Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Judicial District Court, Probate dockets 1825-1845 In the order as viewed on LDS microfilm created from original dockets, Gretna, LA, 1965. Films are available at the Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library and Main New Orleans Public Library. Prepared by Rita Curry-Pittman, January 2004 Prepared by Rita Curry-Pittman, January 2004 Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ Dckt is Docket; Plaintiff is the deceased; the Defendant or Petitioner filed the succession JDC is Judicial District Court; LDS # is Latter Day Saints roll number. JPL is Jefferson Parish Library one or two digit roll number; DOD is Date of Death. Page refers to a printout provided by the court as an index. Copies are available at J P East Bank Regional Library. T = Type of docket, S = Succession, C = Civil suit, M = Misc., I = Interdiction (to claim insane or unfit), E = Emancipation of a youth or of a slave film edge indicates a number found along the top edge of the microfilm. These are not always easily read. Most "cover dates" are from docket covers, others are from various documents indicating a date in court. The Cities of Lafayette, Carrollton & Jefferson, Faubourgs & part of McDonoghville (Algiers) are now in New Orleans. Freetown was part of McDonoghville. Part of McDonoghville and all of Mechanickham are now part of Gretna. The "Town of Brooklyn" is now part of Gretna but there were other west bank areas called Brooklyn without "town" mentioned. Dckt Plaintiff T Cover date JDC LDS # Page JPL DOD Residence Slave(s) fpc film mark 242 Trudeau, Aurora S 05/05/1828 1st 04025663934865 239 6 -- -- -- -- 242 Villars, Bernard, Mrs. S 05/05/1828 1st 04025663934865 282 6 12/04/1827 -- -- -- Villars, Bernard, Mrs. nee Aurora Trudeau; Children: Aurora, Didier & Adolph Villars 246 Rigaud, Francis M 08/29/1829 1st 04025663934865 202 6 -- Grand Isle -- -- mortgage; names, Encalada & Coulon 248 Harper, Thomas B. S 12/03/1834 1st 04025663934865 102 6 249 Robin, Jeanne Constance S March 1836 1st 04025663934865 202 6 251 Slave, the -- Elizabeth E 09/09/1831 1st 04025663934865 219 6 yes eman. Owner, Peter S. Harrison 254 Gaunt, Reuben S 07/10/1833 1st 04025663934865 89 6 255 Cavalier, John S 08/02/1833 1st 04025663934865 37 6 257 Jason, Gabriel S 11/11/1835 1st 04025663934865 120 6 258 Kreuger, Fred K. S 01/10/1838 1st 04025663934865 128 6 259 LeBreton, J. B., Mrs. S 12/12/1828 1st 04025663934865 138 6 left bank 259 LeBarre, Marie Milicent Mrs J. B. LeBreton nee Marie Milicente Lebarre; long docket; 10 miles upriver on left bank 262 Mann, Joel S 11/11/1828 1st 04025663934865 155 6 264 Morris, Nathaniel S 10/06/1830 1st 04025663934865 155 6 267 McCarty, Adelaide S 04/01/1829 1st 04025663934865 173 6 right bank 267 Zeringue, Azar Raymond, Mrs. S 04/01/1829 1st 04025663934865 275 6 right bank Mrs Azar Raymond Zeringue nee Adie or Adelaide McCarty 267 Slave, the -- Jason E 04/01/1829 1st 04025663934865 219 6 right bank yes eman. owner; Zeringue, nee Adie McCarty 267 Slave, the -- Francois E 04/01/1829 1st 04025663934865 219 6 right bank yes eman. owner; Zeringue, nee Adie McCarty 267 Slave, the -- Jeff M 04/01/1829 1st 04025663934865 219 6 right bank yes owner; Zeringue, nee Adie McCarty 268 Mosnier, Louis Pierre G., Mrs. S 02/28/1844 1st 04025663934865 155 6 Gretna 268 Gage, Frances Julie S 02/28/1844 1st 04025663934865 89 6 Gretna Mosnier, Louis Pierre G., Mrs. nee Frances Julie Gage, widow of Louis 270 Nicolas, Marie Melanie S 03/11/1836 1st 04025663934865 177 6 270 Hebrard, Antoine, Mrs. S 03/11/1836 1st 04025663934865 102 6 Hebrard, Antoine, Mrs. nee marie Melanie Nicolas 271 Smith, Henry P. S 08/04/1840 1st 04025663934865 219 6 273 Penrose, C. B. S 12/23/1837 1st 04025663934865 186 6 widow, Ann Wilkenson; Clement Biddle Penrose 274 Randolph, Joel Fitz S 03/17/1838 1st 04025663934865 202 6 277 Bei, Jean Jacob S 12/15/1835 1st 04025663934865 12 6 280 DeGruy, Antoine Onezine S 10/25/1888 1st 04025663934865 54 6 widow, Louise E DeGruy; refers to docket 772; docket transferred from 1st JDC to 21st; family names Harvey, Nicoud & Charbonnier; mentions Judge Emile Rost of 26th JDC 283 Trappan, Joseph John S 05/24/1834 1st 04025663934865 6 284 Barbon, Fernando Garcia S 03/14/1842 1st 04025663934865 12 6 Gretna petitioner is Diago Morales 288 Delorme, Louis Hazeur S 03/01/1826 1st 04025663934865 54 6 290 Dame, Jabez S 06/27/1835 1st 04025663934865 54 6 Jabig 291 Mitchell, Peter S 08/08/1832 1st 04025663934865 6 292 Zeringue, Marie A. S 03/27/1827 1st 04025663934865 215 6 292 Lombard, Guillaume Joseph, Mrs. S 03/27/1827 1st 04025663934865 138 6 292 DeBlanc, J. B. Dorsinos, Mrs. Lombard, Guillaume Joseph, Mrs. nee Marie A. Zeringue; mentions first husband Jean Baptiste Dorsinos DeBlanc (Dorgenois ?) 293 Toulouse, Francois S 12/25/1835 1st 04025663934865 239 6 294 Damarin, August Louis M. S 04/20/1838 1st 04025663934865 54 6 alternate spellings Damanu, Damusin 298 Egle, Frederick, Mrs. S 08/17/1833 1st 04025663934865 70 6 298 Thomas, Barbara S 08/17/1833 1st 04025663934865 239 6 Egle, Frederick, Mrs. nee Barbara Thomas 299 Darthenay, Jean S 10/28/1844 1st 04025663934865 54 6 301 Duncan, Arthur S 01/02/1837 1st 04025663934865 54 6 long docket 304 Fortier, Charles S 06/14/1836 1st 04025663934865 76 6 first page is an election permit for Pierre Sauve; spouse, Zoe Charlotte Dasmau; mentions Pierre Verloin DeGruy; RE permit to mortgage wife's property 304 Sauve, Pierre M 06/09/1836 1st 04025663934865 -- 6 Sauve's election permit is in the Fortier succession 305 Clark, Eliza S 05/03/1836 1st 04025663934865 37 6 long docket 306 Schnelle, Adolph, M. D. S 04/23/1836 1st 04025663934865 219 6 cover not marked 1st JDC but it is; alternate spelling Schnell 307 Smith, Francois Raphael S 07/02/1832 1st 04025663934865 219 6 widow, Marie Antoinette Bernard; cover not marked 1st JDC but it is 308 Donohue, Joseph S 11/17/1832 1st 04025663934865 54 6 cover not marked 1st JDC but it is 310 Meynier, Francoise S 02/27/1837 1st 04025663934865 155 6 310 Simon, Charles, Mrs. S 02/27/1837 1st 04025663934865 155 6 Simon, Charles, Mrs. nee Francoise Meynier Possible alternate spelling of name: Meunier or Mugnier) 313 Shaw, Elizabeth S 11/10/1834 1st 04025663934865 219 6 313 Clark, Patrick, Mrs. S 11/10/1834 1st 04025663934865 37 6 Clark, Patrick, Mrs. nee Elizabeth Shaw 314 Stanley, Nathaniel F. S 01/11/1835 1st 04025663934865 219 6 315 Saulet, Thomas, Mrs. S 09/21/1833 1st 04025663934865 219 6 315 Perry, Therese S 09/21/1833 1st 04025663934865 -- 6 Saulet, Thomas, Mrs. nee Therese Perry