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 46-60 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) CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. -_BOOK C (continued from pages 31 - 45) Recorded November 1819 - Lot in the town of Harrisonburg fronting on Main St. known at STOKES lot... being in the possession of CHARLES B. HARVEY ... low now in hands of FRANCIS BOARDMAN... has won the money staked on the event of said race... agreeable and entered into by said JOHN HARRISON and said CHARLES B. HARVEY... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, CHARLES BALLEW 27C JOHN J. BOWIE said he saw JOHN HARRISON make his mark. 28C /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE - 4 November 1819 28C November 1819 - ROBERT McDONALD vs. JOHN HARRISON'- judgment final for the sum of $250. 29C WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, one of the Justices of the Peace of aforesaid Parish... came JOHN HARRISON ..for $200 paid him by SAMUEL LIGHTNER sold lot of ground in town of Harrisonburg, Lot #2, Sq. #5, adjoining. lots of HARRISON... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, SAM LIGHTNER - Witness JAMES G. HUNTER, N. GILBREATH 30C Recorded 2 November 1819 - SKAGGS & ANDERSON vs. JOHN HARRISON Judgment by Default for $100. 31C 8 November 1819 - Appeared ELI TEMPLIN... paid by MOSES SNODDY ... sell my right, title and interest to improvement on Deer Creek claimed by ISAAC SOLLERS ... I settled in 1812... /s/ ELI TEMPLIN Witness: WM. OGDEN, GEORGE STAMPLEY 32C Recorded November 1819 - JAMES JOHNSTON vs. JOHN HARRISON - July 20,1819 Judgment by Default - $270 33C 30 November 1819 - Articles of Agreement between EDWARD GOLDMAN and CHARLES B. HARVEY - GOLDMAN agrees to rent to said HARVEY a certain house and lot in the town of Harrisonburg being the same on which the said GOLDMAN lives for the term of 4 years ... and with the house, 4 beds and bedsteads, 12 chairs, 4 tables, some kitchen furniture, finish the stable, hang the sign and at any public time furnish two servants and to furnish all the fodder, corn and hay that he will have to spare and all the butter, chickens and eggs at the market price and to raise the dwelling house one story higher and also all the bottles the said GOLDMAN may have to spare and to make a fireplace in the upper story of said house ... and at the expiration of said four years the said HARVEY is to furnish the said GOLDMAN ... furniture and bottles as good as those said GOLDMAN furnished HARVEY ... $2412 ... to be paid in 112 yearly payments. /s/ ED GOLDMAN, C.B. HARVEY - Witness: FRED LAUMAN, EDWARD LOVELACE 34C 20 November 1819 - JOHN HARRISON sells to DAVID EARL - two lots of ground in the town of Harrisonburg for $200, one fronting on Sicily St., one fronting on Catahoula St., Lot #3, Sq. #5. /s/ JOHN (x-) HARRISON, DAVID EARL - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, G.N. MATTHEWS 20 November 1819 - JOHN HARRISON sells to CHARLES B. HARVEY a parcel of ground in the town of Harrisonburg - two lots fronting on Main St. being the same on which JAMES STOKES lived, Lot #1 & 2, Sq. #2. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, C.B. HARVEY - Witness: CALDWELL, RICHARD KING 46 CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 36C JOHN J. BOWIE sells to ISRAEL ALEXANDER for $1000 a parcel of land lying and being on the waters of the Bushley - 640 acres confirmed to BENNETT ROBERT by Commissioners Certificate and by him sold to JOHN SCOGGINS and afterwards sold at public sale as the property of JOHN SCOGGINS ... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE, ISRAEL ALEXANDER - Witness: CALDWELL, JOSEPH BRIGHTMAN 37C 20 November 1819 - ... OBEDIAH RAGSDALE paid $700 to JOHN J. BOWIE for a negro boy, JARMAN, 15 years of age. Witness: L'BERRY HARVEY, PETER (x) KITHFORD 38C 20 November 1819 - JOHN J. BOWIE paid $100 to ROBERT ROGERS for tract of land lying on the waters of the Bushley - 640 acres being the same JOHN SCOGGINS purchased from BENNET ROGERS and afterwards sold to ROBERT ROGERS at public sale as the property of JOHN SCOGGINS, deceased ... Is/ ROBERT ROGERS, JOHN J. BOWIE Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, FRANCIS BEARDMAN 39C 20 November 1819 - JOHN J. BOWIE - Sale of tract of land to ISRAEL ALEXANDER for $300 - land lying on the waters of the Bushley being part of the tract confirmed to THOMAS DYSON, deceased containing 200 acres ... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE, ISRAEL ALEXANDER Witness: CALDWELL, JOSEPH BRIGHTMAN 40C 12 November 1819 - JOHN HALEY of Franklin County, State of Mississippi, sells to ANGUS BOWIE of the Parish of Catahoula, for $700, a negro girl named ROSE about 22 years old... /s/ JOHN HEALEY - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, THOMAS WIER 41C 21 November 1819 - JOHN IRWIN sold to JACOB HEABERLING for $925 five negroes: MOSES, RACHEL, MALINDA, TOM and JOE together with all their future increase../s/ JOHN (x) IRWIN, JACOB HEABERLING Witness: MILTON PARKER, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON 42C 23 November 1819 - JOHN HARRISON, his wife LUCRETIA... brought into the community the sum of $500 which came to her from the Estate of her father, JOSEPH MOCK by descent ... JOHN HARRISON conveys to said LUCRETIA... a courthouse tract of land lying on the Ouachita River... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, LUCRETIA (x) HARRISON - Witness: G.V.MATTHEWS, COLLINS WINFREY And it is further understood and agreed by the above parties that the said JOHN HARRISON has also conveyed to the said LUCRETIA all the household and kitchen furniture of very kind whatsoever in part p.29 for her total effects received from her father, JOSEPH MOCK, which property was intended to be included in the above transfer - which total effects the said HARRISON acknowledged to have received. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON 44C 8 December 1819 - JACOB B. FOWLER paid $2700 to JESSE BOWDEN for a tract of land in the Prairie Jacob, being part of a tract PHILIP CALDWELL purchased from LOUIS BADINS of New Orleans and bounded by CHARLES MILES line ... /s/ JESSE BOWDEN, JACOB B. FOWLER -47- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 45C 3 December 1819 - WILLIAM SQUYRES, SR. paid $500 to ANDREW McNEELEY for land lying on the Bayou Bushley ... /s/ ANDREW McNEELEY, WILLIAM SQUIRES ... Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, WM. OGDEN 46C 15 December 1819 - JOHN BROWN paid $200 to THOMAS SPRUEL for tract p.32 of land in the town of Harrisonburg being two lots of one acre each #1 & 2 beginning on Bushley St. on JACOB's line ... /s/ THOMAS C. SPRUEL, JOHN BROWN - Witness: WILLIAM (x) BALLARD, JOHN SPRUELL 26 April 1814 47C Recorded 8 January 1816 - JOHN LOVELACE, JR. and RICHARD LOVELACE, his attorney-in-fact, by virtue of date of 13 March 1813 and recorded 15 May 1813 (pages 33-36 missing - could not read text) /s/ MICAJAH PICKETT - Witness: WM. SHAW, G.V. MATTHEWS (original on file) 50C Recorded 6 February 1816 - I, WILLIAM MOCK, of the Parish of Catahoula, for and in consideration of $100 paid me, release unto THOMAS LACY a tract of land - 50 acres - being a part of a tract confirmed to MOCK by Commissioner's Certificate No. dated 5 June 1811, adjoining lands claimed by JAMES LEAVENS - 5 acres on front and 2 acres deep ... 49C 6 January 1816 - Purchase of land from ROBERT HALL /s/ MICAJAH PICKETT 51C 2 March 1816 - Indenture between JOHN BOWIE, SEN and NANCY, his wife, and RICHARD L. LOVELACE for $1600 paid by LOVELACE- sell 640 acres on Sicily Island conveyed to party of the first part by Certificate BN 1965 dated 7 May 1812 ... /s/ JOHN BOWIE, NANCY - Witness: WILLIAM CARIAL, ROBERT WRIGHT 52C BENNETT ROBERTS of the Parish of Ouachita sell to JOHN SCHGGINS of the Parish of Catahoula 640 American acres, Cert. No. 734, for $100... /s,/ BENNET (x) ROBERTS - Witness: EDW DORSEY, NEILL McNAUGHTON 53C 13 June 1816 - WILLIAM CLARKSON paid $444.50 for negro woman, SOOKEY /s/ WILLIAM STORRS - Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, ROBT HALL, JN CRANE 54C 10 July 1816 - JOSIAH T. JOHNSTON paid $400 to JOHN CRANE or negro man PETER... /s/ JN CRANE - Wftness: JOHN J. BOWIE, JOHN SELL 55C 2 July 1816 - The obligation and mortgage executed by JN HOLLEY for $1000 in favor of JN. D. BECHTELLE is hereby discharged and annulled ... 56C 5 September 1816 - NANCY HOOTER paid $650 for negro man, NACE about 25 years old (NANCY HOOTER of Catahoula Parish) ... /s/ R.S. LOVES & CO. Witness: FRED LAUMAN 57C JOHN HARRISON sells to JOHN BROWN for $75 a lot of land 100 ft. square being part of lot purchased from JOSIAH JOHNSTON as the, Courthouse Tract on Ouachita River... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: WILLIAM STORRS, BENJ. M. STOKES -- 48 -- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 58C 17 February 1817 - I, WILLIAM P. SQUIRES, do this date agree that I will take two cows and calves and one bed and furniture for my part of the Estate of ROBERT HATHORN, deceased - given under my hand this 7th day of February 1817 ... /s/ WILLIAM (x) SQUIRES - Witness: EDMUND UNDERWOOD, THOMAS (x) COCHRAN 59C 17 February 1817 - CHARLES B. HARVEY paid $425 to ROGER B. MARSHALL for a negro woman, KISIA ... /s/ ROGER B. MARHSALL - Witness: JN CRAIN, THOMAS WILSON 60C 15 March 1817 - HENRY KIPER paid $1000 for negro woman, CHARLOTTE about 26 years old, also her son., NELSON about seven years old. /s/ HENRY STAMPLEY - Witness: W.M. SMITH, JACOB M. DANIEL 61C 25 April 1817 - Articles of Agreement between JOHN HARRISON and JOHN McNUTT - HARRISON sells to McNUTT for $200 lot of ground known as Catahoula Courthouse Tract on Ouachita River... JOHN (x) HARRISON, JOHN McNUTT - Witness: WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, STOKES 62C 10 May 1817 - JOHN BROWN paid $70 to JOHN HARRISON for lot of ground on west side of Ouachita between lots lately sold to said JOHN BROWN and JAMES STOKES ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: WILLIAM STORRS, LEAKIN D. PEDDICARD 63C 2 September 1817 - JOHN SPRUELS sells to ROBERT ROGERS a negro woman, MATILDA, for $410... /s/ JOHN SPRUILLS - Witness: WILLIAM STORRS, JAMES (x) CONLEY 64C 10 August 1817 - JN CRAIN promises to pay MAUNSEL WHITE $1267.81 thirty days after this date ... /s/ JN CRAIN 65C 5 September 1817 - RUTH NOBLES paid $150 for lot of land in Harrisonburg p.45 ... said lot being joined by ROBERT NOBLES on the east. /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, RUTH (x) NOBLES - Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, ISAAC McNUTT 66C 6 September 1817 - THOMAS RILEY pays $35 to JOHN HARRISON for a piece of land situated at the Courthouse in the Parish of Catahoula being between lots of ROBERT NOBLES and JOHN BROWN. Witness: ROBERT LAYTON, HENRY WYCHE 67C 10 November 1817 - JOHN BROWN paid $20 for lot of ground at CATAHOULA Courthouse called Harrisonburg (to wit) between ROBERT NOBLES and JOHN BROWN ... /s/ THOMAS (x) RILEY - Witness: F.G. BALLEW, WILLIAM STORRS 68C 6 November 1817 - JOHN BROWN pays $150 to JOHN HARRISON for lot of ground in town of Harrisonburg, Lot #1, Sq. #3 ... JOHN (x) HARRISON Witness: F.G. BALLEW, WILLIAM STORRS 69C JOHN HARRISON sells to ROBERT NOBEL for $150 a tract of land in town of Harrisonburg on which Courthouse now stands... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, ROBERT (x) NOBLES - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, CHARLES CRAIG, JOHN BROWN 70C 18 January 1818 - CHARLES CRAIG and JOHN BROWN witness signature of p-48 JOHN HARRISON .. /s/ CHARLES CRAIG, JOHN BROWN -- 49-- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 71C 17 January 1818 - ROBERT ROGERS paid $1500 to JACOB HEABERLING and JOHN IRVIN for tract of land lying on Bushley Creek which was purchased from JOHN BANNISTER - 800 arpents... /s/ JACOB HEABERLING, JOHN (x) ERVIN, ROBERT ROGERS - Witness: GEORGE HAMILTON, CHARLES CRAIG 72C JOHN J. BOWIE paid $200 for negro boy, ANTWINE about 4 or 5 years old ... /s/ PATIENCE WARDE - Witness: RHESA BOWIE, ISAAC 73C 24 January 1818 - STEPHEN PRATHER paid $700 for negro woman, CHANEY together with her child ... /s/ PATIENCE WARDE - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, RHESE BOWIE 74C ROGER B. MARSHALL paid $850 for house and lot in town of Harrisonburg, p.50 Lot #2, Sq. #6 ... /s/ JAMES STOKES, ROGER B. MARSHALL - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, RICHARD KING 75C JOHN HARRISON sells to CHARLES LISLES for $200 a lot of ground in town of Harrisonburg, Lot #6, Sq. #2 ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, CHARLES LILES - Witness: F.G. BALLEW, JOHN PRICHARD 76C JOHN HARRISON sells to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for $350 lot in town of Harrisonburg bounded on NE by ROBERT NOBLES... JOHN J. BOWIE lot.. Pine St... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON - Witness: ED DORSEY, ROGER B. MARSHALL 77C JOHN HARRISON sells to JOHN M. JACOBS for $100 a piece of ground two acres on Conley's Branch ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, JOHN M. JACOBS Witness: PRITCHARD, STUART 78C JOHN HARRISON sells to JOSEPH HARRISON for $400 a parcel of land in Harrisonburg, Lot #4, Sq. #3 ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: ROGER B. MARSHALL, JOSEPH HARRISON, ED DORSEY 80C 18 February 1818 - JOHN HARRISON sells to JOHN PRICHARD for $200 lot of land in Town of Harrisonburg fronting on Sicily St... Lot #1, Sq. #10... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, JOHN PRICHARD - Witness: JAMES GREENLEE, ELISHA STUART 81C JOHN HARRISON sells to ZACHARIAH MEANS for $100 a parcel of land two acres on Conley's Creek ... JOHN (x) HARRISON, ZACHARISH MEANS Wi-tness: JOHN J. BOWIE, WM. SQUYRES 82C 19 February 1818 - JOHN HARRISON sells to JAMES HARRISON for $400 two lots of land in the town of Harrisonburg, Lot #1, Sq. #5, and Lot #2, Sq. #11 ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON - Witness: JOHN J. BOWIE, WILLIAM SQUYRES 83C WILLIAM ROW sells to JOHN HARRISON for $100 a tract of land conveyed by MATTHEW STONE to STEPHEN R. WILSON and afterwards sold as the property of ZACHARIAH TOLU on a suit of MARTAIN THOMAS, being 4pdivided moity between WILLIAM ROW and HENRY KIPER ... /s/ WILLIAM ROW, JQ@N (x) HARRISON-Witness: JAMES STOKES, FLEMING G. BALLEW -50- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA - BOOK C (continued) 84C 15 December 1819 - JOHN SPRUEL sells to JOHN BROWN for $200 a p.57 parcel of ground containing two lots in the town of Harrisonburg. /s/ JOHN SPRUEL, JOHN BROWN - Witness: WILLIAM (x) BALLARD, THOMAS C. (x) SPRUILE 85C 2 November 1818 - ROBERT NOBLES for $8,000 paid him is held p.57 and firmly bound to EDWARD GOLDMAN for tract of land on Ouachita River being same land purchased by NOBLES from GEORGE W. LOVELACE. /s/ ROBERT (x) NOBLES - Witness: JN CRANE, ISAAC PULFORD 86C January 1820 - WILLIAM MOCK for $320 paid him by RICHARD KING sells land about one mile from town ... JOHN HARRISON between MOCK and JN CRANE ... /s/ WM (x) MOCK - Witness: MOSES A RAWSON, JOS J. WILLIAMS 87C 20 December 1817 - THOMAS BALLEW sells to NICHOLAS LEAVINS for $700 a negro girl, MARY, in part payment of a tract of land in the Parish of Ouachita known as JOSEPH BARBIERS lower tract... /s/ THOMAS BALLEW Witness: CHARLES BALLEW 88C 3 January 1820 - JOHN J. BOWIE paid $550 to JOHN D. THOMASON on 3 January 1820 for a negro woman, HANAHA .. /s/ JOHN D. THOMASON, JOHN J. BOWIE - Witness: JACOB HEABERLING, J.C. CALDWELL 89C 4 January 1820 - JACOB HEABERLING paid JOHN J. BOWIE ... for 320 acres ... Cert #1925, lying on Stockley's Creek ... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE, JACOB HEABERLING - Witness: CHARLES.,BALLEW, WM SHAW 90C 4 January 1820 - Indenture between ZACHARIAH MEANS and JOHN BROWN to sell 1/4 acre in Harrisonburg bounded on north by WILLIAM MAHAN on east by TIMOTHY MAHAN and on west by A. RALSTON ... /s/ ZACHARY MEANS, JOHN BROWN - Witness: RICH KING, JOHN J. BOWIE 91C 5 January 1820 - Indenture between JOHN SPRUIEL and JOHN HALEY p.62 convey parcel of land .. one acre in Harrisonburg ... /s/ JOHN SPRUILL, JOHN HEALEY - Witness: CHARLES BALLEW, EDW DORSEY 92C 5 January 1820 - RICHARD KING, attorney in fact for JOHN HUGHES, for $1700 paid by MOSES A. RAWSON ... sell land in Town of Harrisonburg being same formerly claimed by JOHN CRANE and conveyed to JOHN HUGHES ... 93C p-64 Indenture between JOHN BROWN and RICHARD HALEY, JR. for sale of parcel of land containing 112 acre situated within town of Harrisonburg bounded on north by 112 lot owned by PETER ROW and JAMES McCLANAHAN and on west by JOHN HARRISON ... /s/ JOHN BROWN, RICHARD HALEY, JR. Witness: DAVID PHELPS, EDW DORSEY 94C 4 January 1820 - Indenture between JOHN BROWN of the Parish of Catahoula and HALEY for and in consideration of $1 paid by RABURN HALEY - sell to HALEY parcel of ground in Harrisonburg bounded on south by 112 lot owned by JOHN HALEY ... Bushley St.... on t4e west by lands owned by JOHN HARRISON ... /s/ JOHN BROWN, JOHN HALEY Witness: DAVID PHELPS, EDW DORSEY 51- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 95C 4 January 1820 - Indenture between JOHN BROWN and JOHN HALEY P-65 for and in consideration of $1 paid by JOHN HALEY ... sell piece of ground in the Corporation of Harrisonburg... bounded on north by 112 acre lot conveyed to and owned by HALEY, south by lot claimed by ALEXANDER RALSTON.. on east by Bushley St ... on west by lands owned by JOHN HARRISON ... 112 acre lot ... /s/ JOHN BROWN, JOHN HALEY, Witness: DAVID PHELPS, EDW DORSEY 96C 5 January 1820 - MOSES A. RAWSON came before me and acknowledged that RICHARD KING, attorney in fact for JOHN HUGHES, did on this date make a conveyance of all that tract of land lying in the Parish ... being the same formerly claimed by JOHN CRANE and conveyed to JOHN HUGHES ... for $1700 ... /s/ MOSES A. RAWSON, RICHARD KING, attorney in fact for JOHN HUGHES - Witness: WM SHAW, J.G. HUNTER 97C JOHN HARRISON for use of JAMES CRISWELL vs. WM J. CLARKSON - Judgment for $100 in favor of Plaintiff plus interest from 19 October 1819 and costs of suit... 6 January 1820 98C 6 January 1820 - ELISHA STUART, Assignee of JOHN McDONALD vs. WM J. CLARKSON - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $200 with interest from 1 April 1818 plus costs of suit... 99C EDW DORSEY, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula... Writof Fieri Facias against goods and chattels, land and tenements of JOHN CRAIN at the suit of ISAAC McNUTT, heir of the Estate of JOHN McNUTT, deceased, did sever@all that tract of land known as JOHN CRANE's OLD PLACE lying on the west side of Ouachita River... about one mile below the Courthouse ... 160 acres ... exposed said to Public Sale - JOHN HARRISON being the purchaser for $955 ... set over to HARRISON /s/ EDW DORSEY - Witness: A.M. ROBERTSON, RICHARD KING 6 January 1820 - I, JOHN HARRISON of the Parish of Catahoula, do authorize my wife, LUCRETIA HARRISON, to convey all the interest right and title to a certain tract of land known as CRANE'S OLD PLACE and which land is more particularly described in a deed of conveyance made this date by JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA, his wife, to RICHARD KING and HENRY WYCHE accepted ... /s/ JOHN (x) HARRISON, LUCRETIA (x) HARRISON 100c WILLIAM CARSON for $300 paid by WILLIAM GRIFFIN sell to GRIFFIN p.68 tract of land lying in the Catahoula Prairie - 198 acres having front of 6 acres and depth of 40 arpents adjoining JAMES LEAVINS lands being same CARSON purchased of said LEAVENS together with house and improvements ... /s/ WILLIAM CARSON, WILLIAM GRIFFIN Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, J. WILDS 101c 6 January 1820 - JOHN BROWN for $300 paid by CHARLES B. HARVEY sell tract of land containing four lots, #2, 3 and 4 on the upper side of Bushley St. and lot #6 on the lower side, joining lots of TIMOTHY MAHAN and lots claimed by STOCKLEY in the town of Harrisonbur%,,, being lots BROWN purchased of Z. MEANS ... /s/ JOHN BROWN, C.B*'@HARVEY Witness: A.B. ROBERTSON, J. WILDS -52- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C(continued) 102C 6 January 1820 - I certify that JOHN HARRISON and JAMES STOKES are released from bond to secure payment of a judgment recovered by ISAAC McNUTT against JOHN CRAIN for which one improvement one mile below town of Harrisonburg was seized and sold as the property of CRAIN to satisfy judgment at which JOHN HARRISON became the purchaser and JAMES STOKES his security... /s/ EDW DORSEY, Sheriff of the Parish of Catahoula 103C JAMES DAUGHERTY for $1000 paid by ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND sell house p.70 and lot in town of Harrisonburg fronting 52 ft. on Bushley St. and 150 ft. on Main St. being a fraction of Lot #1, Sq. #6... /s/ J. DAUGHERTY & CO., ZECH KIRKLAND - Witness: FRANCES BOARDMAN, J.N.B. THOMPSON 104C 25 January 1820 - WILLIAM M. SMITH for $600 paid him by RODY HUGGINS. sell piece of land being in Sicily Island joining lands claimed by NEIL BAKER and formerly claimed and improved by GEORGE W. CATHEY previous to 1814 and sold by CATHEY to SMITH... /s/ W.M. SMITH, RODY (her x) HUGGINS - Witness: ABEL RAWLS, PHILIP BROWN 105C 2 February 1820 - ROBERT TAYLOR for $225 paid by JOHN NEWMAN sell a certain improvement of land at foot of PINE HILLS next to DEER CREEK being the same conveyed by ZACHEL SMITH to said TAYLOR... settled by SMITH sometime in 1812 ... /s/ ROBERT TAYLOR, JOHN NEWMAN Witness: EZEKIAL SMITH, COLLINS WINFREY 106C 2 February 1820 - JOHN NEWMAN acknowledged himself indebted to ROBERT p.72 TAYLOR for the sum of $225 ... /s/ JOHN NEWMAN - Witness: EZECHIEL SMITH, COLLINS WINFREY 107C 2 February 1820 - ZECHEL SMITH for $150 paid by ROBERT TAYLOR sell improvement of land at foot of PINE HILLS next to DEER'CREEK which land was settled by SMITH sometime in the year 1812 and is a preference right claim... /s/ EZECHIEL SMITH, ROBERT TAYLOR - Witness: JOHN NEWMAN, COLLINS WINFREY 108C PETER HAMBERLIN for $250 paid by SAMUEL ENSMINGER sell land on DEER p.73 CREEK joining HARMAN DASH's claim and lands claimed by HIRAM BYRD... /s/ PETER HAMBERLIN, SAMUEL @x) ENSMINGER - Witness: GAYOSO L. LOVELACE, JOHN LOVELACE 109C 26 December 1820 - REZIN P. BOWIE, JR. delivers to JAMES HILLIN a negro man named BEN, an African about 23 years old - $700 /s/ REZIN P. BOWIE, JR. I assign the within Bill of Sale to JACOB HEABERLIN for use of HEABERLIN & CO. which negro I promise to deliver when called for ... received payment in full 24 January 1821 ... /s/ JAMES HILLIN Witness: C.B. HARVEY, G.W. LOVELACE, B.W. HARVEY 110c ALEXANDER M. CORMICK appoint my friend, ISAAC SOLTARS, my lawfial attorney to make demand, sue and recover all sums of money due' and owing me from the estate of JABIAS LERUE deceased of Parish of Rapides ... /s/ ALEXANDER (x) McCORMICK - Witness: BENJAMIN BRUCE, STACY M. HASKINS -53- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C(continued) 111c 19 February 1820 - Indenture between ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND and FREDERICK GALLOWAY - GALLOWAY stands indebted to KIRKLAND for $230 for sell of tract of land on which GALLOWAY now lives, also cows and calves and two yearling and 58 head of hogs ... /s/ F. GALLOWAY - Witness: WILEY SMITH, WM. WOOLDRIDGE 112C EDW DORSEY, Sheriff - Writ of Fieri Facias against goods, chattels of JOHN HARRISON at the suit of THOMAS WIER.. seize tract of land containing 13 1/4 acres bounded on the east by HEABERLING & CO. on south by CONLEY's BRANCH, on the north by town lots and having exposed same to Public Sale ... PHILIP CALDWELL became the purchaser for $21.37 per acres... /s/ THOMAS BRYAN, Deputy for EDW DORSEY Witness: FRANCES BOARDMAN, M.A. RAWSON 113C JOHN SOLLARS appeared and acknowledged himself to owe and be indebted to WILLIAM M. SMITH in the sum of $217.33 to secure payment ... mortgages land he now lives on lying on Deer Creek.. purchased from ELI TEMPLIN ... /s/ ISAAC SOLLARS - Witness: WM BLUNT, WM WOOLDRIDGE 114C March 1820 - HENRY WYCHE for $1000 paid him by ROBERT NOBLES sell p.77 negro man named ABRAHAM about 22 years ... he has a defect on one foot... /s/ H. WYCHE, ROBERT (x) NOBLES - Witness: ED GOLDMAN, C.B. HARVEY 115C 13 November 1819 - SAMUEL CLEMEND has this date sold to DAVID WINSEL 1/2 of an undivided tract of land being in the County of Rapides on waters of the Bushley... /s/ SAMUEL CLEMMOND - Witness: JAMES WRIGHT, JOHN CARROLL 116C ROBERT NOBLES for $1000 paid by HENRY WYCHE sell negro man named p.78 DANIEL... /s/ ROBERT (x) NOBLES, H. WYCHE - Witness: ED GOLDMAN, C.B. HARVEY 117C 7 February 1820 - JAMES PATTON places special trust and confidence in the integrity and abilities of EBENEZER INSCO of the State of Mississippi, Wilkes County... appoints INSCO lawful attorney to transact business ... /s/ JAMES PATTON - Witness: A.M. ROBERTSON, JOHN RAGAN 118C 11 March 1820 - Indenture between WILLIAM GRIFFIN and LEMEUL MASTERS p-79 ... for $196 paid by MASTERS, sell land in Catahoula Parish bounded on north and northeast by lands of JAMES LEAVINS, south by lands of the United States, east/southweast by lands of JAMES USSERY ... /s/ WILLIAM GRIFFIN - Witness: N. GILBREATH, JAMES G. HUNTERS, ESQ. 119C EDW DORSEY, Sheriff ... Writ of Fieri Facias against FLEMING G. BALLEW at the suit of RICHARD KING & CO. and the representatives of the Estate of JOHN McNUTT, seize 1/2 lot of ground, Lot #I, Sq. #11, being same originally claimed by JOHN HARRISON, sold to BALLEW and mortgaged by BALLEW to KING and MCNUTT ... exposed to Public Sale..' RICHA@D KING & CO. became the purchaser for $200 ... /s/ EDW DORSEY - Witness@ J.G.HUNTER, N. GILBREATH -54- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 120C 11 March 1820 - Indenture between WILLIAM GRIFFIN - $300 paid by JAMES USSERY for land in the Parish of Catahoula-100 acres bounded on the north by lands of JAMES LEAVINS, south by lands of the United States and east by Catahoula Prairie, west by lands of LEMUEL MASTERS... /s/ WILLIAM GRIFFIN, JAMES (x) USSERY Witness: THOMAS BRYAN, J.G. HUNTER (Note: there is a notation on the ledger at this point that corrections were made to the original instruments - dated June 2, 1955) 121C 15 March 1820 - DANIEL COXE sells to WILLIAM SHAW, land fronting on the continuation of the creek ... 12 arpents front and 40 deep.. whereon BADINS now resides ... quantity of 480 arpents $2 per arpent. /s/ DANIEL M. COXE, WM SHAW - Witness: BAGWELL BAILEY, BENNET (x) ROBERTS I agree WM SHAW shall have the right to postpone the first payment two years on paying the interest at 10%. /s/ D.W. COXE Instead of the above payment, it is finally agreed to make five installments of $198 each at 2,3,5 and 6 years and to pay 10% interest on each installment for one year. /s/ WM. SHAW Witness: THOMAS GRAYSON, WM SQUIRES 122C 11 September 1819 - REUBEN SUTTON acknowledged for $200 - sell to p.80 RICHARD KING & CO. 1/2 lot of ground, Lot #1, Sq. #11 /s/ ED DORSEY Sheriff - Witness: J.G.HUNTER, N. GILBREATH p.81 (has duplicate of 120C and 121C) p.82 4 April 1820 - REUBEN SUTTON acknowledges for and in consideration 122C of $500 paid by THOMAS HARVEY ... sells lands claimed by JOHN HALEY on one side and lands of JOHN HARRISON, being lands JOHN HARRISON conveyed to me ... 4 acres... /s/ REUBEN SUTTON, THOMAS (x) HARVEY 123C HEABERLING & CO. vs. JOHN HEALEY - Judgment by Default in favor of the Plaintiff for $250... 124C JOHN HEALEY acknowledges he owes and promises to pay to H.A. BULLARD on demand $100 with interest and to secure the payment mortgages town lots in the town of Harrisonburg, bounded on north by a lot owned by RABURN HEALEY... on south by ZACHARIAH MEANS ... west by lands of JOHN HARRISON ... on east by Bushley St. /s/ JOHN HEALEY, JAMES G. HUNTER, PRO H.A. BULLARD - Witness: FRANCES LONG, JONATHAN HAGGERTY 125C 6 April 1820 - RICHARD KING for firm of RICHARD KING & CO. for $300 p.84 paid by SALLY LEE conveys to MARGARET M. LEE parcel of land bounded on north by lot of SARAH ANN LEE, on south by lot of THOMAS SPRUEL, on east by Bushley St., on west by lot of JAMES DAUGHERTY ... MARGARET M. LEE being under age and unable to accept this conveyance herself... /s/ RICHARD KING & CO. , NANCY (her x) LEE - Witness: MILTON PARKER -55- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 126C 7 April 1820 - WILLIAM J. CLARKSON acknowledges to owe and be indebted to JACOB HEABERLING in the amount of $919.77 with interest ... and mortgages unto the said JACOB HEABERLING and PHILIP CALDWELL a negro slave, LUCKY, a negro woman and her three children one named ELISHA, one named ELIJAH and one named KELLY, all with future increase... /SI WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, JACOB HEABERLING, PHILIP CALDWELL by their agent, JAMES C. CALDWELL - Witness: EDW DORSEY, ED GOLDMAN 127C 7 April 1820 - DAVID PHELPS being indebted to PHILIP CALDWELL and p.85 JACOB HEABERLING for $987, sell the following property of about 20 acres lying on Bushley Lake, about 1 and 1/2 miles from the town of Harrisonburg, together with... 3 head horses, a sorrell, a roan, and a brown, also about 20 head cattle, with all household and kitchen furniture... /s/ DAVID PHELPS - Witness: J.H. OVERTON, J.C. CALDWELL 128C JOHN HALEY for $300 paid by RACHEL SUTTON, sell one acre land p.86 lying in Corporation of Harrisonburg adjoining lands of TIMOTHY MAHAN one one side, and THOMAS HARVEY.../s/ JOHN HEALEY,' REUBEN SUTTON for RACHEL SUTTON - Witness: J.C. CALDWELL, ANTHONY GRIFFIN 129C 9 April 1820 - JOHN BROWN and JAMES WALLACE for $3000 paid, sell lot of ground in Harrisonburg adjoining lot formerly owned by JAMES STOKES, ,Wher6in a cotton gin it er6ct6d bordering a lot belonging to EDWARD GOLDMAN... /s/ JOHN BROWN, J. WALLACE - Witness: JOHN HOLLEY, JAMES STOKES 130C JOHN CRAYTON vs. JOHN HARRISON - Plaintiff recovers of Defendant p.87 $487.84 with interest from 16 Narch 1820. /s/ JAMES DUNLAP, Judge for the 7th District 131C 12 April 1820 - MOSES SNODDY acknowledges for $500 paid by JOHN SNODY... sells 1/2 of an improvement of land lying on Deer Creek being upper half - of improvement conveyed to MOSES SNODDY by ELI TEMPLIN... SI MOSES SNODDY, JOHN SNODDY - Witness: WM WELCH, THOMAS LOWSLETER 132C 19 April 1820 - On demand I promise to pay RICHARD KING $45.87 for value received from I January 1820 ... /s/ REUBEN SUTTON 133C I March 1820 - ANDREW M.B. THOMPSON, Parish of Rapides, am seized in fee of .... lot of land situated in the Parish of Rapides ... bounded on north by Red River and on east/west by lands formerly belonging to BOOTHE... containing I square arpent... appoint JOHN M.B. THOMPSON to lease, let, sell or demise the said lot... /s/ A.M.B. THOMPSON - Witness: EDW DORSEY, S.M. HODKINS 134C 2 May 1820 - CHARLES B. HARVEY for $100 paid by JAMES WILDS sell lot of land 100 ft. front on Bushley St. in town of Harrisonburg... adjoining lot of TIMOTHY MAHAN... /s/ C.B. HARVEY, JAMES WILDS Witness: RICHARD KING 135C 3 May 1820 - ISAAC McNUTT, Curator for Estate of JOHN McNUTT, deceased vs. CHARLES B. HARVEY - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $194.22. -56- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. BOOK C (continued) 136C 4 May 1820 - JOHN M. MILLING acknowledges for $550 paid by THOMAS C. SPRUELL sells to SPRUELL house and lot in town of Harrisonburg joining lots of SARAH LEE, Lot #4, Sq. #11... /s/ JOHN N MILLING, THOMAS C. SPRUILL - Witness: J. DAUGHERTY, JAMES McCL@NAHAN 137C 5 May 1820 - WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for $100 paid him by JOHN M.G. THOMPSON sell tract of land being in the Town of Harrisonburg, 30 ft. on King St. adjoining lot owned by RICHARD KING, thence to a lot owned by ROBERT NOBLES, then to a lot owned by EDW GOLDMAN... Is/ WM. J. CLARKSON, J.N.B. THOMPSON - Witness: JACOB HEABERLING, JAS. J. WILLIAMS 138C 27 May 1820 - Negro woman, MARY, belongimt to the estate of WILLIAM STORRS, deceased, will be put up for sale to the highest bidder... JOHN CASOUBE became the purchaser for $211 ... /s/ R.S. LOVES & CO., JOHN CARSON - Witness: PHILIP CALDWELL, J.G. HUNTER 139C State of Mississippi, County of Franklin ... We, CATHERINE ARGOE and SANDERS ARGOE, bargain, sell and quit all our claim to the Estate of GABRIEL RAWLS, deceased, in the State of Louisiana, unto JOSEPH BEASLEY of the State of Louisiana to the consideration of $100, acknowledged 19 April 1820... /s/ CATHERINE (her x) ARGOE, SANDERS (his x) ARGOE - Witness: HENRY (his x) SLUDER, EDWARD GAMBLE Personally came WILLIAM LEMON, Justice of the Peace for said County, HENRY SLUDER acknowledged that he saw CATHERINE ARGOE and SANDERS ARGOE sign .... 140C I, JESSE SKINNER of the State and Parish, have this date bargained and sold my house and plantation on Big Creek to SARAH THOMAS, same State and Parish, for sum of $350... /s/ JESSE SKINNER Witness: JOHN MURPHY, JAMES CRISWELL 141C HEABERLING & CO. vs. JOHN HEALEY - Transcript Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $250 with interest from 18 January 1820... /s/ JAMES LIGHTNER, Judge 142C 9 May 1820 - HEABERLING & CO.%vs. JOHN HEALEY and CHARLES B. HARVEY Transcript Judgment final in favor of Plaintiff for $117.64 with interest from 10 February 1820 .... /s/ JOHN LIGHTNER 143C HEABERLING & CO. vs. JOHN PRICHARD - Transcript Judgment in favor of.Plainti.ff for $252 with interest from 10 January 1820 plus costs ... 144C 9 May 1820 - WILLIAM BEASLEY for value received ' sell and delivery improvement of ground adjoining HARMAN DASHIS CLAIM of land on Bayou Mason 1 May 1820/s/ WILLIAM BEASLEY - Witness: ISAAC SANDERS 145C 8 April 1820 HEABERLING & CO. vs. WILLIAM LISLES -Transcript Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $110.35 with interest from 15 January 1820.../s/ JAMES DUNLAP, Judge for the 7th District. 57- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 146C 19 May 1820 - HEABERLING & CO. - Assignees vs. HENRY COCKERHAN, EDMOND DRAKE and CHARLES B. HARVEY - Transcript Judgment ordered that Plaintiff recover of the defendants $250 with interest from 10 August 1819 until paid, plus costs of suit... 147C 8 April 1820 - HEABERLING & CO. vs. JAMES FLOWERS - Transcript Judgment in favor of plaintiff for $265.31 with interest and cost of suit... /s/ JAMES DUNLAP 148C HEABERLING & CO. vs. HENRY POPE - Transcript Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $91.31 with interest from 1 January 1820 until paid plus cost of suit... /s/ JAMES DUNLAP 149C Indenture made between CHARLES MILES of Frankfurt, KY and THOMAS GRAYSON of Catahoula Parish, La. for $1500 paid by GRAYSON, sell's tract of land in Catahoula Parish to MILES, purchased from PHILIP CALDWELL and JAMES M. BRADFORD by deed bearing date of 7 October 1810. Is/ CHARLES MILES - Witness: F. BOARDMAN, RICHARD KING 150C JOHN CARSON of the Parish of Rapides authorize my friend, RICHARD KING, to purchase for me a negro girl... property of STORRS, late of the Parish of Catahoula ... provided the girl does not sell for more than $300 ... signed at Alexandria - 25 May 1820.../s/ JOHN CARSON 151C I, J. CLARK, have this day sold to JOHN HARRISON 190 acres which I purchased from CALDWELL and JAMES M. BRADFORD... 1810 (page has tape over it and much of this document cannot be read) /s/ CHARLES MILES - Witness: SAM NELSON I do assign the within obligation to ROBERT CALDWELL .. that CHARLES MILES shall convey the within land... on payment of $100. /s/ JOHN D. THOMASON - Witness: EDW DORSEY 13 May 1820 - received the amount of $213 principal and interest... /s/ CHARLES MILES - Witness: RICHARD KING, THOS GRAYSON 152C On the 27 day of May 1820 came THOMAS B. FRANKLIN of the Parish of Ouachita who acknowledged that for the sum of $400 paid him by CHARLES B. HARVEY, sell to HARVEY a negro man named NED about 40 years of age... /s/ THOMAS B.@ FRANKLIN, C.B. HARVEY 153C 27 May 1820 - ANDREW SKINNER and JOHN HARRISON testified that they saw THOMAS B. FRANKLIN and CHARLES B. HARVEY sign and acknowledge the above conveyance... /s/ ANDREW SKINNER, JOHN (x) HARRISON 154C 29 May 1820 - For $350 paid by PETER WATERMAN and JOHN MACKEY, JAMES DAUGHERTY sells parcel of ground in town of Harrisonburg that he purchased from CHARLES LISLES. /s/ JAMES DAUGHERTY, PETER WATERMAN, JOHN MACKEY - Witness: RICHARD KING, D.M. WARE 155C Promissory Note for $4,449.59 by PHILIP CALDWELL - City of New Orleans - CALDWELL attorney in fact for JACOB HEABERLING & co.@@-@ for good bought from THOMAS BANKS and CHARLES PATTERSON and WILLIAM PHILPOT. Morgaged land and plantation of 320 acres on Gaster's Creek -58- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 155C in Catahoula Parish where JACOB HEABERLING now resides which (continued)he acquired from THOMAS BALEW, SR., also all tools, utensils and implements of husbandry, and all the stock thereupon of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and also the following slaves, to wit: JOHN, JOE, MOSES and the wife of MOSES, and their children ... 156C DAVID HOLT and MARGARET HOLT, sell to MOSES SNODDY two negro boys: DAN about 7 and BILL about 2, for 520. 10 June 1820. /s/ DAVID HOLT, MARGARET (x) HOLT - Witness: JOSEPH CASE, JOHN ALLEN 157C JAMES DAUGERTY vs. REUBEN SUTTON... REUBEN SUTTON Appeared before CHARLES B. HARVEY, Justice of the Peace, and acknowledged that ht owed Plaintiff $47.10 with interest at 10%... 28 April 1820 158C 19 June 1820 - MOSES A. RAWSON, Coroner of the Parish of Catahoula, by writ of seizure and sale, to me directed from the honorable district court of the State of Louisiana, against EDWARD DORSEY, Curator of the Estate of THOMAS NESBIT, deceased, at the suit of ' JAMES WHITE against EDWARD DORSEY .... did seize tract of land 400 arpents ... on right bank of Black River about three miles below the mouth of ' Little River, adjoining on one side lands owned by ISAAC BALDWIN, being the same sold by WHITE to BALDWIN ... /s/ MOSES A. RAWSON.- Witness: WM. J. CLARKSON, THO BRYAN 159C Be it known that the partnership of JACOB HEABERLING and PHILIP CALDWELL ... hath been dissolved ... /s/ JACOB HEABERLING, PHILIP CALDWELL - Witness: WM WELSH, THOMAS LOWSTETER 160C 24 June 1820 - JAMES WALLACE for $1635 paid by WILLIAM J. CLARKSON sells tract of ' land in Town of Harrisonburg on corner of Main St. and Bushley St. adjoining lots of JOHN HARRISON and ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND ... // J. WALLACE, WM. J. CLARKSON - Witness: FRED LAUMAN, JOHN BROWN 161C JAMES WALLACE am held firmly bound unto WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for $485 to be paid in the month of March 1821... 162C JAMES WALLACE am held firmly'bound unto WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for the sum of.$1150... 163C WILLIAM J. CLARKSON sold to JAMES WALLACE for $1635 a tract of land in the Town of Harrisonburg... Main St. and Bushley St. Witness: FRED LAUMAN, JOHN BROWN 164C 4 June 1820 - JAMES WALLACE and JOSEPH BROWN both of Catahoula Parish sell to JOHN BROWN a house and lot of ground in the Town of ' Harrisonburg for $300... said lot sold to WALLACE by BROWN by deed dated 9 April 1820... Witness: FRED LAUMAN, WILLIAM J. CLARKSON -59- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. BOOK C (continued) 165C 6 June 1820 - Plantation of the late JACOB B. FOWLER, deceased, is exposed to Public Sale to the highest bidder ... JAMES DESHA becomes the purchaser of 996 acres for $1710. Land lying in the Prairie Jacob ... /s/ JAM LIGHTNER, Parish Judge, JAMES DESHA Witness: PETER WILLIAMSON, THOMAS GRAYSON 166C I July 1820 - For $61.64 I hereby sell and convey certain improvement which I made on Ouachita River about one mile from Gaster's Old Place ... Unto JONATHAN HAGGERTY ... /s/ SIMON PETERS Witness: EDW DORSEY, JACOB HEABERLING, THO BRYAN 167C 27 April 1817 - Deer Creek - Received of GEORGE CATHEY the sum of.$IOO for my right, title and claim to improvement lying on west side of Deer Creek and adjoining lands of ANDREW W. CATHEY claimed by virtue of settlement made in 1811 ... /s/ HIRAM BYRD Witness: JACOB M. DANIEL, HENRY BULLOCK 28 April 1817 - Deer Creek - Received of JAMES JOHNSTON $120 for my right, title and interest to above improvement.... /s/ GEORGE W. CATHEY - Witness: JAMES BULLOCK, JOSEPH (x) KELLY 29 April 1817 - Deer Creek - Received of HENRY STAMPLEY $120 for which I do hereby assign all my right, title and interest to the within improvement. /s/ JAMES JOHNSON - Witness: JAMES BULLOCK, JOSEPH (x) KELLY Recorded 3 July 1820 - Before JAMES LIGHTNER, Parish Judge, JACOB McDANIEL testified that he saw HIRAM BYRD sign the within sale. /s/ JAMES JOHNSON 168C EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff... Writof Fieri Facias -against chattels of JOHN HARRISON at the suit of WILLIAM CRAYTON and others ... s6ize lot in Town of Harrisonburg 150 sq. ft. on which mill and gin are located ... cornering on Water and Main St. and known as Gin Lot... exposed to public sale.. RICHARD KING became the purchaser for $800 ... /s/ EDW DORSEY - Witness: JAMES G. HUNTER, THO BRYAN 169C 26 June 1820 - Plantation of,the late JACOB B. FOWLER,deceased, put up for sale to the highest bidder... JAMES DESHA became the purchaser of 996 acres for $1710... Is/ JAMES DESHA, JAMES LIGHTNER Witness: W.M. SMITH, L.M. HODKINS 170C 2 August 1820 - JOHN SHROCK sold to WILLIAM M. SMITH for $250 an improvement of land lying at the foot of Pine Hills joining lands owned by HENRY HOLSTEIN, deceased, being the same improved by WILLIAM PICKETT and occupied in 1814 by MICAJAH PICKETT Jun and conveyed by MICAJAH PICKETT to JOHN SHROCK ... /s/ JOHN SHROCK, W.M. SMITH - Witness: G.M. LOVELACE, JOHN H. BRUCE -60- Continued on pages 61 - 75