Sucession of Robert Carter Nichols Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana January 16, 1967 This information generously donated to the Louisiana Genealogy Project - African American Archives by: Cynthia F. Daigle - cfdaigle#bellsouth.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Succession, partial, includes Slave List Robert Carter Nicholas succession filed Houma, Terrebonne, Parish, LA courthouse on January 16, 1857 The following list are slaves owned jointly by Robert Carter Nicholas and his partner, John Becemis. The plantation was located 9 miles above Houma , Terrebonne Parish, LA along Bayou Terrebonne, encompasing both sides of the bayou. (This would be located between Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA and Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA). This list shows the name, age, full value and half value of the slaves. The half value is shown since RC Nicholas had a partner and half of everything went to that partner, John Becemis. NOTE: There is a second list after this one filed in another document related to the succession. Any words or names in ( ) in this entire posting were nearly illegible and are possibly incorrect. A series of ……. Indicates unreadable words . This was a hand written document. “ and the undivided half of the following slaves attached to said plantation” 1. Charlet age 35 years appraised as 2,000. One half 1000. 2. Eliza Ann, age 27 1,200 600. 3. Catherine, 8 550. 275. 4. Tommy, 5 350. 175. 5. Charles Stuart, 38 1,000 500. 6. Sarah, 40 800. 400. 7. Julianne, 13 750. 375. 8. Jimmy, 12 700. 350. 9. (Pimle?), 30 1,500. 775. 10. Henry Mash, 27 1,500. 775. 11. Jane, 26 800. 400. 12. Amy, infant 13. Lucy 550. 275. 14. Francis Ann, 11 550 275 15. Role, 28 1,200 600. 16. Joe, 11 600 300 17. Jerry, 9 600. 300. 18. Lizzy, 5 300. 150. 19. Nervell, 3 250. 125. 20. John (Tagle?), 2 150. 75. 21. Jacob, 34 1,500. 775. 22. Francis, 28 1,200. 600. 23. (Wallis? Willis?), 12 800. 400. 24. Jack, 40 500. 250. 25. Isabelle, 50 500. 250. 26. Bon Jones, 25 2,000. 1,000. 27. Ann Butler, 37 1,100. 550. Page 4 28. Mille, 45 700. 350. 29. Rachael, 10 800. 400. 30. Spenser, 40 800. 400. 31. Lucinda, 38 800. 400. 32. Jack Peeler, 39 800. 400. 33. Ann Fisher, 30 1,200. 600. 34. Sidney, 11 900. 450. 35. Peter Williams, 37 1,500. 775. 36.George, 12 1,500. 775. 37. (Henry Bates?), 40 800. 400. 38.Sam, 45 500. 250. 39. Green, 22 1,500. 775. 40. (Franforce?, Cranford?), 27 1,200. 600. 41. Franky, 30 1,200. 600. 42. Sam, 2 300. 150. 43. (Franforce Jr?, Cranford Jr?)., 1 150. 75. 44. Ellich, Child of Role, 6 500. 500. 45. Levis or Lewis, 50 800. 800. 46. Perone, 24 1500. 750. 47. Robert, 24 1500. 750. 48. Beverly, 16 600. 300. The following is a list of the individual property of R C Nicholas to wit Albert a boy (Engencier?) age 21 years (appce?, appr.?) 2500. Engemier, a girl , 35 years 1600. Endurance, runaway girl, 24 yrs May, girl, 25 yrs 1500. Jim, boy, 18 yrs 1600. Sushy, girl 45 yrs 800. Nelson, boy, 6 yrs 500. Fershey, (no sex given), 60 yrs 300 (Rau?) woman, 65 400 Billy Ellis, man, 65 400. ***** Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA June 2, 1858 Letters of Tutorship, partial, includes Slave List Filed by widow of Robert Carter Nicholas, Susan A. (Vinson) Nicholas State of Louisiana Parish of Terrebonne Estate of Robert C. Nicholas Be it known and remembered that on the second day of the month of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty Eight and the Eighty second year of the indepen- dance of the United States of America. I Alfred Joseph Deleporte Recorder and Esoffico a notary public, duly commisioned and …. , in and for the parish and state aforesaid. …………. “ and the following named slaves attached to…. …. on said plantation.” 1. Charles age 30 years 2. Eliza Ann 27 3. Catherine 8 4. Tommy 5 5. Charles Stuart 38 6. Sarah 40 7. Julianne 13 8. Ginny 12 9. Pence or Demce 30 10.Henry Mach 27 11. Jane 26 12. Amy, infant 13. Lucy 11 14. Francis Ann 4 15. Role or Rose 28 16. Joe 11 17. Jerry 9 18. Lizzy 5 19. Newell 3 20. John Taylor 2 21. Jacob 34 22. Francis 28 23. Willis 13 24. Jack 40 25. Isabella 50 26. Bon Jones 25 27. Ann Butter or Butler 37 28. Milly 46 29. Rachael 19 30. Spence or Spencer 40 31. Lucinda 38 32. Jack Peeler 39 33. Ann Fisher 30 34. Sidney 11 35. Peter Williams 37 36. George 12 37. Henry Bates 40 38. Sam 45 39. Green 22 40. Cranford 1 44. Ellich child of Role or Rose age 6 45. Lewis 50 46. (Perous?) 24 47. Robert 23 48. Beverly 16 Respectfully submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle