Sale for William E. Alexander, 1835, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Prepared and submitted by Claude B. Slaton, Baker, Louisiana, 09/10/98 Also see his notes about his East Feliciana Parish extraction project. Submission divided into separate files, Jun 4, 2004 by Annette Womack File Designation: Alexander, William M. (1835) File 6, Doc 1 Petition to L. Saunders, P.J., states "The petition of William M. Alexander respectfully requests that you will sell at public auction on the First Monday in January 1836, in the town of Clinton, to the highest bidder for cash, a Lot of ploughs about fifteen or twenty Number and waive the usual advertisement. Yours, H. Clinton. Dec. 26th, 1835. [signed] Wm M. Alexander File 6, Doc 2 Record of auction sale as follows: 16 plows sold 6 January 1836, as follows: Hugh S. Flynn, 2 Robert Nettles, 3 B. Bennett, 2 H. R. Harrell, 2 N. Cobb, 2 John Moffett, 5 The auction brought in a total of $45.25.