St. Helena Parish, Conveyance Records: Harris to Gorman Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Jane Holiday, July 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ St. Helena Parish, Louisiana Conveyance Records Book H Page 179 & 180 C W Harris to D K Gorman The State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Helena} Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of February One thousand Eight hundred and Forty Five before me Samuel Leonard Parish Judge and ex officio notary public in and for said parish appeared Charles W Harris of the State of Mississippi who did declare and say that for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars paid to him by Dempsey K. Gorman of said Parish he does hereby sell convey transfer and deliver unto the said Gorman all his right title interest and claim in and to a negro woman named Marry about eighteen years old and her child Edmond about fifteen months old both copper colored and slaves for life and warranted free from all the vices known to slaves in this state and the title of which is warranted against himself his heirs and assigns and other persons whoms? The payment of which is made by the said Gorman as follows. Two hundred and fifty dollars cash the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and three hundred dollars to be paid the first day of January next for which the said Gorman gives his note with his mother as security and to draw eight per cent interest after due until paid the said Gorman hereby acknowledges possession of said Slaves and the under hereby waives the production of the certificate of mortgage required of the notary and discharges me notary for the non production thereof. Thus done & passed in presence of Daniel Newton and Johnathan Kemp witnesses of said Parish who have signed these presents with the parties and now said notary on the date above written. C W Harris D K Gorman Witness Daniel Newton J Kemp Samuel Leonard P. J.