Succession of Eliza Bonner Lanfair Tutorship of Eliza Bonner Lanfair's Children Tutorship of William Lanfair's Children Carroll Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: Evelyn Mathews Ross 10/02 Records of Clerk of Court of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana Succession Drawer 8 Abstracted: December 18, 1997 Dedicated to my mother & her love of genealogy. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** [Note: Tutorship of William Lanfair's children, Tutorship of Eliza Bonner Lanfair's children & Succession of Eliza Bonner Lanfair were all intermingled in the same file. I have sorted the documents by date filed.] Succession of Eliza Landfair deceased. Robt. C. Landfair Letters of Tutorship. Filed 2-4-1854. ... Robert C. Landfair has been confirmed Natural Tutor of his minor children James L., Robert J., Thomas M., Hiram D. and Emma Augustus Landfair... Tutorship of the minor Lanfair. Petn. Of Robt. C. Lanfair for Tutorship. Filed 2-10-1854. Succession of Eliza Landfair, deceased. Oath Natural Tutor. Filed 2-10-1854. ... I, Robert C. Landfair do solemnly swear that I will well & faithfully perform and discharge the duties incumbent on me as Natural Tutor of my minor children , James L., Robert J., Thomas M., Hiram D. & Emma Augustus Landfair heir of my late wife Eliza Bonner deceased... Oath of under Tutor. ... William Morris... 2-10-1854. Succession of Eliza Bonner. Letters of under Tutor. ... William Morris... 2-10-1854. Tutorship of the minor Lanfair. Petition of W.H. Lanfair for Partition. Filed 2-10-1854. ... The Petition of William H. Lanfear who resides in this Parish with respect shows, that he is one the heirs of his mother Eliza Lanfair late of the Parish deceased and who was in community with Robert C. Lanfair father of Petitioner, that there are five minor co-heirs of Petitioner to wit James L. Lanfair, Robert J. Lanfair, Thos. M. Lanfair, Hiram D. Lanfair, Emma A. Lanfair... Succession Eliza Bonner. Inventory. Filed 2-14-1854. ... Inventory. Item 1st Land ... $1,941.85 2d Negroes ... $6,175.00 3d Horses, Mules, Oxen xc. ... $ 835.50 4 Farming utensils ... $ 181.30 5th One Lot House Hold Furnature $ 87.00 6th 1 Rifle Gun $25.00 1 shot Gun $ 5.00 Kitchen Furnature $ 7.00 1 Lot crockery ware $ 5.00 $ 129.00 6th Produce -- ... $ 340.75 7th Bills Receivable & cash on hand $ 188.16 To the Total appraisement and sum of $9,791.56 The portion of the Foregoing described and appraised Property which belonged to the succession of Mrs. Eliza Bonner, deceased... $4,895.78... Tutorship of the minor Lanfair. motion to homologate partition. Filed 2-14-1854. Succession Eliza Bonner. Family meeting for Partition. Filed 2-14-1854. ... the sum of $815.96 was assigned William H. Landfair, that being the one sixth part of the one half of said property... Tutorship of Landfair children. Filed 12-7-1855. ... The Petition of Robert C. Lanfair a resident of your said Parish of Carroll La with respect shows that his brother William Lanfair, late of said Parish died some time in the winter or spring of 1854 - leaving his affairs unsettled, Some of which is in the hands of Dorrell Wright. Shows that he has left two minor children to wit Susan, and Frances Lanfair, who are now without any Tutor to protect their property and person, and to look after their education... Succession of Eliza Bonner. Receipt of J.L. Lanfair. Filed 3-8-1857. Received Floyd La. March 7th 1857 of Robert C. Lanfair Tutor, $815.96 it being in full for my share of the Estate of my deceased Mother, Eliza Bonner deceased - as per act of partition... [signed] J.L. Landfair Robt. J. Landfair. Recpt. Filed 10-28-1858. Received Floyd La. October 28th 1858 of Robert C. Landfair Tutor, $815.96... [signed] Robert J. Landfair