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 16-30 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) 1B 1 February 1811 - Sale of plantation containing 800 arpens for $20,000 - RICHARD LOVELACE to MOSES KING 2B 18 March 1812- The estate of CHARLES McBRIDE is offered at 640 acres on Hemphill Creek - JOHN HOLLEY -is the ELIAS CARTER - $650. /s/ ROBT HALL - Witness: SAML (X)GRAY, JOHN HOLLY 3B JOHN HOLLY held firmly bound unto the heirs of CHARLES McBRIDE of $881. HOLLY took out letters of curatorship to collect all debts and pay off all bills ... /s/ JOHN HOLLY 4B 7 April 1812 - JOHN HOLLY promises to pay to JOHN BECTILLE & CO. the sum of $1000 in the month of May 1813 - The security for the above debt is mortgage of 640 acres with saw mill on Catahoula Bayou. /s/ JOHN HOLLY 5B Articles of Agreement between ABRAHAM MOORHOUSE, Parish of Ouachita, and JAMES WALLACE. MOORHOUSE sells 1000 acres of land to WALLACE for $2000. Witness: JOHN HUGHES, OLIVER J. MORGAN Estate of THOMAS HUBBS sells at auction to highest bidder, MICAJAH PICKETT, a negro boy, GEORGE, for $302. 7B 12 April 1810 - Estate of THOMAS HUBBS, deceased, sells to highest bidder, HENRY OBERRY, a negro woman, PLEASANT, for $420. /s/ ROBT HALL, Auctioneer 8B 9 November 1811 - JOHN PILLERS,- being of very low state of health and unable to pursue any means of livlihood, agrees with DAVID DEVOUR that for an undivided half of a certain tract of land, PILLERS will live with DEVOUR and receive nourishment and attention as shall be consistent with PILLERS' situation ... /s/ JOHN (X)PILLERS, Accepted: DAVID DEVOUR - Witness: J.R. CARTER, ISAAC PULFORD 9B I have this date received of MATTHEW STONE two notes of HENRY KIPER's of $1500 ... Bill of Sale for 8 negroes. /s/ JAS. J. JOHNSTON - Witness: R.C. CLAIBORNE 10B 7 June 1812 - Alexandria - Received of MATTHEW STONE the full amount of judgment of JOHN D. BICHTILLE & CO. against said STONE - confessed 20 October 1810 in the Parish Court of Catahoula before JUDGE HALE. /s/ JAS. J. JOHNSTON, Attorney for the Plaintiff 11B JOHN CRANE sells to WILLIAM ROE for $250 a negro girl named SUSAN 12B 4 September 1810 - JOHN SCOGGINS sells to MARY WRIGHT, Administratrix of the Estate of JOHN CARROLL, deceased some cattle. 13B 10 July 1812 - PHILIP CALDWELL sells to HENRY STAMPLEY 199 acres of land which CALDWELL had purchased of LOUIS BADANS ... Witness: JAMES STOKES, WM. J. CLARKSON and EDMUND UNDERWOOD -16- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 14B 3 September 1811 - Sale of slaves to ZADAK LEE, a negro woman named SUSAN and her child, GEORGE ... /s/ JOHN HENERY, LETICIA HENERY Witness: ISAAC PULFORD, SARAH YORK 15B 12 July 1813 - Sale of land for $300 on western bank of Ouachita River - THEOPHILIUS HUGHES to JOHN CRANE - Witness: NATHAN KING, H. HARRISON 16B THEOPHILIUS HUGHES sells to JOHN HENERY for $300 lands on Ouachita River about three miles above Little River which HUGHES purchased of JOHN LESLEY ... /s/ THEOPHILIUS HUGHES - Witness: EDWARD JOICE 17B JOHN McLAUGHLIN sells to JOHN MILLER for $1500 lands situated on Bushley adjoining lands of ABSALOM SCOGGINS - 640 acres /s/ JOHN (x) McLAUGHLIN - Witness: LLOYD DAY and ISAAC INUS 18B 9 November 1811 - MARTINEAU and LANDREAU vs. JOHN HOLLY - Judgment in the amount of $260 and five bits with 10% interest - Parish of Rapides 19B 17 September 1812 - BENJ. N. BOOTH vs. JOHN HOLLY - Defendant confesses judgment in the amount of $303. 20B 26 June 1812 - JOSIAH PRICKETT sells to MOSES BURNETT for $500 640 acres of land .. /s/ JOSIAH PICKETT - Witness: JESSE BOWDEN, SAM LEAVENS 21B JOHN S. REED appoints DICKSON SCOGGINS his true and lawful attorney p.15 to receive of MAJ. PHILLIP CALDWELL of Washita County, one horse ,now in possession of said CALDWELL, also articles of wearing apparel in possession of JOHN CRAIN and accounts of mine in the amount of $200 in the possession of THOMAS HUGHES ... /s/ JOHN REID - Witness: A. CAMPBELL, ROBT WHITE Mississippi Territory - City of Natchez 24 February 1812 JOHN S. REID 22B 27 September 1812 - State of Louisiana County of Attakapas. Sale p.17 to JOHN J. BOWIE for $300 - all my plantation lying in Ouachita on Stockley's Creek - 320 acres ... /s/ REZEN BOWIE - Witness: JESSE BOWDEN, DAVID McCLURE - 12 October 1812 23B 2 July 1812 - JAMES McCLELAND and MARY, his wife, agree to a final p.18 separation by mutual consent - MARY to have two negroes, a wench and fellow, plus one half of all personal property ... /s/ JAMES McCLELLAND, MARY (x) McCLELLAND - Witness: SAM LIGHTNER, EDW LOVELACE P.19 MARY McCLELAND wills and bequeaths her portion of property to two youngest sons, JAMES and JOHN McCLELLAND at her decease. JAMES to have negro named PETER and the child. MARTHA to have negro woman, JUDE, and the other half I give to my son, JOHN ... 24 July 1812. -17- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 24B November 1812 - ZADOCK LEE sells for $300 a tract of land on Ouachita River to WILLIAM A. PLOUDEN - Witness: ELIPHANT PLOWDEN, ARON (x) CONNER 25B ELIPHANT PLOWDEN sells for $800 to SARAH WYCHE a negro woman named CELICIE about 28 years of age and her child, EVALINE about 4 ... 26B WILLIAM A. PLOWDEN sells to SARAH WYCHE for $1400, two slaves, LOVIT and DELCEY, plus a tract of land adjoining DR. GREEN's on Ouachita, and 50 head of hogs and a bay horse ... Witness: ELIPHANT PLOWDEN, GEORGE WYCHE 27B 18 November 1812 - Promissory Note to JAMES GASTER for $400 for a negro man named JERRA /s/ JESSE PRICE - Witness: BENJ.GASTER 28B NANCY CRAIN sells to JAMES STOKES a negro girl named SUSAN, about two years and 6 months of age ... 29B WILLIAM GOLASPHY of upper Louisiana, sells to MATHEW NUGENT for $450 a negro man named FRANK about 26 years of age. /s/ WILLIAM GOLASPHY - Witness: H. HARRISON, D. McWILLIAMS 30B 23 December 1812 - IRA COLE and MOSES A. RAWSON sell to ALBERT COLE one- third tract of land containing 640 acres purchased of DAVID PHELPS (Book A Folio 117), together with saw mill and other improvements ... one-third of 31 head cattle and one-third of stock of hogs - /s/ IRA COLE, MOSES A. RAWSON 31B IRA COLE to ALBERT COLE 32B URIAH WIGGINS, SR. sells negro boy slave, CUFF, about 11 years of age to URIAH WIGGINS, JR. for $300 ... Witness: GEO. W. LOVELACE, RHESA BOWIE 33B 22 January 1813 - PHILIP CALDWELL sells negro woman named SUKEY about 21 years of age to WILLIAM STORRS for $500 ... /s/ P. CALDWELL Witness: ELISHA STEWART 34B SALLY PHELPS sells to GEORGE N. MATHEWS for $900 two negroes, DICK about 25 years of age, and woman named CATE about 47 years of age .. Witness: EDW DORSEY, CHARLES (x) MATTHEWS 35B 7 December 1813 - THOMAS BALLEW sells to JOHN J. BOWIE a negro boy named MOSES in exchange for a tract of land on the Waters of the Crocodile Stockley Creek containing 320 English acres ... /s/ THOMAS BALLEW 36B 1 February 1813 - WILLIAM ROE sells to JOHN HARRISON a negro woman named TIBY about 30 years of age for $775 ... /s/ WILLIAM ROE, JOHN (x) HARRISON -18- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - 37B 1 March 1813 - RICHARD EARLS is justly indebted to heirs of MATHEW GRAY and wife, LETITIA GRAY ... /s/ RICHARD EARL, ISAAC McNUTT 38B February 1813 - Received of ISAAC McNUTT, Curator of goods and chattels of LEONARD & JENCY McCLOCKLIN, grandson and granddaughter of MATTHEW & LETICIA GRAY, deceased, payment in full ... 39B 8 November 1799 - State of Georgia, County of Chatham GEORGE WYCHE of the County of Chatham and WILLIAM PLOWDEN and SARAH FOWLER... a marriage is intended shortly to be had and solemized between GEORGE WYCHE and SARAH FOWLER ... /s/ ABR JACKSON 22 January 1800 - Witness: JANE BLUNT, SUSANNA PLOWDEN GEORGE WYCHE being desirous to make a permanent provision for her child or children...delivers to WILLIAM PLOWDEN and SARAH FOWLER negro slaves HAMMAR, HANDY, LUKE, SARAH, MARY & CHARLES ... p-32 Sealed and delivered in the presence of JAMES (x) BLUNT and SUSANNA PLOWDEN - acknowledged and signed 22 January 1800 Recorded Book U, Folio 376, and examined 28 November 1799 Mississippi Territory - Adams County - I certify the within is recorded in Lib. B, Folio 186 & 187 and examined 10 March 1806. /s/ BENJ. LEAMENS, C.A.C.C. 40B 1 April 1809 - EDWARD LOVELACE sells 220 acres in Sicily Island to SAMUEL LIGHTNER for $400 - Witness: JOHN LOVELACE, RICH L. LOVELACE 41B 7 September 1808 - JOHN LOVELACE, SR. sells to WM. M. SMITH 600 arpens of land adjoining RICHARD LOVELACE for $1016... 42B 18 March 1813 JOHN HARRISON sells to RHESA BOWIE a negro slave named FEBEY for $480... Witness: WM. J. CLARKSON, CHARLES BALLEW 43B WILLIAM CLARKSON, Sheriff, issued Writ of Fieri Facias against the chattels of ZACHARIAH TOLAR and JOHN GALVIN at the suit of MARTIN THOMAS for benefit of ROBERT HALE - seized 400 acres of land with saw mill and grist mill ... 44B RICHARD EARL sells two negroes, DICK, father and son, in exchange for negro, PETER - exchange with JOSEPH COLLINS ... /s/ RICHARD EARL, Witness: ROBT HALL, SAML LEAVENS, JOHN BYNUM 45B 27 December 1812 - RICHARD LOVELACE sells negro man, JACK, to JOHN BOWIE, SR. /s/ RICHARD L. LOVELACE 46B 3 January 1815 - PATIENCE MECOM, County.of Rapides, sells negroes JIM about 30-35, and HANNAH, his wife, about same age, to JOHN BOWIE, SR. -19- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 47B 7 April 1815 PATIENCE MECOM acknowledgement before JUDGE LIGHTNER 48B 24 May 1814 Indenture between ALBERT COLE, Parish of Catahoula, and PHIL NICHOLS of the City of Natchez, sale of land on left side of Big Creek for $4000 ... /s/ ALBERT COLE - Witness: SARAH PERKINS, MOSES A. RAWSON, Parish of Concordia - State of Louisiana 49B 8 March 1814 - SARAH WYCHE and WILLIAM A. PLOWDEN sell negro boy, PAUL to JOHN BOWIE, SR. for $300 ... /s/ SARAH WYCHE, WILLIAM A. PLOWDEN Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, ELIZA PRATHER - 22 March 1813 50B 23 September 1813 - Cicelia Island - State of Louisiana - Catahoula Parish - ANDREW W. CATHA sells to ELI TEMPERLIN for $400, a negro girl, FILLIS, 20 years old ... Witness: FRANCIS LONG, JAMES JOHNSON 51B 23 September 1813 - ANDREW W. CATHEY acknowledges Bill of Sale 52B 15 August 1813 - SARAH BURNS of Catahoula Parish appoints JOHN RAWLS her lawful attorney.../s/ SARAH BURNS - Witness: WILLIAM BEASLEY, DAVID(x)BEASLEY 53B March 1814 - Indenture between HENRY KIPER and SAMUEL SELDON SPENCER for tract of land ... Witness: JAMES JOHNSON, FRED LAUMAN 54B Indenture between DAVID W. CATHEY and NATHAN KING for land in Sicily Island - Witness: SM SMITH, MOSES KING,@WILLIAM PICKETT 55B MICAJAH PICKETT sells negro boy sl@ave, GEORGE, about nine years old, to JOSIAH COCKRAN for $325... Witness: H. HARRISON, PHILLIP BROWN, WILLIAM STORRS 56B 1 November 1813 - Sale of Slave - ISAAC McNUTT of the Parish of Rapides to JAMES STOKES, Parish of Catahoula, two negroes, HANNAH about 15 years, and JAMES, her brother about 8 or 9 ... 57B Indenture between DAVID PHELPS and ALBERT COLE - sale of 640 acres for $4000 ...Witness: ROBT HALL, J. COLE, PETER ROW 56B Sale of Slave by JOHN HARRISON to JOSIAH J. JOHNSON ... a negro woman, RACHEL, 20 years old and her increase ... A 59B MARY WRIGHT appoints son, WILLIAM CARROLL, my true and lawful attorney to sell land ... heirs of JOHN CARROLL deceased is father of said WILLIAM CARROLL ... Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE 60B 8 March 1814 - Sale of Land - MOSES A. RAWSON to ALBERT COLE ... one-third tract of land - 640 acres - which land RAWSON and IRA COLE purchased of DAVID PHELPS (Book A, Folio 117) ... 61B Sale of Land - JAMES WRIGHT to JOSIAH JOHNSTON for $500 ... Witness: ENOCH M. LOWE, ZECH KIRKLAND -20- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA - BOOK B (continued) 62B November term 1814 - THOMAS BOLTON vs.IRA COLE - Judgment in favor of Plantiff for $1193 with interest and costs of suit... 63B Sale of Slave - JOHN HARRISON to JOSIAH JOHNSTON for $1250... negro man, SAM, negro woman, JUDY, WIL 5 years and PHIL 3 years and their increase... 64B JOHN HOLLY, Plaintiff vs. HENRY KIPER, Defendant - Judgment Jury: BENJAMIN LINDSAY, THOMAS DOGHEAS, ELIJAH FORD, JOHN BANESTER, JOHN BOWIE, SR., ANGUS BOWIE, JAMES MORGAN, JOHN GASTER, JONATHAN HAGGERTY, JAMES STOKES, JOSIAH COCHRAN, WILLIAM SHAW. $540 for the Plaintiff 65B 21 March 1814 - DAVID PHELPS appoints GEORGE N. MATTHEWS, as attorney - Witness: EDWARD DORSEY, THO H. PARKER 66B 10 October 1815 - J.A. DALLAS ... Sir, I take the liberty of letting you know by letter of the death of THOMAS H. PARKER, principal assessor for the First Collection District of the State who died on the 9th of September last which will occasion a considerable delay in the collection as the general lists have not been signed and delivered to the collector of the said district ... leaves to recommend to your honor's notice MR. WILLIAM SHAW of this Parish as assessor - well qualified to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of THO. H. PARKER as WM. SHAW has acted as a deputy under the former assessor and is well acquainted with the duties of the office. I have no doubt but the business would be conducted exact and with promptitude. 67B 5 July 1814 - WILLIAM ROW and REBECAH ROW, to JOHN HARRISON - Sale of Slave - a negro boy, BEN, 12 years old... 68B 30 November 1815 - PEGGY PARKER, the widow, and THOMAS J. PARKER, only son of THOMAS HALL PARKER, formerly of Borough of Norfolk and State of Virginia, both late of Catahoula Parish, relinquish unto PATRICK HARMANSON, right to administer estate. 69B December 1815 - NATHAN KING and ELIZA KING, County of Franklin, Mississippi Territory - MOSES KING and ELIZABETH KING, Parish of Catahoula, to FRANCES LONG, HUBBS Improvement on Sicily Island... 70B 26 September 1814 - DUKE McWILLIAMS appoints ROBERT ROGERS my true and lawful attorney - land in Morgan County, South Carolina in the Possession of ELI ROGERS... Witness: FRED LAUMAN, DUKE BANKS 71B HENRY KIPER to HENRY STAMPLEY - Sale of Slave - two negro women, CHARLOTTE about 20, a boy, NELSON, about 4 - for $500 72B April 1814 - Sale of Slave - negro boy CUFF to ROBERT ROE by URIAH WIGGINS for $300... -21 CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 73B Sale of Slave - RHESA BOWIE to JOHN HARRISON for $220 - a negro boy, HENRY, about 6 years old ... 74B 19 April 1814 - Bill of Sale - JOHN HARRISON 75B Bill of Sale - MOSES RAWSON paid JOSIAH PRICKET $500. 76B 10 September 1814 - Indenture between JOHN BANNISTER and JOHN ERWIN and JACOB HEABERLING for two parcels of land - $1300 77B 8 October 1814 - EDWARD BULLEN, individual of the Territory of Little Missouri and District of Arkansas, appoint JOHN BULLIN of Natchez, my true and lawful attorney to recover from JOHN CLARK and SPENCER and others of the Parish of Catahoula ... Witness: JOHN FOSTER, ALEC. 0. WETMORE, JOHN BETTY 78B 8 October 1814 - JOHN PETTY, JOHN FOSTER, EDWIN BULLIN 79B JOSIAH JOHNSTON, Judge of the Sixth District - HENRY TURNER & CO. 80B JOHN HARRISON sale to CHARLES B. HARVEY of parcel of land for $100 on the western bank of the Ouachita River. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: WILLIAM CLARKSON, CRANE, PHILIP BROWN 81B Sale of Slave - THOMAS H. PARKER to JESSE BOWDEN - a negro man named TED and a negro woman, ROSE ... /s/ THOMAS H. PARKER, PATRICK HERMENSON - Witness: ELISHA STUART, SAM NELSON 82B Sale of Slave - 14 September 1815 - JOHN CRAIN to JESSE WIATT $220 for negro girl named SUSAN about 5 years old ... 83B MOSES KING appoints worthy friend, FRANCIS LONG, true and lawful attorney for the purpose of settling and paying to RICHARD LOVELACE a sum of money .... Witness: WM SHAW, W.M. SMITH, JACOB BILLEW 84B MOSES KING paid RICHARD LOVELACE $2,646.00. p.67 85B July 1816 - Sale of Slave - WILLIAM STORRS to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, a negro woman named SUCKEY, female child MARY ANN under 10. 86B 19 August 1816 - GENERAL PHILLIP CALDWELL, PETER LANBERCAZE and his wife, EUGENE LANBERCAZE, formerly EUGENE BADINS, daughter and heir at law of LOUIS BADINS ... 87B Sale of Slave - JOHN BOWIE of the County of Rapides - to PATIENCE MECOM - two negroes - JACK, a fellow about 23 years old, and PAUL a boy 12 or 13. Witness: JOHN BOWIE, RHESA BOWIE -22- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 88B SAMUEL LIGHTNER, GEORGE W. LOVELACE, NANCY HOOTER, RICHARD LOVELACE, SARAH WALL, THOMAS LOVELACE sale of tract of land in the Parish of Catahoula for $1016 to WILLIAM M. SMITH - agreement dated 7 September 1808 - between JOHN LOVELACE, SR. and the said WILLIAM M. SMITH. /s/ SAM LIGHTNER, G.W. LOVELACE, NANCY (x) HOOTER, R.L. LOVELACE for EDWARD LOVELACE by G.W. LOVELACE, JOHN LOVELACE, JR., SARAH WALL, THOMAS LOVELACE by RICHARD L. LOVELACE, atty in fact. Witness: JAMES DESHA, NEIL BAKER 89B Sale of Slave - PATIENCE MECOM to STEPHEN PRATHER - a negro man named JACK, 24 or 25 years old. Witness: JOHN BOWIE, JOSEPH COLLINS 90B 1 August 1815 - Indenture between SARAH WYCHE, Parish of Catahoula, County of Rapides, and STEPHEN PRATHER, for Sale of Slaves - $1000 paid for HANNAH 40-50 years, HARDY 20-25 years, SARAH 22-23 years, LOUIS 5-6 years, MARY 2 years, CHARLES 6-8 months ... /s/ SARAH (x) WYCHE. Witness: ZACH MARTAN, ELIPHANT PLOWDEN 91B 19 August 1816 - PETER LAUBERCAZE and EUGENE BADIN, wife of said LAUBERCAZE, she being the heir at law of LOUIS BADINS, and represented by her said husband and PHILLIP CALDWELL ... 92-B 7 April 1815 - JOHN BOWIE paid $150 to PATIENCE MECOM for negro boy named ANTONIO (yellow complected) about 4 years old ... /s/ STEPHEN PRATHER - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE 93B JAMES PATTON grants unto his daughter, POLLY HODGE, 25 head of horned cattle, 4 cows branded, 50 head of hogs, one feather bed ... /s/ JAMES (x)PATTON - Witness: EDWARD LOVELACE 94B 29 April 1815 - Indenture between JOHN HEABERLING of the County of Jefferson, Mississippi, and HENRY KIPER - for 640 acres of land in Catahoula Parish ... /s/ JOHN HABERLING 95B WILLIAM WHATLEY received $500 from SAMUEL GRAY for negro woman slave SUCKY for life. /s/ WILLIAM WHATLEY - Witness: JOHN BOWIE, JOHN J.BOWIE 96B 12 October 1815 - Indenture between ELISHA STEWART and BENJAMIN CORBIT sale of 230 112 acres ... /s/ ELISHA STEWART, POLLY STEWART Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, ELIJAH (x) WHATLEY 97B I November 1815 - RICHARD L. LOVELACE appoints GEORGE W. LOVELACE his true and lawful attorney and agent re: tract of land in Sicily Island, State of Louisiana ... /s/ R.L. LOVELACE - Witness: G.V. MATTHEWS, L.G. LOVELACE 98B 7 March 1818 - ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND paid $300 to JOHN HARRISON for former property of JOSEPH MOCK lying on Sicily Island at the foot of the Pine Hills ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: STACEY HODKINS, HENRY ROGERS ... -23- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 99B 25 October 1815 - JOEL LOCKETT sells to WILLIAM WHATLEY an improvement on tract of land adjoining URIAH WIGGINS, also my corn supposed to be 60 bushels, more or less, 2 barrels rice, 1 shovel plow, 5 pewter plates, 1 pewter dish, 5 table forks, 3 knives, 1 bushel peas, 2 iron pots ... /s/ IVE LOCKETT' Witness: URIAH WIGGINS, MARGRETA (x) WIGGINS 1OOB 23 January 1818 - MOSES A. RAWSON sells to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND land on Bayou Cocodre west side of Ouachita River for $300 Witness: WM. E. PARKER, HENRY POPE 101B 9 March 1818 - Indenture between JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA, his wife, AND ZACHARIAH T. KIRKLAND. HARRISON sells tract of land in Town of Harrisonburg to KIRKLAND for $120 - Lot #2, Sq. 3 fronting on Main St. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, LUCRETIA (x) HARRISON, Witness: WM. E. PARKER, ROGERS B. MARSHALL 102B 9 March 1818 - JOHN HARRISON and wife, LUCRETIA, sell to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND tract of land in Town of Harrisonburg - Lot #3 Sq. 8, fronting on Main St. for $200 ... Witness: ROGER B. MARSHALL, JOHN HOOD 103B 21 November 1815 - JAMES STOKES paid $200 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for tract of land on western bank of Ouachita River... Witness: W.J. CLARKSON, WILLIAM STORRS, JOHN L. SMITH 104B 7 July 1817 - In the 41st Year of American Independence Sale of 640 acres (Cert. BN0555, Register 42 bearing date of May 25, 1811) on Waters of Hemphill Creek - Between EDWARD BULLIN District of Arkansas and Territory of Missouri, JOHN CLARK of the City of New Orleans, and SAMUEL SELDEN SPENCER of the Parish of Catahoula. /s/ EDWARD (x) BULLIN - Witness: WILLIAM BROWN, PHILIP-BROWN 105B 27 December 1815 - MICAJAH PICKETT paid $834 to PHILIP CALDWELL for sale of plantation - 970 acres - in the Prairie Jacob ... PHILIP CALDWELL purchased from LOUIS BADINS beginning on CHARLES MILLS line ... /s/ PHILIP CALDWELL Witness: FRANCIS LONG, PHILIP BROWN, MICAJAH PICKETT, JR. 106B 14 January 1815 - JOHN SHULTS sells to JOHN HARVEY a tract of land SHULTS settled and improved in the year 1802 with the leave and consent of the Spanish Government, north side of Red River, six miles above the rapides and nearly opposite WILLIAM BROWN's plantation where it corners on said river ... for $600. /s/ JOHN (x)SHULTS, Witness: JACOB YORK, GARRETTARY COX, JACOB KIESER 107B 2 March 1815 - JOSEPH KIMBALL received a note on 4 March 1813 from JACOB BUTLER for five cows and calves which said note became due on the lst day of January 1815. Said note is lost or mislaid so that it cannot be found and complete satisfaction has been made on said note. /s/ JOSEPH KIMBLE. -24- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 108B PATIENCE MECOM paid $500 for negro woman CHANEY about 25 years old ... /s/ STEPHEN PRATHER, ELIZA PRATHER - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, JOSEPH COLLINS 109B 5 May 1813 - JOHN LOVELACE appoints RICHARD LOVELACE his true and lawful attorney to convey the deed in fee simple on tract of land (320 acres) in Sicily Island to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND (March 1807).. /s/ JOHN LOVELACE - Witness: THOMAS B. REED, M.H. McCOMAS, ALLEN D. WITHER p.96 3 November 1812 - REASON BOWIE sells to JOHN J. BOWIE 640 acres joining WILLIAM DOSS on one side and the overflowed lands of the Mississippi on the other on Bushley and in the Prairie of Catahoula for $640... /s/ REASON BOWIE - Witness: JOHN SANDERS, JOHN RUTLEDGE January 15, 1815 110B EDWARD LOVELACE appoints RICHARD L. LOVELACE attorney to sign a deed of conveyance as security for tract of land - from JOHN LOVELACE, JR. to WILLIAM M. SMITH - 6oo arpens in Sicily Island /s/ EDWARD LOVELACE Witness: JOHN FOSTER, MICHAEL HOOTER 111B 6 June 1815 - GEORGE HOOKE assignment of ROBERT KEY vs. RICHARD BALLARD - Judgment for the Plaintiff $177.93 and costs of suit. 112B JAMES LEAVINS appoints SPENCER GRIFFIN as attorney to dispose of lands which he holds in Knox County, State of Indiana.., /s/ JAMES LEAVANS - Witness: DAVID PHELPS, G.W. LOVELACE 113B 31 July 1814 - State of Louisiana, Parish of Rapides - before WM. CANNON, Judge of Parish, appeared JOSIAH T. JOHNSTON - for $2500 sells 640 acres situated on the Ouachita River in the Parish of Catahoula and on which the Courthouse of the Parish of- Catahoula is now situated, all purchased at Sheriff Sale as the property of OLIVER J. MORGAN and since conveyed by general warrantee to JOHN HARRISON .../s/ JOS. S. JOHNSTON, JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: WM FRISTOE, CHARLES CURTIS - 31 July 1814 114B 20 February 1816 - Indenture between JOHN HARRISON and ROBERT NOBLE NOBLE paid $270 for land on west side of Ouachita River - said land purchased from JOSIAH S. JOHNSTON ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: NEIL W. NAUGHTON, PETER ROW 115B 17 January 1819 - HENRY GUTHERY of the Parish of Catahoula sold to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND for $50 improvement made by GUTHERY in 1810 in Sicily Island and joining the improvement made by JOSEPH MACK in his lifetime... /s/ HENRY GUTHERY - Witness: WM. E. PARKER, HENRY ROGERS 116B WILLIAM BROWN, JR. paid #350 for tract of land in Sicily Island on which I lately lived and on which FRANCIS LONG lived the last year. The said tract of land being claimed by the United States. I am in no wise to be considered bound for title to said land /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: W.J. CLARKSON, JON CRANE -25- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 117B 3 April 1816 - Indenture between RICHARD L. LOVELACE and SAMUEL LIGHTNER - LIGHTNER paid $600 for 640 acres in Sicily Island fronting on overflowed swamp ... /s/ R.L. LOVELACE - Witness: G.W. MATHEWS, G.W. LOVELACE, L.S. LOVELACE 118B 24 November 1816 - JAMES STOKES paid $100 for piece of ground 100 ft. square called the Courthouse Tract purchased of JOSIAH JOHNSTON /s/ JOHN(x)HARRISON - Witness: JN CRAIN, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, JOHN DODDRIGE 119B Articles of Agreement between JOHNATHAN HAGGERTY and SAMUEL LEAVONS - exchange of lands between EDWARD JOICE and JOHN HAGERTY ... /s/ SAMUEL LEAVENS, JOHNATHAN HAGERTY - Witness: R. HALL, DAVID McCLEUR 120B 27 December 1816 - Before me, OLIVER J. MORGAN, Judge, Parish of Ouachita, appeared PIERRE LOUBERCAZE, Merchant Parish of Ouachita, and JOHN L. SMITH, Merchant of the Parish of Catahoula---gives bond for land in the Prairie of Jacob, known by the name of HICKORY GROVE TRACT, purchased by said PIERRE LOUBERCAZE from PHILIP CALDWELL 1000 acres - Witness: CONRAD LINDMAN, C.T. BOSSMAN 121B 5 August 1815 - Indenture between JOHN HENERY (for sum of $100) and WILLIAM J. CLARKSON - sale to CLARKSON of lot situated near the Courthouse and near Ferry landing on the Ouachita, and the lot on which the stable lately stood and being the lot which the said HENERY lately purchased from JOHN HARRISON ... /s/ JOHN HENERY Witness: MOSES A. RAWSON, PHILIP CALDWELL, ROBERT TAYLOR 122B 23 November 1815 - RICHARD L. LOVELACE paid $1600 to JOHN LIGHTNER for 640 acres in Sicily Island ... /s/ JOHN LIGHTNER Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, G.V. MATHEWS, J:L. LOVELACE 123B 5 March 1817 - EUGENE TOUBERCAZE, wife of PIERRE TOUBERCAZE, resident of Ouachita Parish, sold to W. SAMUEL NELSON of the Parish of Catahoula, land for $1000 ... near Turkey and Deer Creek - 500 acres at mouth of Deer Creek ... 124B Recorded June 1818 (hard to read) - REUBEN SUTTON, RACHEL SUTTON, and RACHEL ALLEN, daughter of said RACHEL SUTTON - $300 paid by ROBERT CALDWELL and GEORGE CAMSTER, Missouri Territory, County of. St. Geneive, to JOSEPH ALLEN - 640 acres. RACHEL SUTTON formerly RACHEL ALLEN, and RACHEL ALLEN daughter of RACHEL SUTTON ... Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, C.B. HARVEY 125B 7 April 1817 - Indenture between JOHN HILL and ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND $100 paid by JOHN HILL for certain improvement on HOOTER BAYOU in Island of Sicily, of MICHAEL HOOTER, deceased, and on n/e lands owned by JOHN RICHARD and EDWARD LOVELACE ... /s/ JOHN HILL Witness: WILLIAM CLARKSON, PHILIP CALDWELL -26- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 126B 9 July 1817 - JOHN HARRISON and wife, LUCRETIA, brought into the community $400 which came to her by descent from the estate of her father, JOSEPH MOCK ... in consideration of the sum of $400 JOHN HARRISON delivers to the said LUCRETIA and her heirs two lots of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg, Lots #2 and 3, Sq. 3 in full payment of said $400 ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, LUCRETIA (X) HARRISON - Witness: JOHN M. NUTT, GEORGE HAMILTON 127B ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND sells to WILLIAM E. PARKER for $2,266.62 negro slaves CUFFY, DENBO, MARY, DAPHNY, ADAM and PETER ... Witness: ISAAC MILLER, JOHN THROCK 128B 1 December 1817 - JOHN J. BOWIE paid $1500 to ROBERT NOBLES for lot of land in Town of Harrisonburg, part of the Courthouse Tract, house and parcel of ground ... /s/ ROBERT (x) NOBLES, JOHN J. BOWIE Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, CHARLES CRAIG 129B JAMES STOKES paid JOHN HARRISON $700 for parcel of ground and two lots in Town of Harrisonburg, #I, #2 Sq. 2 on Main St. Witness: ROBERT (x) NOBLES, JOHN J. BOWIE 130B 4 March 1818 - Bill of Sale - JOHN HARRISON paid $1500 to NANCY BOWIE for negro man, TOM about 35 years old, also HANNAH, his wife, about 35 years old... /s/ NANCY BOWIE - Witness: WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, JAMES STOKES, JOHN J. BOWIE 131B 12 April 1817 - Between SAMUEL LIGHTNER, and his wife, ELIZABETH and WILLIAM E. PARKER, for $3200 paid by said PARKER for parcel of land on LOVELACE LAKE in Sicily Island, granted by the Board of Commissioners for the Western District of Orleans Territory to JOHN BOWIE, SR., then the County of Rapides, by Certificate dated 7 May 1812, #B.N. 1965 Register N. 24, 640 acres.. /s/ SAMUEL LIGHTNER, ELIZABETH LIGHTNER - Witness: JOHN T. OWNES, MICHAEL K.- HOOTER, G.W. LOVELACE 132B 6 September 1817 - JOHN HARRISON for the natural love and affection for my daughter, BETSY, who has intermarried with FREDERICK SHAMMET and in order to give her a marriage portion as a share of what she has a right to expect at my death as one of my heirs ... lot or parcel of land on Ouachita being a tract on which I now reside and sold to me by JOHN STOKES ... shall not erect a ferry boat. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, BETSY (x)SHAMMET - Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, ISAAC M. NUTT 29 December 1817 - I.O.U. - JOHN CRANE justly indebted to MS. HANNEL WHITE of New Orleans - $927.81 - Witness: WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, CHARLES BALLEW 133B JOHN HARRISON sells to LUCRETIA HARRISON for $700 a negro woman, HANNAH ... 134B 3 February 1818 - Land deal between PETER TOUBERCAZE, Merchant, and resident of Ouachita Parish - and ELISHA STEWART of the Parish of Catahoula - $1000 paid by STEWART for land hear HENRY OBERRY's field purchased from PHILIP CALDWELL who purchased it from LOUIS BADINS. /s/ PIERRE TOUBERCAZE, EUGENE T8HRRYCAZE, ELISHA STEWART - Witness: HENRIETTA TOUBERCASE, CHARLES R -27- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 135B 7 April 1818 - DAVID EARL paid $200 to JOHN HARRISON for lot of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg, 100 feet fronting on Sicily St., 150 feet back - Sq. #3, Lot #5 ... Witness: ELISHA STEWART, JOHN L. SMITH 136B 7 April 1818 - WILLIAM SQUIRES, SR. paid $150 to SARAH SCOGGINS for a tract of land - 100 acres - lying on the Bushley being 100 acres conveyed to ABSALOM SCOGGINS by JOHN McGLOUGHLIN ... Witness: JESSE WYATT, ELISHA WHATLEY 137B 7 April 1818 - JOHN GREEN paid SAMUEL GRAY $1000 for parcel of land on Gray's Creek - 640 acres ... /s/ SAM (x) GRAY, JOHN GREEN Witness: W.M. SMITH, WM BROWN, JUN. 138B 2 July 1817 - JOHN A. TEXADA paid $250 for a Mulatoe girl named EMELINE about seven years old, it being property which fell to me from the estate of my father, WILLIAM PLOWDEN ... s/ ELIPHANT PLOWDEN - Witness: SARAY ANN (x) WYCHE, STEPHEN PRATHER 139B 8 July 1817 - STEPHEN R. WILSON paid $600 to JOHN CRAIN for a negro woman, FENDER, and her female child, CHANSY ... /s/ JOHN CRAIN, STEPHEN R. WILSON - Witness: HENERY WYCHE, WILLIAM STORRS 140B 3 September 1817 - Bill of Sale - ELIZABETH DUNN and LUCY LEWIS, heirs of WILLIAM LEWIS, do for value received sell certain improvement near Bayou Mason adjoining HARMAN DASH to ABEL RAWLS ... /s/ ELIZABETH (x) DUNN, LUCY LEWIS - Witness: GABRIEL RAWLS 141B 1 March 1818 - ISAAC McNUTT, Curator of JOHN McNUTT, deceased, vs. JOHN CRANE, JOHN HOLLY, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, JOHN J. BOWIE, JOHN IRVING - $795.00 final judgment against defendants ... 142B 13 February 1818 - We the undersigned do hereby certify that we have examined DR. JOHN DODDRIDGE who is by this certificate licensed to practice medicine in any part of the State of Louisiana. /s/ J.W. CANNON, J. REPPREE, DANIEL GEISER, Members of Board of Physicians - Western District - Alexandria, 9 February 1818 We the undersigned do hereby certify .... examined DR. DAVID PHELPS. /s/ (same as above) (same date) 143B 4 February 1817 - JESSE WYATT sells negro woman, ROSE, to JESSE BOWDEN FOR $500 ... /s/ JESSE BOWDEN - Witness: FRANCIS LONG, ANGUS BOWIE 144B WILLIAM M. SMITH paid $75.00 for certain improvement of land at the Pine Hills known by the name of CAMERON PLACE and by said NATHAN CAMERON willed to JAMES BROWN ... /s/ PHILIP BROWN, JOHN CRAIN Witness: G.V. MATHEWS, SAM LIGHTNER -28- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 145B RICHARD EARLS sells negro man slave named PETER to DAVID EARLS for $900... /s/ RICHARD EARL - Witness: G.V. MATTHEWS, FRED LAUMAN 146B 16 July 1818 - GEORGE W. LOVELACE for and in consideration of $600 bind myself to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for good and sufficient title to 300 arpents ... 147B EDMUND UNDERWOOD paid $1000 to JOHN CRAIN for certain improvement of land on Ouachita River ... /s/ JOHN CRAIN Witness: DAN WIGGINS, FRED LAUMAN 148B EDWARD SOLEMAN paid $300 to JOHN BROWN for lot or parcel of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg fronting on Main St., 50 ft. on Bushley St. being 112 lot Sq. #3 ... /s/ JOHN BROWN, ED SOLEMAN - Witness: F.G. BALLEW, SAML LEAVENS 149B WILLIAM LANINS paid JOHN HARRISON $180 for parcel of land being on the main road leading from Harrisonburg to Bushley.../s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: ROBERT A. PATTERSON, EDWARD DORSEY 150B 12 May 1818 - ROBERT PATTERSON to pay $100 as cabinet maker's work to JOHN HARRISON for lot of ground, #5, Sq. 7, in Town of Harrisonburg. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, ROBERT PATTERSON - Witness: WILLIAM BYRNE ANGUS BOWIE 151B JAMES MILLER of Wilson County, State of Tennessee, sell to JAMES STOKES for $1000 two negro women, CATY & HALLAN - Caty about 37 HALLAN about 30... /s/ JAMES MILLER - Witness: WM. J. CLARKSON, JOHN HOLLY, JOHN THROCK 152B 12 May 1818 - JOHN J. BOWIE sells to EDWARD SOLEMAN for $1500 lot and parcel of ground in Town of Harrisonburg which ROBERT NOBLES purchased from JOHN HARRISON and afterwards conveyed by said NOBLES to JOHN J.BOWIE house and outhouses ... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE, ED SOLEMAN - Witness: JOHN BOWIE, ROBERT A. PATTERSON 153B 15 May 1818 - JOHN HOLLEY paid $11 to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for quit claim on certain tract of land on Hemphill Creek which was purchased at Sheriff Auction - said to be property of SAMUEL WINGULA - 60 acres. s/ WM. J. CLARKSON - Witness: JAMES STOKES, C.B. HARVEY 154B WILLIAM SHAW sells to CHARLES B. HARVEY for $600 one quarter section that the said HARVEY conveyed to SHAW - crop now on the ground. /s/ WM SHAW - Witness: JOSEPH SQUYRES, THOMAS (x) HARVEY 155B 9 July 1818 - ISAAC PULFORD paid $100 to JOHN HARRISON for piece of land in the Town of Harrisonburg - 1/2 lot on the public square front part running on Bushley St ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, ISAAC PULFORD - Witness: F. BALLEW, J. DOUGHERTY 156B 9 July 1818 - JAMES DOUGHERTY paid $650 to ROGER B. MARSHALL for certain house and lot of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg fronting on Bushley St... /s/ ROGER B. MARSHALL, J. DOUGHERTY Witness: ISAAC PULFORD, CALEB C. KING -29- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 157B 21 December 1815 - LUKE DEVONE, State of Louisiana, County of Rapides, appoint DAVID DEVONE my true and lawful attorney to ask, demand, sue, recover, and receive from JAMES NEWELL, a certain conditional bond drawn on JAMES BLACK in my favor - $100 ... /s/ LUKE (x) DEVONE - Witness: STEPHEN PRATHER, FREDERICK (x) SHAMMIT - 13 July 1818 158B 9 July 1818 - Parish paid JOHN HARRISON and wife, LUCRETIA, $25 for use of land 100 feet on Bushley St., depth of 200 feet for use of Parish. 159B 18 July 1818 - Indenture between HARMAN DASH, JUN. and HARMAN DASH, SR. JUNIOR gives to SENIOR in trust for his three children, WILLIAM DASH, JOHN DASH and JAMES MADISON DASH, all the property that JUNIOR has now or May have at his death both real and personal.../s/ HARMEN DASH,JR. Witness: R.S. LOVELACE, FRANCIS WALL 160B DAVID EARL sells to JAMES STOKES for $1000 a negro man, PETER, about 23 years old ... /s/ DAVID EARL, JAMES STOKES - Witness: ROBT HALL, JOHN L. SMITH 161B 8 August 1818 - GEORGE LOVELACE paid $750 to ROBERT NOBLES for a negro girl, VINE... /s/ ROBERT (x) NOBLES, JAS WRIGHT, ZACH MARTARD 162B RICHARD KING paid $280 to ROBERT NOBLES for parcel of land in the Town of Harrisonburg called the Courthouse Lot, #4, Sq. I /s/ ROBERT (x) NOBLES - Witness: ED GOLDMAN, JAMES WELERS, JOHN BROWN 163B 10 August 1818 - JACOB HABERLIN and PHILIP CALDWELL entered into a partnership selling merchandise under the firm of HABERLING & CO. as well as in the merchandise they have already bought one year from the first of January next unless they have sooner dissolved. Witness: G.V. MATTHEWS, JOSEPH ADAMS 164B 10 August 1818 - CHARLES CRAIG paid to JOHN BROWN $150 for lot of ground in Town of Harrisonburg. Witness: WM. J. CLARKSON, REUBEN SUTTON 165B 2 August 1818 - WIER & GREENLEE paid JAMES GREENLEE $200 for a lot or parcel of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg fronting on Bushley St. purchased from JOHN HARRISON 8 February 1818. /s/ JAMES GREENLEE WIER & GREENLEE - Witness: ISAAC PULFORD, JAMES (x) CONELY 166B 18 September 1818 - JACOB HUMPHRIES paid $100 to JOHN HARRISON for 25 acres ... 167B 19 September 1818 - RACHEL SUTTON paid $300 for parcel of land in the Town of Harrisonburg - 100 ft. on the Public Square with a depth of 75 feet on Bushley St. being one half of the lot of FLEMING G. BALLEW purchased from JOHN HARRISON. Witness: DAVID PHELPS, EDW DORSEY -30- First Settlers continued.... at