Deeds:  Micajah Spiller to Richard Wade and Samuel Rankin, 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 Schooner
Micajah Spiller to Richard Wade and Samuel Rankin
20 November 1820

This day before me, James McKee, Notary Public in and of the parish of St.
Helena and State of Louisiana, duly commissioned personally appeared Richard
Wade who produced and exhibited to me an instrument of writing requesting the
same to be admitted of Record and which is in the word and figures following, to
wit, --

Know all men by these presents that I, Micajah Spiller of the State of Louisiana
and Parish of St. Helena, have this day bargained, and sold unto Richard Wade
and Samuel Rankins, both of the aforesaid State and Parish, the whole of the
schooner Admiral of the Amite, with all her sails, Riging [sic], cables and
anchors, with all other appurtenances for and in Consideration of the sum of
nine hundred Dollars, and by these presents, do Grant, bargain, sell, and
Convey, assign and set over for me, myself, my heirs and assigns, all my right,
title, claim and interest to the said schooner Admiral of Amite to them, the
said Richard Wade and Samuel Rankins, one half to Each, and to their heirs and
assigns for ever; and by these presents do warrant and defend the said Schooner
to them, the said Wade and Rankins free from and Clear of all incumberances
whatever.

Given under my hand this Twentieth day of November one thousand Eight hundred
and twenty.

Micajah Spiller

Signed in presence of
Thomas Kennedy
Jeremiah Spiller

This day before me, James McKee, Notary Public in and for the Parish of St.
Helena and State of Louisiana, duly commissioned, personally appeared Thomas
Kennedy and Jeremiah Spiller who declared that they were present at the signing
and delivery of the foregoing Instrument of writing and by request of the
Contracting parties became subscribing witnesses thereto.

Sworn and subscribed before me, the said Notary this twenty first day of March
Eighteen hundred and twenty one.

Thomas Kennedy
Jeremiah Spiller

Be it Remembered that having carefully compared the foregoing with the original
and finding them to agree in all respects, I, the said notary, have returned
said original to the party who produced it and have declared the same of record
this twenty first day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty one.

James McKee, Not. Pub.

Source:  Conveyance Records - St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (FHL Film 0355804-pg.
119)