Estate: John Wrinkle, Natchitoches Parish, La
Source: Natchitoches Parish Court House Records
Submitted by: Gaytha Thompson




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JOHN WRINKLE ESTATE - 1829

Be it remembered that we the undersigned Sarah Wrinkle on the one part, and
Charity Bludworth by the authorization of her husband John Bludworth, on the
other part, have on this twenty first day of MAy, one thousand eight hundred
and twenty nine, entered into, and established, and by hereunto subscribing
our names, do bind ourselves to conform to the following agreement according
to the true meaning and intent thereof, to wit: that each of the said parties,
the said Sarah Wrinkle and Charity Bludworth by authorization of her husband
shall immediately take possession and make use of one equal half of all the
property which was possessed by the late John Wrinkle of the Parish of
Natchitoches, and State of Louisiana, deceased, and left by him at his death,
according tot he valuation made thereof by Abraham Wrinkle, Davie Wrinkle, and
Daniel Brown.  It is further agreed by the said parties that the said Sarah
Wrinkle shall receive and possess the following slaves to wit: Ison - valued
at two hundred dollars, Sid - valued at four hundred dollars, and Joe - valued
at six hundred dollars, and that the said Charity Bludworth shall receive and
possess Allen - valued at five hundred dollars, and Claiborne - valued at four
hundred dollars, and it is further agreed that all the other property
belonging to the said John Wrinkle at the time of his death, including the
improvements of the plantation where the said John Wrinkle resided at his
death, with farming utensils, blacksmith's tools, horses, horned cattle, hogs,
guns, etc., shall be possessed by the parties according as the said parties
may value them, in such a manner that one of the said parties shall receive in
amount equal to the other including slaves as above valued - and it is further
agreed that the said Sarah Wrinkle shall not remove form the parish aforesaid
any of the slaves which she has become possessed of by this agreement without
consent of parties, no dispose of any of them during her natural life, and
that she, the said Sarah Wrinkle, binds herself to leave at her death, all the
property she may then be in possession of, one half to her daughter Nancy, and
the other equal half to her daughter Charity.

In witness whereof we have signed our names the day and year as above written.
Sarah Wrinke (her mark)
Charity Bludworth
John Bludworth

Witnesses: 
B. Leonard
Absalom Hyer

Done and passed before me, notary public in and for the state and parish
aforesaid, this twenty first day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1829
William Brouaugh Notary Public