Natchitoches Parish Louisiana Archives Land Claim.....John Wiley Nov 7, 1824

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Copy of Land Claims in the Late Neutral Territory between the Rio Hondo and Sabine 
Rivers
Opelousas Office, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana 
Transcriber’s notes are in brackets [ ]
Copy obtained from Donald W. Johnson,  1936-2004, former UsGenWeb Louisiana 
Archives contributor; Mr. Johnson obtained the copy from the Louisiana State Archives, 
Choctaw Road, Baton Rouge, LA
Transcribed by Deandra L. Norred, April 2010

No. 11  Abraham Rinkel of the Parish of Natchitoches assignee of John Wiley has filed his 
notice claiming six hundred forty acres of land situated in the late Neutral Territory 
between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers and designated on the public survey as 
Section No. 1 in Township No. 6 North of Range No. 8 West.  This claim is founded on 
habitation and cultivation on and prior to the 22nd day of February 1819.  States “that 
John Wiley had a dwelling house on the tract claimed several years prior to the 22nd day 
of February 1819 and that he occupied and cultivated the tract claimed by Abraham 
Rinkel on and prior to the said 22nd February 1819.  The evidence of Isaac Warrick taken 
on the same day establishes fully the cultivation and occupancy of the tract claimed by 
Abraham Rinkel by the said John Wiley on and prior to the 22nd of February 1819.  This 
claim was reported by the Registry and Receiver on the 7th [could be 1st] day of 
November 1824 and numbered in said report No. 103.