Land Donated for Parish Courthouse, 1813; E. Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana
File prepared and submitted by Pam J. Rice and Joyce A. Rogers
Date: Sep 2007

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LAND DONATED FOR THE ERECTION OF A COURT HOURSE FOR THE PA5RISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 1813

The following document was found in the Court house, Baton Rouge, Louisiana in Judge’s Book “C”, Entry #25, page 27.
“State of Louisiana
Parish of East Baton Rouge

	On this tenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen before me, Andrew
	Steele,
Parish Judge, performing the duties of Notary Public of the said Parish, personally came and appeared Bartholemi Toutant
Beauregard,
Manuel Toutant Beauregard, Victoire Beauregard, wife of Patrice Leonard duly authorized by the said Patrice (Leonard) he
being here
present & consenting to this act, and Marie Rose Beauregard, wife of Jacques Guesnon Junior, duly authorized by the said
Jacques
Guesnon here also present and consenting of this act, which said appearers declare that having heretofore voluntarily given
& granted
seven Town lots in that part of the Town of Baton Rouge laid off by the late Mr. Elie Beauregard to be converted into a
fund for the
purpose of defraying part of the expense of erecting a Court House for the said parish of East Baton Rouge, on condition
that the
Parish jury of said Parish should cause the said building to be erected on the Lot of ground designated for the Intendance
on the
plan of the said Beauregard’s Town and the said  Parish jury having acceded to the conditions aforesaid and named Mssrs.
Charles
Tanneret, William Dewees, Dudley Avery and Cornelius (last name omitted here) as Trustees to superintend the erection of
said Building,
giving to the said Trustees or a majority of them full power to receive the donation aforesaid for the use above mentioned
– Now in
consideration of the premises give, grant, assign and convey to the said William Dewees, Charles Tanneret, Dudley Avery and
Cornelius
Baldwin or a majority of them for the use aforesaid the said seven Town Lots of the numbers according to the said plan of
Beauregard’s
Town and of the description following viz= Lots Nos. 2 & 3 of the Square number sixty four containing sixty feet in front
by one
hundred & twenty feet in depth, the property of the said Bartholemi T. Beauregard – Lots. Nos. four and nine of the said
Square No. 64,
the property of Manuel T. Beauregard – Lots Nos. eight of square No. sixty six and number nine of the square number sixty
seven, the
property of the said Victoire Beaurgard –and Lot number eight of the square number sixty four, the property of the said
Marie Rose
Beauregard – each of the said Lots containing sixty feet in front by one hundred and Twenty feet in depth – and the said
apearers do
by these presents authorize & empower the Trustees before named and a majority of them to have, hold, occupy & possess the
said described
seven Town Lots and to alienate, sell or otherwise dispose of the same as may be found not expedient & beneficial for the
purpose for
which the said donation is made – and the said Charles Tanneret, William Dewees, Dudley Avery and Cornelius Baldwin accept
the donation
aforesaid in trust for the use aforesaid.  In testimony whereof the said parties have hereunto with me & in the presence of
___witnesses
subscribed their names the day and year first above written.
						M.C. Beauregard
						M. T. Beauregard
						Patrice Leonard.”