Deeds:  Absolom Trailor to Mrs. Mary Richardson, St. Helena Par, LA
Submitted by:  Shirley Rankin, mommashark@worldnet.att.net


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State of Louisiana
Parish of St. Helena

Sale of Land
Absolom Trailor to Mrs. Mary Richardson
01 December 1819

This day before me James McKee, Notary Public in and for the Parish of St. Helena and
State of Louisiana, duly commissioned, personally appeared Chester Eldridge who produced
and exhibited to me an instrument of writing requesting the same to admited [sic] of
record and which is in the words and figures following, viz:

Know all men by these presents, Absolom Trailor, of the Parish of St. Helena, State of
Louisiana, of the one part hath this day and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen, sold a certain piece of land to Mrs. Mary Richardson of the other part, now
residing in said Parish and state as above mentioned, for the full sum of twenty dollars
in cash paid in hand to said Trailor, said tract of land is lying on the east side of
Ponchatoola [sic] river bounded on Richard Wades plantation, the west end of the south
line begins at the river bank, the boundary tree is marked and known as the west end of
the line, then running east to a certain black stump which is marked and known as the east
corner of said tract, then running North to a certain pine tree which is marked and known
as the North corner of said lot, then running west to the river as before mentioned, all
ground or parcel of land lying in the limits of said boundary, said Trailor doth bind
himself to give a warrantee right to said tract or parcel of ground as soon as government
gives said Trailor rights in full for the plantation failure in, said Trailor getting or
holding her claim, he will bind himself to pay back the purchase money of said tract and
make amends as may be deemed satisfactory to the purchaser of said tract...

Given under my hand and seal...In presence of testimony, Parish of St. Helena, December
first eighteen hundred and nineteen.

Absolom Trailor [his mark] X

Henry Kinchen

This day before me, James McKee, notary public in and for the Parish of St. Helena and
State of Louisiana, personally appeared Absolom Trailor who acknowledged the fore going
instrument to be his act and deed for the purposes there in mentioned, done at St. Helena
this eighteenth day of November eighteen hundred and twenty.

Absolom Trailor [his mark] X

James McKee, Notary Public

Be it remembered that I carefully compared the foregoing with the original and finding
them to agree in all respects, I have returned said original to the party who produced it
and have declared the same of record, St. Helena this eighteenth day of November eighteen
hundred and twenty.

James McKee, Not. Pub.

Source:  Conveyance Records - St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (FHL Film 0355804)