Judicial District Court, Probate dockets 1868-1880 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Rita Curry-Pittman, February 2021 Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ********************************************** In order as viewed on Latter-Day Saints microfilm created from original dockets, Gretna, LA, 1965. Original documents are available through the Jefferson Parish Court House Archives, Gretna, LA. Microfilm available at: Latter-Day Saints, Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library, Orleans Parish Library. WHERE APPLIED: Plaintiff is the deceased; the Defendant or Petitioner filed the succession. Dckt = Docket number. DOD = 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 = Miscellaneous. JDC is Judicial District Court. LDS # is Latter-Day Saints roll number. JPL is Jefferson Parish Library 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. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACTS: Orleans parish, once the greater part of Louisiana, was later divided, forming Jefferson and other parishes. Former towns and faubourgs (suburbs) on the east bank of the river are now part of New Orleans. The Jefferson-Orleans parish line was at Felicity Street, New Orleans. In 1853 the City of New Orleans incorporated the old city of Lafayette and the parish line moved to Toledano St. In 1870 Jefferson City was incorporated into New Orleans and the parish line moved to Lowerline St. This street was the Lower Line of the old City of Carrollton. In 1874 the City of Carrollton was incorporated into New Orleans and the parish line moved to where it is today. The Borough of Free Port (or Freeport), up-river from New Orleans, was later known as Jefferson City. Southport, Kennerville and Metairie are all in Jefferson Parish on the east bank of the river. On the river’s west bank, Algiers (once a town) is now part of New Orleans. Freetown was in McDonogh(ville) and was where freed slaves lived. John McDonogh's plantation became McDonoghville. It crossed parish lines, about half in each parish. The down-river half of McDonoghville is now part of the Algiers section of New Orleans. The up-river half of McDonoghville, the Town of Brooklyn, and all of Mechanicham are now part of Gretna, in Jefferson parish. The McDonogh(ville) Cemetery is split on a diagonal, half in Orleans parish and half in Jefferson parish. As the city of New Orleans grew, hundreds of street names and numerical addresses were required. Street name changes are available on the New Orleans Public Library website. LDS film Number 0402612-3934911 = online record 911 Cover date 1827-1899, JDC #24. Jeff Parish Library box #52 This file only contains docket number and the name. It was begun before Hurricane Katrina and never completed with fuller details. Dckt Plaintif 235 John and Mary Casper 236 Francois Babin - Bobin 237 George Reichert died October 1871 in the ‘city of Carrollton’ - on east bank, in Jefferson at that time but now part of New Orleans. 238 John Oesterly - dates of probate 1871-1872. 239 Margaret Wallace - date October 1871 240 Joseph Zeringue 241 Salina Grady 241 Antonio Gonzales 242 Felcie Perrin 242 Michel Belsom 243 George M. Weist 245 George Henchert 246 Alexander Rentouel 247 Magdalena Hurst 248 Ludwig Seibel - Ludewig Seibel 249 Jean Salvant - first docket cover 249B Jean Salvant - a second docket cover and it is very long 250 John Reid