Iberville County Louisiana Archives Deed.....Blanchard, Pierre Isidor - Rivas, Mrs. Marie August 29, 1793
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Written: August 29, 1793

Date: August 29, 1793

Sale - Mrs. Marie Rivas, widow of Francois Simeon Mathe To Pierre Isidor 
Blanchard and Hypolite Landry, the latter a minor and authorized by Paul Mary 
Landry, his tutor

A plantation situated in this District on the left bank of the Mississippi 
river, adjacent above to the lands of Victor Blanchard and below to that of 
Paul Babin containing eight arpents five toises of front on the ordinary depth 
of forty arpents, opening in the said depth at tweleve degrees, according to 
as it is confirmed by the title of concession, accorded to the late Firmain 
Landry by the Government of this province on the date of the 5th of February 
of the year one thousand seven hundred seventy-five; which has been remitted 
to the purchasers; selling also the buildings, enclosures, which might be 
thereon the said plantation, in a word, such as this might comprise and 
contain; with the reserve of the crop which is standing on the same; selling 
also the cypress trees and the oaks which are on an arpent of cypress grove 
situated in this same District, on the land belonging to Mr. Joseph LeBlanc 
called Adoux taking between that of Theodor Duga, resident of this Post and 
that of Mr. Joseph Barquer Vahamonde; with the exception of the quantity of 15 
cypress trees which the lady vendress reserves taking and choosing in the said 
cypress grove when necessary, and as long as Mr. Francois Rivas her father 
will be possessor of the plantation which he has in this Post; after that, the 
lady widow will not have any right to clain thereon. The said plantation 
belonging to her as well as the cypresses and the oaks of the arpent of 
cypress grove for having been acquired by her late husband at the auction of 
the property of the deceased Firmain Landry on the date of the past year, 
1792, in the archives of this Commandant. The purchasers promising to pay 
certain sum which had been due at the auction of the property of the decd. 
Firmain Landry, the sum becoming due next year, in hands of Paul Mary Landry, 
tutor of the minor children of the latter and to the acquittance of the Widow 
Mathe, for payment of the like sum which the sucn. of her late husband owed to 
that of Firmain Landry for the purchase of this same plantation. The 
purchasers give as Surety for this purchase: Joseph Richard and Paul Mary 
Landry. And Paul Mary Landry, gives entire acquittance to the Succession of 
Francois Simeon Mathe, also to Francois Rivas who was Surety for Mathe; 
Firmain Landry, decd. having been brother to said Paul Mary Landry.

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

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