Succession of Adaline Whitaker (Currie), Carroll Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Leta Currie-Marshall 11/98




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Succession of Adaline Whitaker (Currie), filed April 8th, 1854, Carroll
Parish, Louisiana

State of Louisiana
Parish of Carroll

Be it remembered that on this the Eighth day of April in the year of Our
Lord Eighteen Hundred and fifty-four, in pursuance of an order issued
from the Tenth Judicial District Court, in and for the Parish of
Carroll, State of Louisiana, dated this day and directed to Sanders D.
Oliver, Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public, or any Notary Public of
the Parish of Carroll, La. authorizing and requiring an Inventory and
Appraisement of the property and effects, rights and credits of the late
Adaline Whitaker, deceased, I, Sanders D. Oliver, Recorder and Ex
Officio Notary Public in and for the Parish of Carroll, State of
Louisiana, commissioned and sworn, did appoint Michael Morgan and Thomas
M. Evans competent appraisers, residents of this Parish, to whom I
administered the following oath, to wit,
"We, and each of us, do solemnly swear that we will well and truly
appraise the property belonging to the Succession of the late Adaline
Whitaker, deceased, according to the best of our knowledge and ability
so help us God. "
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 8th day of April, A.D. 1854.
S.D. Oliver, Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public
 (signed by M. Morgan and T. M. Evans)
And then proceeded, in presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, to make said Inventory and Appraisement, which is as
follows, to wit:
Item first -
A negro girl named Emeline aged about twelve years, appraised at the sum
of $750.00, Seven Hundred and fifty Dollars.
This done, Inventory began and closed at one sitting, without turning
aside to other matters, at my office in the Town of Providence, Parish
of Carroll, Louisiana, in presence of Francis M. Hays and James C. Drew,
lawful witnesses, residing in this Parish who hereunto sign their names,
together with the said appraisers and Recorder and Ex Officio Notary
Public on the day and date first herein written.
(signed by M. Morgan, Francis M. Hays, Thos. M. Evans, Jas. C. Drew, and
S. D. Oliver)
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(NOTE: Adaline Whitaker was the daughter of Abraham Whitaker and Frances
Whitaker. She was born in Mississippi.)


Leta Currie-Marshall
marshall@rockisland.com
P. O. Box 279 
Lopez Island,Washington, USA 98261