Catahoula County Louisiana Archives Wills.....Bowie FMC, James October 12, 1832 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gloria J. Pierson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00020.html#0004917 December 11, 2007, 12:06 am Source: Baton Rouge Archives Written: October 12, 1832 Recorded: October 12, 1832 James "Inventory of Assest" was filed and is now located at the Baton Rouge Archives, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The following information was included in the inventory: State of Louisiana } Parish of Catahoula} Be it known to all whom it may concern know you that I, Samuel Lightner, Judge of the Parish of Catahoula aforesaid Did on this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two repair to the late Plantation of James Bowie deceased a Free man of Colour when and where I took an Inventory of said deceased to be appraised the property of the said deceased as follows 640 Acres of Land in the Bushley five hundred dollars 500.00 50 Acres of Land of the A[illegible] Tract fifty dollars 50.00 One Negro Man named Charlie six hundred dollars 600.00 One Negro Man named Thomas six hundred dollars 600.00 One Negro Woman named Salina four hundred fifty dollars 450.00 350 head of Cattle fourteen hundred dollars 1400.00 150 head of Hogs three hundred dollars 300.00 13 head of Horses four hundred & fifty five dollars 455.00 One Note [illegible] for Sixty dollars with 60.00 ten per cent Interest there abouts after date One Note for Seven dollars twenty five cents 7.25 One note for [illegible] in the Hands of Richard King Isaac Baldwin payable to Robert King for Seventy Eight dollars fifty six and one fourth 78.56 1/4 One note on James Doss for seven dollars 7.00 One Improvement for water rights fifty dollars 50.00 _________ 4557.81 1/4 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/catahoula/wills/bowiefmc359gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb