Deeds:  Jeremiah Durbin to George Richardson, St. Helena Parish, LA
Submitted by:  Shirley Rankin, mommashark@worldnet.att.net


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State of Louisiana
Parish of St. Helena

Sale of slaves, Jada, Rachel & Harriet 
from Jeremiah Durbin to George Richardson
20 July 1830

Be it remembered, that on the seventh day of July in the year of our [Lord]one thousand eight 
hundred & thirty, before me, Burlin Childress, Parish Judge in & for the Parish of St. Helena, 
Louisiana, personally came & appeared George Richardson of said parish who presented the 
following instrument of writing requesting the same to be admitted of record in the words & 
figures following, viz.:

Know all men by these presents that I, Jeremiah Durbin of the State & parish aforesaid has 
this day for & in consideration of the sum of nine hundred dollars, the receipt whereof I do 
hereby acknowledge, have this day bargained & sold unto George Richardson the following 
specified slaves, to wit:

A negro woman named Jada, about twenty eight years of age, and her two children named Rachel, 
aged about seven years old & Harriet, about two years old, the said three negroes are all 
slaves for life, 

And I, the said Jeremiah Durbin do hereby for myself, my heirs & 
administrators, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto him, the said George Richardson, his 
heirs and assigns, the above named negro woman & her two children aforesaid Rachel & Harriet, 
to his & their proper use & behoof, ..., I, the said Jeremiah Durbin, for myself, my heirs & 
assigns do warrant & afford to him the said George Richardson, his heirs & assigns, the title 
& right of the aforesaid negroes forever against all claims whatever.

Given under my hand this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred & thirty.

Jeremiah X Durbin [his mark]
George Richardson

Thomas Kennedy
Blas. Spiller

The above instrument signed & acknowledged by Jeremiah Durbin by making his mark in presence 
of my the undersigned notary ex officio the same day.

Burlin Childress, P. J.

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