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) 168B 11 September 1818 - NANCY HARVEY bought from JOHN HARRISON three lots in the Town of Harrisonburg - #7 in Sq. 3, #2 in Sq. 2 and #4 and 5 for $500 ... Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, JAS FLOWERS, JOHN J. BOWIE 169B 7 October 1818 - GEORGE JOHN ROGERS paid $480 to JOSIAH T. JOHNSTON for 480 superficial arpens on Brisly Fork of Bushley Creek ...Witness: T. SCOTT, JOHN H. JOHNSTON 170B 10 October 1818 - PHILIP CALDWELL sells to BENJAMIN CORBIT for p.154 $1500 a tract of land in the Prairie Jacob known as the CALDWELL PLACE - a dwelling house and outhouses being house ROBERT TAYLOR now lives in ... Witness: GREENLEE, ED DORSEY 171B 10 October 1818 - WILLIAM GRIFFIN pays ROBERT PATTERSON $75 for lot of ground in Town of Harrisonburg ... Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, ROBT HALL 172B October 1818 - JONATHAN HAGERTY paid $970 to JAMES G. HAMLETT and JOHN BAUCOM for negro boy RILEY, sound in body and mind, and about 16 years old ...Witness: JAMES STOKES, G.V. MATHEWS 173B BENJAMIN GASTER paid $1680 to JAMES 6. HAMLETT and JOHN BAUCOM for negro girl, EADY about 14 years old, and DELPHIA about 13 years old and their future increase ... Witness: JAMES STOKES, G.V. MATHEWS 174B 24 October 1818 - JAMES HARRISON paid $200 to JOHN HARRISON for parcel of ground in Town of Harrisonburg, Lot #3 and 4, Sq. #9... Witness: FREDERICK (x) SHAMMIT 175B FREDERICK SHAMMIT paid $100 to JOHN HARRISON for piece or parcel of ground in Town of Harrisonbdrg being the lot or fraction of lot #3 and 4, Sq. 10 ... Witness: FRANCIS LONG, WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE 176B 24 October 1818 - JOHN HARRISON sells to LUCRETIA HARRISON for $250 a parcel of land ... 177B JOHN HARRISON/JAMES GREENLEE (cannot read microfilm) p.161 178B 24 October 1818 - JOHN HARRISON sells to LUCRETIA HARRISON for $250 land on Sicily Street in Harrisonburg, Lots #2, 3 in Sq. 4 ... 179B 24 October 1818 - WILLIAM BROWN, JR. sells to EDWARD COCHRAN for $700 an improvement on Sicily Island known as "Harrison's Old Place"... Witness: MICHAEL K. HOOTER, G.N. MATTHEWS p.161 JAMES GREENLEE paid $200 to JOHN HARRISON for parcel of ground in Harrisonburg ... Witness: ELISHA STEWART, EDWARD DORSEY /s/ JAMES HARRISON (no mark), JAMES GREENLEE 180B 31 October 1818 - PHILIP BROWN now settled and inhabiting a t@lkct of land in the County of Rapides, Territory of Orleans.. ' I began to improve about the year 1811 and never since moved from the Territory or State, but continued to live and improve said tract ... sell to JACOB B. FOWLER for $200 ... Witness: MATHEWS, G.W. LOVELACE -31- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 181B 31 October 1818 - WILLIAM BALLARD and HYN BYRD now settled and inhabiting tract of land in the County of Rapides, Parish of Catahoula, Territory of Orleans ... I,began to improve in the year 1808 and never since removed ... sell to JACOB B. FOWLER for $1000 ... and lands claimed by MRS. HAIGGINS ... /s/ WILLIAM (x) BALLARD, HIRAM BYRD .. Witness: MATTHEWS, G.W. LOVELACE 182B 31 October 1818 - ROADY HUGGINS, County of Rapides, sell lands he has inhabited since 1808 to JACOB FOWLER for $700 - lands adjoining lands of WILLIAM BALLARD on Deer Creek ... /s/ RODY (x) HUGGINS,.. Witness: MATHEWS, G.W. LOVELACE 183B 2 November 1818 - WILLIAM J. CLARKSON pays $250 to JOHN HARRISON and p.166 his wife, LUCRETIA, for Lot #3, Sq. #4 in Town of Harrisonburg, on north corner of Bushley St. & Main St ... Witness: DAVID PHELPS, PHILIP CALDWELL 184B 2 November 1818 - EDWARD GOLDMAN is held and firmly bound unto ROBERT NOBLES in the penal sum of $3,000 ... 185B JAMES DAUGHTERY paid $250 to JOHN HARRISON and JAMES HARRISON for Lot #2, Sq. #11 in Harrisonburg ... Witness: JACOB WILDS, CALEB KING 186B November 1818 - JOHN SPREUILLS paid $100 to JOHN HARRISON for two lots ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, JOHN (x) SPREWEL .. Witness: ICHABOO OSBORN, WILLIAM (x) SQUIRES 187B COPY JUDGMENT $795.00 - ISAAC NUTT, Curator and the ESTATE OF JOHN NUTT, deceased, VS. JOHN CRAIN, JOHN HOLLY, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, JOHN J. BOWIE, JACOB HAEBERLING and JOHN IRVIN 188B 9 December 1818 - ISAAC McNUTT, Curator of ESTATE OF JOHN McNUTT, deceased vs. JOHN HOLLEY - Judgment $316.00 188B LUCRETIA HARRISON paid $250 to JOHN HARRISON for a tract of land in (dupl the Town of Harrisonburg on Sicily Street bounded on the east by no.) lands of said HARRISON and on the west by lots of JOHN PRITCHARD. p-162 Lots #2, 3 of Sq. #4 ... Witness: WILLIAM BRYMBERY, FREDERICK (x) SHAMMIT No.# I, DANIEL WIGGINS of the Parish of Catahoula, sell to ALEXANDER BOULLER of the City of Natchez, State of Mississippi, an improvement on Sicily Island joining CAPT. LIGHTNER on the west and CARRIDINES CLAIM on the east for the sum of $500 --first proved by DOCTOR DAVID PHELPS and others ... /s/ DANIEL WIGGINS..Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, DAVID PHELPS 189B WILLIAM J. CLARKSON sells to JOHN CRANE lot of ground joining Town of Harrisonburg with storehouse and all buildings, improvements being the same purchased by CLARKSON from CRANE 22 November 1817, plus two certain lots of ground bounded by ROBERT NOBLES, Lots #1, Sq.@#1 adjoining JOHN J. BOWIE's lot, late the property of ROBERT NOBKES. Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, D.J. SUTTON -32- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 190B 8 February 1819 - FLEMING G. BALLEW stands justly indebted to the Estate of JOHN McNUTT deceased in the sum of $133.67 and gives note for same. Morgages house and lot. /s/ F.G. BALLEW ... Witness: JAMES STOKES, ROBERT NOBLES 191B 25 January 1819 - FLEMING G. BALLEW becomes indebted to MRS. RICHARD KING for $157.00. Mortgages house and lot he now resides in next to RUBIN SUTTON, household and kitchen furnishings, four cows and calves with their increase, two sows, and pigs ... /s/ F.G. BALLEW... Witness: EDW DORSEY, JOHN RATCLIFF 26 January 1819 - In addition to within mortgage, I mortgage to the said MRS. KING one cow that I bought of ROBERT RODGERS, also my house joiners and carpenters tools and everything that belongs to me in the Parish of Catahoula consisting of real and personal... /s/ F.G. BALLEW - Witness: JOHN RATCLIFF, B. GOLDMAN, WM SHAW 192B ROGER B. MARSHALL of the Parish of Rapides, for an in consideration of a note drawn by SKAGGS & ANDERSON for $500, convey lot or parcel of ground in Town of Harrisonburg on Bushley St., adjoining lots of HABERLINGS and JAMES DAUGHTERY. /s/ ROGER B. MARHSLL, SKAGGS & ANDERSON ... Witness: ED GOLDMAN, JAMES WILLIS 193B 25 November 1818 - THOMAS SPREWELL paid $100 to JOHN HARRISON for tract of land in Town of Harrisonburg containing two lots of one acre each. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, THOMAS C. SPRUILL - Witness: JEHABOO OSBORN, WILLIAM (x) SQUIRES 194B 26 November 1818 - ABRAHAM ADAMS now settled and inhabiting the hereinafter described tract of land in the County of Rapides... said tract I began to improve in Mareh 1814 ... for $120 sell to WILLIAM BLOUNT ... land lies on Deer Creek adjoining lands claimed by WM DUGGINS /s/ ABRAHAM ADAMS... Witness: LEANDREW DUGGINS, JACOB McDANIEL 195B LEANDREW DUGGINS (cannot read microfilm) Witness: JACOB McDANIEL, ABRAHAM ADAMS 196B JACOB McDANIEL now settled on tract of land in Rapides Parish which I began to improve in January 1809 and never since moved ... sell to WILLIAM BLOUNT for $100. 197B WILLIAM BUNCH now settled on tract of land since 1814 and never since removed ... sell for $200 to WILLIAM BLUNT ... WILLIAM (x) BUNCH ... Witness: DAVID (x) BRIGGS, CAMILLE C. LIGHTNER 198B 7 December 1818 - JAMES DAUGHERTY paid $230 to CHARLES LILES for lot in Harrisonburg on Sicily Street... purchased from JOHN HARRISON. /s/ CHARLES LILES, J. DAUGHERTY - Witness: WILLIAM TAYLOR, ELISHA STEWART 199B 7 December 1818 - WILLIAM GRIFFIN paid $65 to ROBERT A. PATTERTON for lot in Harrisonburg ... bounded on the east by the Public Square ... /s/ ROBERT A. PATTERSON, WILLIAM GRIFFIN - Witness: ISAAC PULFORD, J. DAUGHERTY -33- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 200B 8 December 1818 - JOHN IRVIN paid $2500 to JACOB HEABERLING for one half of the negroes, TOM, MOSES, RACHEL, MALINDA and JO and one half of all stock, horses, cattle, hogs and one half household furniture ... /s/ JACOB HAEBERLING - Witness: WM. J. CLARKSON, JAMES WILLIS 201B MOSES A. RAWSON paid $200 to JOHN HARRISON for fraction of a lot in .185 Harrisonburg ... fronting on Sicily St. and running with Bushley St. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, MOSES A. RAWSON -- Witness: WM. J. CLARKSON, ISAAC PULFORD 202B 14 December 1818 - MARY McDANIEL and BENHAMIN CORBIT are held and firmly bound unto WILLIAM R. PAXTON in the sum of $3000 lawful money. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden MARY McDANIEL hath this date been appointed Curator of the said WILLIAM RODNEY PAXTON ... /s/ BENJ. CORBETT, MARY McDANIEL 203B 7 March 1818 - JOHN LOVELACE sells to NANCY HOOTER for $1800 a negro man named FRAN .... /s/ JOHN LOVELACE 204B JOHN LOVELACE pays $800 to NANCY HOOTER for negro man named NACE.. p.188 /s/ NANCY (x) HOOTER 205B WILLIAM H. CLARK now settled and inhabiting land in the County of Rapides which I began to improve about 15 September 1817 ... sell to .... for $200 205B WILLIAM H. CLARK now settled and inhabiting land in the County of Rapides which I began to improve about 15 September 1817 ... sell to for $200 ... 206B 22 August 1819 - PHILIP BULLand ARNST BULL paid $700 to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for tract of land CLARKSON purchased from GEORGE W. LOVELACE lying on east side of Ouachita River adjoining lands claimed by EDWARD GOLDMAN in the Prairie Vilma ... /s/ WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, PHILIP BRILL, EARNEST BRILL - Witness: FRED LAUMAN, PHILIP BROWN 207B WILLIAM H. CLARK now settled,and inhabiting tract of land in the County of Rapides ... since 15 September 1817 - and never since removed, sell to WILLIAM BLUNT for $200 .. on Deer Creek adjoining JACOB McDANIEL ... /s/ WILLIAM H. (x)CLARKE -Witness: WILLIAM (x) SQUIRES, JOSEPH (x) HILL 208B 4 January 1819 - JAMES STOKES paid $825 to WILLIAM SHAW for negro girl named CHINA about 25 years old ... /s/ WM. SHAW - Witness: DAVID PHELPS, ISAAC PULFORD 209B 6 January 1819 - JOHN HARRISON for the love and affection I owe my daughter, LUCRETIA HARRISON, convey lot on Water St. between lot of SHAMMIT and IRVIN's STORE.. not to have use of lot until, my decease.. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: JOHN SKRUGGS, JOHN J. OWENS -34- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - 210B 6 January 1819 - JOHN HARRISON, JR. paid $500 to JOHN HARRISON for all land known as Point & Ferry in Town of Harrisonburg and buildings of Irvin's Store at this time ... At the death of JOHN HARRISON, JR. the said house and lot reverts to my two youngest daughters, CAROLINE and LUCRETIA -- not to have use of house and lot until my decease .. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: JOHN SKAGGS, JOHN J. OWENS 211B 6 January 1819 - JOHN HARRISON for the love and affection and support I owe ... to my daughter CAROLINE .. house and lot on which FLOWERS now lives fronting on Sicily St. in town of Harrisonburg ... not for use until my decease ... /s/JOHN (x) HARRISON 212B FLEMING G. BALLEW paid $100 to JOHN HARRISON for parcel of ground in Harrisonburg fronting on Bushley St. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, F.G. BALLEW - Witness: JAMES CALDWELL, JACOB HEABERLING 213B 12 January 1819 - SARAH SCOGGINS is held and firmly bound until JAMES WRIGHT for $50 ... relinquish all my right title and interest to tract of land - 330 acres - situated on Mill Creek adjoining lands of JONAS SCOGGINS, deceased.../s/ SARAH SCOGGINS - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, EBENZER LUCY 214B JOHN HILL paid $500 to MOSES A. RAWSON for 294 acres of land lying p-197 on Rawson's Creek ... /s/ MOSES A. RAWSON, JOHN HILL, SR. Witness: WM. J. CLARK, ISAAC PULFORD 215B WILLIAM LANIUS paid $120 to JOHN HARRISON for four acres of land in Town of Harrisonburg ... /s/'JOHN (x) HARRISON, WM. LANIUS. Witness: WILLIAM BYRNE, JN CRAIN 216B WILLIAM BYRNE and ISAAC PULFORD paid $300 to MOSES A. RAWSON FOR lot in Town of Harrisonburg /s/ MOSES A. RAWSON, WILLIAM BYRNE, ISAAC PULFORD - Witness: JACOB HEABERLING, WM. J. CLARKSON 217B SAMUEL CANNON paid $260 to JAMES LEAVINS for 198 acres 201100. p.201 certificate dated 5 June 1807, surveyed 5 June 1803 ... /s/ JAMES LEAVINS, WILLIAM CARSON - Witness: WILLIAM J. CLARKSON,' THO LONG 218B April 1818 - WILLIAM SHAW paid $1150 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for 3/4 section of land together with improvements ... grist mill ... also 1/4 section on which WM SHAW now lives and lately in the possession of WILLIAM SQUIRES...plus 1/3 section north of the mill ... about 15 acres ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY, WM. SHAW - Witness: JN CRANE, RICHARD KING 219B WIER GREENLEE paid JAMES GREENLEE $200 for lot of ground in Harrisonburg fronting on Bushley St., being same lot GREENLEE purchased from JOHN HARRISON ... /s/ JAMES GREENLEE -35- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 220B 8 February 1819 - JOHN J. BOWIE ... title to tract of land 338 50/100 acres on Waters of Bushley ... $410 ... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE Witness: DAVID McCLEUR, JACOB HUMPHRIES 221B 20 January 1819 - SALE OF SLAVE to CHARLES B. HARVEY for $800, a negro woman named VENUS, about 20 years old. Witness: EDW DORSEY, WM SHAW 222B 11 February 1819 - J. DAUGHTERY vs. FLEMING G. BALLEW - Judgment for the Defendent - $150 principal /s/ CHARLES B. HARVEY, Justics of the Peace in and for the Parish of Catahoula 223B March 1819 - Now comes JOHN GASTER, resident of the Parish of Catahoula ... owes legal representatives of success of ROBERT HALL, deceased, ... $1100, it being the purchase money of one negro slave named JERREY, purchased at public sale by JOHN GASTER...payable on or before 10 March 1820 ... JOHN GASTER mortgages the aforesaid negro../s/ JOHN GASTER - Witness: SAMUEL DAILY, JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS 224B 19 July 1819 - JOHN N. MILLING paid $200 to JOHN HARRISON for lot in Town of Harrisonburg, #4, Sq. #11 on Bushley St. Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, G.W. LOVELACE 225B Recorded 8 March 1819 - JOHN PRICHARD paid $1600 to CHARLES B.HARVEY p. 203 for quarter section of land on which the said CHARLES B. HARVEY now lives... also one other quarter lying south of the above mentioned quarter situated on mile tract of land.. If said CHARLES B. HARVEY obtains from the United States a title to said lands, then the said JOHN PRICHARD is to pay the said HARVEY $200 per acre in the same installments that individuals pay to the United States for Public Lands. /s/ C.B. HARVEY - Witness: JAMES DAUGHERTY, ED GOLDMAN 226B 8 March 1819 - CHARLES B. HARVEY paid $500 to JOHN PRICHARD for lot of ground in Town of Harrisonburg fronting on Sicily St., being the same lot said PRICHARD purchased from JOHN HARRISON - Lot #1, Sq.#9 /s/ JOHN PRICHARD, C.B. HARVEY - Witness: JAMES DAUGHERTY, ED GOLDMAN 227B ISAAC PULFORD and WILLIAM BYRNE paid $250 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for p.211 lot of ground in town of Harrisonburg 50 ft. fronting on Sicily St. with depth of 150 ft. adjoining the Mount lot late the property of MOSES A. RAWSON, and being Lot #1, Sq. #9. /s/ C.B. HARVEY, ISAAC PULFORD, WILLIAM BYRNE - Witness: JAMES DAUGHERTY, ED GOLDMAN 228B 10 August 1819 - On or before the lst day of June 1819, I prcmise p. 212 to pay WILLIAM J. CLARKSON the sum of $800 for value received of him and for the better security of said $800, I do hereby mortgage a certain tract of land being the tract of land which I purchased of said CLARKSON and being the same which CLARKSON purchased of GEORGE W. LOVELACE ... /s/ REUBEN SUTTON - Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, JOHN BROWN 229B JOHN HUGHES of the Parish of Ouachita paid $1628 to JOHN CRAIN, of p.213 the Parish of Catahoula for a tract of land - 160 acres - and the dwelling house and outhouses ... being the same house wherein the said JOHN CRAIN now resides situated in the Parish of Catahoula adjoining the town of Harrisonburg, also two lots in the same town. -36- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 229B Sq. #1, Lots 2 & 3 being the same purchased by the said JOHN CRAIN (cont . of WILLIAM J. CLARKSON. Mortgage on the JOHN CRANE house held by MANUEL WHITE & CO. of New Orleans - $927.81 and 3/4 cents with 10% interest from 22 December 1817. Lots #2 & 3 stands mortgaged to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON to secure the payment of $400. JOHN CRAIN is indebted to PHILIP CALDWELL for $300 which JOHN HUGHES agrees to pay. /s/ JN CRANE, JN HUGHES - Witness: ROBT HALL, JOHN SHROCK 230B 12 January 1819 - ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT between NICHOLAS LEAVINS p-215 and JOHN TILMAN ... tract of land containing 400 arpents on which LEAVINS now lives ... to JOHN TILMAN for the sum of $1200, payable in 12 annual payments of $100 each ... the first payment to be made on 1 January 1820. NICHOLAS LEAVENS to remain in possession of land during his life, also during life of his wife, ELIZABETH LEAVINS. /s/ NICHOLAS LEAVINS, JOHN (x) TILMAN - Witness: ZACH TALIAFEROO, JAMES G. TALIAFERRO I agree if JOHN TILMAN or his heirs pay more than $100 per year to discount 10% for all sums over paid. /s/ NICHOLAS LEAVINS 231B 11 March 1819 - DAVID PHELPS paid $170 to JOHN M. JACOBS for piece p.216 of land - one acre which JOHN M. JACOBS bought of JOHN HARRISON together with buildings and improvements ... /s/ JOHN M. JACOBS Witness: JOHN BROWN, F.G. BALLEW 232B 11 March 1819 - JOHN B. MASTERS paid $30 to JOHN M. JACOBS for lot of ground - 1/4 of an acre - being part of a two acre lot the said JOHN M. JACOBS bought of JOHN HARRISON ... /s/ JOHN M. JACOBS, JAMES B. (x) MASTERS - Witness: GEORGE WHITAKER, F.G. BALLEW 233B CHARLES B. HARVEY acknowledges'he is indebted to the heirs of ROBERT HALL for the sum of $800, it being the purchase,money of a negro girl named MARY purchased by the said HARVEY at public sale of said estate. The sum payable on or before 15 March 1820 with 10% interest ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY - Witness: WILLIAM J. CLARKSON,WIL BROWN 234B 2 February 1819 - JOHN PATERSON paid $175 to THOMAS LACY for a tract p-220 of land containing 50 acres having five acres front and 10 acres in depth lying in the Catahoula Prairie as part of WILLIAM MOCK's tract of land bounded on the west by SAMUEL LEAVINS and vacant lands on, the south, the lands claimed by WILLIAM MOCK on east and north ... /s/ THO LACY, JOHN PATERSON - Witness- CHARLES CRAIG, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON 235B OLIVER J. MORGAN, resident of the Parish of Ouachita acknowledge to owe p-221 and be indebted to the legal representatives of the succession of ROBERT HALL, deceased for the sum of $1200, it being the purchase money for three negroes BEN, AGY and LEVICA. The sum payable on or before 15 March 1820, with 10% interest. /s/ OLIVER J. MORGAN, Witness: ZACH MARTON, BENNETS BALLEW -37- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. -_ 236B 15 June 1820 - JAMES DAUGHERTY signed two prom issory notes for p.222 $1320.41 - one payable on the first of March 1821, the other payable on 1 May 1821... to secure these two promissory notes, DAUGHERTY conveys and sets over to JAMES MAGRUDER & COMPANY a certain house and lot in the town of Harrisonburg, 100 ft. on the Public Square and 150 ft. deep, being Lot #2, Sq. #11. /s/ JAMES DAUGHERTY THO. MUNCE atty-in-fact for JAMES MAGRUDER & COMPANY - Witness: WM SHAW, JOHN MACKEY 237B 26 September 1819 - ROGER B. MARSHALL, of the Parish of Rapides, p.223 sells to JACOB HABERLING & COMPANY of Catahoula Parish, house and lot in Harrisonburg with all improvements adjoining lots of GREENLEE & WARE on one side and lots of SKAGGS & ANDERSON on the other, supposed to have a front of 70 ft. more or less on Bushley St., with a depth of 150 ft. JACOB HABERLING and PHILIP CALDWELL trading under the firm of HABERLING & COMPANY. $1500 to be paid to ROGER MARSHALL or his order exclusive of interest ... /s/ ROGER B. MARSHALL, HABERLING & CO. Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, EDW LOVELACE 238B JAMES STOKES pays $825 for one negro girl named MILLY about 21 years p.224 of age. /s/ ROBERT FRANKLING, JAMES STOKES - Witness: ISAAC PULFORD, EDWARD (x) WILSY 239B 5 April 1819 - A.S. DAVIS vs. JOHN HOLLY - Judgment for the sum of $476.11 with 10% interest and cost of suit. 240B 11 March 1819 - TIMOTHY MAHAN paid $10 to JOHN M. JACOBS for piece of land adjoining DAVID PHELPS lot running 37 112 ft. on the road and 145 ft. deep. /s/ JOHN M.,JACOBS - Witness: J.C. CALDWELL, G.W. LOVELACE 241B JAMES WHITE, of the Parish of Rapides, sells to THOMAS NESBIT, p.226 at present of the Parish of Rapides, a tract of land in the Parish of Catahoula on right bank of the river about three miles below the mouth of Little River and adjoining on one side lands of ISAAC BALDWIN and containing 400 arpents for $200 plus $1000 to be paid on the 10th March next ... /s/ JAMES WHITE, THOMAS NESBITT - Witness: JOHN CAPON, ROBERT C. SCOTT 242B 3 June 1819 - TIMOTHY MAHAN paid $25 for purchase of a certain lot p.227 or parcel of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg being the lot at the end of TIMOTHY MAHAN's lot next to the Courthouse commencing at Connelly's Branch and running 150 ft. in the direction of the Alexandria Road and thence 100 ft. toward the Courthouse. /s/ ZACHERY MEANS - Witness: EDWARD DORSEY, JAMES (x) NELSON 243B 5 April 1819 - JOHN SQUIRES sells land for $285 to JACOB HUMPHRIES being 100 acres conveyed by JOHN J. BOWIE to said SQUIRES. /s/ JOHN (x) SQUIRES, JACOB FLUMPHRIES Witness: JOSEPH COLL DAVID D. WINBZELL -38- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA - BOOK B (continued) 244B CHARLES B. HARVEY paid $550 to JOHN SQUIRES for balance of that p.229 parcel of land containing 130 acres more or less being part of the tract of 338 112 acres confirmed to JOHN J. BOWIE by Commissioner's Certificate bearing date of 6 June 1808. Part of said land was transferred to JACOB HUMPHRIES by a conditional line between said HUMPHRIES and SQUIRES lying on the waters of the Bushley together with all improvements and buildings ... /s/ JOHN (x) SQUIRES, CHARLES B. HARVEY - Witness: JOHN ERVIN, JACOB HUMPHRIES 245B I March 1819 - Indenture between RICHARD GREEN of the Parish of p.230 Rapides and CHARLES PATTERSON & ZACHARIAS TALIAFERRO jointly for $2100 - sale to CHARLES PATTERSON and ZACHARIAS TALIAFERRO of part of tract of land granted by the Spanish Government to RICHARD GREEN by Certificate #B-No.629 dated 13 May 1811 - bounded on RICHARD EARL's line and running north 45 degrees east, 39 chains to a creek, and 58 chains and 16 links to a overcup corner thence north 45 degrees, west 28 chains to a oak in the Prairie ... running through CARSONs and JAMES LEAVINS land.../s/ RICHARD GREEN - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE 246B 28 August 1819 - FRANCES LONG appoints friend WILLIAM E. PARKER my p.232 true and lawful attorney to settle and arrange all manner of business between JESSE HARRIS, JOHN HARRIS and MOSES KNIGHTON of the State of South Carolina respecting certain notes and acts which were left in the hands of said JESSE HARRIS and WILLIAM PICKETT by myself and CHARLES PICKETT for the purpose of paying on a certain note given by myself, CHARLES PICKET and THOMAS STACK to the executors or administrators of JONATHAN BETTON, deceased ... /s/ FRANCES LONG - Witness: G.W.LOVELACE, FRED LAUMON 247B 17 September 1819 - JACOB YOUNG, HENRY YOUNG and MARY YOUNG nominate p-233 and appoint MATHIAS RINEHART oOr true and lawful attorney to act for us in selling all the lands owned by the heirs of LAWRENCE YOUNG deceased in the State of South Carolina. Also to sell for and recover all monies that may arise from the same... /s/ JACOB YOUNG, HENRY YOUNG MARY YOUNG - Witness: PHILIP BROWN, FRED LAUMAN 248B 16 October 1819 - JOHN HARRISON paid $800 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for p.234 a negro woman named ROSE. /s/ C.B. HARVEY, JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: RICHARD KING, N. G NILLBREATH 249B 15 March 1819 - WILLIAM MAGEE of the Muscle Shoals in Alabama Territory p-235 paid $600 to JOHN HARRISON for tract of land known as SCOGGINS TRACT situated on Bushley Creek or Bayour except so much of that tract reserved as conveyed to JACOB HUMPHRIES ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, WM. 0. MAGEE - Witness: RICHARD KING, G.W. LOVELACE 250B 20 November 1819 - DAVID HAGLER paid $300 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for. land on Rawson Creek above the Mill Tract of land. /s/ C.B. HARVEY, DAVID HAGLER, JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: M.A. RAWSON, JS WILDS p.237 13 November 1819 - Articles of AGreement between EDWARD GOLDMM and CHARLES B. HARVEY -39- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH,.L-A. BOOK B (continued) 251B JOHN M. JACOBS sells to JAMES WALLACE for the sum of $58.33 a parcel of land - two lots and 3/4 of a lot near town of Harrisonburg being the balance of land purchased by JOHN M. JACOBS from JOHN HARRISON. /s/ JOHN M. JACOBS, JAMES WALLACE - Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, ROBERT NOBLE 252B 5 April 1820 - JAMES WALLACE acknowledged debt to SILAR POTTER in p.239 sum of $636.41 to be paid $100 on or before 15 April 1820 and the balance of $536-46 to be paid on or before I May next ... /s/ J. WALLACE, SILAR POTTER - Witness: FRANCIS BEARDMAN, EDW DORSEY 253B 13 June 1819 - Received of GEORGE W. LOVELACE $1200 in full p.240 consideration for a negro named ISAAC about 26 years old ... /s/ WM SHAW Witness: J.H. BRUCE, J.L. HOOTER 254B SAMUEL SPENCER sells to GEORGE SPENCER three negroes, viz CAIN between the age of 40-45 years at $700, SAM between the age of 30-35 years at $900 and JOB at or near 26 years old for $1000. /s/ SAM. J. SPENCER - Witness: EDW DORSEY, JOHN GEHRN, URIAH WHATLEY p.241 25 June 1822 - EDWARD DORSEY and JOHN GALVIN witness signature of SAMUEL J. SPENCER - s/ EDWARD DORSEY, JOHN GALVIN 255B 28 June 1819 - Received of WILLIAM SHAW $600 for negro man slave named BENG age 35 years, being sound of body and mind except near sighted. /s/ C.B. HARVEY - Witness: J.N. B. THOMPSON, JOHN PRICHARD 256B JAMES CATHEY now settled and inhabiting a tract of land in County of Rapides ... begun to improve about January 1809 and never since removed... for $450 paid me by NEIL BAKER ... land on Deer Creek, Sicily Island../s/ JAMES CATHEY - Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, JONATHAN J. BROWN 257B 18 July 1819 - REUBEN SUTTON and RACHEL, his wife, sell to RICHARD p-243 KING for $300 parcel of ground in the Town of Harrisonburg bounded on the north by the Public Square and on the west by lot claimed by J. DAUGHERTY & CO. and on the south by lot now in the occupancy of FLEMING G. BALLEW and on the east by Bushley St. or road being 112 of lot of ground granted to F.G. BALLEW and ISAAC PULFORD. /s/ REUBEN SUTTON, RACHEL SUTTON, RICHARD KING - Witness: ED GOLDMAN, JOHN RAWLS 258B DANIEL M. WARD paid $675 to EDWARD SMITH for a negro man.BENJAMIN p-245 about 21 years old, dark complection, five feet three or four inches high, sound in body and mind ... /s/ EDWARD SMITH - Witness: HENRY H. EDWARDS 21 July 1820 - I assign the within Bill of Sale to MUNCE & STE to secure payment of two notes of bond they hold of mine amountng to $318 and 51 cents ... -40- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK B (continued) 259B 19 July 1819 - SAMUEL LEAVINS is bound to EDWARD JOYCE in the sum of $400 ... 200 arpents on Sugar Creek to include all improvements is mortgaged - land on which the said JOYCE now lives ... /s/ SAMUEL LEAVINS - Witness: JACOB HEABERLING,B.W.HARVEY 260B 19 July 1819 - SAMUEL J. SPENCER sells to ELIAS CARTER a negro woman named STELLA and her three children, viz - one girl named MARIA, one boy named LEWIS and one boy named CHARLES, an infantchildren are two, three and five years old, the woman about 25. Witness: EDW DORSEY, JOHN GALVIN, GEORGE SPENCER 262B WASHINGTON and NANCY GOLDMAN paid CHARLES B. HARVEY $1200 for tract of land in town of Harrisonburg, Lots #1 & 2, Sq. #2 200 ft. front and 50 ft. deep being the same on which STOKES family resided together with the houses and buildings ... and on the same day came EDWARD GOLDMAN, father of WASHINGTON, accepting the foregoing conveyance. /s/ C.B. HARVEY, EDW GOLDMAN Witness: FRED LAUMAN, EDW LOVELACE 261B Witness to Bill of Sale and signatures of SAM L. SPENCER /s/ EDW DORSEY, JOHN GALVIN 263B 20 July 1819 - DANIEL WIGGINS, SR. now settled on a tract of land p.249 since 1813 which tract I continued to improve and never left at upper end of Prairie Jacob, bounded by HENRY KIPER below and ELISHA WHATLEY above, for the consideration of , sell to ROBERT TAYLOR all my right and claim to above described tract.. /s/ DAN WIGGINS - Witness: RICHARD KING, REZAN CRISWELL 264B 6 July 1819 - JOHN HARRISON pafd $800 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for a p.250 negro woman named VENUS about 20 years old, low in statue and black complexion ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY - Witness: RICHARD KING, JAMES WELDS, JOHN D. MORGAN 265B 27 May 1819 - JAMES FLOWERS acknowledged he became indebted to p.251 RICHARD KING & CO. for two promissory notes: $181.11 on demand, with 10% interest from I January of last until paid.../s/ JAMES FLOWERS On or before the 1st day of March 1820, I promise to pay to CHARLES B. HARVEY or order $100, if not punctually paid to draw 10% interest until paid for value received. /s/ JAMES FLOWERS Witness: J. WILDS Endorsed thus I relinquish my right and title to the within notes for value received .. /s/ CHARLES B. HARVEY 266B ... said notes amounting to $281 with interest, FLOWERS mortgages to RICHARD KING a tract of land in the town of Harrisonburg, L6t #6, Sq. #3 and 112 lot #1, Sq. #9, one of which lots was granted said FLOWERS by CHARLES B. HARVEY ... situated on Sicily St. /s/ JAMES FLOWERS, RICHARD KING - Witness: S.M. HODKINS, JACOB MYERS -41- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK--B (continued) 267B 6 September 1820 - WILLIAM DOSS paid $150 TO JOSEPH COLLINS for a tract of land being the same place on which RICHARD HEALY now resides and adjoining the said DOSS land and JOHN J. BOWIE. /s/ JOSEPH COLLINS - Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, JOHN HOLLY 268B 17 July 1820 - THOMAS M. MILLER paid $650 to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON p.254 for one negro girl slave named MARY../s/ WILLIAM J. CLARKSON 269B 21 July 1819 - JAMES FLOWERS paid $250 to CHARLES B. HARVEY for p.255 112 lot sold by JOHN HARRISON to JOHN PRITCHARD commencing at PULFORD and BYRNE's corner on Sicily St... /s/ C.B. HARVEY, Witness: REZAN CRISWELL, WILLIAM BYRNE 270B 22 July 1819 - WILLIAM J. CLARKSON paid $1800 to REUBEN SUTTON for tract of land being the same that said CLARKSON purchased of GEORGE W. LOVELACE and fterwards conveyed by said CLARKSON to said SUTTON ... lying on east side of Ouachita River in the Prairie Vilma ... /s/ REUBEN SUTTON, WM. J. CLARKSON - Witness: EDW DORSEY, N. GILBREATH 2718 21 April 1820 - Before me, OLIVER J. MORGAN, Judge of the Parish p.257 of Ouachita, personally appeared BLASSINGAME W. HARVEY and NANCY HARVEY, wife of said BLASSINGAME W. HARVEY, for and in consideration of the sum of $1675 paid by JOHN J. HARVEY, convey a tract of land called SCOGGINS OLD PLACE - 320 acres - being on the Waters of Bushley Bayou in the Prairie of Catahoula, also three town lots in Harrisonburg ... /s/ B.W. HARVEY, NANCY HARVEY, JOHN J. HARVEY Witness: JOHN M. FOUNTS, GRAMONT FEHLIOE -42- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (1814-1839) (Note: tight binding, colored pages,numbering errors, torn pages, faded copy, intermittently throughout volume) IC 18 September 1839 - LEWIS vs. PHELPS (faded copy - cannot read) 2C 15 January 1814 - LUMAN PHELPS (faded copy) ... seize tract of land being on Rawson's Creek... Gasters Creek ... from CHANDLER LEWIS ... 400 acres /s/ JOHN RUTLEDGE 3C 16 September 1839 - Sale of land to THOMAS B. MATTHEWS /s/ LUMAN PHELPS 15 January 1814 - SAMUEL LOCKE vs. LUMAN PHELPS ... did seize all of that tract of land being on Rawson's Creek and Gaster's Creek... purchased by PHELPS from CHANDLER LEWIS ... 400 acres /s/ JOHN RUTLEDGE 7 August 1839 (recorded 20 February 1840) ... WM. N. MARTIN vs. J.W. McDONALD et al ... seize a certain negro named WILL, the property of McDONALD KIPER /s/ J.W. STONE, Sheriff - Witness: W.M. TEW, JOEL KENNAN IC 22 May 1841 - JAMES M. KIPER and GEORGE KIPER ... 120 acres of land purchased by said JAMES M. KIPER and GEORGE KIPER ... offered at Probate Sale of the property of THOMAS RYAN, deceased, on which said JAMES M. KIPER now resides ... also 50head of cattle .... sell, transfer and deliver to SARAH ANN MULLINS ... 22 May 1841 for $233... /s/ J.W. STONE, Sheriff - Witness: SARAH A. KIPER, H.H.KIPER, OREN MAYO 28 June 1841 - Case of SAMUEL R. FORD vs. M.H. DOSSON viz MICHAEL H. DOSSON ... Sale of land of MICHAEL H. DOSSON ... JOHN S. ALEXANDER became the purchaser of 393 acres ... judgment in the case of SAMUEL LOCKE & CO. vs. M.H. DOSSON for $1251.70 recorded in 1838. /s/ JOHN RUTLEDGE p.20 4 April 1838 - STEBINO LOCKWOOD & CO. vs.M.H. DOSSON - Judicial Mortgage $667.87 (writ of judgment in the case of LASTRAPES DESMARES vs. M.H. DOSSON et al recorded 12 May 1840 ... also Judicial Mortgage $1818.52 with interest by virtue of judgment Nov. 26, 1840 in the,case of GASQUET PARISH & CO vs. M.H. DOSSON et al ... also a Judicial Mortgage in the case of RILEY WOOTEN, adm. vs. PITMAN & DOSSON in the sum of $300 recorded 26 Nov. 1840 ... also a Judicial Mortgage in the case of ' SUSANNAH WILLIAMS adm. vs. PITMAN & DOSSON ... $666.66 recorded Nov. 26, 1840,, ... also a Judicial Mortgage in the case,of SARAH E. FRISTOE adm. vs. M.H. DOSSON & T.B. MATTHEWS $2333.33 recorded 26 November 1840 ... also in the case of SAMUEL PAINTER vs. M.H.DOSSON $4034.00 recorded 26 November 1840, ... in the case of W.B. GRAYSON adm vs. G.L. LOVELACE and DOSSON $302.50 recorded 24 March 1841 ... said sale was made to satisfy the judgment mortgage in the cast of SAMUEL R. FORD vs. M.H. DOSSON. IC 23 July 1814 - ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND - Bill of Sale /s/ ISAAC KIRKLAND Witness: WILLIAM (x) HILL, LUANDREW DUGGINS -43- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 2C 3 November 1812 - Sale of tract of land to JOHN J. BOWIE - 640 acres joining lands of WILLIAM DOSSON... /s/ REASON BOWIE Witness: JOHN SANDERS, JOHN RUTLEDGE - 15 January 1814 3C Sale of land to HARMAN DASH ... land lies on Bayou Macon commonly called The Bluff... ABEL RAWLS inhabited land in the County of Rapides since year 1814 ... /s/ ABEL RAWLS 4C MICAJAH PICKETT Senior, for and in consideration of $1000 paid by ROBERT HALL ... sell tract of land - 917 acres - lying in the Prairie ... MICAJAH PICKETT purchased from PHILLIP CALDWELL ... 23 July 1814 - ... for and in consideration of $640 paid to JOHN LOVELACE Junior through his attorney by ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND... sale of tract of land - 320 acres in Sicily Island on which said ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND now lives ... /s/ RICHARD L. LOVELACE attorney in fact for JOHN LOVELACE, Jun., SAMUEL LIGHTNER, ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND - Witness: WILLIAM SHAW, WILEY SMITH 5c 17 January 1814 - Bill of Sale - ISAAC KIRKLAND sells tract of land for $250 lying in the Island of Sicily adjoining JOHN LOVELACE Junior ... /s/ ISAAC KIRKLAND - Witness: LUANDREW DUGGINS, JAMES MILLER 6C ISAAC KIRKLAND sells to ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND for $300 a gray stud horse named VOLILUS, a bay horse, one yoke oxen, three steer yearlings and all my stock of hogs ... 7C 28 August 1819 - THOMAS COCHRAN buys tract of land lying in Sicily Island .. Pine Hills ... for $400... MRS. HATHORN is on the west ... JOHN HOOD Witness: JOHN L-. HOOTER, JOSEPH W. DANIEL. 8C September 1819 - JOHN HARRISON sells to REUBEN SUTTON a tract of land along line of DAVID PHELPS (rest of text covered up with tape) Witness: JAMES GREENLEE, A.M. ROBERTSON 9c Recorded September 1819 - Sale to HENERY COCKRAN and EDMOND DRAKE .. a tract of land on Bushley Creek obtained by RICKETT in the name of JOHN BOWIE for the sum of $1500 ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY - Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, JOHN (x) SQUIRES 10c 6 September 1819 - JOHN HARRISON sells tract of land for $300 to A.M. ROBERTSON of Ouachita ... land in town of Harrisonburg.. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, A.M. ROBERTSON - Witness: REUBEN SUTTON ]IC 8 September 1819 - JOHN HARRISON sells negro woman named RINEY to MARY GOLDMAN for $800 ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, MARY (x) GOLDMAN Witness: N. GILBREATH, THOMAS V. WILLSON 12C 19 September 1819 - WILLIAM IRONS vs. PETER BEAUERAGHT - Judgment by Default... $60.25 with interest until paid and costs of suite. 13C Indenture between RICHARD L. LOVELACE and WILLIAM M. SMITH - Sale of Land -44- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 14C 14 September 1819 - JOHN HARRISON sells to JOHN B. RAY (could be GRAY, PRAY, TRAY) ... TRACT OF LAND for $125. /s/ J'UHN (x) HARRISON, JN. G. (looks like GRAY) Witness: JAMES STOKES, C.B. HARVEY 15C 14 September 1819 - JOHN HARRISON - sale of slaves to STOKES JAMES STOKES sells to JOHN HARRISON a lot of ground with improvements. Witness: C.B. HARVEY 17C 22 September 1819 - Indenture between JOHN HARRISON and JAMES STOKES.. STOKES stands bound to HARRISON for the payment of $955 ... payable to ISAAC McNUTT, curator of the Estate of JOHN McNUTT, deceased ... tract of land known as the Gin Lot lying in the town of Harrisonburg. Witness: A.M. ROBERTSON, J.N.B. THOMSON 18C Recorded October 1819 - THOMAS WIER vs. JAMES GREENLEE - 6th Judicial Dist. Parish of Catahoula ... JOHN COLLINS, DAVID DEVOIRE FLEMING, G. BALLEW, DAVID 2 BOWIE, ISAAC DOYLE, JAMES DOYLE, JAMES FLOWERS.. HLS CRAIG, JAMES PATTON... returned verdict in the suit .. awarded Plaintiff $10 ' 0 damages. 19C Recorded October 1819 - $800 paid by JOHN HARRISON for negro woman named ROSE ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY, JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: RICHARD KING, M. GILBREATH 20C 16 October 1819 - JAMES CALDWELL paid $900 to WILLIAM SHAW for tract of land - two quarter sections - lying on Rawson's Creek being same purchased from CHARLES B. HARVEY - north side of Creek, being land SHAW now lives on ... to the said ROBERT and JAMES C. CALDWELL ... Witness: M.A. RAWSON ... MATTHEWS 21C RICHARD KING received $300 from SARAH LEE for parcel of land in town of Harrisonburg ... /s/ RICHARD KING, SARAH (x) LEE - Witness: JACOB HEABERLING, ED GOLDMAN 22C November 1818 - Sicily Is1and - NEIL BAKER received $150 for his right, title and interest to certain improvements lying on the east side of Deer Creek and joining lands settled by JAMES CARTHA claimed by a settlement made in the year 1809... /s/ GEORGE (x) CATHEY Witness: HENRY STAMPLEY, WILLIAM CATHEY 18 November 1818 - Sicily Island - received of WILLIAM SMITH - $150 for my right, claim to certain improvement lying on the east side of Deer Creek settled by JAMES CATHEY... 23C, 24C and 25C - missing 26C 4 October 18- - Indenture between JOHN HARRISON and CHARLES B. HARVEY (pasted over existing page .. p. 17 and p. 18 missing - P. 17 JESSE SKINNER to JOHN GASTER 23C; DAVID PHELPS to JOHN SPRUEL 24C; JOHN SPRUEL to DAVID PHELPS 25C) -45- To be continued. On pages 45 to 60 ...