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BOOK A - 1808-1839 ============================================================================= CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (Continued) 171C 4 August 1820 - JOSEPH CASE for $150 paid by CASPAR YOUNG sell improvement of land with crop of corn thereon and all his stock with the mark known to be his, lying and being on the west side of Deer Creek known-as CASE's improvement... /s/ JOSEPH CASE, CASPAR YOUNG - Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, LAVINIA LOVELACE 172C 7 August 1820 - Indenture between ROBERT ROGERS and ARTHUR PITMAN for $100 paid to him by PITMAN, sell, deliver, and convey improvement of land situated in Catahoula Parish called Pitman's Creer where ARTHUR PITMAN now resides ... made by ROGERS in 1814 ... contains several houses ... /s/ ROBERT ROGERS, ARTHUR PITMAN - Witness: JESSE WYATHE, THOMAS WIER 173C 28 September 1820 - PETER WATERMAN and JOHN MACKEY of the Town of Harrisonburg for $1.75 paid by JAMES DAUGHERTY sell parcel of land ... /s/ PETER WATERMAN, JOHN MACKEY - Witness: THOMAS WIER, G.W. RIDER 174C 8 October 1820 - JAMES USSERY sells to RICHARD C. BRIGHTMAN for $250 a parcel of land lying in the Catahoula Prairie fronting on said prairie being part of tract conveyed to JAMES LEAVINS by Comm. Cert. Reg. B #711, dated 5 June 1807, 100 acres. LEAVINS conveyed to CARSON, CARSON conveyed to WM. GRIFFIN, GRIFFIN conveyed to JAMES USSERY... /s/ JAMES (x) USSERY, R.C. BRIGHTMAN - Witness: JOSEPH BRIGHTMAN 175C 6 October 1820 - JAMES LEAVINS for $1000 paid him by RICHARD C. BRIGHTMAN sells parcel of-land - 198 acres - Catahoula Prairie, being part of conveyed to JAMES LEAVINS by Comm. Cert. Reg. B #711 dated 5 June 1807, plat surveyed by HUGH CHYLE, then Deputy Spanish Surveyor... /s/ JAMES LEAVINS, R.C. BRIGHTMAN.- Witness: ROBERT ROGERS, JOSEPH BRIGHTMAN 176C 7 October 1820 - CHARLES B. HARVEY for sum of $90 paid him by RICHARD HEALEY sell tract of land containing 150 ft. fronting on Bushley Road, same on which HEALEY now resides, adjoining lots of TIMOTHY MAHAN near Town of Harrisonburg ... /s/ C.B. HARVEY, RICHARD HEALEY - Witness: RICHARD KING, RESIN CRISWELL 177C 7 October 1820 - WILLIAM SHAW sells negro man, BEN, about 40 years old, for $600 to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON ... /s/ WM. SHAW, WM. J. CLARKSON Witness: THOMAS WIER, JOHN PRICHARD 178C 7 October 1820 - ROBERT CALDWELL and JAMES CALDWELL sell improvement containing two one-quarter sections of land lying on Rawson's Creek for $1000 to WILLIAM SHAW... /s/ ROBERT CALDWELL, JAMES C. CALDWELL, WM SHAW - Witness: JOHN PRICHARD, WM LANUS 179C 13 October 1820 - WILLIAM LANIUS sells land with houses and tan yard, all leather and hides in tan yard and 25 head of cattle, one yoke of oxen, two carts, 12 head hogs, one log chain, one horse, eight acres of land, to EDWARD WISE, for $1500 ... being same JOHN HARRISON sold to LANIUS... /s/ WM LANIUS, EDWARD WISE - Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, M.K. HOOTER -61- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 180C 13 October 1820 - J.H. McCOMAS & CO. Vs. JAMES JOHNSON - Judgment in the sum of $344.08 confessed by defendant. 18]C October Term 1820 - JOSEPH BRIGHTMAN vs. JAMES WILDS and Others judgment by default in favor of Plaintiff for $200 with interest /s/ JAMES DUNLAP, Judge 7th District 182C October Term 1820 - HEABERLING & CO. vs. DANL WIGGINS - Judgment by default in the sum of $126../s/ JAMES DUNLAP 183C HEABERLING & CO. vs. MOSES A. RAWSON - Judgment by default in the sum of $286.42... 184C 12 October 1820 - JOSEPH BURSON vs. JAMES DAUGHERTY Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $200 with interest... 185C 12 October 1820 - HEABERLING & CO. vs. ROBERT ROGERS Judgment by default in the sum of $266 ... 186C 12 October 1820 - HEABERLING & CO. vs. ROSALIN BROWN Judgment by default in the sum of $242.93... 187C 3 October 1820 - JACOB HEABERLING & CO. vs. ROSALIN BROWN - Judgment by default - $250 188C 13 September 1820 - RHODY HUGGINS sells to CHARLES LISLES her right title etc. to pre-emption right of land joining NEAL BAKER, lying on Deer Creek for $350... /s/ RHODEY (her x) HUGGINS - Witness: G.W. RIDER, WM ANDERSON 189C 13 September 1820 - RHODY HUGGINS sells a negro boy, SHADRACH, about 13 years old, to CHARLES LILES for $300 ... /s/ RHODEY (her x) HUGGINS 190C 5 October 1820 - WILLIAM J. CLARKSON.vs. ELISHA STUART, Assignee, Judgment in favor of ELISHA STUART for $200 ... /s/ JAMES DUNLOP, Judge 191C 5 October 1820 - WILLIAM J. CLARKSON vs. SAMUEL L. SPENCER - Judgment in favor of SPENCER for $206... 192C 9 October 1820 - WILLIAM IRONS vs. SAMUEL & JAMES NELSON - IRONS to recover of JAMES NELSON and the heirs and legal representatives of SAMUEL NELSON ... $1155. 193C 23 October 1820 - JOHN J. HARVEY sells three lots of ground in Harrisonburg to PLEASANT BOWIE,-for $500, being Lots #7., Sq. #3, Lot #4 in Sq. #2, and Lot #5 in Sq. 2... which lots were conveyed to JOHN J. HARVEY by MRS. NANCY HARVEY, wife. of - B. HARVEY... /s/ JOHN J. HARVEY, PLEASANT BOWIE - Witness: J. WALLACE, WM. BOYCE 194C 23 October 1820 - PLEASANT BOWIE acknowledges he is indebted to HENRY SMITH for $550 and for the security of his debt he mortgages three town lots in Harrisonburg ... /s/ PLEASANT BOWIE -62- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 195C 26 October 1820 - WILLIAM CLARKSON sells to MOSES A. RAWSON for $2770 a house and ground adjoining town of Harrisonburg ... Witness: DAVID PHELPS, RICHARD KING 196C 26 October 1820 - MOSES A. RAWSON sells to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON FOR $2770 improvement of land with saw mill and dwelling house lying on Crocodile Creek... Witness: DAVID PHELPS, RICHARD KING 197C 26 October 1820- MOSES A. RAWSON sells to WILLIAM J. CLARKSON for $1730, 346 acres lying on Bayou Crocodile... Witness: DAVID PHELPS, RICHARD KING 198C 27 October 1820 - Writ of Fieri Facias - against chattels and goods of JOHN HARRISON at the suit of GEORGE W. LOVELACE, Curator of the Estate of WILLIAM STORRS, also at the suit of JOHN HEALEY, and also at the suit of SPENCER GRIFFIN against JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA HARRISON, his wife ... /s/ EDW DORSEY, Sheriff - Witness: FRANCIS LONG, JOHN J. BOWIE 199C 8 August 1820 - JAMES DAUGHERTY vs. REUBEN SUTTON - Judgment by default in favor of Plaintiff for $92 ... 200C 8 November 1820 - ABRAHAM WILEY sells to J.N. BYNUM improvement on Stockley's Creek joining lands on south owned by ANGUS BOWIE... Witness: JAMES GASTER 15 October 1818 - I assign all my right, title and interest to (4ithin Bill of Sale to STEPHEN DUNN Is/ JOHN BANNISTER 6 November 1820 - I assign all my right, title and interest to above Bi-11 of Sale to EDWARD JOICE - /s/ STEPHEN DUNN Witness: ROBERT ROGERS, SAMUEL NEWMAN 201C 6 November 1820 - Harrisonburg - 11 October 1820 - Received of JAMES WALLACE the sum of $1135 in partial payment for lot and buildings situated in town of Harrisonburg ... Is/ WM. J. CLARKSON - Witness: JACOB HEABERLING 202C 6 November 1820 - LEMUEL MASTERS sells to THOMAS LACEY 98 acres in Catahoula Prairie for $500...Witness: DAVID PHELPS. G.N. MATTHEWS 203C 8 November 1820 - JOSEPH R. CARTER sells for $40 to THOMAS C. SPRUILL Lot #3, Sq. #11 in town of Harrisonburg... Witness: JAMES C. CALDWELL, JAMES GUNNING HUNTER 204C 8 July 1820 - JOHN D. THOMASON for the use of ALFRED M. GRAYSON vs. MOSES A. RAWSON, ROW & McCLANAHAN... JAMES McCLANAHAN and MOSES A. RAWSON confessed Judgment for $240... -63- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 205C 10 November 1820 - JOHN HARRIISON vs. JAMES FLOWERS - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $185 ... /s/ JAMES DUNLOP, Judge 206C TIMOTHY MAHONE vs. WILLIAM J. CLARKSON - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $111 207C 12 December 1820 - JOHN SHROCK appoints my friend, FRANCIS LONG, attorney to transact business of whatever nature ... Witness: JOEL TREHERN, G.W. LOVELACE 208C 12 December 1820 - JOHN SHROCK sells to JOEL TREHERN for $850 an improvement of land on Sicily Island at the foot of Pine Hills. Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, FRANCIS LONG 209C 20 December 1820 - ANN H. FOWLER sells to HENRY OBERRY for $400 a negro girl, AGATHA, about 10 or 12 years old... Witness: ZECH KIRKLAND, G.W. LOVELACE 210C 20 December 1820 - HENRY OBERRY relinquishes all claim to improvement in Sicily Island to ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND for $300... Witness: ELISHA STUART, JESSE BOWDEN, G.W. LOVELACE, JOSEPH GRIFFIN 211C 6 January 1820 - JOHN HARRISON and LUCRETIA HARRISON sell to RICHARD KING and HENRY WYCHE for $1100, JOHN CRAIN'S OLD PLACE on the western side of Ouachita River about one mile below courthouse Witness: A.M. ROBERTSON, EDW DORSEY 212C 1 September 1820 - JOHN PRICHARD sells to WILEY SMITH for $475 a negro girl, JAN, about 14 years old... Witness: FRANCIS LONG, ZECHARIAH KIRKLAND 213C FRANCIS LONG sells to WILLIAM LOVELACE for $300 to be paid in property, all my right to improvement on east side of Sicily Island adjoining lands of RICHARD L. LOVELACE ... Witness: WM SHAW, G.W. LOVELACE 214C 2 January 1821 - ROBERT ROGERS buys from RICHARD HALEY for $150 a lot in Harrisonburg bounded on north by WILLIAM CARSON on the south by TIMOTHY MAHAN, on the east by JAMES WILDS and on the west by Bushley St. which I lately purchased of CHARLES B. HARVEY... Witness: JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM BYRNE 215C Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels and goods of JOHN HARRISON at the suit of ROBERT M. DANIEL ... lot of land containing six acres purchased by JAMES GUNNING HUNTER for $31 ... /s/ THOMAS BRYAN, Deputy for EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff..Witness: JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, J.N.B. THOMPSON 216C SAMUEL ESMINGER sells to PETER HAMBERLIN for $250 an improvement of land on Deer Creek ... Is] SAM (x) ESMINGER - Witness: G.W.LOVELACE 217C 16 February 1821 - SPENCER GRIFFIN sells to HAEBERLING & CO. for $106 a lot of ground situated in town of Harrisonburg bounded on Bushley St. being Lot #4, Sq. #10... Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, JOS. J. WILLIAMS -64- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 218C 17 February 1821 - CHARLES CRAIG sells to HAEBERLING & CO. for $1200 a house and lot in Harrisonburg, being Lot #I, Sq. #3 ad joining lots of Z. KIRKLAND and E. GOLDMAN... Witness: JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER ALLEN 219C 17 February 1821 - HENRY WYCHE is indebted to RICHARD KING in the amount of $527.25 ... 220C Recorded 7 July 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels and goods of HENRY COCKERHAM, EDWARD DRAKE and CHARLES B. HARVEY ... seize 167 acres of land and put up for public sale ... JACOB HEABERLING becomes purchaser at $2 per acre... /s/ THO BRYAN, Deputy - Witness: S.M. HODKINS, J.C. CALDWELL 221C Recorded 24 February 1821 - LEE A. DUGIANS sells to WILLIAM DUGIANS an improvement on Deer Creek joining lands of G.W. RIDER for the sum of $400... /s/ LEE ANDREW DUGGINS - Witness: JOSEPH CASE, WILLIAM BRYANBERRY 222C 5 March 1821 - CHARLES B. HARVEY sells to DEMPSEY FIELDS for $100 a lot in the Town of Harrisonburg, adjoining JAMES WILDS and HAEBERLING & CO.... Witness: E. GOLDMAN, REUBEN WHITE 223C 7 March 1821 - EDWARD GOLDMAN sells to JACOB HEABERLING & CO. for $150 a lot in town of Harrisonburg on Main St., being 1/2 of lot #3, Sq. #7... Witness: G.N. MATTHEWS, JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS 224C 7 March 1821 - BLASSINGAME W. HARVEY changes his domicile to the Parish of Ouachita... Witness: THOMAS BRYAN, JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS 225C 6 March 1821 - JACOB HEABERLINQ & CO. vs. MARTIN J. WHITE and REUBEN WHITE - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $133... 226C 5 March 1821 - JACOB HEABERLING vs. REUBEN WHITE - confessed Judgment in the sum of $188 ... 227C HEABERLING & CO. vs. DANIEL HUMPHRIES - defendant confessed Judgment in the sum of $27.29 ... 228C 20 March 1821 - RICHARD L. LOVELACE sells to BENJAMIN BRUCE Sen for $1000 300 acres oh Sicily Island... Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, DAVID HOLSTEIN 229C 22 March 1821 -RICHARD KING sells to MOSES A. RAWSON for $2188 346 acres of land on Rawson's Creek ... Witness: JAMES STOKES, JAMES CALDWELL 231C 4 April 1821 - OLIVER J. MORGAN and ELIZABETH ERANSOM, Tutor and Tutrix of the minor heirs of ROBERT HALL, deceased, vs. 7th District Court of Parish of Catahoula, CHARLES B. HARVEY and JOHN BROWN.'.. Judgment in favor of Plaintiffs for $754.50... -65- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 232C JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS, Sir I have received from the drawer $276 besides $21.50 that I received from JAMES STOKES for which I was to deliver to HENRY CLARK of this $276 I received $50 from JAMES STOKES which I wish you to give him credit on his account. I leave this place and shall return by April court - do the best you can with the books and everything that is left with you which I leave in your power so to do. I am on business so as to get money for the property I take with me as I know that my situation is critical as respects the mortgage that CALDWELL gave in Orleans on my property. I think it necessary to do the best I can to secure the sacrifice of same let them then take other property if I cannot make the money for them. I have labored hard for this do not blame me as I consider myself unjustly delt with say to CALDWELL what I say here let him think as he may I do not wish this kept a secret as there is too much truth in it and I believe you to be a just man. You can suggest the same to JAMES C. CALDWELL as I think he would give me settlements that may be made in my absence. Yours with respect /s/ JACOB HEABERLING N.B. on the other side - I likewise have a note given me by RESE BOWIE on BRYAN & PULFORD in the Drawer return the same to BOWIE as they did not pay the money to me. I was to have got the money and sent it to Natchez Sugar & Coffee Co. for him. I leave you different notes on the papers in the drawer I wish you to collect for me as soon as you can ... /s/ JACOB HEABERLING 233C 3 April 1821 - JOHN GREEN sells to JOHN GALVIN for $500, 227 acres on Gray's Creek /s/ JOHN (x) GRAY, JOHN GALVIN - Witness: E. GOLDMAN, ROBERT ROGERS 234C 4 April 1821 - JAMES C. CALDWELL acknowledges debt to ROBERT CALDWELL in the amount of $1500 and mortgages three negro slaves', JERRY, ABRAHAM and MARIAH... 235C 5 April 1821 - JAMES C. CALDWELL and PHILIP CALDWELL liquidate business of JAMES C. CALDWELL & CO. Witness: G.W. RIDER, A. RAWLS 236C 5 April 1821 - MRS. PARCELA CORBET appoints ELISHA STEWART her lawful attorney... /s/ PERCELLA (her x) CORBET - Witness: G.W. RIDER, CALVIN GOODRICH 237C PHILIP CALDWELL acknowledges debt to FRANCIS C. POTTER and BENJAMIN LOVELL, of the Parish of Ouachita in the amount of $1725, and mortgages land in Pairie Jacob (12,000 acres) to secure this debt.. Witness: JOHN GASTER, LEWIS CHAUNCERY 238C JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS is appointed lawful attorney to collect debts owed to the firm of HEABERLING & CO. /s/ PHILIP CALDWELL, JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS - Witness: JAMES C. CALDWELL, CHARLES CRAIG 239C 8 April 1821 - JACOB HEABERLING vs. ROBERT ROGERS - Judgment in favor of the Plaintiff for $210 ... -66- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 240C Judge orders Plaintiff recover $307 in this case. 241C FRANCIS C. POTTER and BENJAMIN D. LOVELL by attorney in fact assignees of PIERRE JOUBERCAZE and EUGENIA BADEN, his wife, declare they have received their full and entire amount of a judgment with mortgage on 2000 acres of land in the Prairie Jacob for $2000 with interest rendered against PHILIP CALDWELL in favor of PIERRE JOUBERCAZE and EUGENIA, his wife -- POTTER and LOVELL release mortgage ... 242C It is ordered Plaintiff is to recover $307 in case of EDWARD DORSEY, syndic of JOHN G. GRAY, Plaintiff and JAMES WALLACE and JOHN BROWN, defendants ... 243C 7 April 1821-JOHN HEBRAND of the Parish of Ouachita sells to JAMES WALLACE, attorney, for $1000 a tract of land in Catahoul-a Prairie containing 238 acres counded on one side by NICHOLAS LEAVINS and vacant lands, being same tract of land granted by the Spanish Government to VICTOR BADEN in 1801, BADEN to HEBRAND in 1809, and the other tract granted to HAVIER ROBREHANT by the Spanish Government and conveyed to HEBRAND by the widow of MARIAH DENIS, wife of HAVIER ROBREHANT in 1807 ... /s/ JN HEBRAND, J. WALLACE Witness: DAVID PHELPS, RICHARD KING 244C JOHN BROWN acknowledges debt to DANIEL M. WARD in the amount of $515 ... Witness: J. WALLACE, WILLIAM F. PAINTER 245C DANIEL M. WARD sells to JOHN BROWN for $320 a billard table, que balls.. 9 April 1821 246C 10 April 1821 - Correct above mortgage to show JOHN BROWN owes D.M. WARD $625 instead of $515 ... 247C 9 April 1821 - RHESA BOWIE vs. JACOB HEABERLING - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $77.55 ... 248C JOHN CARSON vs. JAMES WALLACE - defendant confesses judgment in the amount of $435 ... 249C April 1821 - JOHN M.B. THOMSON, Curator of SILAR POTTER vs. JAMES WALLACE - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of $236.41 250C 12 April 1821- PHILIP CALDWELL acknowledges debt to JOHN BROWN & CO of New Orleans in the@amount of $627.10 and mortgages lot and buildings in Harrisonburg on west side of Bushley St. /s/ PHILIP CALDWELL for the late firm of HEABERLING & CO., JOHN BROWN & CO. by DAVID SMITH 251C ROBERT NOBLES vs. CHARLES B. HARVEY - April Term 1821 - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $200 and costs of suit /s/ JAMES DUNLAP -67- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 252C 23 April 1821 - ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND sells for $1300 to WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE a negro woman named AMELIA and a negro woman named SEBY, about 19. 253C 23 April 1821 - ELI TEt4PLIN sells for $200 to ISAAC SOLLARS an improvement of land on Deer Creek, north side adjoining lands claimed by MOSES SNODDY on lower side, on the upper side by land claimed by JOHN YOUNG, it being one of the improvements TEMPLIN purchased from DANIEL MULLINS... Witness: WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE p.155 DICY SMITH, widow of WILLIAM M. SMITH, deceased appoints friend FRANCIS LONG Power of Attorney... /s/ DICY (x) SMITH - Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, JOHN H. BRUCE 255C 2 May 1821 - ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND appoints friend, WILLIAM E. PARKER his true and lawful attorney for the settlement of his business generally ... Witness: PHILIP BROWN, JOHN LOVELACE 256C 9 May 1821 - JAMES LIGHTNER, Parish Judge, exposes to public sale a negro boy, ALEXANDER, about 16 years old belonging to the Estate of JOSEPH HILL, deceased... JAMES DESHA became the purchaser for $400.25 .... 257C 9 May 1821 - JOHN J. BOWIE vs. RICHARD C. BRIGHTMAN ... Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $117.50 ... 258C 9 May 1821 - JOHN M.B. THOMPSON vs. JOSEPH & RICHARD BRIGHTMAN Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $30.... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE, Justice of the Peace for the Parish of Catahoula 259C 14 May 1821 - This is to certify that we relinquish all right, title and interest to the mortgage on tract of land sold to JACOB B. FOWLER lying in the Prairie Jacob and since purchased by JAMES DESHA. /s/ JESSE BOWDEN, ISAAC OBERRY - Witness: ELISHA STUART, HENRY OBERRY 260C 12 May 1821 - ZACHARIAH TALIAFERRO sells for $2500 to JAMES GAVAN TALIAFERRO, 192 acres and 25/100 being an undivided one half tract of land owned by ZACHARIAH T.ALIAFERRO and CHARLES PATTERSON ... /s/ ZACH TALIAFERRO - Witness: JOSEPH (x) HARRISON, PETER (x) BOICE 261C 16 May 1821 - Alexandria, La. - Authorization to sale of slave - a negro girl named MARY, about 6 years old, purchased from Estate of WILLIAM STARRS... /s/ JAMES CASSON 262C 16 May 1821 - ROBERT ROGERS sells to ANN McWILLIAMS for $200 a negro girl named HARRIETT, about ten years old ... Witness: WILLIAM KENNA, JAMES (x) NEWMAN 263C 19 May 1821 - Received of MOSES A. RAWSON $300 in full settlement for bond and mortgage... /x/ ZACH KIRKLAND 264C GEORGE W. LOVELACE, acting for JOHN CASSON of Alexandria, La., sells to STACY M. HODKINS a negro girl, MARY, about 6 years old ...Witness: JOHN LOVELACE, G.W. MATTHEWS -68- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 265C 19 May 1821 - STACY M. HODKINS sets over to legal representatives of WILLIAM J. CLARKSON, deceased, a negro girl, MARY, for $300.Witness: JOHN LOVELACE, G.W. MATTHEWS 266C 19 May 1821 - MOSES A. RAWSON sells for $300 to STACY M. HODKINS a house and lot of ground adjoining Town of Harrisonburg ... M.S. RAWSON, S.M. HODKINS - Witness: JOHN LOVELACE, G.W.MATTHEWS 267C STACY M. HODKINS acknowledges debt of $300 to ZECH KIRKLAND and mortgages house and lot... 268C JOHN RICHARDS and JAMES MAGRUDER of the City of Natchez, appoints S.M. HODKINS their lawful attorney to release to JAMES DAUGHERTY a certain mortgage... 269C 29 May 1821 - HENRY OBERRY sells for $400 to ELIZA OBERRY a negto girl HANNAH about 11 years old ... /s/ HENRY OBERRY - Witness: PETER WILLIAMSON, FREDERICK KIPER 270C 12 June 1821 - PHILIP CALDWELL sells for $61 to CAROLINE HARRISON a lot in the Town of Harrisonburg, Lot #6, Sq. # 3 ... /s/ PHILIP CALDWELL, JOHN (x) HARRISON, LUCRETIA (x) HARRISON - Witness: JEFF DAVIS, JOHN RATCLIFF 271C 21 May 1821 - JOEL TREHERN sells for $500 to HUGH B. JOHNSTON an improvement of land lying in Sicily Island adjoining the Pine Hills and lands claimed by KIRKLAND on one side and lands claimed by the heirs of WILLIAM M. SMITH ... /s/ JOEL TREHERN, H.B. JOHNSON - Witness: FRANCIS P. WALL, P.J. HOOTER 272C 12 June 1821 - JOHN J. BOWIE, Collector of the Parish taxes, p.163 seized a lot of ground in Harrisonburg, Lot #6, Sq. #3 owned by JOHN HARRISON to satisfy taxes owed by JOHN HARRISON - put up for public sale PHILIP CALDWELL became the purchaser for $61. /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE, Witness: A.M. ROBERTSON, FREDERICK M. HUNTER 273C ZACHARISH KIRKLAND sells to WILLIAM E. PARKER the following negroes MINDA, DEMBO, MARY, DAPHNY, PETER, ADAM, POLLAS and her three children, BETTY, ELIZA and SOLOMON for $3616.11 ... /s/ ZECH KIRKLAND - Witness: FRANCIS LONG, WILEY SMITH 274C 23 July 1821 - EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff, seizes chattels, lands, etc. of PLEASANT BOWIE, at the suit of FANNY SMITH, Lot #7, Sq. #3, and Lot #4 & 5, Sq. #2 ... FANNY SMITH and her agent, JOSEPH J. WILLIAMS purchase at public sale for $366.66 ... Witness: JAMES GUNNING HUNTER, RHESA BOWIE, Recorded Ledger B, Folio 65 & 66 275C On the 1 March next I promise to pay JOHN BROWN & CO. of New p-165 Orleans $191.71 with interest from 2 July 1821... /s/ REUBEN WHITE JAMES WALLACE, attorney for JOHN BROWN & CO. accepts mortgage of negro named DANIEL, about 40, now in possession of REUBEN WHITE. -69- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 276C 2 July 1821 - JOHN J. BOWIE sells to WILLIAM DOSS for $700 a negro boy, JERMAN, about 15 years old... /s/ JOHN J. BOWIE - Witness: CHARLES CRAIG, RHESA BOWIE 277C 4 July 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of p. 166 REAZIN CRISWELL, at the suit of JOHN RAWLS... lot on Bushley St. in town of Harrisonburg adjoining ZECH KIRKLAND and HEABERLING, seized and put up for public sale - JOSEPH WILLIAMS purchased for $161 ... /s/ EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff Witness: J.G. HUNTER, S.M. HODKINS - Recorded Ledger B, Folio 61 278C Writ of Fieri Facias against JAMES WILDS, JOHN BROWN & CHARLES B. HARVEY, at the suit of JOSEPH BRIGHTMAN ... seized two square acre lots in Harrisonburg fronting on Bushley St. on which one there is a blacksmith shop ... exposed to public sale ... JOHN BROWN purchased for $100. /s/ EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff ... Witness: JOS WILLIAMS, SPENCER GRIFFIN Recorded Ledger B, Folio 69 279C 7 July 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against ISRAEL ALEXANDER p. 167 at the suit of JOHN J. BOWIE... seize 320 acres at south fork of Bayou Bushley... put up for public sale -- RICHARD KING became purchaser for $73../s/ EDWARD DORSEY - Witness: JOS. WILLIAMS, SPENCER GRIFFIN 280C 8 July 1821 - MOSES A. RAWSON, Coroner of the Parish of Catahoula, by writ of Fieri Facias against JAMES WALLACE & JACOB HEABERLING at the suit of EDWARD DORSEY, syndic of JOHN G. GRAY, seized one lot in the town of Harrisonburg on corner of Bushley St. and Main opposite RICHARD KING's Store, on which there are two large frame houses -- also one fraction of ground fronting on King St. being same on which old jail now stands.. exposed to public sale ... JAMES WALLACE purchased for $650.. /s/ M.A. RAWSON - Witness: THO BRYAN, S.M. HODKINS - Recorded i.n Ledger B, Folio 72 281C Writ of Fieri Facias against John Harrison at the suit of p.168 HEABERLING --- seized Lot #5, Sq. #10 -- put up for public sale - HEABERLING & CO. became the purchaser for $79 - 7 July 1820 - Witness: A. RAWLS, JAMES BROWN 282C FANNY SMITH, Curator for the Estate of JOHN L. SMITH vs. JAMES JOHNSON Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $94.15. 283C MOSES A. RAWSON - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of JAMES WILDS, JAMES WALLACE and WILLIAM IRONS at the suit of EDWARD DORSEY, syndic of JOHN G. GRAY ... seized Lot #6, Sq. #10, also 20 acres - PHILIP CALDWELL became the purchaser for $181 ... /s/ MOSES A. RAWSON - Witness: THO BRYAN, THO GRAYSON 284C 7 July 1821 - EDWARD DORSEY - Writ of Fieri Facias against JOHN HARRISON at the suit of WILLIAM CRYER - lots containing 10 acres north side of Conley's Branch - JACOB HEABERLING became purchaser for $133 ... /s/ THOMAS BRYAN, Deputy for EDWARD DORSEY - Witness: STACY M. HODKINS, JAMES GUNNING HUNTER - Recorded Ledger B, Folio 50 -70- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C continued 285C Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of JOHN HARRISON at suit of JACOB HEABERLING, Lot #2, Sq. #10 - HEABERLING & CO. became the purchaser for $25... /s/ EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff - Witness: A. RAWLS, JOHN BROWN - Recorded Ledger B, Folio 28 286C 7 July 1821 - FANNY SMITH, Curator for JOHN L. SMITH vs. CHARLES LILES ... Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $71.60. 287C Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of JAMES HARRISON at the suit of HEABERLING & CO. - Lots #3 & 4, Sq. #9 - put up for public sale HEABERLING & CO. 288C 21 July 1821 - Release WILLIAM M. SMITH from his verbal assumption made to HEABERLING & CO. for $217 for ISAAC SOLLARS upon condition that the said Curator of the Estate of WILLIAM M. SMITH, deceased, shall release certified mortgage given by ISAAC SOLLARS to WILLIAM M. SMITH during his lifetime to a certain tract of land on which SOLLARS lives ... /a/ JOS. WILLIAMS, Agent for HEABERLING & CO., PHILIP CALDWELL for the late firm of HEABERLING & CO. 289C July 1821 - Seizure Order against lands and tenements of JOHN HEALEY at the suit of HENRY A. BULLARD ... JAMES G. HUNTER became purchaser for $50 ... filed in Ledger B, Folio 64. 290C PHILIP CALDWELL acknowledges for $750 paid by MOSES DUFFY of p.171 the city of New Orleans ... to sell negro, BEN, about 27 years old to DUFFY ... /s/ PHILIP CALDWELL, JOHN HUGHES acting for MOSES DUFFY Witness: JOS. WILLIAMS, FREDERICK W. HUNTER 291C 10 August 1821 - JOHN CLARKE and ALEXANDER SLOANE of the City of New Orleans, tanners and carpenters in trade, declared that for $800 they will sell to GEORGE SPENDER a negro slave, MERAYA, about 23. 292C 10 August 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of JAMES NELSON, heir of SAM NELSON at the suit of WILLIAM IRON and PETER LOUBERCAZE ... 500 acres of land on River Boueff between the mouth of Deer and Turkey Creek ... FRANCES LONG became the purchaser for $2980... 293C Writ of Fieri Facias against ISAAC SOLLARS at the suit of HEABERLING & CO... seize improvement on Deer Creek which SOLLARS had purchased from ELI TEMPERLIN, on which there is a dwelling house, kitchen and excellent well of water, together with about 31 acres in cultivation ... JOHN J. BOWIE became the purchaser for $260. 294C JACOB HUMPHRIES sells for $500 to JAMES & PHILIP CALDWELL, formerly trading under the name of JAMES CALDWELL & CO., a piece of land on Bushley Creek, being same land purchased of JOHN SCOGGINS, JOHN HARRISON and JOHN SQUIRES... /s/ JACOB HUMPRHIES, PHILIP CALDWELL Witness: JOHN (x) SQUIRES, FREDERICK M. HUNTER 295C 11 August 1821 - JOHN HENRY of New Orleans, sells for $100 to DANIEL K.MAYO a tract of land bounded by lands owned by ARCHIBALD RIDDLE and',RICHARD B. BRIGHTMAN ... /s/ JOHN HENRY,DANIEL K. MAYO - Witness: DAVID McCLEUR, THO GRAYSON -71- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. --BOOK C (continued) 296C Writ of Fieri Facias against JOHN JOHNSON at the suit of LEWIS CHAUNCEY... seize negro slave, DAVY, about 23, put up for public sale..sold to JAMES WALLACE for $725. 297C 31 August 1821 - WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE acknowledges he owes CASPER YOUNG $608.10 for two negro women, SAHR and EMILY ... 17 September 1824 - Received of WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE $608.10 being amount due for mortgage give ... discharges mortgage ... /s/ CASPER YOUNG 298C 3 October 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against JAMES DAUGHERTY at the suit of JAMES WHITHEAD... seize one house and lot in Town of Harrisonburg being Lot #2, Sq. #11 ... put up for public sale... JOHN W. JAMES became the purchaser for $100... Witness: JAMES C. CALDWELL, THOS BRYAN 299C 5 September 1821 - RACHEL SUTTON and REUBEN SUTTON sell for $75 to JOHN M.B. THOMPSON a parcel of land in the Town of Harrisonburg ... /s/ RACHEL (x) SUTTON, REUBEN SUTTON 300C JAMES C. CALDWELL and PHILIP CALDWELL buy from REUBEN SUTTON and RACHEL SUTTON for $123 a lot of ground ... 301C 7 September 1821 - ROBERT NOBLES acknowledges debt of $480 to DANIEL M. WARD... and mortgages negro man, ABRAHAM about 24, to secure debt... /s/ ROBERT (x) NOBLES, D.M. WARD - Witness: JAMES C. CALDWELL, JOS J. WILLIAMS 302C 7 September 1821 - REUBEN SUTTON and wife, RACHEL, sell for $50 to PHILIP CALDWELL and JACOB HEABERLING, a parcel of land in town of Harrisonburg, being all the remaining part of land purchased from JOHN HEALEY ... /s/ REUBEN SUTTON, RACHEL (x) SUTTON, PHILIP CALDWLEL for late firm of HEABERLING & CO. - Witness: W.B. HARVEY, GEORGE EGGERT 303C 7 September 1821 - ROBERT NOBLES acknowledges debt to DANIEL M. WARD p-180 in the amount of $480... mortgages negro, ABRAHAM age 24 ... 304C RICHARD GREEN of Rapides Parish sells for $815.66 to JAMES TALIAFERRO bond and written paper of obligation and passes by CHARLES PATTERSDN OF Concordia Parish, endorsed in favor of said GREEN, in the sum of $2100 bearing date of 12 December 1814 ... /s/ RICHARD GREEN Witness: DAVID PHELPS, FRANCES P. WALL 305C 3 October 1821 - SARAH WYCHE sells for $500 to H.A. BULLARD a mulatto boy named LEWIS, age 12... /s/ SARAH (x) WYCHE - Witness: ORREN SMITH, REUBEN SUTTON 306C 29 October 1821 - WILLIAM SHAW sells for $90 to JAMES BALL of the County of Sumner, State of Tennessee, lot of ground in town of Nashville, Lot #19 ... /s/ WM SHAW, JAMES BALL - Witness: WILLIAM BYRNE, STACY M. HODKINS -72- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 307C 4 November 1821 - JOHN LOVELACE appoints my trusty friend and brother, RICHARD L. LOVELACE, my lawful attorney to sell and convey property... /s/ JOHN LOVELACE - Witness: G.W. LOVELACE, STEPHEN HOLSTEIN 308C 5 November 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of Estate of WILLIAM J. CLARKSON and PHILIP CALDWELL at the suit of CHARLES CRAIG - seize 10 acres ... put up for public sale ... CELIA, a free woman of colour purchased for $50 ... 309C JAMES WALLACE and JOHN J. BOWIE paid $800 to the Curator of the Estate of SILAR POTTER, deceased, to JAMES WALLACE, for a negro man, BARNETT, about 35 years of age.. 310C 28 October 1821 - JAMES WALLACE sells for $600 to JOHN J. BOWIE, a negro woman, SOPHIA, about 30 years of age... Witness: RICHARD KING, THOMAS BRYAN 311C 5 November 1821 - Put up for public sale negroes of the succession of THOMAS NESBITT, deceased, to the highest bidder... ELISHA STUART became the purchaser for $800 of DINA and her two children, CATE & JOHN... /s/ SAMUEL LIGHTNER, Parish Judge, ELISHA STUART Witness: A. RAWLS, JAMES McCLANAHAN 312C ROBERT ROGERS sells for $794 to JOHN ROW.... 420 arpents on the waters of the Bushley, being same where JOHN ROW now resides. called "Bannister's Old Place"... /s/ ROBERT ROGERS, JOHN (x) ROW Witness: DAVID PHELPS, H. WYCHE 313C FRANCES P. WALL appoints GEORGE W. LOVELACE, my true and lawful attorney to recover debts due me ... /s/ FRANCES P. WALL - Witness: SAML DAILY 314C Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of ROBERT ROGERS at the suit of HEABERLING & CO. .. seize property on waters of the Bushley containing 238 acres, adjoining lands of ROBERT ROW... put up for public sale ... CHARLES CRAIG became the purchaser for $122 ... 315C RICHARD KING, Curator vs. JAEOB HEABERLING, JOHN ERWIN & JOHN J. P.185 BOWIE Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $408 ... 316C 9 November 1821 - Writ of Fieri Facias against MOSES A. RAWSON at the suit of HEABERLING & CO ... seize house and improvement on north side of town of Harrisonburg being a preference right formerly belonging to JOHN CRANE... put up for public sale ... MOSES A. RAWSON became the purchaser for $338.49 ... /s/ SAML LIGHTNER, Judge Witness RICHARD KING, JOHN J. BOWIE 317C WILLIAM BRUNE vs. WILLIAM BYRNE and ISAAC PULFORD... Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $180.54 ... -73- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 318C 12 November 1821 - WILLIAM BRUNE vs. JOHN BROWN & EDWARD DORSEY Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $101.54 ... 319C WILLIAM BRUNE vs. CHARLES B. HARVEY - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $203.23... 320C November 1821 - WILLIAM BRUNE vs. PHILIP CALDWELL - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $60.50 ... 321C 16 November 1821 - JAMES NELSON, Curator of the Estate of SAMUEL p-187 NELSON, deceased, transfers and sets over to FRANCIS LONG, the overplus of two executions against the said SAMUEL NELSON ... in favor of PETER LOUBERCASE and WILLIAM IRONS ... Land sold at Sheriff's sale ... FRANCIS LONG became the purchaser for $2980... Surplus to be applied to settling of debts of the said executions ... JAMES (x) NELSON, Curator 322C JOHN HILL, Curator of GABRIEL RAWLS, deceased, vs. ELIZABETH DUNN, ABEL RAWLS, JOS. J. WILLIAMS & WILLIAM BUNCH - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $1350 and judgment against ELIZABETH DUNN only for costs of suit... 323C 8 November 1821 - JAMES T. McGRUDER vs. JAMES DAUGHERTY - Judgment p.188 in favor of Plaintiff for $2640... 324C 19 November 1821 - S.M. HODKINS testified that the foregoing is a true copy of transcript... JOHN BROWN & CO. vs. STEPHEN HOLSTEIN Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $35.92 ... 325C J.H. McCOMAS & CO. vs. STEPHEN HOLSTEIN - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $189.70... 326C JOHN BROWN & CO. vs. REZEN BOWIE and JESSE BOWDEN - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $750... 327C 19 November 1821 - WILLIAM BRUNE vs. A.M. ROBERTSON & JOHN HARRISON Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $119.15 ... 328C JAMES T. McGRUDER & CO. vs. OAMES DAUGHERTY - Judgment in favor p.189 of Plaintiff for $139 ... 329C 19 November 1821 - Z. KIRKLAND, Curator of WM. M. SMITH, deceased, vs. RHODIA HUGGINS - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $300 ... 330C J.H. McCOMAS & CO. vs. THOMAS COCHRAIN and JABISH M. DANIELS... Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $151.99 ... 331C 10 November 1821 - Z. KIRKLAND, Curator vs. CHARLES B. HARVEY and JOHN ERVIN ... Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $62 ... 332C 19 November 1821 - WILLIAM BRUNE vs. CHARLES B. HARVEY & JAMES GASTER Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $55.56 ... -74- CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF CATAHOULA PARISH, LA. - BOOK C (continued) 333C 19 November 1821 - BENJAMIN CORBITT vs. JACOB HEABERLING & CO. - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $342.19... 334C JOHN BROWN & CO. vs. CRAIG HEABERLING & CO.......Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $964 ... 335C JOHN BROWN & CO. vs. JACOB HEABERLING & CO. - Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $1074 ... 336C WILLIAM BRUNE vs. THOMAS COCHRAN.. Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $249 ... 337C Clerk of Court - testifies to signature 338C 10 November 1821 - SAMUEL ALLEN vs. ISAAC PULFORD and WILLIAM BYRNE Judgment in favor of Plaintiff for $140 ... 339C 8 December 1821 - JAMES STOKES sold to WILLIAM IRONS for $600 a negro woman, CHINA, about 24 years of age ... Witness: FRANCIS BOARDMAN, THO BRYAN 340C PHILIP CALDWELL testifies that on 10 December 1810 he sold to P.191 THOMAS WINN of Mississippi Territory a tract of land supposed to contain 500 acres ... WINN then sold to BENJAMIN CORBITT for $2.00 per acre to be paid in two installments ... original deed between PHILIP CALDWELL and WINN to become null and void ... NICHOLAS C. HALL of the City of New Orleans is the attorney in fact for the heirs of THOMAS M. WINN, deceased ... land lying on Beouff River. /s/ PHILIP CALDWLEL, NICHOLAS C. HALL for self and attorney in fact for THOMAS M. WINN 341C Notary acknowledgement for above deed. 342C NICHOLAS C. HALL refunds back to BENJAMIN CORBITT difference between p.183 ... survey shows 43 English acres... 343C Writ of Fieri Facias against goods and chattels of CHARLES B. HARVEY JOHN BROWN & JAMES JOHNSTON at the suit of GEORGE W. LOVELACE, Curator of the Estate of WILLIAM STORRS, deceased ... seize tract of land lying in the town of Harrisonburg, Lot #3, Sq. #12,... exposqd to public sale... CHARLES B. HARVEY, natural tutor to GODFREY W. HARVEY, a minor under the age of puberty, became the purchaser for $25... /s/ EDWARD DORSEY, Sheriff of Catahoula Parish.. Witness: L.M. HODKINS, THOMAS BRYAN 344C 20 December 1821 - JAMES WALLACE sells for $2500 to THOMAS A. KING p.194 a tract of land lying in town of Harrisonburg on corner of Main St. and Bushley St. adjoining lots of JOHN & LUCRETIA HARRISON and ZACHARIAH KIRKLAND, being same as conveyed by WILLIAM J. CLARKSON to JAMES WALLACE ... with all buildings, houses and appurtences. also one other lot on King St. on east side cornering in the corner of JOHN M.B. THOMPSON's lot ... Witness: WM SHAW,C.B. HARVEY -75- continued on file "p75-90"