Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Judicial District Court, Probate dockets. 1862-1868 Submitted by Rita Curry-Pittman, January 2004 In the order as viewed on LDS microfilm created from original dockets, Gretna, LA, 1965. LDS films are available at the Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library and the main branch of New Orleans Public Library. Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ Plaintiff is the deceased; the Defendant or Petitioner filed the succession Dckt is Docket; D.O.D is Date of Death; T = Type of docket S = Succession; I = Interdiction (to claim insane or unfit) E = Emancipation of a youth or of a slave; C = Civil suit; M = Misc., JDC is Judicial District Court; LDS # is Latter Day Saints roll number JPL is Jefferson Parish Library one or two digit roll number Page refers to a printout provided by the court as an index. 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 and part of McDonoghville (Algiers) are now part of New Orleans. Freetown was part of McDonoghville. Part of McDonoghville and all of Mechanicham 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 edge 31 Richart, Magdalena S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 10/08/1863 Carrollton 000005 31 Mueller, Mrs. Theobold S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 10/08/1863 Carrollton 000005 Diescher, Mrs. Christian Magdalena, native of France, 52, Catholic, died Oct 8, 1863 of apoplexy (a stroke). Residence on Adams street. Mueller was spouse 2. Spouse 1 was Christian Diescher. 32 Strong, Elijah S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 11/26/1863 near the lake 000012 Strong, age 45, died of tetanus, at the lake end of Jefferson Parish R. R. (Bucktown). Petitioner: Denis Gallagher, tutor of his minor son, Theodore Sedgwich Gallagher. Witnesses: Theodore Bruning, Caleb Leonard, William Ross Martin. 33 Hunter, Charles G. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 000027 Petitioner/widow: Rosalie Barrow. Dative Tutor: Henry B. Hunter. Minors: Rosalie, Olivia, Amanda, Charles, Ella, and Henry Hunter. Property: "in part of former Burthe Plantation," in square bounded by Nayades (St. Charles), St. Patrick (Marquette Place), Henry Clay and Bloomingdale (State Street). 35 Kellog, Eliza S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 06/22/1863 Jefferson 000037 35 Taylor, Mrs. Alexander A. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 06/22/1863 Jefferson 000037 Petitioner/widower: Alexander A. Taylor. Daughter: Harriett Taylor, age 5, in 1863. Mr. Taylor is Harriette's tutor with under-tutor, William C. Wilson. Property: two lots in Avart, City of Jefferson, bounded by Plaquemine (Coliseum), Perrier, Dufossat and Soniat. [Formerly Faubourg Avart, it was between Upperline and Valmont.] [NOTE At film marker 000593 another piece of this docket is misfiled in docket for Gensinger. That portion reveals a family meeting on behalf of Henrietta Taylor on 21 July 1864. 36 Beauvais, Raphael, Sr. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 06/26/1863 000053 Died twelve miles from Houston, Texas in the service of Major General Butler. Petitioner: King Cutler, son-in-law. Beauvais wife, name not given, is his second wife. Adult children by first wife (her name not given): Mary Palmyre, Pierre Ernest, William St. Geine, Felicie, Raphael and Cecelia Beauvais. One minor, Octavia Beauvais. (Rufus King Cutter or Cutler was an attorney frequently encountered in dockets reviewed.) 38 Young, Johann Christian S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 01/08/1863 Carrollton 000060 Johann Young was born in the Village of Schanbach, Oberamt Canstadt, Kingdom of Wurtemberg. Died at age 34. His will of 5/28/1852, says son of George Heinrich Young and Louisa Fischer. Petitioner/widow: Maria Anna Hoffman. Four minor children: George W., Henry C., Mary E., William F. Young. Property: Tract of land along the Jackson Railroad near state of Mississippi and some property in Germany. Under-tutor, is Maria Anna's uncle, John Jacob Herrle. His succession curator in Germany was Christian Halwachs. 39 Correy, John S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 not given Gretna 000070 Petitioner is also named John Correy. Property: lots 9 & 10 in square 11 in Gretna bounded by Lafayette, 6th, 7th, and the line of Mechanicks Village (Lavoisier). 40 Johnson, Mary Ann S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 12/23/1863 Jefferson 000075 40 Lambert, Mrs. H. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 12/23/1863 Jefferson 000075 Mrs. H. Lambert nee Mary Ann Johnson died on Dec. 23, 1863 in the City of Jefferson. (This was the extent of information provided here.) 41 Brock, William Walter S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 Jan. 1862 000083 Brock died "early in the month" of January 1862. Property in Jefferson: Left bank, lower part of Sauve Plantation, bounded by Sauve above and Boisblanc & Holliday below (down-river). Two arpents on river by 28 arpents deep. Creditor and curator of estate: Carl Kohn. [NOTE left bank is east bank.] Property in New Orleans bounded by Carondelet, St. Charles, Poydras and Perdido. 42 Michel, Jules S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 08/20/1862 000152 Died in Richmond, VA, August 20, 1862. Ad in Carrollton Times Sept 20, 23 & 27, 1864. He left two brothers: M. F. & J. C. Michel. One half-brother, Ludger Petit. One sister, Philomena Michel, widow of Joseph Montaldo. Property: 24 lots bounded by "Denis," Dryades, Cadiz & Valence; received from estate of John D. Fink by Fink's will. Value $1200 total. NOTE "St. Dennis" is now Danneel street. Property: a square in Rickerville bounded by (269' front) McKenna, (293' front) York, and (300' front) Octavia streets, and (300' front) Peters (Jefferson) Avenue. Value $120, purchased from Thomas G. Mackey. Michel's estate sold it to J. Kernahan. 43 Bry, Hannah L. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 June 1863 yes 85 000178 43 Mason, Mrs. William F. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 June 1863 000178 Petitioner/widower was William F. Mason, natural tutor to his minor daughters: Mary B. Mason, age 14, and Alice T. Mason, age 11. Hannah L. Bry Mason died in Ouachita Parish, June 1863. Her husband William F. Mason was the Elmwood Plantation owner at the time. Estate value filed May 11, 1864; value $168,969.32; debts $85,053.33. Plantation was one league above the City of Carrollton, 17 arpents on the river by seven miles deep to Lake Pontchartrain. Bounded above (up-river) by L. R. Marshall & later by Samuel de Bow; below by J. B. Lebreton. Mr. Mason bought 13 arpents from B. N. Fortier & R M Davis, March 9, 1850. He bought 2 arpents from John Slidell and the widow of H. C. Commack, May 15, 1855. He bought 2 arpents from John Stroud Nov 26, 1857. Family meeting made up of friends in lieu of relatives, none living nearby. Joseph Osgood was the under-tutor (apparently not a relative). The minors inherit land in Monroe from the mother's family inheritance. 150' front on Oak street by 120' deep along St. John st. Acquired by Mrs. Mason from her father, Henry Bry, 16 Feb 1859, Ouachita National Bank book O, page 101-115 (at film marker 000240 & 000241. Also see docket 142 and 168, 1868-1880; Alice Mason and Mary B. Mason.) At film marker 000259 the grandmother, Mancy T. Bry's succession is reopened. Mason children are co-heirs with Malinda T. Bry wife of Robert Layton of Ouchita Parish. At film marker 000272 is a long list of Monroe properties; 773 acres. Interesting about this docket is the workings of a large sugar plantation complete with sugar house, stables, negro cabins, coops, blacksmith shops, large plantation dwelling house, stable & cabins, another dwelling house and cabins, one draining machine, 800 arpents are fenced. 394 arpents planted with sugar cane, 84 arpents with cotton, 192 with corn, 5 with potatoes, "The whole appraised $94,840." 1200 cords ash wood at $2.50/cord = $3,000. 500 cords of "cypres" at $2.00/cord = $1,000. 250 cords of Gum wood $1.00/cord = $350. 57 hhds (hogsheads) of sugar of 1,000 lbs each =$8,550, valued at 15 cents per pound. 84 negros "came with" the property and all are listed but here are only the slaves with last names: William Camper (age) 44, Thomas Keyes 39, Calup Hill 40, Henry Knox 38, Spencer Allen 43, Sonna Averich 32, Joseph Maker 18, Sonna Monday 33, John Troy 42, John Henry 23, Anthony Diggs 47, George Grant 42, Edmund Clay 26, Richard Garrett 31, Luri Maker 33, Robert Dorsey 33, George Bedford 42, Luri Diggs 24 in the U. S. Army, Sam 31 in U. S. Army, John Burke 28. [NOTE Few dockets list slaves with last names. Text says 85 but only 59 with names. The rest are children listed by quantity, no name, with the mothers; 6/6/1864. The slaves list is at film marker 000198, 000199.) (Further reading: Goodwin, R. C., J. K. Yakubik and C. H. Goodwin, "Elmwood," 1984, p 17-18.) 44 Boutte, F. Tisapherne S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 000298 Administrator: Ernest Boutte. An order from Robert Preston, Clerk of 2nd Judicial District Court of Jefferson, for Boutte to reissue to the Second District Court of New Orleans. 45 Willard, Peter H. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 06/16/1864 000303 Petitioner: Valsin Bozonier Marmillion, mortgage creditor, accuses the widow, Mary Helen Willard, of handling the estate poorly; saying, she illegally granted a lease on the mortgaged property and was "pocketing the money." Minor children of deceased are: Joseph Edward, age 11, Henry Clay, age 10 (as of June 16, 1864). John Page is under-tutor. Property: 12 lots, purchased from Louise Phillippe De Lachaise on 1/15/1859. Each measures 32' front on Magazine by average depth of 100'; inventoried value of 12 lots $32,500. Apparently, same property tentatively sold at auction for $17,225.00 to John Peyton on 2/16/1866 but he still did not have title to it in March of 1867. Family meeting consisted of friends in lieu of no available relatives. Document dated 11/9/1866 calls the wife, Mary Helen Deval. 46 Zeringue, Marguerite S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 000523 46 Bachelot, Mrs. Pierre S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 000523 Administrator, George Herrle's, Statement of Security given by Louis Gordon on May 14, 1869. 47 Muller, Peter S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 08/31/1862 Carrollton 000526 Widow, Catharina is natural tutor to William 19 and Mary 15. Michel Muller, under-tutor. Property one: a lot in square 8 in Carrollton bounded by Canal Avenue (Carrollton Ave), and Hampson, with 30' front on Dublin corner of Second (Maple street)(120' front). Purchased lot from Gabriel Spahr on 2/21/1848. Property two: 30' front on Second (Maple) by 130' depth purchased from Nicholas C (?) on 11/9/1860. Stock in grocery. Attorney, Ernest J. Wenck, files suit for $1200 fee. 48 Gesinger, Lawrence W. S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 05/21/1863 000570 48 Schlingwin, Anna Maria S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 02/24/1863 000570 Lawrence Gesinger was killed in the battle at the plain store near Port Hudson, Louisiana, on 21 May 1863. He enlisted in the Confederate service 1st of April (or 1st of March) 1862. His wife, Anna Maria, and son, Lawrence Gesinger, were taken in by her brother, John Slyndwyne in June 1862 and he is tutor of the minor. Melchior Winte is under-tutor. Anna Maria was taken to Charity Hospial June 1862 and they placed her in the insane asylum. She died at age 40 of chronic diarrhea and was buried charitably in St. Vincent de Paul cemetery. The uncle placed the boy in a children's asylm on Josephine street when the mother was committed. The court asigned Robert Morris, clerk of court, to be the estate administrator. Gesinger owned a lot in Bouligny bounded by Jersey (Annunciation), Lyon (Lyons), Tchoupitoulas and Upperline and purchased from John Heinrich West July 13, 1858. Docket is interrupted on film by data from docket 35 for Eliza Kellog at film mark 000593. At mark 000596 it returns to Gesinger data. In docket of 25 August 1864, it says the boy is four years old. (Notice he was said to be 8 months old in 1862.) Property was sold but debts were voided to the exact penny of sale price. The boy was apparently left in the asylum. At marker 000615 there is also an Orleans Parish marriage certificate for Anna Maria Slintwein to Valentine Koenig, 31 Dec 1855. Alternate spelling Schlindwein. [NOTE Jersey or Annunciation street is no longer a street at this riverfront location.] 49 Sarradet, Paul S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 06/28/1864 000617 Petitioner/widow, Barbara's surname variously spelled Harty, Hartz, Harper and Hart. Reports Paul Sarradet died on June 28 and gives no year but document is dated 1864. It is a tableau and accounting of Sarrdet's succession. It mentions a coffee house and a deceased man, Francois Mailhe. 51 Olschner, Victor S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 07/10/1864 Carrollton 000646 51 Weber, Jacobine S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 07/11/1864 Carrollton 000646 Olschner died July 10, 1864 and his wife died July 11, 1864, both from smallpox. Petitioner and tutor of the children is Michael Reinhardt. Children: Armand Edward William Olschner, born 20 Sept 1856; Emilia Ida Victoria Olschner, born Jan 12, 1859; and Heinrich Jacob Olschner, born July 17, 1861. Residence; Washington (Fern) corner of Pearl in Carrollton. Owned one-half of 50.5' on Washington by 60' on Pearl, a grocery store. Other owner was Max Letingen. They purchased this property on 12 Mar 1850 from Alfred Freret. Ida Weber, a nurse, was creditor. Deceased owed her for services rendered in last illness. Stephen Kerner was the duly commissioned and licensed auctioneer. 52 Bulb, Amelia S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 07/10/1863 000670 52 Schwartz, Mrs. Joseph S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 07/10/1863 000670 Alternate spelling Bueb. Petitioner/widower: Joseph Schwartz. Minors: Helena Emilie 12, Joseph Herbert 10, Welhimina Rosalie 6, George Edward 4. Uncle and under-tutor, B. Albert. Interesting docket of a carriage maker with blacksmith shop having two lots bounded by Polymnia, Euterpe, Nayades (St. Charles) and Apollo (Carondelet). Lots are 20 and 22 feet wide by 100 feet deep. Evidently repaired vehicles, some have notations as belonging to other people. Among the items in the shop are two "city" railroad cars, many buggies, wagons, carriages, spokes, hubs, springs, glass, and tools in blacksmith's shop. 54 Aymami, Joseph Balthazar S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 09/05/1864 Barataria 000687 Petitioner is Johanette Louisa Bruner, widow. In a later document she complains of persons spelling her name Johanna, which is wrong. Minors are: Joseph 13, Henry 7, Emily 5. Aymami owned a grocery and barroom and lived on the right bank at the head of Harvey's canal in Barataria, on Bayou Barataria near Hodge's Plantation. Later it says one-half arpent on right bank of river Ouachita, by 10 arpents in depth and bounded by Arthemise Francois on one side and by Charles Kerner on the other. Aymami purchased the land from Manuel Perrin on 11 Dec 1861 and it is valued at $275. Aymami died 5 Sept 1864 at age 47 and his death is confirmed in writing by J. H. Harvey. Aymami wed Johanette 9 Dec 1847 in New Orleans. He also has a house and 2 lots in Algiers bounded by Delaronde, Verret, Lavergne & Patterson. 29'5" front on Delaronde corner of Verret (72'7" front), then says 100'5" deep. Bought from Arthur Fortier on 26 Jan "past" (possibly 1865). By March 24, 1866 Johanette wed Augustus Klinder (reported as Clinker, Climber, Clinter). 55 Michel, Leon S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 May 1862 McDonoghville yes 000726 Leon Michel, free man of color, died in "early May 1862." Administrator/creditor: Dominique Gauaux. It says, the original docket, 2202, was "lost during federal occupation of the court house." Residence was in Algiers, "opposite the Marine Hospital." The widow is Louise Laurent, who is tutrix of the sole heir, Leon Michel (junior). She now lives on Constance corner of Thalia in New Orleans. Under-tutor is Pierre Laurent. Property #1: in McDonoghville on Jefferson corner of Bringer bounded by Madison and Lawrence. 2) 1/2 lot in same square with 30' front on Bringer. 3) 1 lot in same square 30' front. Lots 1, 2, & 3 total value $1,000 and all are in Jefferson. lot 4 is in Orleans and is bounded by Decatur (Diana), Madison (Brooklyn), DeArmas & Monroe (Teche). Purchased from Peter Hardiwig 7/9/1856 and valued at $600. It has a 30' front on Decatur by 100 feet deep. Lot one had 60' on Jefferson by 125' on Bringier, a corner no longer in existance after sections of several streets were lost to the river. [NOTES Property was down-river & almost under the latest span of "Crescent City Connection." When the levee was set back to save the west bank, it was placed where Jefferson had been.] 56 Piper, William S 1862-1868 C 2 04025983934897 38 09/07/1864 000793 William Piper drowned 7 Sept 1864. Administrator/widow: Mrs. Anna (possibly Stumby). Elizabeth Roder was Anna's surety. Involved R. King Cutler or Cutter. Creditors with their signatures; John Geddes and S. Pursell. Otto Brede, under-tutor. Children: Charles 17, Josephine 15, Louisa 11, and Henriette 9, per Sept 28, 1864 data. Properties: nine lots bounded by Levee, Jersey, Berlin, and Napoleon. Residence: corner of Napoleon & Levee street. A reference is made to docket 2502. (It appears to be a Jefferson Parish docket.) John Henry Aitken (variations: Aitker, Oetkan, or Oetkar) is tutor for John Schoemaker. William Piper had made a $2,000 loan before his death, apparently from Schoemaker's funds. John Henry Aitken cared for the minor, Schoemaker, and had been satisfied with receiving the interest only on the loan but, since Piper died, Aitken wants payment in full. William Piper also had 2 lots in Harlem (Causeway Blvd and one street on either side). [NOTES Napoleon avenue was in: 1) Borrough of Freeport, 2) West Bouligny, 3) City of Jefferson. Levee street is now Tchoupitoulas, Jersey is Annunciation, Berlin is General Pershing.]