TUTORSHIP OF ELIZABETH MCCORD, Carroll Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: Evelyn Mathews Ross 10/02 Records of East Carroll Parish, LA Succession Drawer 43 Dedicated to my mother & her love of genealogy. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Petition for Tutorship. Filed 3-16-1861. ... The petition of John W. McCord of said Parish represents: That Elizabeth McCord is a minor without any tutor to represent her, that her father & mother are both dead; and that she is now living at the residence & with the family of your petitioner. ...Petitioner further shows that he is the half brother of said minor... 3-16-1861. letter of Tutor. ... John W. McCord has been appointed Tutor of the minor Elizabeth McCord... 3-16-1861. Oath. I, John W. McCord, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform and discharge all the duties incumbent on me as Tutor of the minor Elizabeth McCord, child of William & Rebecca McCord both dec'd to the best of my ability. 3-16-1861.