Deeds:  John F. Myers to James Durbin and Chester Eldridge, 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 Schooner
John F. Myers to James Durbin and Chester Eldridge
15 Feb 1819

Be it Known that this day before me, James McKee, notary public in and for the said
parish, duly commissioned, personally appeared John F. Myers, who declared that for and in
consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, do by these presents grant, bargain and sell unto Chester Eldridge & James
Durbin, their heirs and assigns, the said Parties being allso [sic] present and accepting,
the schooner Batchelor of Springfield, also, all and Every part of Riggin and backing
utentials? now on board, as there unto belonging, to have and to hold, the said above
named schooner unto the said Chester Eldridge and James Durbin, their heirs and assigns,
to their proper use and behoof, for Ever, and the said John F. Myers for himself, against
all and Every person and persons, whomsoever, to the sad Chester Eldridge and James
Durbin, their heirs and assigns, shall and will warrant, and for Ever defend  these
presents, done and passed at St. Helena in presence of Jacob Smith and Lewis Wolf,
witnesses who have hereunto signed their names, together with the parties and me, the said
notary, this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and nineteen.

John F. Myers
James Durbin

Jacob Smith
Lewis Woolf

James McKee
Not Pub.

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