Succession of Hudson Tabor, Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Nancy Wright Source: Lafourche Parish Civil Records 9 Aug 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Lafourche Parish Louisiana Successions Year 1827 Succession of Hudson TABOR State of Louisiana Interior Parish of Lafourche Know all men by these presents that on Monday morning the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty seven Agreeably to a petition of Perrine MILLS, widow of the late Hudson TABOR, in his life time a sugar planter of the Interior parish of Lafourche, praying for an inventory and appraisement of all the property real and personal belonging to the succession of the said TABOR deceased and to the community that lately existed between him and the said petitioner his surviving wife--- And pursuant to a decree of the court of probates acting in and for the aforesaid parish, rendered on said petition, and ordaining among other things, that the said inventory be this day taken by me the subscribing parish judge of said parish in presence of all the persons interested--- I Pierre DASPIT parish judge of the Interior parish of Lafourche, and ex officio notary public in and for said parish, accompanied by John WHITE a house carpenter and Henry F. KNOBLOCK a scrivener, both domiciled in said parish, and competent witnesses went to the abode of the said Hudson TABOR deceased, on his plantation, left bank of bayou Lafourche, at about one mile below Thibodauxville, and there we found --- 1 The said Perrine MILLS, widow of the said TABOR, acting as well in her own behalf, on account of the property and money she has brought in marriage, and of the community that lately existed between her and her said husband deceased, as also for and in be[half] of the following minors beneath the age of puberty of whom she is the natural tutrix, to wt: Anne, Mary, John Hammond, Julia, Martha and Hudson, issue of the legitimate marriage between the said Hudson TABOR deceased and the said Perrine, his surviving wife--- 2 John MILLS, a farmer of said parish maternal uncle and undertutor of the six above named minors. 3 The said minors Ann TABOR, born the first of March eighteen hundred and seventeen; Mary TABOR, born the tenth of February eighteen hundred and nineteen; John Hammond TABOR, born the second of May eighteen hundred and twenty one; Julia TABOR, born the fourteenth of January eighteen hundred and twenty three; Martha TABOR, born the twenty second of February eighteen hundred and twenty five; and Hudson TABOR born the tenth of February eighteen hundred and twenty seven---- She the said Perrine TABOR being entitled to the property and sums by her brought in marriage to the said Hudson TABOR her husband deceased and also to hone half of the acquits and gains of the community that lately existed between her and her said husband, which said community she reserves to herself to accept or to renounce, as she may hereafter think most advisable, hereby protesting against any intention of accepting the same unconditionally--- And they the said Ann, Mary, John Hammond, Julia, Martha and Hudson, being entitled to the whole of the succession of the said Hudson TABOR, their father deceased and to the other half, of said acquits and gains. And pursuant to the said petition and decree, in presence of the persons above named, and for the conservation of the rights of all those whom it may concern, I the said judge have proceeded to a true and faithful inventory of all the property real and personal, money, titles, papers and information belonging to or touching the succession of the said Hudson TABOR, deceased or the community that lately existed between him and the said Perrine, his surviving wife, and to be found in the several places here below described which are parts of the plantation occupied by the said TABOR and on which he died on the eighteenth of October last---- The said inventory is made upon the declaration of the said Perrine TABOR, who has promised on oath, to produce and declare all and whatever to the best of her knowledge does or may belong to or concern the said succession and community--- The appraisement of the property subject thereto, is made by William FIELDS and Benjamin CROSS, both farmers of said parish, to whom I had administered the oath prescribed by law to make said appraisement, according to the best of their knowledge and understanding, impartially and in conformity with the prices of the present times--- Said inventory is as follows: In the parlour fronting on the road, we have found 1 A cloth press, appraised at eighteen dollars 2 2a desk and drawers, appraised at fifteen dollars 3 A new England clock, appraised at forty dollars 4 Two water jars, appraised at ten dollars 5 A pair of brass and a pair of cast andirons appraised at five dollars 6 Eighteen chairs appraised at thirteen dollars and fifty cents In a room adjoining the parlour and opening upon the front gallery we found 7 A gun, hunting bag and powder horn, appraised at fifteen dollars 8 A cypress writing desk, appraised at five dollars 9 A lady's work table, appraised at four dollars 10 A lot of about twenty books, appraised at fifteen dollars 11 Two matresses, appraised at six dollars 12 A cradle appraised at two dollars 13 Four counterpanes appraised at twelve dollars 14 Nine sheets, appraised at nine dollars 15 Three counterpanes, appraised at eighteen dollars 16 Four muschites bars, appraised at fifteen dollars 17 A feather bed and two pillow, appraised at fifteen dollars 18 A shaving glass, appraised at one dollars and a half 19 Three brass candlesticks, appraised at one dollar and a half In a room behind the parlour we found 20 Fifty yards of cotton yard, appraised at eighteen dollars and seventy five sents 21 Seven pair of blankets, appraised at fifteen dollars In a little room on the left of the former we found 22 An old table appraised at one dollar 23 Two tables, appraised at two dollars 24 A lot of hoop iron and of window glass, appraised at six dollars 25 Two pair of smoothing irons, appraised at four dollars 26 Six yards of cotton bagging, appraised at one dollars and fifty cents 27 A lot of dishes, plates, bowls, cups, saucers and other earthen ware, appraised at twenty dollars 28 A small cypress table, appraised at fifty cents 29 Nine small jars and three demi johns, appraised at twelve dollars 30 Two dozen of spoons, appraised at two dollars 31 A dozen knives and a dozen of forks, appraised at two dollars and a half 32 Two table cloths and two dozen of napkins, appraised at eight dollars 33 A pair of scales and some weight, appraised at one dollar and a half 34 Pots, kettles and other kitchen furniture appraised at thirty dollars 35 Sixteen buckets and tubs, appraised at eight dollars 36 A loom and four spindles wheels, appraised at forth dollars 37 Two cots, appraised at two dollars In the yard we found 38 Thirty head of cattle of all description, appraised at four hundred and five dollars 39 Twenty three hides, appraised at thirty four dollars In the sugar house we found 40 Two carts, appraised at fifty dollars 41 Seven spades, appraised at seven dollars 42 Two saws, appraised at sixteen dollars 43 Five ploughs, appraised at twenty five dollars 44 Ten hoes, appraised at six dollars 45 Three coupling chains appraised at nine dollars 46 One diable chain, appraised at eight dollars 47 Two briar scythes, appraised at two dollars 48 Tour iron bands, appraised at three dollars 49 Six single trees, appraised at nine dollars 50 One double tree, appraised at one dollar and fifty cents 51 Four pair of trace chains, appraised at three dollars 52 Two horse carts and queens, appraised at sixteen dollars 53 One grind stone appraised at three dollars 54 Four augers, appraised at two dollars 55 One pair of blocks appraised at two dollars 56 Three chopping axes, appraised at six dollars 57 Four briar hooks, appraised at six dollars 58 Two hand axes appraised at four dollars 59 One broad axe, appraised at one dollar and fifty cents 60 Two food adds, appraised at two dollars 61 Three ox yokes appraised at four dollars and fifty cents 62 Two froes appraised and (sic) two dollars and fifty cents 63 One irish shovel appraised atone dollar 64 One drawing knife, apprised at one dollar 65 Five mules, appraised at one hundred and eighty dollars 66 A bay mare, appraised at forty five dollars 67 A black horse appraised at seventeen dollars 68 Two ploughs appraised at nine dollars 69 Six steel traps appraised at eighteen dollars 70 One hundred and eighty barrels of corn appraised at one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents 71 Forty three hogsheads of sugar appraised at tow thousand one hundred and fifty dollars 72 Twelve hundred and ninety gallons of molasses appraised at two hundred and six dollars and forty cents 73 A Negro woman named Charlotte, aged about thirty five years appraised at four hundred and fifty dollars 74 A Negro woman names Milly, ages about fifty years appraised at three hundred dollars 75 A set of blacksmith's tools appraised at seventy dollars 76 Eight sheep appraised at twelve dollars 77 A plantation measuring three arpents more or less front by forty in depth, situate on the left bank of Lafourche at about one mile below Thibodauxville bounded above by the lands of Eugene BOYER below by those of Desire BOYER, with an old dwelling house and fences, appraised at two thousand four hundred dollars 78 A plantation measuring four arpents and three fourths of an arpent more or less front, by forty arpents in depth, situate on the left bank of Lafourche, at about one bile below Thibodauxville, bounded above by the lands of John MILLS, below by those of Joachim (?) POCHE with a dwelling house, a kitchen corn house, ____ house, a sugar house and sugar works a gin house and machinery, stable, with about ten arpents of ______corn and also ten arpents of _____ and the appraisers not being able to agree on the price, John C. BROWN, also of said parish was called in and sworn as an umpire and he the said BROWN together with Benjamin CROSS one of the appraisers, the appraised the said plantation together with its improvements and appurtenances at twelve thousand dollars. Total amount $18,990.65 Of the estimation, eighteen thousand and nine hundred and ninety dollars and sixty five cents After which the said Perrine TABOR declared that she is not now able to produce the titles and papers left by the said Hudson TABOR, the same being in various places and hands, but that she will use her best exertions to procure them shortly that they may be detailed on a supplement of the present inventory- The time employed in taking this inventory is from ten o'clock until four o'clock in the afternoon--- Wherefore the persons named in this inventory except the minors, have signed the same having been first read to the parties--- Approved the word fourteen erased in the sixth line of this page and the word twelve inserted. /S/ Wm. FIELD /S/ Parene TABOR /S/ Benjamin CROSS /S/ John MILLS /S/ John C. BROWN /S/ J. DASPT, Judge /S/ John WHITE /S/ Henry F. KNOBLOCK On Friday afternoon the eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty eight- At the request of Perrine MILLS, widow of the late Hudson TABOR, I Pierre DASPIT parish judge of the Interior parish of Lafourche, accompanied and assisted by John C. BROWN a farmer and Henry F. KNOBLOCK a scrivener both of the aforesaid parish, went to the abode of the said Hudson TABOR, deceased, and there in presence of the parties and appraisers present at the ______ ___ inventory ___ proceed to continue the same, which was done on the declarations under oath of the said Perine MILLS as follows--- 79 A creole horse appraised at fifty dollars 80 An American Negro woman named Rachel, aged about twenty one years, with her son named Nathan aged about eight months appraised at five hundred dollars 81 A Negro boy named Montgomery or Gom, aged between nine and ten years, appraised at three hundred dollars [There is a numbering error in the succession; the next item is again numbered 81. It will be corrected for the purpose of this typescript] 82 A Negro boy named Allan, aged about fourteen years, appraised at four hundred dollars 83 A Negro boy named Ellick, aged about seventeen years, nearly blind appraised at two 84 hundred and fifty dollars Amount of the property appraise $1500.00 on this supplemental inventory fifteen hundred dollars. Here personally comes and appears William TABOR senior who says that the above named and described slaves Rachel, Nathan, Allen, Gom and Ellick are his property, that they ought not be comprised on this inventory, and that he does solemnly protest against their being inventoried and appraised as it just now has been done In testimony whereof he has ______ set his hand /S/ William TABOR The app_______ wishing to withdraw here been discharged and ______ ______ their signatures /S/ Wm. FIELD /S/ Benjamin CROSS Then we proceeded to take an inventory of the papers as follows: _____ subscribed ____ John Louis HEBERT, his note of thirty dollars, with _____ interest from March 1826 until paid, payable on demand, marked and paraphed number one. A not subscribed by Joseph Paul BOURGEOIS for ten dollars with ten per cent interest thereon from the first day of April 1823, until paid, payable on demand marked and paraphed number two A note subscribed by Antoine DEJEAN and Pierre MOLAISON, jointly and severally, for fifty dollars and forty eight cents payable in the month of March next-marked and paraphed number three A note subscribed by John B. BOUDREAUX for the sum of fifteen dollars 12 1/2 cents with ten per cent interest from the first of March 1824 until paid, payable on demand, marked and paraphed number four A note _____ _____ _____ for five dollars, marked and paraphed number five A note subscribed by John F. NEWELL, for sixteen dollars and fifty cents payable on demand, marked and paraphed number six A due bill of I. I. DOZIER for eight dollars and fifty five cents, marked and paraphed number seven A due bill of Vasin (?) BERGERON for one dollar and fifty cents, marked and parpahed number eight A note subscribed by Aaron HAINS for forth dollars and fifty cents, with interest at ten per cent from the first day of April 1823, payable on demand, which note is to be credited with twelve dollars amount of a draft on said HAINS in favor of one J. H. TOARTELOTTE, marked and paraphed number nine A note subscribed by J. B. BERGERON of bayou Terrebonne, for ten dollars with ten percent interest form March 1821 payable on demand, marked and paraphed number ten A note of Joseph DARCE for forth dollars with ten per cent interest from March 1822 until paid, payable ____ _____ ______ as a bad debt marked and paraphed number eleven A draft of Pierre DASPIT, judge, on the parish treasury of the Interior Parish of Lafourche, for one hundred and twenty nine dollars and seven and a half cents marked and paraphed number twelve. An acknowledgement of Henry KEAN (?) to owe twenty two dollars and twenty five cents, marked and paraphed number thirteen considered as a bad debt A note subscribed by Dorsey P. SWINDLER, dated at New Orleans 20th April 1822, for four hundred and fifty dollars, with a credit thereon of three hundred and thirty dollars paid on the 7th of April 1824, marked and paraphed number four Total amount of active title four hundred and twenty four dollars and seventy three cents, exclusion of the bad debts amounting to sixty two dollars and twenty five cents. Papers A sale under private signature passed by William TABOR in favor of John TABOR and Hudson TABOR, of four slaves named Dinah, Rachel, Ellick and Allen, some horses, cattle and other personal property dated the sixteenth of September 1814, marked an d paraphed number fifteen. A plot of the plantation occupied by the late Hudson TABOR, rendered (?) by Joseph NICHOLAS, parish surveyor, dated the sixth of July eighteen hundred and twenty one, marked and paraphed number sixteen. Bundle A. containing eight sundry receipts, the bundles marked and paraphed A. A bundle of papers relative to the justice of the peace's office, marked and paraphed littera B A bundle of papers relative to the sheriffs office under Louis A. TALBOT, marked and paraphed littera C A bundle of receipts and settled accounts, one hundred and six in number, marked and paraphed litter D A bundle containing one hundred and thirty four sundry receipts and settled accounts, marked and paraphed littera E Two bundles of indifferent papers, marked and paraphed littera F & G A bundle containing sixty one sundry letters, marked and paraphed littera H A bundle containing sixty three sundry letters, marked and paraphed littera I Declarations Due by the state treasurer for twenty days employed by the late Hudson TABOR in assessing the state taxes on Lafourche Interior, for the year 1827, forty dollars Amount of the declarations $40.00 forty dollars Recapitulation Amount of the property appraised on the inventory $18,990.65 Amount of the property appraised on this supplemental inventory $ 1500.00 Good active titles $ 424.73 Bad active titles $62.25 Declarations $40.00 Total amount $21,017.63 Twenty one thousand and seventeen dollars and sixty three cents all errors and omission accepted. And the said Perrine TABOR not being aware of any thing that ought be further comprised on the present inventory, she declares the same to be just and true to the best of her knowledge and belief. All the property and papers hereby described or enumerated, have with the consent of John MILLS, the under tutor, been delivered to the said Perrine TABOR, who has taken charge of the same, and who promises to produce them in good order to the person and in the manner prescribed by law The time employed in taking this supplemental inventory is from three o'clock until seven o'clock P. M. Whereupon the parties have signed with the above named witnesses and me the said judge/ /S/ Perene TABOR /S/ John C. BROWN /S/ John MILLS /S/ Henry H. KNOBLOCK /S/ P. DASPIT, Judge Abstracted by Nancy L. Wright, P O Box 1041, Gray, LA 70359 (c) 2001