Iberville County Louisiana Archives Court.....Serret, Et Al  December 25, 1806


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Source: Transcribed Court Document
Written: December 25, 1806

Date: December 25, 1806

Petition of Godfrois Roth, neighbor of decd. Jean Serret, who left 4 children 
named: Henriette, Rosalie, Antoine and Celestin; the first being married to 
Magloire Dupuis, the second being 19 years; the third and fourth being minors, 
and in consequence the Judge accompanied by Francois Maurice and Godfrois Roth 
goes to the place of the decd. where he finds the children and Pierre Sigur 
and Jean Bte Lorrie, the first, brother-in-law of the decd. and the 2nd, his 
friend.
Decree dated Dec. 26, 1806 - ordering that the minors, Antoine and Celestin 
Serret have a tutor, the first to choose same and the 2nd to be chosen by a 
family meeting. 
Notice to Pierre Sigur, maternal uncle. Notice to Magloire Dupuis, husband of 
Henriette Serret. Notice to Rosalie Serret, major. Notice to Antoine Serret, 
so that he name a tutor.
Same date - Appeared Antoine Serret, naming for his tutor, Magloire Dupuis, 
his brother-in-law.
Same date - Appeared Pierre Sigur, maternal uncle, Magloire Dupuis, and 
Rosalie Serret who form family meeting to name a tutor for Celestin Serret; 
They name Magloire Dupuis. 
Decree that the tutor named be made to accept tutorship.
Acceptance dated Dec. 27, 1806 of Magloire Dupuis, as tutor.
Decree that appraisers be named to inventory property. Notice to Pierre Sigur, 
to Magloire Dupuis, to Rosalie Serret. Naming appraisers.
Acceptances of appraisers. Decree ordering inventory and notices. Notices to 
Pierre Sigur, to Magloire Dupuis, to Rosalie Serret, to Jacques Devilliers, 
appraisers and other appraiser.

Date: Jan. 3, 1806
Inventory - movables
And the interested parties mention that the property be sold at public 
auction. Also they declare other debts. 

Date: Jan. 25, 1807
Appeared Magloire Dupuis, as tutor of Antoine and Celestin Serret, he gives 
mortgage on:
The plantation where he resides situated in this County on the right bank of 
the Mississippi river, bounded above by the properties of Nicolas Orillion and 
below by those of the late Antoine Blanchard, composed of about fourteen 
arpents of front on the depth of eighty. The same which belongs to him for 
having been had part from Mister Anselme Blanchard, part from the acquisition 
from Blaise Rivet and of Pierre Moise Forest (Joseph Mollere, Surety on 
$12,000 Bond.) And Aubry Dupuis, as Surety for his brother, Magloire Dupuis, 
also mortgages the following:
The plantation where he resides situated in this County on the right bank of 
the Mississippi river, bounded above by the properties of his mother, Widow 
Brantau and below by those of Michel Lambremont, composed of three arpents and 
a half of front on eighty arpents of depth. The same which he had purchased of 
the said lady, his mother.

Additional Comments:
Transcribed from original French in 1978 by Delma Abadie

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