scar on one arm - she has further stated that she has owned this negro for about 15 years in the state of Mississippi. /s/ MARY (x) DAVIS 762C 9 May 1832 - RICHARD KING borrowed $5000 from New Orleans Canal & Banking Co ... mortgages as security for loan (1) tract of land in Catahoula Parish on Washeta River - 420 acres bounded by the Town of Harrisonburg above, and below by lands of EDWARD DORSEY (2) tract of land in the Parish of Washita - 220 acres - adjoining lands of HITTON HEIRS below and WOOLDRIDGE & KING above, also negroes PRINCE, man about 30; GUY about 30; BENAH about 38; ANNIS about 30 with her children, LUCY 12, HARRY 10 and LIZ: MATILDA 18; OLIVET 45; SAM 28, WINNY 35, EMILY 13; DINNA 12; ABRAM 10 ... /s/ RICHARD KING,Witness:Z.T. KIRKLAND, H.B. JOHNSON 763C 12 May 1832-Boueff Prairie - THOMAS JOURDAN sells to JAS. L. STOKES p.416 all my stock of cattle ... Witness: ROBERT FRISTOE, PATRICK W. HARMONSON -121- 764C 14 May 1832 - JAMES McCARTNEY, late of Mississippi, sworn that he has moved to Louisiana and brought with him the following slaves: JUDE, a girl about 15, black about 4'8"; ALEXANDER a boy about 6, no mark, black; MATILDA, a girl about 4 years; EDITHA about 2 1/2 ... 765C 17 May 1832 - JOHN M.B. HOMSON brought a negro slave, JIM about 23; dark complexion ... 766C BRYAN DOSSON vs. HUGH B. JOHNSON - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $634.81 ... /s/ J.H. OVERTON, Judge for the Seventh District 767C I February 1832 - RICHARD WINN vs. RICHARD KING - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $750... 768C S.W. OAKLEY & CO. vs. the widow and heirs of KING... Judgment in favor of Plaintiff to recover of MARY KING as widow and natural tutrix of ELIZA ANN and LIVINGSTON and SARY KING, minor heirs of MARY & THOMAS A. KING, deceased, $303 each for their proportion with interest from 6 June 1831, also the full sum of $894.37 with interest from 28 January 1830 and $2 cost of suit ... done in open court 8 June 1832... J.H. OVERTON, Judge Seventh District 769C ZACHARIAH T. KIRKLAND releases mortgage executed in his favor by JAMES G. TALIAFERRO on 7 June 1831 on a tract of land in Catahoula Prairie (198 acres) where TALIAFERRO now resides, a negro man, JOHN about 30; a woman ROSANNA about 27 and her child age 4, a negro boy; WASHINGTON about 23 ... Witness: D.L.F. SHORT, M.R. COOKR 770C 14 June 1832 - JAMES G. TALIAFERRO and ELIZABETH MARIA BOYD WILLIAMSON, his wife, being of the age of majority, this date made their joint obligation in favor of The New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. for $100 as a loan ... mortgage tract of land in Catahoula Parish in the Catahoula Prairie (192 acres) being same on which JAMES G. TALIAFERRO now resides and known as the Mill Place, also negro man JOHN about 36, hi,s wife, ROSANNA about 26; a negro girl ELIZA about 6; a boy named WASHINGTON 25 ... Witness: M.H. DOSSON, G. MAYO 771C March 1830 - City of New Orleans - PETE HICKMAN appeared before a p.421 Notary and declared that for $425 he sells to JOHN DOYAL of the Parish of Catahoula a negro slave, POLLY about 18 and her infant child, HARRIETT about 8 months ... Witness: WILLIAM LAKE, WILLIAM BOSWELL 772C TRUMAN PHELPS for $1200 paid by LUMAN PHELPS sells a negro boy, p.422 ABRAM about 13 and a tract of land containing 13 acres lying in the town of Harrisonburg fronting on the Ouachita River, being same which TRUMAN PHELPS acquired at Sheriff's Sale 17 August 1830, seized as the property of EDWARD DORSEY at the suit of the Bank of Louisiana against DROSEY, in presence of GEORGE MAYO, JAMES W. McDONALD, 11 June 1832 ... -122- 773C 21 June 1832 - LUMAN PHELPS made his obligation to the New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. for $1200 - mortgages a tract of land in the town of Harrisonburg, 13 acres, and a negro woman, EVE about 38; ABRAHAM about 14; JAMES 6: ELIZA 3 and JOHN 1 112 ... In the presence of PHILIP J. COOKE and WILLIAM GIBSON ... Witness: P.J. HOOKER, W.H. GIBSON 774C City of New Orleans - RICHARD KING acting on his own personal name p.424 on the one part, and MATTHEW MORGAN, Esq. of the City of New Orleans on the second part, ... KING mortgages in favor of Union Bank, the following property: (1) tract of land in the Parish of Terrebon on the east bank of Bayou Grand Caillon, 12 arpents on front of Bayou and containing 376 superficial arpents bounded on the lwer side by lands of WILLIAM P. BARROW and above by lands of RICHARD KING; (2) tract of land in the same Parish on the east bank of Bayou Grand Carillon adjoining the one described above measuring 20 arpents front bounded on one side by lands and the other by lands owned by R.H. WALKER containing 800 superficial acres; (3) a tract of land on the west bank of the Ouachita in the Parish of Catahoula containing 505 acres and bounded above by the town of Harrisonburg and below by lands of MARY KING; (4) a tract of land on the Ouachita River containing 455 acres bounded above by lands of WOOLDRIDGE and below by T.B. BAYOU JOHN: (5) a tract of land on east bank of Ouachita in Catahoula Parish and below by lands of the MARQUIS OF MAISON ROUGE, together with all buildings, improvements, construction, negro houses, stables, barns, stores, implements of husbandry, horses, mules, oxen and slaves; DAN 35; GUY 20; PETER 20; KIZZY 35 belonging to the two first tracts of land; JAMES 35; HARRY 35; ANTONIO 20; DAVID 10; PRIMAS 18; PRINCE 30; SOPHIA 30; ANNA 30; LUCY 12; DIANA 11; MILES 12 - all hands of lands i,n Ouachita; SAMUEL 27: DICK al'ias GUY 20; ANNIS 30; AMELIA 13; WINNY 30; DENUS 30; all hands of lands in Catahoula Parish ... equal to amount of 232 shares of stock Union Bank of Louisiana ... RICHARD KING is indebted in the sum of $23,200 ... 775C 10 October 1832 - PETER WILLIAMSON of the Parish of Catahoula paid p-428 $150 to JAMES P. SEXTON of the Parish of Ouachita... sells tract of land in Boeff Prairie in the Parish of Catahoula, Lot #2, Sec. 5, TS 11, R7E ... Witness: WM. SHOW, R.E. McGUIRE 776C PETER WILLIAMSON for and in consideration of $150 paid by JOSIAH PICKETT sells tract of land in Boeff Prairie ... Witness: STEPHEN R. HOLSTEIN, BRUCE E. JOHNSON 777C FRANCOIS SAYARSIA, a resident of the Province of Tenoraha, State of p.429 Mexico,, on 1 May 1832 for $5000 paid by JOSEPH THOMAS, sell to thomas a tract of land in the Parish of Catahoula, situated at a place called Bayou Clear, 50 arpents ... land granted to me by the Spanish Government #32 in 1798, Northern Land Office at Ouachita ... /s/ FRANCOIS de SAGARSA ... Witness: BENJAMIN MORE, THOMAS WILLIAMSON -123- 778C July 1832 - JOHN BRES and JAMES A. WOOLDRIDGE of the Parish of Ouachita for $1300 paid to BRES by WOOLDRIDGE sells a tract of land in the Parish of Catahoula - 500 arpens on the left bank of the Ouachita River in Prairie Deloit ... Witness: R. CASTON, ALFRED FERRAND 780C JAMES A. WOOLDRIDGE, resident of Ouachita Parish, declared that for (blank - unable to read) making 816 logs and $60 money, sells to WILLIAM BURKE of Arkansas Territory, a parcel of land on the Ouachita River in the Prairie Deloit in the Parish of Catahoula - 250 arpents, being part of the same tract acquired from JEAN BRES, being upper part of said tract, containing 500 arpens... /s/ JAMES A. WOOLDRIDGE, WILLIAM (x) BURKE (not knowing how to write) - Witness: WM. P. SNOW, JOHN M. DEWITT 781C Notary acknowledgement dated 29 August 1832 782C HEABERLING & CO. vs. MICHAEL K. HOOKS - judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $83.00 ... 783C ANTHONY HAMBERLIN for-$355 paid him by MARGARET KIPER sells negro woman, LUCY about 15, the said MARGARET KIPER represented by her son, JACOB KIPER - 1 September 1832 - Witness: S.M. HODKINS, CAMELIA C. HODKINS 784C 11 December 1832 - JAMES DESHA for $213 paid by JOHN DESHA sells p.435 parcel of land on Boeff Prairie ... east 1/2 of NW qtr of NE qtr. of Sect. 18, TS 11, R7E, containing 159 acres ... Witness: G.W. MATTHEWS, M.L. SHORT 785C On 20 December 1832, joined in-Holy Matrimony REV. SAMUEL WALKER and JANE STONE done in presence of the undersigned at the house of GEORGE SPENCER... /s/ WILLIAM H. STAMPLEY, SAMUEL WALKER, JANE STONE Witness: G.'MAYO, GEORGE SPENCER, URIAH WHATLEY 786C JAMES L. STOKES for $2017 paid him by ZACHARIAH T. KIRKLAND sells land on Deer Creek bounded on the north by lands of Z.T. KIRKLAND 26 December 1832 - Witness: R.H. NORRIS, P.J. HOLMS 787C We, the undersigned, SIMPSON HOLSTEIN,HENRY HOLSTEIN, KING HOLSTEIN, P.426 JULIA HOLMES, her husband, ANTHONY HOLMES, all citizens of the Parish of Rapides, reposing special trust in our brother, DAVID HOLSTEIN, appoint him our power of attorney to sell all our right, title and interest as heirs of KING HOLSTEIN, deceased, to land on both sides of Green Creek, TS 8, No. R4E, TS 8, No. R5E (800 arpents) - 26 August 1832 788C 13 December 1832 - Appeared SIMPSON HOLSTEIN, HENRY HOLSTEIN, KING HOLSTEIN, JULIA HOLMES and ANTHONY HOLMES, by attorney in fact and MARY E., by her husband, HENRY HOLSTEIN and DAVID HOLSTEIN for $400 paid them by HOLT RICHARDSON and MATTHEW WILLIAMS... -124- 789C 10 January 1833 - JAMES DESHA for $600 paid him by BENJAMIN B. BRUCE sells negro man, JACK about 23 ... Witness: M.L. SHORT, R.H. BRUCE 790C State of Mississippi - Amite County - For several years I have been acquainted with the following slaves: ISAAC about 35; MILLY about 35; BEN 35, yellow complexion; PETER, black about 35; LOUSY 30 yellow complexion - the said ISAAC and MILLY belong to JAMAS MENDETH BEN, PETER, LOUSY belong to THOMAS MENDETH - the aforesaid negroes were originally brought from South Carolina... /s/ STEPHEN WILKINSON, PETER FOUST 791C 9 February 1830 - State of Mississippi - Amite County - Oath by STEPHEN WILKINSON and PETER FAUST that they have known the above negroes for several years and that they are of good character and not in the habit of running away... 792C 23 January 1830 - Notary Public statement that PETER FAUST and STEPHEN WILKINSON are respectable freeholders of the state and county aforesaid and that they are of good character and not vendors of negroes ... /s/ GABE FELDER, Deputy Clerk 793C D.S. CRAWFORD, presiding JP, certifies that GABE FELDER is the p.443 Deputy Clerk of Court. 794C 9 February 1830-State of Louisisna-Parish of Catahoula - BOWEN HILL p.444 brought negroes into the state for his own use and not for sale. 795C JOHN BROWN & CO. vs. CHARLES C. RIVES, BALDWIN MALLET - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $918 ... 796C 2 January 1832 - ELI A. RATCLIFF brought into the State from Mississippi a negro slave, ANDREW about 22, light black complexion about 6 ft. with two scars on his left cheek. ANDREW belongs to his father, BENJAMIN RATCLIFF of Mississippi, and was raised by him. He was brought into the state for the use of BENHAMIN RATCLIFF who is moving here... /s/ ELI A. RATCLIFF, M.H.DOSSON, JP 797C 7 September 1832 - L.F. PHELPS vs. W.H. GIBSON Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $123... 798C 7 September 1832 - LUMAN PHELPS vs. W.H. GIBSON Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $232 ... 799C 20 February 1833 - GEORGE MAYO is granted a license to celebrate marriage with EMELINE BRYAN ... ORASMUS L. NASH, a ordained minister of the gospel of the Methodist Church performed the ceremony on the evening of 21 February 1833. Witnesses: ROBERT FRISTOE, JOHN STONE, M.K. HOOKER /s/ GEORGE MAYO, EMELINE BRYAN -125- 800C 1 February 1833 - PLEASANT M. BLACKSTONE and his wife, SUSANNAH BLACKSTONE, for $1150 paid by HUGH B. JOHNSON sell tract of land on the west side of Deer Creek - 159 acres: No. 1/2 of east qtr. Sect. 18, TS ll... Witness: DITTO L. NUTTALL, TRUMAN PHELPS 801C U.S. of America - State of Louisiana - JOHN M.B. THOMASON by passage of an act before 19 November 1831, certified to be the owner of nine slaves: DAVID about 29 or 30; JIM about 23; OBED about 20; BURVELL about 26; JENNY about 26 and her children ANDY age 12, MARY ANN age 8, RENTY age 6, JOHN age 3; which slaves were in the period aforesaid in the State of Alabama. A.B. ROWAN, Governor of the State of Louisiana gives JOHN M.B. THOMASON permission to bring slaves into the state - 26 February 1833 802C 16 March 1833 - JOHN M.B. THOMASON appeared before JUDGE SAM LIGHTNER and declared that he had entered the above nine slaves into the state of Louisiana as the property of his brother, DANIEL who is insane and for who he is appointed Tutor, to wit, a negro named JANE and her children, ANDY, MARY ANN, RENTY and JOHN. 803C 12 March 1833 - JOSEPH THOMAS of the State and Parish of St. M for $1350 paid by THOMAS BALLEW, and MARY THOMAS, his wife, sells slaves: MAIZE 21; and LUCINDA his wife, age 18, and their child ISAAC age 1 ... /s/ JOSEPH THOMAS, MARY BALLEW, THOMAS BALLEW Witness: JN McINTOSH, REZIN CRISWELL Received of JOSEPH THOMAS, three negroes MOSES, LAVINIA and her child ISAAC in full of our part of the succession of JOSEPH THOMAS and MARY THOMAS, excepting our part of the land on Big Creek which is hers and not sold by the said JOSEPH THOMAS, the said BALLEW is to receive his part of the same of said land sold or not sold to receive equal part at the death of said THOMAS - 12 March 1833. /s/ THOMAS BALLEW, MARY BALLEW -,Witness: REZIN CRISWELL, JN McINTOSH 804C PLEASANT M. BLACKSTONE and DITTO L. NUTTALL are held firmly bound p.446 to HUGH B. JOHNSON for the sum of $2200 - 1 February 1833 Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS 805C CASPER YOUNG of the State of Louisiana, Parish of Catahoula, sells to JOHN YOUNG all his right, title and interest to a brand and mark held in common between us for many years: a poplar leaf in one ear brand C.Y., with all and every description of stock with that brand - horses, cattle, sheep and hogs for $100 cash - 1 April 1833 - Witness: W.H. GIBSON, DITTO L. NUTTALL 806C 26 March 1833 - Harrisonburg - Erase the judicial mortgage that rests upon the property of H.B. JOHNSON in consequence of a judgment obtained against him by BRYAN DOSSON - DOSSON renounces the mortgage ... /s/ M.H. DOSSON -126- 807C RICHARD WINN vs. RICHARD KING - Judgment in the Court of Catahoula on a note executed by R.H. KING - $1957.85 Alexandria - 2 April 1833 - Received of RICHARD KING his bill on Messrs. A. FISH WATT, Merchants of New Orleans, for the amount payable at sight - when paid this is to operate as a transfer of the claim to them ... /s/ RICHARD WINN I have paid the above draft and therefore settled in full the Judgment, authorized by LIGHTNER to annul the mortgage ... /s/ A. FISH WATT & CO. 9 May 1832 - RICHARD KING paid $3000 to bank in full payment of loan secured by mortgage. 808C ROBERT HAWTHORNE for $50 paid him by JESSE PEARCE sells tract of land containing 33 acres being WE qtr. of NE qtr Sec. 4, TS 9, Range W 7, where PEARCE resides ... Witness: DAVID HOLSTEIN, F.H.POLLAR 809C 25 May 1833 - GEORGE W. LOVELACE for $414 paid him by HOSA MARKHAM p-449 sells 207 acres on east side of Ouachita River ... Witness: M.L.SHORT, P.L. HOOKER 810C 26 May 1833 - MICHAEL K. HOOKER for $450 paid by JOHN M.B. THOMPSON sells a negro woman named JANE about 18, dark complexioned... Witness: M.L. SHORT, T.J. PENESTON 811C I June 1833 - HUGH B. JOHNSON for $240 paid him by NAOMA McCLURE p.450 sells her 79 acres east 112 of NE qtr. Sec. 20, TS 11, R8E, and being same on which NAOMA McCLURE lives ... Witness: ALEX McQUIN, JOSEPH CASE 812C 1 June 1833 - HUGH B. JOHNSON and MARY DASH, his wife, make a joint obligation in favor of the President & Director & Co. of the Union Bank of Louisiana for $5,000 - mortgage 239 acres - 200 of which is in cultivation with cotton and corn - certificates #580,581 and 582 on Deer Creek in the Parish of Catahoula - bounded by lands of JOHN YOUNG above and below by lands of P.M. BLACKSTONE. Also mortgage slaves: SAM 30; JUDAH 14; PATTY 25; WINEY 15; CELIA 40; JACK 27; ABRAHAM 13; CHARLOTTE 15; NANCY 46; MARIA 12; TOM 11; JIM 8; HESTER 6; BIG TOM 22. /s/ H.B. JOHNSON, MARY JOHNSON - Witness: JOSEPH CASE, ALEX McQUIN 813C State of Louisiana - Parish of Avoyelles - STEPHEN ROSSEAU, Cashier p.452 of the Branch of Union Bank of La. at Avoyelles, accepts mortgage, of HUGH B. JOHNSON and MARY DASH. 814C 3 June 1833 - DAVID HOLSTEIN for $550 paid him by HENRY H. HOLSTEIN sells negro MARTIN age 20, light complexion ... Witness: BURRELL JOHNSON, J.W. McDONALD -127- 815C HENRY HOLSTEIN acknowledges payment of $550 paid him by BURRELL E. p.455 JOHNSON and sells negro man, JOSEPH, yellow complexion about 31 3 June 1833 - Witness: D. HOLSTEIN, KING G. HOLSTEIN 816C KING G. HOLSTEIN, HENRY H. HOLSTEIN and DAVID HOLSTEIN for $1000 paid them by BURRELL E. JOHNSON sells negro, PHEBE, about 20 and her three children, CHARLOTTE 4; HARRIETT 3; and JOE 1 ... Witness: J.M. McDONALD, F.H. POLLARD 817C 3 June 1833 - DAVID HOLSTEIN for $550 paid him by BURRELL E. JOHNSON sells negro, EMELINE about 17 ... Witness: HENRY HOLSTEIN, KING HOLSTEIN 818C 10 November 1832 - Before LEWIS F. LONG, Parish Judge of the Parish p.456 of Ouachita, appeared HENRY M. BRY, JR. - for $700 paid by BURRELL Ei JOHNSON, a resident of Catahoula Parish, sells land - 80 acres/ 93 acres/91 acres... Witness: W.P. SNOW, CHARLES PIPES 819C Parish of Ouachita - certification that the above is a true and correct copy of the original on file - 10 November 1832 820C Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana - 10 November 1832 - Note for $350 due H.M. BRY on the first day of April 1833 ... /s/ BURRELL E. JOHNSON Received the within amount May 28, 1833. /s/ H.M. BRY 821C 28 May 1833 - Judge LEWIS LANY certifies the above document to be p.458 a true copy of the original. 822C 3 June 1833 - BURRELL E. JOHNSON and his wife, ANN GRANT, made a joint p.458 obligation to New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. for $1000 - mortgage 260 acres on Sicily Island - 30 acres of which is in cultivation with cotton; a negro, JOE, about 28; RANDEL 20; PHEBE 21; EMELINE 18 and here three children CHARLOTTE, HARRIETT and JOE. /s/ BURRELL JOHNSON, ANN JOHNSON Witness: DAVID HOLSTEIN, KING G. HOLSTEIN 823C 7 May 1833 Memphis, Tennessee - SAMUEL CARSON, of the State of Tennessee, Sumner County, for $5500 paid by H.B. JOHNSON of the Parish of Catahoula, State of Louisiana, sell the following slaves: CHARLES, 18 $700; SQUIRE, l@8 $650; ISAAC, 28 $600; BOB, 18 $650; JACOB, 28 $550; JANE, 24 $425; MERICA, 17 $425; SAFRON, 17 $425; JULY ANN, 20 $400; TILLY, 14 $425; LARRY, 25 $325. 824C I June 1833 - HUGH B. JOHNSON bought the within named slaves and brought them into the state for his own use. 825C LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seize tract of land on Turkey Creek confining 200 arpents - property of SAMUEL ALLEN, to satisfy taxes due for 1826 amounting to $13.50 - put property up for public sale - WILLIAM McCARMISH purchased for $3.50 ... Witness: PETER ROW -128- 826C June 1833 - LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized tract of land in the Town of Harrisonburg (Lot 1, Sq. 10) property of SUSAN WALLACE of the Parish of Rapides, for taxes due for years 1827 and 1828, amounting to $2.13 - property put up for Publis sale - purchased by MICHAEL H. DOSSON for $2.13 ... Witness: G. MAYO, TRUMAN PHELPS 827C 5 February 1833 - LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized 100 arpents of land in the mouth of Little River as the property of JOHN HEBRARD to satisfy taxes due for the year 1826 and 1827 amounting to $12.64 - property put up for public sale MICHAEL H. DOSSON purchased for $12-64 ... 828C LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized lands of CHARLES MILES, a non-resident - 1000 acres on west bank of Black River and below the mouth of Little River on Catahoula River and 700 arpents on Boueff River - put up for public sale - MICHAEL H. DOSSON purchased for $78.89. Witness: THOMAS BRYAN, JAMES L. STOKES 829C LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized 640 arpents sitting on Bayou Bushley - the property of the heirs of JACOB KIMBLE to satisfy taxes due for 1827 - put up for public sale - JOHN STONE purchased for $3.92 ... Witness: G. MAYO, J.M. DAUGHTERS 830C LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized land on p.466 Bayou Bushley, 300 arpents, property of ISRAEL ALEXANDER, for 1827 taxes in the amount of $2.96 ... put up for public sale - TRUMAN PHELPS purchased for $2.96 ... Witness: JOHN R. ROSS, M.H. DOSSON 831C 1 April 1833 - LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized 260 arpents on the west bank of Black River - property of JAMES WHITE - a non-resident, for t xes due for year 1828 - put up for public sale - TRUMAN PHELPS purchased for $3.71. Witness: M.H. DOSSON, S.W. McCLURE 832C TRUMAN PHELPS seized 8000 arpents on Ouachita River - property of p.468 DANIEL W. COX, for 1828 taxes due in the amount of $28.40 - put up for public sale - MICHAEL H. DOSSON purchased ... Witness: S.W. McCLURE, B.R. KING 833C MARY HAWTHORNE, alias MARY BOLER, wife of RICHARD BOLER, for $200 p.469 paid , being assisted in this transaction by her husband, sets over to ROBERT HAWTHORNE, all her right to the succession of JOSEPH T. HAWTHORNE, deceased - 4 June 1833 ... /s/ MARY (x) BOLER, RICHARD (x) BOLER, ROBERT HAWTHORNE - Witness: G. MAYO 834C 13 February 1829 - JAMES BOWIE appeared by his agent and attorney in fact, JOHN J. BOWIE, and for $400 paid him by DAVID McCLURE, sells tract of land lying on Bayou Mason - 677 acres - being same granted to JACQUES DUMINI by GOVERNOR MIRO on 7 April 1790 and registered in the land office North of Red River #26 ... Witness: L.W. McCLURE, ZACHARIAH BROOKS -129- 835C 3 February 1832 - WILLIAM BYRNE in his lifetime purchased of P-471 JAMES L. STOKES a tract of land containing 640 acres lying on STOKES CREEK but there being no conveyance given - therefore EMELINE BYRNE, widow of said WM. BYRNE, and curatrix of his estate, hereby agrees with JAMES L. STOKES to cancel and make void the sale intended. Witness: RICHARD KING, LUMAN PHELPS 836C 21 May 1833 - MARY CLARK, alias MARY REAGAN, wife of JOHN REAGAN, of the Parish of Ouachita, acknowledges that for $1000 paid by (blank) sells a negro woman, JANE, and her boy child, JERRY. LUMAN PHELPS and BURRELL JOHNSON to pay balance by their promissory note for $300 in favor of JOHN REAGAN and his wife, MARY. p.471, Sets over her claim and title to land on Walnut Bayou in the Parish 472 of Concordia containing 160 acres which MARY REAGAN acquired by inheritance from her father, WILLIAM H. CLARK, late - SW qtr. of Sect. 20, TS 16, Range 13 - she is the sole and only lawful heir which is now living... Witness: ZACHARIAH BROOKS 837C ABIGAIL HAWTHORN for $250 paid by ROBERT HAWTHORN sells her interest and claim in the succession of my son, JOSEPH HAWTHORN, deceased being 1/4 part of said succession ... her husband, ROBERT HAWTHORN, deceased ... 838C JOSEPH A. PATTERSON for himself and his sisters, JANE CARSON, HANNAH p.474 A. McDANIEL and HARRIETT H. PATTERSON, MARY MARKHAM for herself and her husband, HOSEA MARKHAM, acknowledges that for $80 paid by JOHN BROWN, sells 50 acres of land lying in Catahoula Prairie and being part of WILLIAM MOCKS tract of land... /s/ J.A. PATTERSON, CATHEY JANE CARSON by J.A. PATTERSON, HANNAH A. McDANIEL, HARRIET H. PATTERSON - Witness: JOHN DOYAL 839C W.H. GIBSON for $453.84 paid by HARDY HILL sells negro woman, PUG, being same lately bought by him,from M.H. DOSSON in payment of a judgment obtained ... 840C March Term 1833 - M.H. DOSSON vs. W.H. GIBSON and HARDY HILL - received of HARDY HILL full amount of judgment with interest - release lien on slave, PUG, now owned by said GIBSON - Witness: JAS WILLIAMS 841C KING G. HOLSTEIN, DAVID HOLSTEIN and BURRELL E. JOHNSON for $600 paid by HENRY H. HOLSTEIN sells negro man, NOEL, age 20 ... Witness: HENRY J. PECK, H.H. KIPER 842C 26 July 1833 - HENRY H. HOLSTEIN and MARY HOLSTEIN, his wife, make joint obligation to New Orleans Canal & Banking Co., for $1500.. mortgage NOEL, age 20; MARTIN 20; JUDY 20; one child MORGAN 3; NED 2 months; W 112 of Sec. 2, TS 10, R8E - 40 acres of which is in cultivation of cotton ... Witness: WM. M. TEW, DAVID HOLSTEIN -130- 843C 25 April 1833 - Court of Probate, Parish of St. Martin - JOSEPH THOMAS has been appointed tutor to EMILY M. BALLEW, minor daughter of BENNETT BALLEW, his granddaughter ... 844C 23 October 1828 - HERMAN DASH, JR. sells to WM.BLUNT all his right, p.479 title and interest to land lying on Bayou Mason at the mouth of the cutoff on which BLUNT has a warehouse ... Witness: JOHN R. MATTHEWS 845C 1 February 1833 - THOMAS L. HUMBLE for $425 paid by ALLEN D. RATCLIFF sells negro girl, AMY, about 15 ... Witness: HOSEA MARKHAM, EDOM L. FARRIS 846C 6 April 1833 - PHILIP J. HOOTER for $4134 paid him by SAMUEL LIGHTNER p.480 sells eight negroes: JESSE 20; BOSTON 35; BETSY 30; JUDY 18; ROUNSY 18; BETSY's three children JERRY 6, RACHEL age in months, - 73 acres of land on Sicily Island, stock of 26 head cattle, 4 head horses and farming utensils ... Witness: LUMAN PHELPS, C.H. DABBS 847C 6 September 1833 - JAMES CORBETT for $120 paid him by ORREN McCLEUR sells land on Sicily Island - 79 95/100 acres ... Witness: WM TEW, G.W. LOVELACE 848C RICHARD KING for $450 paid by JANE C. CURRY sells negro girl, EMELINE p.482 about 13. Represented by her husband, BENJAMIN P. CURRY ... Witness: JACOB RINEHARDT, JOHN PRICHARD 849C 1 May 1833 - GEORGE SPENCER for $425 paid by MRS. EMELINE MAYO sells undivided half of parcel of land opposite the town of Harrisonburg on east side of Ouachita River bounded on north by lands of GEORGE W. LOVELACE, east by public lands and on the south by public lands, and on the west by River Washita -- containing 400 arpents - with consent and advice of her husband, GEORGE MAYO ... Witness: JAMES M. DAUGHTERS, JAMES DOSS 850C 28 September 1833 - RICHARD KING for $700 paid him by MICHAEL H. DOSSON sells lot of ground in Harrisonburg on Water and Main Street which KING bought at Sheriff's Sale on 10 July 1820 in the suit of WM. CRAYTON against JOHN HARRISON ... Witness: WM TEW, WILSON R. SQUYRES 851C 28 September 1833 - MICHAEL H. DOSSON for $32 paid him by LUMAN PHELPS sells parcel of ground - 32' more or less on Main Street in the town of Harrisonburg, adjoining lot purchased by said PHELPS from RICHARD KING... Witness: RICHARD KING, WILSON R. SQUYRES 852C (missing) 851C (duplicate number) p.485 JOHN DOYAL and his wife, SELINA LINDSEY, the only surviving heir of THEOPHILUS LINDSEY, deceased, for $250 paid them by JAMES G. TALIAFERRO sell tract of land lying on Big Creek adjoining Catahoula Prairie (292 acres) -- being same granted to THOEPHILUS LINDSEY by Certificate dated 14 June 1811 ... Witness: JAMES DESHA, J.M. DAUGHTERS -131- 853C 29 March 1833 - CATHERINE MACKEY vs. THOMAS JOURDAN - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $700 854C 10 September 1833 - EDWARD GOLDMAN and MARY, his,wife, for $350 paid p.486 by WILSON R. SQUYRES, sells parcel of land on east bank of Washita River containing 200 arpents ... known by the name of LEE TRACT, being 112 of the tract conveyed by G.W. LOVELACE to EDW GOLDMAN, and from GOLDMAN to LEE ... Witness: J.M. DAUGHTERS, M.H. DOSSON 855C 14 October 1833 - BURRELL E. JOHNSON for $700 paid by LUMAN PHELPS sells an undivided half of one quarter section of land situated in the Parish of Concordia on Walnut Bayou (purchased by PHELPS and JOHNSON from JOHN REAGAN and wife) ... Witness: RICHARD KING, JONATHAN YORKE 856C Appeared JAMES G. TALIAFERRO and wife, ELIZABETH M.B. WILLIAMSON p.486 and acknowledge they are jointly indebted to Union Bank of Louisiana for $1200 ...mortgage land on Big Creek -- 292 acres also slave GLOUCHESTER 34-38, a tall, stout fellow; FANNY his wife, a stout wench of a light black color about 28-30; JOSUA about 14, a child of GLOUCHESTER .... Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS, KING G. HOLSTEIN 857C 9 December 1833 - Union Bank at Avoyelles accepts above mortgage. 858C JOHN HILL, SR. for $400 paid by JOS WILLIAMS sells 29 acres being p.490 part of 640 acres on Rawson's Creek ... Witness: KING G. HOLSTEIN, WM TEW Before SAMUEL LIGHTNER, appeared L.J. BROADWAY of the State of Mississippi, who has imigrated,to this state and has introduced for his own use slaves, BILL about 25, a mulatto about 5-10", GILBERT about 20, black 5'8" or 9"... , 859C 5 July 1833- CHARLES PIPES of the Parish of Ouachita for $32,627 paid p.491 by HUGH B. JOHNSON sells 700 acres in Parish of Catahoula on Deer Creek and slaves: BIG TOM 25; JACOB 27; LITTLE TOM 14; JOHN 35; NANCY 30; WALTER 19; CHARLES 18; BOB 19; ISAAC 28; MARY, MARIA 16; JUDY 15; HESTER 7; MARTHA 4 months ... Witness: G. MAYO, LEVI MOCH 860C 18 January 1830 - EDWARD GOLDMAN of the Parish of Concordia -for p.493 $1000 paid him by CALEB C. KING and WILLIAM BYRNE both of Catahoula Parish sells a tract of land on Ouachita River being same purchased by GOLDMAN of G.W. LOVELACE ... Witness: J.M. DAUGHTERS, LUMAN PHELPS 861C 7 October 1829 - GEORGE W. LOVELACE for $515 paid by EDW GOLDMAN sells 393 acres on east side of Ouachita River ... Witness: LUMAN PHELPS, G.W. MATTHEWS 862C 19 March 1835 - ROBERT ROGERS of the Parich of Ouachita accepts conveyance made 26 July 1824 of a negro girl named HARRIETT to JOHN L. SMITH, a minor - conveyance made by LAVICA M. WILLIAMS to ROBERT ROGERS in trust for JOHN L. SMITH. -132- 863C State of Louisiana - Parish of Concordia - 3 May 1824 p.490 HENRY J. PECK of Catahoula Parish and LAMINDA M. SMITH, his wife, made a joint obligation in favor of Mechanics and Traders Bank of New Orleans for the sum of $2,000 - mortgage tract of land and plantation consisting of 473 acres situated on Sicily Island (Lot 1, Sq. 33, TS 11, R8E,; Lot 2 same section and township; Lots 4 and 5 same section and township; also slaves: PHILIP 40; TENER, a woman and wife of PHILIP; CHERRY a woman about 20; ISAAC about 21; LOUIS 19; RODY 15; JULIA 12; BETTY 3; DUBLIN 35; SAL wife of DUBLIN 28; JUBER 2; JACK 35; RACHEL wife of JACK 28; CHARLOTTE 4; DAREAS 2; BELFAST 30; LEAN 8; CHARLES 15; LIZZY 17; DINA ... 27 April 1836 - Foregoing mortgage released for payment in full 864C Recorded 19 March 1835-Western District, Orleans Territory. B No. 599 p.498 Register 21 - Rapides Parish - REZEN BOWIE of Rapides Parish is confirmed in his claim to a tract of land containing 756 27/100 superficial acres equal to 640 American acres founded on settlement commenced in the year 1802 by FREDERICK STILLFIELD and others ... as appears by the testing of WM. ROWE ... /s/ WM GARRARD, LEWIS WALES, GIDEON FITZ, Commissioners - Witness: JOHN THOMSTON,Clerk of Board REASON BOWIE, B. No. 559, Recd and recorded - Book A of Commissioners Certificate Page 373 - 25 May 1811 865C Indenture made 13 July 1808 by REZIN BOWIE of the Parish of Catahoula p-499 and ABRAHAM BIRD of the Territory of Louisiana and District of Cape Giredeau for the sum of$1-BOWIE sells to BIRD a tract of land on the Waters of the Bushley containing 640 acres.../s/REZIN BOWIE,BENJ. TENNILLE - Witnes5: ROBERT HALL, NARCISSA MORGAN 866C Copy E, No. 39 - State of Louisiana, Parish of East Baton Rouge p-500 ABRAHAM BIRD of said parish sells to RHESA BOWIE of the Parish of Catahoula, a tract of land on the Waters Bushley containing 640 acres being the same acquired from REASON BOWIE 13 July 1808 and by REASON BOWIE by virtue of certificate of the land office at Opelousas Church (No. 559) dated 25 May 1807. Estimates land at price of $400 and does bind himself to deliver to MANUEL WHITE, merchant of the City of New Orleans, 3000 pounds of picked and ginned cotton to be packed in merchantable bales... JOHN LEAY, esquire accepts sale on behalf of RHESA BOWIE. Done at Baton Rouge 24 May 1834 in presence of JOHN MAILLAIRD and SAMUEL MILLER. CH. W. CRAWFORD, NP 867C 15 December 1834- H.T. WILLIAMS, Surveyor General of the Public Lands p.502 of the State of Louisiana, appoint JAMES McCOY, Deputy Surveyor. I JAMES McCOY of the Parish of Catahoula, do solemly swear that I will faithfully and impartially execute and fulfill the duties of the Deputy Surveyor - 20 March 1835 -133- 868C MATTHEW WILLIAMS for $200 paid by FRANCIS RICHARDSON sells an undivided 112 of parcel of land lying on Green's Creek in the neighborhood of Catahoula Prairie, being the same tract conveyed to HOLT RICHARDSON and MATTHEW WILLIAMS on 13 December 1832 by SIMPSON HOLSTEIN, HENRY HOLSTEIN, KING HOLSTEIN, JULIA HOLMES and ANTHONY HOLMES by their attorney in fact, MARY HOLSTEIN by her husband, HENRY HOLSTEIN and DAVID HOLSTEIN - 670 acres 7 March 1835 /s/ MATTHEW (x) WILLIAMS - Witness: HOLT RICHARDSON, GEORGE W. COLLINS 869C Before JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, Notary Public - 11 September 1835 JOHN W. DESHA acknowledges he owes and stands indebted to JAMES M. DAUGHTERS in the sum of $3,420-.30 ... makes promissory note and mortgages property which he inherited from his late mother, LUCY DESHA ... his father, JAMES DESHA ... Witness: C.H. DABBS, J.A. PATTERSON p.504 26 March 1835 - In the probate court of the Parish of Catahoula WILSON R. SQUYRES, tutor and curator to JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA HARRISON, deceased. vs. the succession of JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA HARRISON. It is ordered that WILSON R. SQUYRES recover from the minor heirs of JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA HARRISON the sum of $277 and that ABIGAIL HAWTHORN, the party opposed to said SQUYRES act pay the costs of the suit - 1 April 1835 Js/ JAMES G. TALIAFERRO, Judge 870C THOMAS BRYAN vs. JOSEPH FRANCIS - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $528.70 - 1 January 1834 - J.H. OVERTON, Judge 7th District 871C 25 July 1835 - GEORGE W. LOVELACE received full amount of money which EDW GOLDMAN mortgaged land - 390 1/4 arpents - being on east side of Washita River opposite Harrisonburg - being same which was sold to EDW GOLDMAN and by him to CALEB C. KING and WILLIAM BYRNE 12 March 1834 872C 6 June 1835 7 Tansee Point - St. Martins - 13 January 1833 Agreement between BENNET BALLEW and JOSEPH THOMAS both of this Parish lease certain tract of land to BALLEW situated in the Parish of Catahoula containing 1600 superficial arpents - $8000 - the true intent of the deal is to enable BALLEW to get money out of Plantation - Witness: W.A. THOMAS 873C State of Louisiana-Parish of Baton Rouge-Copy E, No.141- Before p.507 CHARLES W. CRAWFORD, Notary Public, appeared SIMEON J. BROADWAY of the Parish of Catahoula, who declared he is indebted to WILLIAM NOBLE for $333-33 ... mortgages mulatto boy, BILL, age 29 - 4 March 1835 874C LUMAN PHELPS, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula, seized 640 arpents of land situated in Bayou Crocodile as the property of the heirs of PHILO NICHOLAS to satisfy taxes for 1827 ... land put up for public sale ... JAMES M. DAUGHTERS became the purchaser for $3.92 ... Witness: J.M.B. THOMSON, ROBERT FRISTOE -134- 875C JAMES L. STOKES, Sheriff of Catahoula Parish, Writ of Fieri Facais, against chattles of estate of LUCRETIA HARRISON at the suit of WILSON R. SQUYRES, seized land of said succession known as the HARRISON tract adjoining the town of Harrisonburg containing 260 acres, bordered on the north by J.M.B. THOMSON, on the west by government lands, on the south by R. KING, and on the east by lands ceded to the town of Harrisonburg ... lands put up for public sale ... JAMES M. DAUGHTERS purchased for $133.66 - 15 August 1835 Witness: JAMES K. BOULWARE, JOSHUA YOUNG 876C 4 December 1835 - DAVID HOLSTEIN acknowledges he stands indebted to the heirs of the succession of MRS. MARY MATTHEWS, deceased, in the sum of $1405 ... for which he and JOBEZ W. DANIELS execute promissory notes and mortgage negro, MOSES... Witness: WM. M. TEW, J.W. McDONALD No ROBERT L. DESHA mortgages to me for the payment of money ... release mortgage - 28 February 1834 /s/ Z.T. KIRKLAND 877C 8 February 1834 - ROBERT L. DESHA, a resident of the Parish of Catahoula, and PRISCILLA McDONALD, his wife, acknowledge joint debt to the Union Bank of Louisiana in the sum of $3000. Mortgage land on Turkey Creek being fractional 112 qtr. Lot 1 and 2 of Section 5, Township 10, Range 7E - 170 acres - also negro CATA 35; MINGO a boy 15; SOPHA 25; ELIZA 21; AMY 8; EDMUND 5. Witness: M.L. SHORT, ALLEN McDONALD 878C State of Louisiana - Parish of Avoyelles - before LOUIS BORDELON, Notary, came JOHN H. BOYER, President of the Branch of Union Bank of Louisiana at Avoyelles, acting in behalf of the bank on a loan to ROBERT L. DESHA for $3,000 - 28 February 1834 879C HENRY HAIR releases mortgage executed by JAMES G. TALIAFERRO on negro, GEORGE - 4 March 1834 - 880C 22 January 1835 - RICHARD KING for the sum of $300 paid by JAMES and p.511 JOHN CONNELLY, sells tract of land on Ouachita River -150 acres- purchased by KING of JOHN HENRY and JOHN J. BOWIE ... Witness: JACOB (x) LEWIS, JOHN (x) OTTO 881C 25 March 1834 - JOSEPH FRANCIS, SR. acknowledges he owes M.H. DOSSON $92.75 - mortgages negro, PETER, about 13 ... Witness: STEPHEN R. HOLSTEIN, E. DOTY 882C GEORGE W. LOVELACE transfers and conveys to his daughter, JANE C. CURRY, a tract of land containing 800 arpents lying on Sicily Island and being the same granted to LOVELACE by the Spanish Government ... to be counted as part of her inheritance and undivided half of Mill and Gin.. being accepted by BENJ. P. CURRY for his wife ... Witness: P.J.HOOTER, H.H. KIPER Received of JANE C. CURRY $850 for a man named GEORGE, age 28 11 March 1835 /s/ WM LITTLE 135- ###