First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: 1808-1839 Published by Carol Young Knight. Submitted by Annette Carpenter Womack Transcriber: Betty White Date: 24 Jun 2008 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 884C 11 March 1835 - Received of JANE C. CURRY $2400 for four negroes: EASE 26; DEALY 19; ELIZABETH 16; ELIZA... /s/ JAMES COOPER, DAVID CARTWRIGHT 885C Received of JANE C. CURRY $600 for a negro woman, NELY 25 and her youngest child, TOM about 6 months., /s/ HENRY SMITH, JOHN COX 887C State of Louisiana - Parish of Concordia - Received of JANE C. p.814 CURRY $500 for negro, CHARLES about 47. 886C HUGH B. JOHNSON sells to LUMAN PHELPS a tract of land on west side of Deer Creek containing 560 acres with a good mill and gin, a dwelling house, an outhouse and negro cabins, one set of blacksmith tools, one waggon, 9 yoke of oxen, 16 head horses, 250 head horned cattle, 150 head hogs, corn and fodder, farming utensils, slaves: THOMAS, JACOB, CHARLES, JOHN, WALKER, ROBERT, JACK, LITTLE THOMAS, MARTHA, JANE, AMERICA, MARY, WINNY, JUDY, ANNA, MARTHER - for $26,000 - $5,000 received, balance 10 annual payments... Witness: ROBERT FRISTOE, JAMES M. DAUGHTERS 888C MOSES HIGGINS and RUTH SMITH, appoint ROBERT F. McGUIRE of the p.816 Parish of Ouachita their attorney to locate their floating rights which they are entitled to by virtue of the act of Congress passes and approved 19 June 1834, by virtue of being two settlers on the SE qtr. of Sec. 34, Township 8, Range 3 East - 10 November 1835... Witness: GEORGE ZIMMER, JAMES G. TALIAFERRO, JR. 889C 19 November 1835 - LUMAN PHELPS sells to BLANTON BEASLEY ELLIS and WILLIAM LOPE, both of the State of Mississippi, 560 acres of land lying on the west side of Deer Creek and being same purchased of HUGH B. JOHNSON on 13 July 1835... Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS, D. HOLSTEIN 890C LUMAN PHELPS sells to BLANTON BEASLEY ELLIS and WILLIAM LOPE a negro girl, HESTER, about 12 or 13, for $425... 19 November 1835 891C No. 2410 Office at Monroe - Louisiana District of North Red River -18 November 1835 - Received of JAMES M. PELTON of Natchez, Miss. and WILLIAM HARRISON of Concordia Parish $290.80 in full payment of Lots #4, 5, 6 of Section 21, Township 11, Range 8 E, containing 232 64/100 acres at $1.25 per acres... 892C No. 1525 - 22 February 1834 - Ouachita - Received of THOMAS BRYAN $37.70 being full payment for Lot #4, Section 32, Township 10, Range 7 E containing 30 16/100 acres at $1.25 per acre. Received of THOMAS BRYAN $23.67 for Lot #4, Section 29, TS 10, R7E. 893C 11 April 1836 - RUHAMA CRISWELL sells to REZIN CRISWELL a negro, DANIEL, about 21 for $800 cash... Witness: HARDY MECOM, WM. WICKS 136 CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. – BOOK C (continued) 893C (continued) RUHAMA SEA, widow of CRISWELL, appeared before JUDGE TALIAFERRO and declared the above was her free act and deed. Received at Ouachita, October 3, 1832 REZIN CRISWELL the sum of $50 payment in full for NE Qtr of NW qtr Sec. 11, TS 12, R6E containing 50 acres. 894C 26 April 1836 - JAMES McCARTNEY appoints ALLEN D.RADCLIFF his agent and attorney to sell negro woman, JUDAH, and her two children SAM and AMANDA... Witness: HOSEA MARKHAM, STEPHEN LYMONDS 895C (blank) 896C State of Louisiana - Parish of Concordia - HENRY J. PECK has paid his promissory note for $2000 to the Mechanics and Traders Bank of New Orleans - Vidalia 23 May 1834 897C Received of HENRY J. PECK $160.60 in full payment for Lot #3, Section 30, Township 11, Range 8E - containing 80 48/100 acres for $100.60 at Land Office at Ouachita, 21 December 1835. 898C (blank) 899C 24 May 1836 - Erase the judicial mortgage against the property of JAMES G. TALIAFERRO resulting from a judgment obtained against him by the widow and heirs of THOMAS A. KING on 8 June 1831 for $768.15. /s/ JAMES J. WILLIAMS, NP - Witness: ROBERT FRISTOE, HARDY MECON 900C No. 800 - Office at Ouachita - Received of RICHARD BOLER 22 August 1832, the sum of $100.32 payment in full for the E 1/2 of SE qtr. Sec. 15, TS 12, R8E - 80 26/100 acres... /s/ JOSEPH FINLAND No. 2305 - Received of RICHARD BOLER $100.10 for Lot #4, Section 14, TS No. 271 - Received of JOHN BUNCH 1 November 1830 - $268 for Tract #4 and #5, Section 11, TS 12, R8E – 213 30/100 acres. /s/ H. Bry, Receiver 901C PEDRO ARPOLECAR for $3200 paid by JOHN J. BOWIE sells to JOHN J. BOWIE land on Sicily Island east of Deer Creek now occupied by ZACHARIAH T. KIRKLAND entered at the land office North Red River No. 36, 1354 American Acres. Witness: THOMAS BRYAN, THOMAS A. KING, HENRY HOLSTEIN 902C Certifies that the above document is true and original copy. 903C State of Louisiana - City of New Orleans - Before WILLIAM YOUNG LEWIS Notary Public appeared ANDREW HUNT ADAMS of the Parish of Rapides 7 August 1831 - conveyance of property from PEDRO APPOLINAR done 13 April 1836. Witness: JN M. LEE, WILLIAM L. LEWIS -137- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 903C (continued) Parish of Lafayette - PEDRO APOLINAR of the Island of Jamica for $250 paid by ANDREW HUNT ADAMS sells tract of land in the Parish of Catahoula containing 40 arpents front and 40 arpents deep on Deer Creek equal to 1354 American acres granted him by Governor Gayosa June 8, 1798 as Claim #36... /s/ PEDRO APOLINAR, 30 April 1836 (Numbers skip) 906C Parish of Jefferson - Before FRANCIS JOSEPH, appeared ANDREW HUNT ADAMS of the Parish of Rapides... JULIAN deLEON of the Island of St. Thomas, now in the Parish of Concordia, for $200 paid by A.H. ADAMS sells parcel of land on the right bank of Deer Creek equal to 1354 American acres... 7 August 1831 /s/ JULIAN deLEON 907C Parish of Jefferson – 7 March 1836 - JULIAN deLEON certifies the above is a true copy... 908C Ouachita, Louisiana,- 4 August 1834 - Received of THOMAS BRYANT of Catahoula Parish $199.31 being full payment of Lot _ Sec. 17, TS 9 or R7E, containing 159 45/100 acres... 909C A.H. ADAMS appoints JAMES W. HYMAN his true and lawful attorney to sell, convey... land on Deer Creek containing 1354 acres, conveyed to ADAMS by PEDRO APOLINAR - 9 JULY 1836 ... Witness: FIELDING G.BUNGER, G.B. BLACKMAN 910C Parish of Catahoula - JAMES W. HYMAN as attorney for ANDREW HUNT ADAMS of the City of New Orleans, for $15,000 paid by GEORGE WILLIAM FITZHUGH of the State of Virginia, sells land on Deer Creek equal to 1354 acres being the same tract conveyed to PEDRO APPOLINAR by Governor Gayosa #36 dated 8 June 1798... /s/ JAMES WASHINGTON HYMAN, 16 July 1836 Vidalia, Parish of Concordia... 911C City of New Orleans - ANTONIA VACA of the Island of Cuba, being a bachelor and never married, for $2500 paid him, sells to JOHN WALKER a tract of land in the Parish of Concordia on Bayou Macon... 2708 American Acres, granted to VACA by Governor Miro, #18, dated 18 October 1789. 912C JOHN HENRY of the Parish of Orleans, for $500 paid him by C.V.D. BALLEW, boat and cash, sells 650 acres of land on -----_river and Ouachita River - 29 December 1820 /s/ JOHN HENRY, B. BALLEW, C. BALLEW 913C City of New Orleans -THOMAS MORRIS of Norfolk, Va. sells to SAMUEL GLENN of the Parish of Rapides slaves: ARTHUR 18; CHARLES 25; SAM 18; HENRY 24, all for $1550 each, and SUSAN 14 for $990 - 4 January 1857 914C Parish of Rapides - ISAAC THOMAS sells to SAMUEL GLENN his preemption rights to 320 and 160 acres on the south side of Little River, lower side of Peter's Creek - improvements made by JOHN LEMONTAINE, bounded on MANUEL PRAIRIE, JOHN KITTERLAND, and LOUIS HUFFMAN - 22 December 1836 -138- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. BOOK C (continued) 915c 20 August 1836 - JAMES L. STOKES for $4500 paid by LUMAN PHELPS sells land on east bank of Ouachita nearly opposite the town of Harrisonburg - 207 superficial acres being same where JAMES L. STOKES .now resides - wife of STOKES, ELIZA ANN GRAYSON alias ELIZA ANN STOKES agrees to sign conveyance, /s/ JAMES L. STOKES, ELIZA ANN STOKES, LUMAN PHELPS, TRUMAN PHELPS, THOMAS BRYAN 916c City of New Orleans - LUMAN PHELPS appeared before HILARY BRITON, NP ... sells to WILLIAM MEREDITH LAMBERT of this City, an undivided 1/3 part of 8 tracts of land in Catahoula Parish, which lands are jointly owned by ROBERT FRISTOE and B.H. SPANN - 10 February 1836, H.B. CENAS, NP 916C (duplicate number) - Parish of Catahoula - HARDY MECOM has mislaid a note on DAVID N. BROWN of Big Creek given 22 February 1836 payable to HARDY MECOM for $160... never received payment - 17 July 1837 917C Parish of Catahoula - GEORGE LANDOMEN for $50 paid by ARMESTEAD L. McLENDON sells land west half of NE qtr. Sec. 6, TS 12, R7E - 81 acres - 15 December 1836 /s/ GEORGE LANDORSON - Witness: MATTHEW (x) EARL, MARGARET (x) EARL 918C Columbia - 8 July 1837 - Before JOSHUA EWING, NP, appears VINCENT FRANCISCO and sells his right, title and interest in the estate of LOUIS FRANCISCO, deceased, late of the Parish of Ouachita, to JAMES F. STRAUGHN of the Parish of Catahoula for the sum of $50... /s/ VINCENT (x) FRANCISCO, JAMES F. STRAUGHN - Witness: RICHARD KING, F. NOBLE 919C ELI A. RATLIFF has applied to JAMES G. TALIAFERRO for a license to celebrate marriage to CHARLOTTE HOLLINGSWORTH - 13 June 1835 - solemized marriage 18 June 1835 - Witness: JOHN HILL, J.S. HUMBLE, JAMES McCARNEY. JOHN L. WALL Marriage license and certificate of celebration to JOHN J. BOWIE, Esq. RICHARD GREEN applied to JAMES G. TALIAFERRO for a license to celebrate marriage to SARAH WYCHE - 5 October 1821 - 9 October 1821 C.B. HARVEY, JP performed marriage '.. 920C JOHN D. ARMSTRONG to HENRY GREEN - 24 December 1836 - of Hinds County, Mississippi - for $5160.40 paid by GREEN - ARMSTRONG sells tract of land in Catahoula Parish - same land deeded to ARMSTRONG by JAMES W. MCDONALD and LUMAN PHELPS - 715 acres. 921C Last Will and Testament of JAMES BARBER - Parish of Catahoula - In the name of God, Amen, I JAMES BARBER of the Parish and State aforesaid, being weak and feeble of body, but sound in mind and memory and being aware of the certainity of death but of the uncertainly of the time thereof, and wishing before I die to make two provisions for the deposit of my wordly effects, to make, ordain and establish this to be my last will and testament. In the first place I will my body to the earth from which it came and my soul to God who gave it. In the second place -139- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. – BOOK C continued) 930c (CONTINUED - Last Will and Testment of JAMES BARBER) I will and devise that all my just debts that I may owe at the time of my death be paid. In the third place I will and devise unto my friend, MARGUIS L. SHORT, all of the following: to wit, one tract of land situated in the Parish of Catahoula on Hemphill Creek containing 400 arpents more or less, two tracts of land in Octibbeha Co., Miss. containing 200 acres more or less, also two negro men now in the State of Mississippi, one named OFFA other named PRULY... and all other property I may own at the time of my death... Witness: LEWIS P.LELAND, FIELDING MILLER, THOMAS B.MATTHEWS,JOHN L. McLENDON, DANDY B. HARRY - 16 July 1838 /s/ JAMES BARBER 921C Codicil - JAMES BARBER wills to MRS. ANN C. SHORT and her infant daughter, MARY ELIZA SHORT, a negro, SARAH ANN age 3... Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS, GEO. H. BELL, MANFORD L. OSBORN, JOHN LEAY, JOHN W. HOOTER - 6 August 1838 922C 8 January 1838 - Deed - JOHN D. ARMSTRONG of Hinds Co. Mississippi and HENRY GREEN for $5166 paid to ARMSTRONG by GREEN, sells tract of land in Catahoula Parish... 923C SAML A. KIRBY vs. ROBERT H. BOWMAR and JNO V. ROBERTSON - July Term 1838 - Parish of Ouachita - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $291.00 924C (missing) 925C City of New Orleans - STEPHEN FRANKLIN for $750 paid by CHARLES GARDNER on behalf of TRUMAN PHELPS of Harrisonburg in the Parish of Ouachita, sells a negro man, FRANK 29... p. 540 Now comes, ELIZA HALLAM BROWN, wife of STEPHEN FRANKLIN..17 July 1838 926C Parish of Catahoula - 14 January 1839 - JOHN L. McLENDON and WILLIAM NAPE, rescend a certain sale - 27 September 1837 - sale of land and sawmill on Rawson's Creek in the neighborhoods of Harrisonburg... Witness: T.D. LOVELACE, JOSHUA YOUNG. 927C 14 January 1839 - JOHN L. McLENDON and CHARLES DUNDE sell to WILLIAM NAFE and WILLIAM R. TURNER, 640 acres on Rawson's Creek with the sawmill for $2800, to be paid in money or plank... Witness: T.D. LOVELACE, JOSHUA YOUNG 928C 18 January 1839 - WILLIAM NAFE mortgages his undivided half of 640 acres with sawmill to secure note for same... /s/ WM NAFE, WM R. TURNER - Witness: JOHN B. CRAWFORD, JOHN L. McLENDON 929C Alexandria - 22 September 1836 - MICHAEL WELCH of the Parish of Rapides ratifies to JAMES SMITH and WILLIAM WASHINGTON HOLLAND, a certain division line of two adjoining preemptions in the Parish of Catahoula sold this date to P.D. MASON to JAMES SMITH and WM. W. HOLLAND - said preemption being bounded above and below by lands of WELCH and MASON.. Witness: A.L. BRINGHURST -140- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA – BOOK C (continued) 930C ROBERT FRISTOE vs. LEWI GUICE - November Term 1838 - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $101. 931C 9 April 1839 - MARY A. MOORE (MASON written in), aided by her husband, PHILIP DIXON MASON, declared on the 18 February last past a partitiion was made by MICHAEL WELCH of the Parish of Rapides and DANIEL FREEMAN of the Parish of Catahoula of certain property - land and slaves owned in common by MICHAEL WELCH and her husband, PHILIP DIXON MASON, WELCH becomes sole owner of the property on the west bank descending Black River, containing 400 arpents... about 3 miles below mouth of Little River... /s/ MARY A. MASON, P.D. MASON - Witness: MILTON WILSON, JAMES WILSON 932C 22 April 1839 - MRS. ANN GRANT assisted by her husband, BURRELL E. JOHNSON owned jointly certain property with JOHN W. STONE... 3 miles below Little River... sold late to WILLIAM F. FREEMAN... FREEMAN sold to his brother, DANIEL FREEMAN who became 1/2 owner with MICHAEL WELCH, /s/ ANN JOHNSON, B.E. JOHNSON - Witness: B.H. NORRIS, H.H. HOLSTEIN 933C 24 April 1839 - JOHN W. DANIELS sells to JOHN KITTERLIN a tract of land situated on south side of Little River constituting NW qtr. of Sec. 21, TS 7, R5... /s/ J.W. DANIELS, JOHN KITTERLIN - Witness: JACOB RINEHART, ELI CHICK 934C AUGUSTUS BRINGHURST, NP - Parish of Rapides - Before me appeared MRS. SIDNEY DUVAL assisted by her husband, MICHAEL WELCH - 19 April 1839 - sells for $8000 property on the west or right bank descending Black River about 2 miles below mouth of Little River... containing 800 arpents purchased by MICHAEL WELCH at probate sale - formerly the property of ROBERT ROGERS, deceased... /s/ SIDNEY (x) WELCH, M. WELCH - Witness: D.P. KEATING, THOS. CULBERSON 935C 21 December 1835 - HARDY MECUM acting for himself and as special attorney for his mother, PATIENCE WARD, for $278.57 sells to ROBERT CHEW, JAMES McCOY and HENRY M. HYAMS, land - NW 1/4 of Sec. 23 Township 14, Range 10 - District of Red River, 159 acres, /s/ HARDY MECOM, JAMES McCOY – WITNESS: SAMUEL GLENN, DANDY B. HARVEY 936c BENJAMIN BAKER for $199.35 sells to ROBERT CHEW, JAMES McCOY and HENRY M. HYAMS 159 acres, SW 1/4 Sec. 23, Township 14, Range 10E. Witness: WILLIAM HAWTHORNE, GEORGE W. COLLINS 937c Before ISAAC DAVIS and GEORGE W. COLLINS appeared WILLIAM HAWTHORNE SR. and WILLIAM HAWTHORNE, JR., residents of Catahoula Parish -for $399.87 paid by ROBERT CHEW, JAMES McCOY,and HENRY M. HYAMS sells NE 1/4 See. 22, TS 14, R10E in the District of North Red River. Witness: ISAAC DAVIS, GEORGE W. COLLINS 938C p. 548 Appeared (unable to read) son and sole heir of ROSANNA WIGGINS deceased - for $400 paid them by ROBERT CHEW, JAMES McCOY and HENRY M. HYAMS, sells 159 acres, NE 1/4 Sec. 23, TS 14, R10E /s/ MOSES DAVIS, ABSOLOM WIGGINS. H.M. HYAMS - Witness: JOEL KENNAN, JOHN (x) SOUYRES -141- CONVEYANCE RECORDS Of CATAHOULA PARISH, La. - BOOK C (continued) 939C Before MOSES COLLINS and FIELDING MILLER appeared GEORGE W. COLLINS for $172 paid by ROBERT CHEW, JAMES McCOY and HENRY M. HYAMS, sell SE 1/4 Lot 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 of Sec. 26, TS 14, R10E.. /s/ GEORGE W. COLLINS, JAMES McCOY - Witness: MOSES COLLINS, FIELDING MILLER 940C p.549 BARTHOLMEW ARMOUD for $300 paid him by PETER DENNIS sells improvement on Bushley Creek being same purchased by ARNAUD from SAMUEL MASTERS - 12 March 1839 /s/ B. ARNAUD, P. DENNIS - Witness: JOSHUA YOUNG, J.W. DANIELS 941C p.550 16 December 1836 - THOMAS DUKE for $500 paid him by SAMUEL WALKER sells land - 39 acres - Witness: J.M. DAUGHTERS 942C April 1839 - CAMILLE LIGHTNER, wife of DANIEL HOLSTEIN, sells to JOHN M.B. THOMPSON town lot in Harrisonburg, Lot #2, Sq. #5, being same purchased by SAMUEL LIGHTNER of JOHN HARRISON in the year 1819 - Sale for $200... /s/ CAMILLE C. HOLSTEIN, D. HOLSTEIN, J.M.B. THOMPSON 943C p.551 27 April 1839 - MOSES DAVIS and ABSOLOM WIGGINS, sole heirs of ROSANNA WIGGINS, deceased, sells to JOHN SQUYRES, NW qtr. Sec. 7, TS 9, R4E - 159 96/100 acres for $450... Witness: FIELDING MILLER, JOSEPH FRANCIS 943C 20 April 1839 - HUGH R. DONAHOO sells to ALBERT G. STANSBERG north 1/2 of town lot in Harrisonburg on the corner of Bushley and Sicily Streets, known as "Mound Lot" purchased from CATLETT TIFFEE -26 December 1838 - Witness: JOSEPH CARLOS, ROBERT DAY p.552 License to practice medicine (name taped over) - given at Alexandria 1 April 1839. 944C 18 March 1839 - KING G. HOLSTEIN and his wife, CELESTE, sell to TERESA JEFFRIES FREEMAN, wife of WILLIAM F. FREEMAN, land - SE qtr. of SW qtr. of Sec. 13, R 6, TS 12, also SE qtr. of NW qtr. Sec. 24, TS 12, R 6E, and other land - for $4500... Witness: S.R. HOLSTEIN, JOSIAH PRICKETT 945c P.553 12 April 1839 - WILLIAM S. SCHOFIELD and BURRELL E. JOHNSON agreed to rescind contract of sale made by BURRELL E. JOHNSON and GILBERT H. SCHOFIELD for land, slaves and other property - 7 June 1838. Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS, THOS. B. MATTHEWS 946C April 1839 - THOMAS B. MATTHEWS declares that he is indebted to the succession of JAMES. M. DAUGHTERS, deceased, in the amount of $300 for improvements on Hemphill's Creek purchased at Probate Sale formerly owned by ABRAHAM LEAY and sold to him by JAMES M. DAUGHTERS, /s/ THOS B.MATTHEWS - Witness: ED BARRY, J.S. ALEXANDER -142- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOUEA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 947C 6 May 1839 - Order of the Court of Probate to sell residence of JOHN E. WALL, deceased, on Chickasaw Creek - the property of succession in community between MRS. ELIZA B. WALL and the minor heirs of JOHN E. WALL - ELI A. RATCLIFF bought negro man, ISAAC for $1500 - REUBEN JONES, DANIEL FINLAY, PEYTON WORTHY bought 10 head cattle for $110.62; G.W. WHITTINGTON bought yoke of oxen for $80; CAD HARVARD bought 23 head pigs for $40. /s/ ELI A. RATCLIFF 948C 23 April 1839 - BURRELL E. JOHNSON for $8000 paid him by JOHN W. STONE sells high right, title and interest in several promissory notes executed by WILLIAM F. FREEMAN on June 4, 1848 - payable to the order of JOHNSON and STONE in the years 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843. Witness: TRUMAN PHELPS/ BENJ. P. CURRY 949C p.556 26 April 1839 - BENJ. E. BROWN buys negro boy, BOB 12 years old, from JOEL KENNAN for $650... Witness: JOHN DOYEA, R. PIETY 950C 7 May 1839 - MICHAEL WELCH of the Parish of Rapides sells to ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN also of Rapides, a tract of land in Catahoula on west, side of Black River, bounded on the upper side by public lands, and below by lands of DANIEL FREEMAN - MRS. SIDNEY DUVAL, wife of MICHAEL WELCH.../s/ M. WELCH, SIDNEY (x) WELCH, R.C. MARTIN 951C 29 March 1839 - ROBERT FRISTOE for $5000 paid him by LUMAN PHELPS sells negroes: TITUS, negro man about 25; MILLY about 24 and her child THOMAS; MARY 23; FRANK 13; ERWIN, yellow about 11...Witness: FIEEDING MILLER, JOHN S. ALEXANDER 952C 5 April 1839 - ROBERT FRISTOE sells to LUMAN PHELPS negroes: HAMBLETON about 35; JANE, his wife 20 and her child of 8 months; CHARLES 35; SIMON 30; PATSY 19; MARY 20 - for $10,000. Witness: M.S. OSBORN, FIELDING MILLER 953C 6 April 1839 - LUMAN PHELPS for a consideration... a transfer to be made by SARAH E. FRISTOE of the Parish of Catahoula to MARY DORSEY and ROSINA DORSEY, of all her right, title and interest to the succession of her father... also all her right, title and interest which she now has to any portion of property now held and owned by her mother, HANNAH HAMBLETON, which the said SARAH E. FRISTOE... at the advice of her husband, ROBERT FRISTOE... 954C Sale in Town of Trinity - town lots belonging to the succession of JAMES M. DAUGHTERS - GEORGE W. ALLEN bought lots 9, 12, Sq. 4 at $100 each; FELIX ROBB bought lots on which his house stands for $100; JOSELN SARGENT bought fraction of lots 5 and 6, Sq. 37; GEORGE SPENCER bought lots 4,5,8,9 and 11, Sq. 20 and Lot 1, Sq. 31, at $35 each. 955C 1 May 1839 - GEORGE SPENCER stands indebted to the succession of JAMES M. DAUGHTERS, deceased in the sum of $210...Witness: J.W. STONE, WM. D. SPANN END OF BOOK C - CONVEYANCE RECORDS -143-