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; D. O. D. 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 317 Segond, Rosalie S 10/11/1828 1st 04025673934866 219 7 -- 317 Sauve, Peter, Mrs. S 10/11/1828 1st 04025673934866 219 7 12/26/1827 yes Adelaide Sauve & Rene Trudeau, Peter Sauve, Fanny Sauve & Edward Hollander, Matilde Sauve & William Brock; Rosalie Segond, Sagond or Segund 318 Turner, Fielding L. S 02/10/1844 1st 04025673934866 239 7 Caroline A. Sergeant 319 Segond, Regis S 11/05/1842 1st 04025673934866 219 7 Clement Brown Villars, Thompson, Sauve, Segond or Segund 320 Soubie, Euphrane S 12/00/1835 1st 04025673934866 219 7 323 Zerben, Samuel Frederick S 06/00/1829 1st 04025673934866 275 7 02/11/1838 -- Zerbin; widow, Julie Josephine Zuline LeBlanc; children, Sophie, Fedora, Frederick & Joseph Alfred; long dckt 324 Dufrene, Rosalie S 04/00/1833 1st 04025673934866 54 7 -- C Camanada See Terrebonne, Etienne 324 Terrebonne, Etienne S 04/00/1833 1st 04025673934866 239 7 -- C Camanada 7 children; Auguste Hyppolite, Adolph, Alphonse, Etienne, Terrize (Avila/Avilinor), Jean & Azeman Terrebonne; Cheniere Camanada 325 Ward, James S 04/14/1834 1st 04025673934866 257 7 04/06/1834 -- of Jackson County, Indiana 326 Wolfe, John S 12/21/1831 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- 326 Wolfe, Catherine S 12/21/1831 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- 330 Spotts, Samuel S 12/23/1833 1st 04025673934866 219 7 -- -- -- 331 Smith, John Laxon S 09/00/1837 1st 04025673934866 219 7 -- -- William H. Foy 336 Wenzel, Sedliska S 09/00/1841 1st 04025673934866 257 7 1841 Mechanicham of Mechanics Village, died in Gretna 338 Vigneaud, August S 03/04/1842 1st 04025673934866 252 7 06/09/1841 -- widow, Honorine Labrune; children, Louis Bartholomy V. & Jean Auguste V. 341 Clark, William S 08/31/1831 1st 04025673934866 37 7 -- -- stabbed; widow, Mary Curn; children, William James & Mary Amanda 343 Canellas, Francis S 09/00/1840 1st 04025673934866 37 7 -- -- 343 Canellas, Maria S 09/00/1840 1st 04025673934866 37 7 -- -- Felicite & Maria Dubreuil Canellas 344 Claireau, Henrietta S 01/00/1838 1st 04025673934866 37 7 10/28/1837 -- 344 Bourg, Sylvester, Mrs. S 01/00/1838 1st 04025673934866 37 7 10/28/1837 -- nee Henrietta Claireau; children, Sylvester, Felephos, Emilia, Eliza, Joseph, Melazie, Prudent 345 Querofer, Heinrich S 10/05/1841 1st 04025673934866 200 7 -- McDonogh Henry Quierofer 346 Constant, Anne Constance S 07/15/1826 1st 04025673934866 37 7 -- -- 346 Zeringue, Jean Louis, Mrs. S 07/15/1826 1st 04025673934866 275 7 -- -- Mrs. Jean Louis Zeringue nee Anne Constance Constant 348 Zacharie, Harriett S 03/03/1834 1st 04025673934866 275 7 -- -- 348 Henderson, Howard, Mrs. S 03/03/1834 1st 04025673934866 102 7 -- -- nee Harriett Zacharie 349 Tyrrell, Joseph S 09/11/1838 1st 04025673934866 239 7 08/08/1838 -- Tynell; widow, Harriett Shell (or Shed ); children, William, Sarah, Mary Ann, Lucy & Leady 351 Hailey, John S 08/25/1838 1st 04025673934866 102 7 -- -- 353 LeBlanc, Isaac, Mrs. S -- 1st 04025673934866 138 7 07/02/1844 Harmony St in Lafayette 353 Arceneaux, Marianne S -- 1st 04025673934866 2 7 -- -- nee Marianne Arceneaux; children, Dominique, Sylvester, Nichlas, Anselme & Isaac 354 LaCroix, Francoise Hubert S 09/00/1831 1st 04025673934866 138 7 -- 354 Zeringue, Jean Louis, Sr., Mrs. S 09/00/1831 1st 04025673934866 275 7 -- -- nee Francoise Hubert LaCroix. 6 living heirs: Camille, Hubert, Jean Louis, Jr., Honore Z. Bachelot, Clarice Z. Rixner and Anne Z. St. Amant. 4 deceased heirs: Francois Z. St. Amant, Eulalie Z. St. Amant, Michelle Zeringue and Urzin Zeringue. Rather long docket. 356 Labranche, Drousin S -- 1st 04025673934866 138 7 -- Carrollton 356 Labranche, Octave S -- 1st 04025673934866 138 7 -- Carrollton 356 Labranche, Malvina S -- 1st 04025673934866 138 7 -- Carrollton RE New Orleans Bee 11/12/1836 and Drousin, Octave & Malvina Labranche. 357 Labranche, Jean Baptiste S 09/29/1837 1st 04025673934866 138 7 -- -- widow, Marie Meluzie Trepagnier; Lucien Labranche & Matilde Fortier 358 Wetlin, Francis Antoine S 10/01/1839 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- widow, Josephine Coulon; children, Francois Martine & Marianne Josephine Wetlin 359 Wright, William, Mrs. S 08/00/1838 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- 359 McKie, Elizabeth S 08/00/1838 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- Mrs. William Wright nee Elizabeth McKie 360A Wilson, Daniel W. K. S 12/01/1841 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- Died in Holmes County, MS; sisters, Anne Wilson & Anne Coffin Craiz 363 Winters, Christian S 06/00/1844 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- Carrollton widow, Anna Maria Grossman; Joshua Winters also mentioned Anna Maria is mother of Caroline, Lewis, Christian & George Winters; other children, Maria Theresa & Andrew Tuckson Winters; 364 Wallace, Rebecca M. S 12/18/1838 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- Estate of a minor, parents names ? 366 Walton, James Young, Mrs. Ann M. S 07/00/1832 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- Lafayette Ann M. wife of James Young Walton; children, Jose & William 367 Ward, Hardy H. S 06/17/1833 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- of Randolf County, North Carolina 368 Wiedemann, Jacob S 08/28/1841 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- tailor, brother of Barbara Weidemann 369 Williams, Mary Boulte S 01/00/1832 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- 369 Vance, James, Mrs. S 01/00/1832 1st 04025673934866 252 7 -- Lafayette Mrs James Vance nee Mary Boulte Williams 376 Wilson, James Clark S 12/00/1837 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- -- 378 Wilson, Sanford V. S 01/28/1842 1st 04025673934866 257 7 -- -- of Holmes County, Mississippi 393 Barbarin, Joseph S 12/22/1834 1st 04025673934866 12 7 -- Carrollton McCarty Plantation 394 Brown, George S 10/28/1834 1st 04025673934866 12 7 -- -- widow, Mary Conrad; son, John Brown 395 Power, Josephine Elizabeth S 05/00/1837 1st 04025673934866 186 7 -- -- 395 Cammagere, Michel, Mrs. S 05/00/1837 1st 04025673934866 186 7 -- -- nee Josephine Elizabeth Power; alternate spelling Commagere children, Thomas, Josephine, Antoine, & Cecilia 397 Devenback, William S 01/07/1831 1st 04025673934866 54 7 1830 Lafayette son of Charles Devenback of Philadelphia, PA 494 Draper, Samuel S 10/21/1841 1st 04025673934866 54 7 10/19/1841 Gretna -- 540 EngleKing, Ferdinand Louis S 10/00/1843 1st 04025673934866 70 7 10/08/1843 Carrollton 540 King, Ferdinand Louis Engle S 10/00/1843 1st 04025673934866 7 -- -- petitioner, Charles Benoit NOTE the way it was written his name was either King or EngleKing. 580 Marigney, Gustave S 11/09/1830 1st 04025673934866 155 7 -- left bank left (east) bank 4 miles from New Orleans; alternate spelling Marigny