Succession of Isaac Lanehart Baker, Elizabeth Carter Baker, Martha Collins Baker, La Salle Parish, La., 15 February 1954. Submitter: Patricia E. Ezell, pezell@satx.rr.com Source: La Salle Parish Succession Book 8, Jena, La. Date of Submission: September 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The petition of Terry Brown, Mattie Baker Barlow, Moise Fuller, T.A. Breithaupt, Rebecca Ezell Lattig, Ben B. Baker, Lillie Ezell Hamilton, Maude Ezell Ward, Rowena Scroggs, Louis S. Ezell, Lillie Bradford Deville, T.V. Collins, Isaac D. Ezell, Mattie Bradford Hudspeth, Langston Collins, W.H. Breithaupt, T.A. Breithaupt, Jr., Velma Breithaupt Henderson, Cecile Breithaupt Genzer, Rowena Baker, I.L. Baker, Chloe Baker Davis, Floyd Baker, O.P. Ezell, George W. Bradford, Lula Sheppard, Ike Bradford, John B. Baker, Terry Brown, Jr., Daisy C. Skinner, Vernon L. Walker, Richard Scroggs, Mrs. Gibbs D. Miller, Mrs. Willie Hudson, Jessie Baker, Margaret Baker Lusk, Richard I. Pearce, Sarah Boatner Benton, Zaidee Boatner Dykes, Irma Dorsey Boatner, Mamie Nell Boatner, Ikie Sue Boatner, Hubert Brown, Sam Ezell, Jr., Better Ezell Keller, all being related to and heirs of Isaac L. Baker, with respect shows: 1. That Isaac L. Baker departed this life some time during the year 1912. 2. That he was married first to Miss Elizabeth Carter, who is also dead, and second to Mrs. Martha Collins, a widow, who is dead. 3. That of the marriage between Isaac L. Baker and Miss Elizabeth Carter there were born the following named children to-wit: Rebecca Baker Ezell, Lucy Baker Brown, Moise Baker Brown, Margaret Baker Browning, Sally Baker Dorsey, I.L. Baker, Jr., J.B. Baker, all of whom are dead. 4. That of the second marriage to Mrs. Martha Collins, a widow, there was born one child, Lillie Baker Perrin. 5. That Rebecca Baker Ezell is dead and left one child, to wit: Ben Ezell, who is also dead. Ben Ezell left the following named children: Rebecca Ezell Lattig, Lillie Hamilton, Maude Ezell Ward, Jeff Ezell, DeWitt Ezell, Olney Ezell, Sam Ezell, Louis Ezell and Jim Ezell. That Jeff Ezell is dead and left the following named children: Jeff Ezell, Jr., Beetman Ezell, Don Ezell and Dee Ezell That Sam Ezell is dead and left the following named children: Sam Ezell, Jr., and Mrs. Betty Ezell Keller. That Jim Ezell is dead and left the following named children: Monty Ezell, minor, and James Ezell, Jr., minor. 6. That Lucy Baker Brown is dead and left the following named children: I.L. Brown, Rowena Brown Baker, Terry Brown, and Lucy Jane Brown Sturgis. That I.L. Brown is dead and left the following named children: Lanie Brown Freeman, Cecil Brown Case, Hubert Brown and Reginald Brown. 7. That Moise Baker Brown is dead and left the following named children: Terry Brown, Columbia, Moise Godfrey, and Manual Brown. That Manual Brown is dead and left one heir: Marie E. Brown. 8. That Margaret Browning is now dead and left the following named heirs: Lula B. Sheppard, Moise Fuller, Ikie Browning. That Ikie Browning is dead and left one heir, Ikie Browning, Jr. 9. That Sallie Baker Dorsey is dead and left the following named children: Richard Pearce, Sarah Boatner Benton, Zaidee Boatner Dykes, Irma D. Boatner, Nellie Boatner and Ikie Sue Boatner. 10. That I.L. Baker, Jr. is dead and left as his sole and only heirs the following: Ben B. Baker, Mattie Baker Barlow, Moses Baker, Roy Baker and Ikie Baker. That Moses Baker is dead and left the following named children: Mrs. Gibbs Miller, Mrs. Willie Hudson, Jessie Baker, Sam Baker and Mrs. Henry Snyder. That Roy Baker is dead and left the following named children: Bobby Baker and Mary Lee Baker. That Ikie Baker is dead and left the following named children, Ivan Baker, Dorothy Branch, Mrs. Tom Sanders and Bob Baker. 11. That J.B. Baker is dead and left as his sole and only heirs: Mrs. Chloe Davis, Ed Baker, Mrs. Margaret Lusk, Barton Baker. That Barton Baker is dead and left the following named children: J.B. Baker, Jr., Floyd Baker, Irving Baker, and Mrs. Robert Montgomery. 12. That Isaac L. Baker was married to Mrs. Martha Collins the second time, who is also dead. That one child was born of this marriage, to wit: Lillie Baker Perrin. 13. That prior to her marriage Mrs. Martha Collins Baker had the following children: Dempsey C. Hailey, Callie Breithaupt, John Collins, Mattie Collins Hodges and Suzie Collins Warwick. A. That Dempsey C. Hailey is dead and left the following named children, Jeff Hailey, Ike Hailey, George Hailey, Callie Bradford, Lena Breithaupt, and Clara Bradford. That Jeff Hailey is dead and left no heirs. That Ike Hailey is dead and left the following heir: Ikie Hailey, Jr. That George Hailey is dead and left no heirs. That Callie Bradford is dead and left Willie Bradford. That Lena Breithaupt is dead and left the following named heirs: Emile Breithaupt, Mattie Hudspeth and Lillie DeVille. That Willie Bradford is dead and left the following named heirs: Callie Brian, Ethel Love, Marie Bradford, George Bradford, Ike Bradford and John David Bradford. That Emile Breithaupt is dead and left the following named heirs: Robert Breithaupt, Jeff Breithaupt, Oscar Breithaupt, Jim Breithaupt, C.W. Breithaupt, Sally Breithaupt, Lena Rae Breithaupt, and Neva Edwards. B. That Callie Breithaupt is dead and left the following named heirs: Truman Breithaupt, Walter Breithaupt, Emile Breithaupt, Clyde Breithaupt and Mattie Breithaupt Walker. That Truman Breithaupt is dead and left the following named heirs: T.A. Breithaupt, Cecile Breithaupt, Velma Breithaupt Henderson and Holmes Breithaupt. That Walter Breithaupt is dead and left one heir: Mrs. Helen Dupuy. That Emile Breithaupt is dead and left no heirs. That Mattie Breithaupt Walker is dead and left one heir: Vernon L. Walker. C. That John Collins is dead and left the following named heirs: Mrs. Janie Collins Robertson, John Collins, Jr., Truman Collins, Langston Collins and Rowena Collins. D. That Mattie Collins Hodges is dead and left one heir: Richard Hodges. E. That Suzie Collins Warwick is dead and left the following named heirs: Mattie Warwick Hudnall, W.E. Warwick, C.M. Warwick and J.W. Warwick. 14. That during the first marriage and which forms community property between I.L.Baker and Elizabeth Carter Baker the following described property was acquired: NW 1/4 of NE 1/4, and all of the NE 1/4 of NW 1/4, lying South of Old River, Section 11, Township 7 North, Range 4 East. 15. That the said property is now owned by inheritance by the following named persons and in the proportions set opposite their names, to wit: Rebecca Ezell Lattie, 5/336; Lillie Hamilton, 5/336; Maude Ezell, 5/336, DeWitt Ezell, 5/336; Olney Ezell, 5/336; Louis Ezell, 5/336; Jeff Ezell, Jr., 5/1344; Beetman Ezell, 5/1344; Don Ezell, 5/1344; Dee Ezell, 5/1344; Sam Ezell, Jr., 5/672; Mrs. Betty Ezell Keller, 5/672; Monty Ezell, 5/672; James Ezell, Jr., 5/672; Lucy Jane Brown Sturgis, 15/448; Rowena Brown Baker, 15/448; Terry Brown, 15/448; Lanie Brown Freeman, 15/1792; Cecil Brown Case, 15/1792; Reginald Brown, 15/1792; Hubert Brown, 15/1792; Terry Brown, Columbia, 5/112; Moise Brown Godfrey, 5/112, Marie E. Brown, 5/112, Lula Sheppard, 5/112; Moise Fuller, 5/112; Ikie Browning, 5/112; Richard Pearce, 5/224; Sarah B. Peyton, 5/224; Zaidee Dykes, 5/224; Irma D. Boatner, 5/22; Mamie Nell Boatner, 5/224; Ikie Sue Boatner, 5/224; Ben B. Baker, 3/112; Mattie Barlow, 3/112; Mrs. Gibbs Miller, 3/560; Mrs. Willie Hudson, 3/560; Jessie Baker, 3/560; Sam Baker, 3/560; Mrs. Henry Synder, 3/560; Bobby Baker, 3/224; Mary Lee Baker, 3/224; Ivan Baker, 3/448; Mrs.Dorothy Branch, 3/448; Mrs. Tom Sanders, 3/448; Bob Baker, 3/448; Mrs. Chloe Davis, 15/448; Ed Baker, 15/448; Margaret Lusk, 15/448; J.B. Baker, Jr., 15/1792; Floyd Baker, 15/1792; Irvin Baker, 15/1792; Mrs. Robert Montgomery, 15/1792, Mrs. Lillie Perrin, 1/16. 16. That during the second marriage and which forms community property between I.L. Baker and Martha Collins Baker the following described property was acquired: SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 and lot 7 of Section 5, Township 7 North, Range 4 East and NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 and Lots 1 and 2 of Section 8, Township 7 North, Range 4 East, containing in the aggregate 163 acres. 17. That the said described property is owned by inheritance and purchase between the following named persons and in the proportions hereinafter set forth. Lillie Perrin, 15/112; Rebecca Ezell Lattig, 1/144; Lillie Hamilton, 1/144; Maude Ezell Ward, 1/144; Jeff Ezell, Jr., 1/576; Beetman Ezell, 1/576; Don Ezell, 1/576; Dee Ezell, 1/576; DeWitt Ezell, 1/144; Olney Ezell, 1/144; Sam Ezell, Jr., 1/288; Mrs. Betty Ezell Keller, 1/288; Louis Ezell, 1/144; Monty Ezell, 1/288; James Ezell, Jr., 1/288; Lanie Brown Freeman, 1/256; Cecil Brown Case, 1/256; Hubert Brown, 1/256; Reginald Brown, 1/256; Rowena Baker Brown, 1/64; Lucy Jane Brown Sturgis, 1/64; Terry Brown, Jena, 1/64; Terry Brown, Columbia, 1/48; Moise Godfrey, 1/48; Marie E. Brown, 1/48; Lula Sheppard, 1/48; Moise Fuller, 1/48; Ikie Browning, Jr., 1/48; Richard Pearce, 1/96; Sarah Boatner Benton, 1/96; Zaidee Boatner Dykes, 1/96; Irma Dorsey Boatner, 1/96; Nellie Boatner, 1/96; Ikie Sue Boatner, 1/96; Ben B. Baker, 1/80' Mattie Baker Barlow, 1/80 Mrs. Gibbs Miller, 1/400; Mrs. Willie Hudson, 1/400; Jessie Baker, 1/400; Sam Baker, 1/400; Mrs. Henry Snyder, 1/400; Bobby Baker, 1/160; Mary Lee Baker, 1/160; Ivan Baker, 1/320; Mrs. Dorothy Branch, 1/320; Mrs. Tom Sanders, 1/320; Bob Baker, 1/320; Mrs. Chloe Davis, 1/64; Ed Baker, 1/64; Mrs. Margaret Lusk, 1/64; J.B. Baker, Jr., 1/256; Floyd Baker, 1/256; Irving Baker, 1/256; Mrs. Robert Montgomery, 1/256; (Collins heirs) Jeff Hailey, Transferred to Ike Hailey; Ike Hailey, 2/60; Callie Brian, 1/360; Ethel Love, 1/360; Marie Bradford, 1/360; George Bradford, 1/360; Ike Bradford, 1/360; John Dave Bradford, 1/360; Mattie Hudspeth, 1/180; Lillie Deville, 1/180; Robert Breithaupt, 1/1440; Oscar Breithaupt, 1/1440; Jeff Breithaupt 1/1440; Jim Breithaupt, 1/1440; C.W. Breithaupt, 1/1440; Sally Breithaupt, 1/1440; Lena Rae Breithaupt, 1/1440, Neva Edwards, 1/1440; Clara Bradford, 1/60; T.A. Breithaupt, 1/192; Cecile Breithaupt, 1/192; Velma Breithaupt Henderson, 1/192; Holmes Breithaupt, 1/192; Mrs. Helen Dupuy, 1/48; Clyde Breithaupt, 1/48; Vernon L. Walker, 1/48; Janie Collins Robertson, 1/60' John Collins, Jr., Transferred to Daisy C. Skinner, 1/60; Truman Collins, 1/60; Langston Collins, Transferred to Richard Hodges, Rowena Collins, 1/60; Richard Hodges, 29/240; Mattie Warwick Hudnall, 1/48; W.E. Warwick, 1/48; C.M. Warwick, 1/48; J.W. Warwick, Transferred to Richard Hodges; Lillie Perrin, 1/12. 18. Your petitioners show that no one person will receive property of a sufficient valuation to require the payment of either Federal or State inheritance tax. 19. That the sheriff of La Salle Parish, Louisiana is a necessary part to this suit and should be served with a copy of this petition and ordered to appear and answer same for the purpose of determining whether or not an inheritance tax is due the State of Louisiana. 20. That petitioners, together with other joint owners, listed herein, should be decreed the sole and only heirs of I.L. Baker, Elizabeth Carter Baker, and Martha Collins Baker and as such be sent in the possession of all the property of which he died possessed and especially of the property described in this petition and in the proportions herein set forth. WHEREFORE petitioners pray that the following named persons to wit be decreed the sole and only heirs of I.L. Baker, Elizabeth Carter Baker and Martha Collins Baker; Lillie Perrin, Rebecca Ezell Lattig, Lillie Hamilton, Maude Ezell Ward, Jeff Ezell, Jr., Beetman Ezell, Don Ezell, Dee Ezell, DeWitt Ezell, Olney Ezell, Sam Ezell, Jr., Mrs. Betty Ezell Keller, Louis Ezell, Monty Ezell, James Ezell, Jr., Lanie Brown Freeman, Cecil Brown Case, Hubert Brown, Reginald Brown, Rowena Brown Baker, Lucy Jane Brown Sturgis, Terry Brown, Jena, Terry Brown, Columbia, Moise Godfrey, Marie E. Brown, Lula Sheppard, Moise Fuller, Ikie Browning, Jr., Richard Pearce, Sarah Boatner Benton, Zaidee Boatner Dykes, Irma Dorsey Boatner, Nellie Boatner, Ikie Sue Boatner, Ben B. Baker, Mattie Baker Barlow, Mrs. Gibbs Miller, Mrs. Willie Hudson, Jessie Baker, Sam Baker, Mrs. Henry Snyder, Bobby Baker, Mary Lee Baker, Ivan Baker, Mrs. Dorothy Branch, Mrs. Tom Sanders, Bob Baker, Mrs. Chloe Davis, Ed Baker, Mrs. Margaret Lusk, J.B. Baker, Jr., Floyd Baker, Irving Baker, Mrs. Robert Montgomery, (Collins heirs) Jeff Hailey, (Transferred to Ike Hailey), Ike Hailey, Callie Brian, Ethel Love, Marie Bradford, George Bradford, Ike Bradford, John Davie Bradford, Mattie Hudspeth, Lillie Deville, Robert Breithaupt, Oscar Breithaupt, Jeff Breithaupt, Jim Breithaupt, C.W. Breithaupt, Sallie Breithaupt, Lena Ray Breithaupt, Neva Edwards, Clara Bradford, T.A. Breithaupt, Cecile Breithaupt, Velma Breithaupt Henderson, Holmes Breithaupt, Mrs. Helen Duy, Clyde Breithaupt, Vernon L. Walker, Janie Collins Robertson, John Collins, Jr., (Transferred to Daisy C. Skinner), Truman Collins, Langston Collins, (Transferred to Richard Hodges), Rowena Collins, Richard Hodges, Mattie Warwick Hudnall, W.E. Warwick, C.M. Warwick, J.W. Warwick, (Transferred to Richard Hodges), and as such to be sent and put in possession of the following described property to wit: NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 , and all of the NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 lying South of Old River, Section 11, Township 7 North, Range 4 East SW 1/4 of SW 14 and lot 7 of Section 5, Township 7 North, Range 4 East and NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, and Lots 1 and 2 of Section 8, Township 7 North,Range 4 East, containing in the aggregate 163 acres in the proportions above set forth. Prays for all orders and decrees necessary in the premises and for full and general relief. A.D. Flowers (signature) Attorney for Petitioner STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF LA SALLE BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared A.D. Flowers, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is attorney in the above and foregoing petition. That he has read same and that the allegations of fact contained therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief. A.D. Flowers Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 15th day of February, 1954 Jessie M. Bass Notary Public STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF LA SALLE BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared Terry Brown, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a direct descendant of I.L. Baker and Elizabeth Carter Baker, and has been intimately associated with the heirs of Mrs. Martha Collins Baker. That I.L. Baker, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Baker and Mrs. Martha Collins Baker are all dead. That he has examined the list of descendants from each of the above named parties as shown by the petition for recognition and possession of the property left by the said descendants, and that the petition contains a true and correct list of all of the descendants of the said above named descendants. Terry Brown (signature) Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 2nd day of February, 1954. A.D. Flowers (signature) Notary Public RE: SUCCESSION OF 28TH DISTRICT COURT I.L. BAKER, ELIZABETH CARTER.....................PARISH OF LA SALLE BAKER, MARTHA COLLINS BAKER STATE OF LOUISIANA Now into Court in his own proper person comes D. Floyd, Sheriff of La Salle Parish, Louisiana and made a party defendant in the above styled and numbered cause and for answer to the demands of the plaintiffs with respect shows: 1. Your appearer has been furnished with a copy of the petition filed herein praying for recognition of heirs and to be sent in the possession of certain property belonging to the above named succession. 2. Your appearer shows that he is familiar with the property and with the valuation of same and from the list of heirs in the proportionate part owned by each, your appearer declares that no inheritance tax is due the State of Louisiana on the said property. WHEREFORE appearer prays that this be accepted as full and complete compliance with the plaintiff's demands in the foregoing entitled suit. D. Floyd (signature) Sheriff of La Salle Parish, Louisiana No. 4937 Filed: Feb 15, 1954 Jessie M. Bass, Clerk of Court and Ex Officio Recorder LaSalle Parish, La.