Notarial Records Page 137-159., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Transcribed and Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the filepermanently for free access. In This File: Robert E. Smith to the Citizens Bank of Louisiana Acceptance of Mortgage [includes slaves] Recorded 2nd August 1837 Marie Jeanne Lemelle (fwc) To Estate of Lemelle Retrocession Recorded 10th August 1837 Gilbert L. Thompson To Thomas Bilbo Retrocession of Slave Recorded 11th August 1837 Thomas Bilbo To George R. King Mortgage Recorded 12th August 1837 Widow Frederick Miller & Heirs of Frederick Miller Agreement (includes slaves) 12th August 1837 Mrs. Henriette Matilda Pannell & Edwin B. Scott To William Wikoff Sale of Slaves, stock and Lands Recorded 15th August 1837 Evariste Robin & Bridgette Stelly Marriage Contract Recorded 17th August 1837 John M. Jewell To John OQuin Sale of Land [Avoyelles] Recorded 17 August 1837 Napoleon Robin and Marie Boudreau Marriage Contract Recorded 17th August 1837 (need translation) Gerasime Richard & Eugene Richard Division of Land [sic] [slaves] Recorded 18 August 1837 Eliza M. Wikoff To Henrietta Matilda Pannell Scott Sale of Slaves Recorded 22 August 1837 Edgerton Willis To John Marsh Sale of Land Recorded 28th August 1837 Michel Prudome To William H. Gray Sale of Land Recorded 11th September 1837 Thomas Bilbo To Lewis Andrus Sale of Slave Recorded 12 September 1837 William K. Sloane [Kentucky] To William H. Gray Sale of Slave Recorded 21st September 1837 Lewis Andrus To Governor Sheriff Bond Recorded 30th September 1837 John L. Daniel & Pierre Labyche To Alexandre B. Fontenot & Philip Stagg Sale of Land Recorded 2nd October 1837 Protest of Reynold's Note Recorded 11th October 1837 Edwin B. Scott & wife To Lewis Andrus Sale of Slaves Recorded 14th October 1837 George Forbes To Rice Garland Sale of Slaves Admitted to Record 14th October 1837 William Vinson To Rice Garland Sale of Slave Admitted to Record 14th October 1837 Thompson To Bowen Transfer Filed and Admitted to record 21st October 1837 Mary Hayes To Lewis Campbell Sale of Negro Recorded 17 April 1837 Citizens Bank To Smith & Wife Acceptation of Mortgage Recorded 9th August 1837 Jose M. J. Carvafal & Pleasant B. Cocke Agreement Recorded 23 January 1837 Maria de Jesus De Leon & P. B. Cocke Sale of Land Recorded 25 January 1838 Helen Mills and Clarissa Mills Power of Attorney To Garland Swayze Recorded April 27th 1838 Flaujac and wife To Citizens Bank Mortgage Recorded April 27th 1838 West Butler To William Link Sale of Land Rec[orde]d. 22d Octr. 1837 Inel Bell To P. Judge Constable Bond Recorded 7th Sept[ember] 1837 Robert Burleigh To West Butler Partition of Land Recorded 23rd October 1837 De la Garza & others To P. B. Cocke Sale of Land Recorded January 23rd, 1837 Dinsmore To Lewis & Little Assignment of Mortgage Recorded 7th Sept[embe]r 1837 John H. McGee Antoine King Sale of Land Recorded 3 October 1837 [1838 also written in same space] Joseph H. Youngblood To Wm. H. Parrott Sale of Slaves Recorded Nov[embe]r. 6th 1838 George M. Smith To George Keller Sale of Lot Merchandise 6th November 1837 Patrick Glaze To D. Furgason Recision of Contract Recorded 8th Nov. 1837 ***** Robert E. Smith to the Citizens Bank of Louisiana Acceptance of Mortgage [includes slaves] Recorded 2nd August 1837 Before me Theodore Seghers Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn for theCity & Parish of New Orleans, State of Louisiana and in presence of theundersigned witnesses, Personally appeared Edmund John Forstall President of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana who declared that he has taken cognizance of an act passed before George King Parish Judge of St. Landry State of Louisiana on the Twenty ninth day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty seven by which Robert E. Smith and Celeste Neda his wife, domiciliated [sic] in the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry, mortgaged in favor of said Citizens Bank of Louisiana to secure twelve thousand dollars, the amount of one hundred and twenty sharessubscribed by said Robert E. Smith in the Capital Stock of Citizens Bank of Louisiana. A certain tract of land situated in the Parish of St. Landry &lying in the Prairie Grand Coteau containing ab[ou]t. seven hundred & seventysuperficial acres more or less, bounded on the North by Joseph Balque on the South by David Meche and the purchaser on the East by Raphael Smith and on the West by the widow Robert Burleigh and being the same acquire by purchase from Mary S. Smith widow of the late Charles Smith deceased as per deed of sale bearing date the twelfth day of December in the year One thousand Eight hundred & thirty five together in the buildings thereon. 2d The following described slaves viz. Ester aged 23 years, Milly 30 years, Maria 16 years, Charlotte 18 years, Matilda 20 years, Harriet 20 years, Susan 30 years, James 123 years, Henry three years, Nelson 3 years, Auguste 6 years, Mary 10 years, Henriette 8 years, Catherine 6 years, Louisa 3 years, an infant girl, Julie 2 years, Clarissa 2 years. Also fifteen horses and mules, twelve oxen, and the instruments, and other appurtenances attached to said plantation, which mortgaged is granted by said Robert E. Smith & wife jointly and severally to secure said one hundred & twenty shares in the Capital Stock of said Bank and also to Secure the payment of the principal & interest of the loan raised or to be raised to form the Capital of said Bank finally to secure any loan which said Robert E. Smith may obtain of said Bank and of the Interest at ten per cent per annum in case of non payment According to the charter of said Bank. Said E. J. Forstall declares that he does accept by these presents in the name and as president of said Citizens Bank the aforementioned mortgage with all the Clauses therein mentioned. And he declares that so soon as the present acceptation together with the mortgage shall have been registered at the office of the Judge of the Said Parish of St. Landry & on production of a Certificate from the Judge of said Parish proving said inscriptions & proving also that there has been no new mortgage nor privilege preferable to the one actually granted, registered & that no transfer of said property has taken place, then said Robert E. Smith shall be a lawful Stockholder for one hundred and twenty shares in the Capital Stock of said Citizens Bank of Louisiana liable to Such reduction as may take place at the final apportionment. Thus done and passed in the City of New Orleans at my office on this twenty sixth day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty seven, the Sixty second of American Independence in presence of Wolmar Bon [sp?] and Lewis Quemper [sp?] both of this City witnesses who have Signed with the appearer and me the Notary. I certify the above to be a true copy of the original in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office New-Orleans 26th July 1837. Thre. Seghers Not[ary]. Pub[lic]. ***** Marie Jeanne Lemelle (fwc) To Estate of Lemelle Retrocession Recorded 10th August 1837 Know all men by these presents that whereas on the Twenty ninth day of June inthe year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four Marie Jeanne Lemelle free woman of Colour of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry bargained and sold to her son Narcisse Lemelle f.m.c. a tract of Land situated in the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry and lying on the west bank of the bayouCourtableau, being the same tract confirmed to the Said Marie Jeanne Lemelle by the Land Commissioners as per their Certificate marked A. No. 902 and containing eight hundred Superficial arpens equal to six hundred and seventy seven acres as appears by the plate [sic] of survey approved on the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty three and Signed by John Dinsmore principal Deputy Surveyor, which said sale was made, as stated in the Deed for and in consideration of the sum of eight hundred dollars which the said Marie Jeanne acknowledges to have been due to her said son for services rendered as averred and otherwise. And whereas the said Marie Jeanne Lemelle some years previous to her death made a will in which she bequeathed to her daughter, Catherine a mulatto girl slave named [Page 138] Adrinelle there ab[ou]t. nine months old. And whereas at a meeting of theheirs of the said Marie Jeanne Lemelle which took place on the twenty fifthday of November in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty four, the day on which the property of the Succession of the said Marie Jeanne Lemelle was sold, that, if the said heirs would not interrupt the said will so far as it respected the bequest of said Mulatto girl, that he the said Narcisse Lemelle would reconvey & return to the Mass [?] of said Estate the aforesaid tract of land or so much thereof as then remained in his possession, and the price then due for the one half of said tract which he had sold to Jacob Wildes and Benjamin Weed [sp?] on the eleventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five for the Sum of two hundred & sixtydollars, fifty dollars of which were paid in an [sic] horse and the remainder two hundred and ten dollars payable one third in April 1826, one third in April 1827, and the remaining third in April 1828, in gentle horned Cattle, horse creatures, Plank, Picure [sp?] or other scantling [sp?] to be delivered at the mouth of the Bayou Waria [sp?] at the current price, the said land remaining mortgaged until complete payment. The two hundred and ten dollars payable as aforesaid agreement he the said Narcisse Lemellle has transfer[r]ed and does by this Act transfer set over and convey to the Succession of his said mother all his right, title, Claim and interest in and to the aforesaid one half of the aforesaid and above described tract of Land, say the lower half, so that it may be sold as a part of the estate of his said mother. And he also transfers and conveys to the said Succession the debt due by the Said Jacob Wildes [Wilder?] and Benjamin Weed [sp?] of two hundred and ten dollars and the interest which may have accrued thereon. And he does hereby assign to the said Succession the mortgaged retained on said land to secure the payment of the aforesaid two hundred & ten dollars. It being stipulated and clearly understood that this conveyance is made on the express Condition that the Said Catherine Lemelle shall in no wise be troubled in the possession of the Said mulatto girl Adrinette bequeathed to her by her said mother, reserving to himself the right of Claiming from the estate of his said mother the proceeds of the sale of the aforesaid tract of land, and the amount of money which may be recovered from the said Wildes [Wilder?] & Weed in case of any attempt on the part of said heirs of any of them to disturb the said Catherine in the quiet & peasable [sic] possession of said mulatto girl Adrinette & her futur[e] increase. The Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code is dispensed with. In testimony of all which the said Narcisse Lemelle, and Francois Lemelle Executors of the last will & Testament of the said Marie Jeanne Lemelle, and the undersigned heirs have hereunto signed in presence of Richard M. Garwood & Benoist Debaillon competent witnesses and [torn] [before] George King Parish Judge in & for the Parish of St. Landry & ex-officio Notary Public [at] Opelousas this tenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. N. C. Lemelle Witness Richd. M. Garwood & Bt. Debaillon Geo. King P. Judge ***** Gilbert L. Thompson To Thomas Bilbo Retrocession of Slave Recorded 11th August 1837 Whereas by a public act passed before George King Parish Judge and ex-officioNotary Public in and for the Parish of St. Landry on the 22d day of June 1836, Thomas Bilbo of said Parish sold & conveyed to Gilbert L. Thompson of the same Parish a certain negro man slave named Daniel aged ab[ou]t. thirty five years for the price of twelve hundred dollars which sum is stated in said act to have been paid in Cash the receipt of which was acknowledged. And whereas but two hundred dollars of said price were paid in cash & for the Remainder the said Thompson gave his notes & promises in writing as follows, towit, a promissory note dated the 21st of June 1837 payable to said Bilbo on the first day of August thereafter (viz. 1837) for six hundred & eighty five dollars, a promisse [sic] in writing of like date to take up & pay a note of said Bilbo payable to Donat Fux for one hundred & sixty five dollars on demand, & an agreement and undertaking in writing dated on the aforesaid 21st day of June to pay to Dr. Moses Littell or order one hundred & fifty dollars for and on account of said Thomas Bilbo which sums tog4ether formed the said sum of twelve hundred dollars the entire price & consideration of Said Sale. And whereas said Gilbert L. Thompson has been unable to comply with his several engagements aforesaid to pay the said Bilbo, Fux, & Littell the respective sums which he had undertaken as aforesaid [Page 139] to pay to each, and now consents to annul the aforesaid sale of the 22nd June1837, & to retrocede & reconvey said slave Daniel to said Bilbo. And whereas the said Bilbo has refunded to the said Thompson the aforesaid sum of two hundred dollars to Cash paid as aforesaid, and has restored to said Thompson the aforesaid obligation to pay to said Bilbo said sum of $685., together with the aforesaid promises in writing to pay to said Fux & Littell the respective sums which he had undertaken as aforesaid to pay to them (which cash & obligation from collectively the aforesaid price of said slave the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by said Thompson. Now therefore be it Known that in consideration of the premises the said Gilbert L. Thompson hasretroceded & reconveyed & does hereby retroced[e] & reconvey said slave Daniel to the said Thomas Bilbo. To have and to hold said slave to him the said Thomas Bilbo his heirs & assigns forever free from the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever. And further said Thompson has cancelled & Annulled and does by this act cancel & annul the aforesaid act of sale of the 22d day of June 1837, as fully as though the same had never been executed. TheCertificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code has beenproduced and is hereto annexed . In witness whereof the said parties havehereunto Signed at Opelousas this eleventh day of August in the year onethousand eight hundred & thirty seven in presence of Robert Taylor and George R. King competent witnesses & before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry. G. L. Thompson Thomas Bilbo Witness Robert Taylor and Geo. R. King Geo. King P. Judge ***** Thomas Bilbo To George R. King Mortgage Recorded 12th August 1837 Thomas Bilbo of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry acknowledgeshimself to be indebted to George R. King in the Sum of two hundred dollars which he promises to pay to said King two months after the date of this act & in order to secure the payment of said Sum when due Said Bilbo has mortgaged & hypothecated & by this act does mortgage & hypothecate a certain negro man Slave named Daniel the same this day reconveyed to him by Gilbert L. Thompson. Said sum if not punctually paid to bear interest at ten per cent from time due. The said George R. King is to enjoy the services of said slave for one month from this date. In witness whereof said parties have hereunto Signed at Opelousas this twelfth day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven in presence of Richard M. Garwood & Benoist Debaillon competentwitnesses & before me George King Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public in & for the aforesaid Parish. Thomas Bilbo Geo. R. King Witness Richd. M. Garwood & Bt. Debaillon Geo.King P. Judge ***** Widow Frederick Miller & Heirs of Frederick Miller Agreement (includes slaves) 12th August 1837 This agreement & Compromise made this twelfth day of August in the year onethousand eight hundred and thirty seven between Victoire Mayer widow of thelate Frederick Miller of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry ofthe one part and the undernamed children and heirs of the said FrederickMiller, towit, Jean Frederick Miller, Frederick Miller, Marie Cecille Miller wife of Christopher Gatte, Julien Miller, Joasin [sp?] Miller, Leufroy Miller & Cedalize Miller of the aforesaid State and Parish, Carmelite Miller wife of Jean Pierre Fruge', Euranie Miller wife of Joseph Boutin and Placide Miller of the aforesaid State and Parish of Lafayette, the said wives acting herein with the advice of their said husbands of the other part Witnesseth that whereas the party of the second part have claims of inheritance on the estate of their deceased father which has without their Knowledge or consent Sold and disposed of all the slaves belonging to the said Estate, towit, William a boy aged ab[ou]t. [hereafter just as spelled in document] fifteen years, Louise a mulatto girl aged abt. thirteen years, Basil a mulatto boy aged abt. ten years, Charlotte a negro woman aged abt. thirty years with her four children towit, Manuel a boy aged abt. ten years, Alexandre a boy aged abt. Seven years, Joseph a boy aged about four years and Celest a girl aged abt. three years, by act of sale to Messrs. Antoine & Auguste Dejean and Adolphe Bourgeois Blezine [sp?] passed before Felix Dejean Notary Public bearing date the fourth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven for and in consideration of the Sum of three thousand five hundred dollars payable in three years from and after the date of said sale with interest thereon at the rate of eight and an half per Cent per annum from date until paid. Now to avoid a tedious and impressive Lawsuit the parties have made and entered into the following agreement, towit. First - The widowagrees to take one thousand dollars of the proceeds of the above described debt and Mortgage and the interest already [Page 140] acrued & accruing thereon, three gentle horses of her choice, five cows &calves, the hogs of said estate and the household furniture which she has inpossession the quiet and peaceable possession of all which property is guaranteed to her by the said heirs forever. 2ndly. The said widow hasassigned & transfer[r]eed and does hereby assign and transfer to the saidheirs two thousand five hundred dollars of the aforesaid Debts and Mortgage with the interest thereon, due by Dejean & Bourgeois as aforesaid, and she also transfers to them all her right, title, Claim and interest in and to the residue of the property lately in community between her and her deceased husband. And Thirdly the said heirs, in consideration of the premises have ratified and do hereby ratify and confirm the aforesaid Sale of Slaves to Dejeans & Bourgois Blezine. It is understood and agreed that the said widow shall have the first thousand dollars which shall be paid by the said Dejeans & Blezine. In testimony of al which the parties have hereunto signed by making their Ordinary marks not knowing how to write in presence of Vincent Bertrand & Francois Vallet & John Seels [sp?] and before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry at Opelousas the day and year first above written. Mark of x Victoire Mayer widow Miller Jean Frederick x Miller Christopher xGatte Marie x Cecille Miller Gatte Carmelitte x Miller Fruge' Jean Pre.x Fruge Euranie x Miller Boutin Julien x Miller Julien x Miller Joachin x Miller Lufroy x Miller Cedalize x Miller Marcantel Zenon x Marcantel Joseph x Boutin Placide x Miller Witness Vincent Bertrand Fcois Vallet John Seels Geo. King P. Judge ***** Mrs. Henriette Matilda Pannell & Edwin B. Scott To William Wikoff Sale of Slaves, stock and Lands Recorded 15th August 1837 This Deed made the fifteenth day of August in the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty Seven between Mrs. Henrietta Matilda Pannell wife of Edwin B. Scott of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry duly authorised [sic] to the effect of these presents by her said husband of the one part, William Wikoff of the same state and Parish aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Sum of ten thousand dollars paid by the said William Wikoff to the Said Henrietta Matilda Pannell in four obligations, towit, the obligation of Henderson Taylor for four thousand dollars payable on the first day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred &* thirty eight, the obligation of L. G. De Kerlegand for one thousand five hundred dollars payable the fifteenth of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, another obligation of L. G. DeKerlegand for two thousand two hundred & fifty dollars payable the fifteenth of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and another obligation of the said L. G. DeKerlegand for two thousand two hundred and thirty nine all endorsed by the Said William Wikoff and received by the said Henrietta Matilda Pannell . she the said Henrietta Matilda Pannell has bargained & sold, and does by this pubic act grant, bargain, sell, alien and confirm to him the said William Wikoff her share, being one twelfth part, of the Vacherie of the estate of her deceased grand mother Mrs. Susan Watts Wikoff including the horned Cattle and horse creatures bearing the following brands, towit, [WK where the letters connect at the back], [WK same as before except that the left side of W has a long trailing stem much like the letter M], [VNK, where the V and N appear interlaced with the K formed at the right end of the N], [backward capital D, N, K where the N and K connect at the back of the K], [backwards capital R N K, same as previously described], and also those bearing her own private brand, together with her share in the followingdescribed slaves employed as stock Keepers, towit, big Ben a negro man aged ab[ou]t. [hereafter abbreviated as in document] forty five years, John a negro man aged abt. thirty eight years, Charles a negro man aged abt. twenty eight years, Mitchel a man aged abt. twenty seven years, August a man aged abt twenty years, Isaac a man aged abt. twenty years, Philip a man aged abt. twenty three years, Guilbert a boy aged abt. fourteen years, Adam a boy aged abt. fourteen years, and Benjamin a boy aged abt. twelve years. Also her share in the tract of land on which the said Vacherie is Kept Situate in theaforesaid Parish and lying on both sides of the East branch of the bayouPlaquemine brulee' having thirty seven and an half arpens front by forty in depth on one side of Said Bayou, and thirty five by forty on the other side. And also her share in a negro woman Malanie aged abt. fifty years. It being fully & clearly understood that this sale is made for one twelfth part of the property bought by the heirs of the aforesaid estate for themselves and their wards at pubic Auction made on the twenty first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six and included in lots No. 53 and No. 20 in said sale. And the sale is made Subject to all the provisions in anagreement made between William Wikoff, Stephen W. Wikoff and Eliza M. Wikofffor themselves and their wards [Page 141] bearing date the thirteenth day of April in the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty six. To have and to hold the aforesaid stock, lands & slaves to him the said William Wikoff his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever. And she the said Henrietta Matilda Pannell and the said Edwin B. Scott her husband for themselves their heirs, executors & administrators the aforesaid and above described lands, slaves & stock of Cattle & horses, that is to say the one twelfth part of the whole against the Lawful claims of all persons whatever, to him the Said William Wikoff and to his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns do warrant & will forever defend. The purchaser dispenses with the production of the Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. In testimony whereof the parties have hereunto Signed in presence of Benoist Debaillon & William H. Parrott, Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge in and for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry and ex-officio Notary Public at Opelousas the day & year first above written. Henrietta M. Scott Edwin B. Scott Wm. Wikoff Witness Bt. Debaillon & Wm. H. Parrott Geo. King P. Judge ***** Evariste Robin & Bridgette Stelly Marriage Contract Recorded 17th August 1837 This marriage contract made and entered into the seventeenth day of August inthe year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven between Evariste Robin, a minor assisted herein by Louis Joseph Francois Robin his father, of the State of Louisiana and parish of St. Landry of the one part, and Wife Bridget Stelly also a minor assisted by Michel Stelly her father of the same state and Parish aforesaid of the other part, witnesseth, that in consideration of theaffection existing between the parties, they have agreed to unite themselves in the Holy Bonds of matrimony, and to have their nuptials Celebrated without unnecessary delay. It is further agreed that the debts contracted by either of the parties previous to their marriage shall be paid out of the proper goods and Chattels of the party who shall have contracted the same and that the community of acquists and gains shall in any event be governed by the Laws of Louisiana as they now exist. The property of the future husband consists of eight head of horse creatures of one year old and upwards estimated at eighty dollars $80. Two horses at sixty dollars, $60. One gentle cow and calf at twenty dollars $20. Cash one hundred dollars $100. The product of his own labour and the following property advanced to him by his father on account of her future pretentions on his estate, towit, A negro boy named Gregoire aged abt. fourteen years estimated at seven hundred dollars $700. Cash eight hundred dollars $800, Makin[g] the sum total of one thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars $1760. The property of the future wife consists in five head of horned Cattle estimated at Seventy dollars $70. Her wardrobe estimated at two hundred dollars $200, making the sum total of two hundred & seventy dollars $270. In testimony whereof the parties have hereunto signed together with the said Louis Joseph Francois Robin and the said Michel Stelly the latter by making his Ordinary mark not Knowing how to write, in presence of Napoleon Robin & Benoist Debaillon competent witnesses & before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry at Opelousas the day & year above written. Evariste Robin (seal) Bridgette Stelly (seal) L. J. F. Robin (seal) Michelx Stelly (seal) Witness Bt. Debaillon & Napoleon Robin Geo. King P. Judge ***** John M. Jewell To John OQuin Sale of Land [Avoyelles] Recorded 17 August 1837 This deed made the Seventeenth day of August in the year One thousand eighthundred and thirty seven between John M. Jewell of the State of Louisiana and Parish of the One part and John OQuin of the Same State and Parish ofAvoyelles of the other part, Witnesseth, That for and in consideration of the Sum of five hundred and fifteen dollars cash in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the Said John M. Jewell has bargained and sold, and does by these presents grant, bargain, sell, transfer, alien & confirm to him the said John OQuin a certain tract or parcel of land Situated in the Parish of Avoyelles and lying near the bayou de Glaze being the [illegible] West half of south East quarter of the Section numbered twelve in the Township number one North of the thirty first degree of North Latitude, of Range number five East of the basis meridian in the South Western district of Louisiana, and containing according to the returns of the surveying department seventy nine and eighty three hundredths acres, and being the same purchased by the sellor [sic] from the United States as per Register's Patent certificate No. 1616. To have and to hold the aforesaid tract of Land to hi the Said John OQuin his heirs, executors, administrators & assigns [Page 142] forever with guaranty of title against the claims of all persons claiming, bythrough or under the Seller and no others. The purchaser dispenses with theCertificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. Intestimony of all which the parties have hereunto signed in presence of Benoist Debaillon & Guy H. Bell competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge in and for the Parish of St. Landry and ex-officio Notary Public at Opelousas the day & year above written. [blank] (seal) John OQuin (seal) witness Bt. Debaillon & Guy H. Bell Geo.King P. Judge ***** Napoleon Robin and Marie Boudreau Marriage Contract Recorded 17th August 1837 (need translation) Aux Opelousas Le vingt Cinuieme jour du Mois d'avril de l'annee mil huit Centtrent quatre et de la cinquante triosieme annee de L'Independance des Etats Unis d'Amerique. Nous Napoleon Robin fils Legitime et naturel de Mr. Louis Joseph Francois Robin et de dame Emilie Stelly d'une part et de Demoiselle Marie Boudreau fille Naturel & Legitime de Mr. Augustin Boudreau et de dame Francoise Ritter ses peres et meres d'autre part, tous natifs de L'etat de la Louisiane, promettons en presence de nos parents amis et temoins en presents de nous unis en Marriage et de le faire celebrer en face de la Sainte Eglise Catholic Romaine, le jour pas nous decide' et du consentement de nos parents Les biens du future Epouse provenants de son travail et de Son Commerce comme marchant connistent pour ce quil regarde son Commerce, d'apres un inventaire Estimatif fait a l'amiable en la somme de deux mille deux cent quatrevingt quatre piastres, plus quatorze tetes de betes cavalines estimies Cent douze piastres, Cinq cheveaux domptes estimees cent piastres vingt deux tetes de betes a Cornes estimees cent cinquante quatre piastres, plus une terre situee' a la prairie du Gros chevreuil en face de la riviere teche Contenant quatre Arpents de face sur la profondueur de quarante Bornee [sp?] a Mr. Alexandre Lanclos d'un Cote', et de l'autre par Louis Joseph Francois Robin pere du futur Epouse Estimee mille piastres, plus un jeune negre natif de ce pays Estime cinq cent piastres Total des droits de Napoleon Robin future Epouse, moutant a la somme de quatre mil cent soixante et quinze piastres cy $4175. Les biens de la future Epouse Demelle. Marie Boudreau consistent en ce qui suit savoir son trousseau estime' a la somme de deux Cents piastres cy $200, il est a observer que la terre avanice au futur epouse Napoleon Robin est a Compte des ses droits paternels et maternel ainsi que le negre nomme Prudent en foi de quoi les parties Contractantes ont signes excepte la future Epouse qui a mis sa marque disant ne savoir signer, fait et passe' le meme jour et an quantell [sp?] de se contrat que les parties interesses veulent quil soit enregistre au Griffe des Opelousas. Napoleon Robin Marie x Boudreau Temoins L. J. F. Robin Augustin x Boudreau Francoise x Ritter Emelie Stelly Adeol Stelly Ducoudray Lamorandier Stateof Louisiana Parish of St. Landry Before me George King Parish Judge in & for the aforesaid Parish appeared personnaly Adeol Stelly and DucoudrayLamorandier witnesses to the foregoing marriage contract, who beinb first duly sworn declared on their oaths, that they were present when Napolion Robin & Marie Boudreau previous to their marriage signed and acknokwledged theforegoing contract to be their act & Deed for the purposes therein expressed, and that they also saw Ls. Jos. Frs. Robin the father of the said Napolion and Augustin Bourdreau the father of the said Marie Boudreau, at the same time, signed the same. Sworn & subscribed to at Opelousas this 17th day of August 1837. Before me Geo. King P. Judge Adioil Stelly D. Lamorandier ***** Gerasime Richard & Eugene Richard Division of Land [sic] [slaves] Recorded 18 August 1837 Know all men by these presents that whereas at the sale of the Estate of thelate Philip Richard of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landrydeceased, Gerasime Richard & Eugene Richard purchased in partnership thefollowing described slaves towit, Nancy a negro woman aged ab[ou]t. [hereafter abbreviated as in document] thirty eight years with her family of children, towit, Constance a girl now aged abt. sixteen years, John aged thirteen years & Phillis aged abt. ten years, and William aged abt. eight years, which said negro woman has since had three children, towit, Betsey a girl aged abt. six years, Julien a boy aged abt. four years, and Cadet a boy abt. two years old. A negro woman named Adeline (since dead) with her children, towit, Adelle a girl now abt. sixteen years old, Pierre a boy aged abt. twelve years and Joe aged about nine years, and the said Adeline had one child a girl named Susan now aged abt. seven years born since said purchase, and at the sale of the Estate of Murthough Collins decd. they purchased a negro man named Ambroise now aged about forty five years, a negro boy named Billy aged abt. sixteen years. And a negro girl named Becky aged abt. twelve years. And whereas abt. five or six years ago the said Gerasime & Eugene Richard verbally dissolved their partnership and made a division of the aforesaid slaves, by which the negro woman Nancy and her children & future increase [Page 143] and the boy Billy & Girl Becky were taken by the said Gerasime as his part ofsaid slaves, and the negro girl Adelle, boys Pierre &* Joe, the girl Susan and the man Ambroise were taken by the said Eugene as his part, each onehaving had the possession of his said part of said Slaves and their services from the time of said dissolution of Partnership up to the present time. Now in order to prevent any future difficulty which might arise on the subject, the said Gerasime & Eugene Richard have confirmed the aforesaid division and do hereby confirm the same to all intents & purposes. The said Gerasime transfer[r]ing & conveying to him the said Eugene his heirs & assigns all his right title claim and interest in and to the said Slaves, taken by him at the aforesaid division. And he the said Eugene transfer[r]ing & Conveying to him the said Gerasime and to his heirs & assigns all his right title claim and interest in and to the said slaves taken by him at said division. In testimony whereof the parties have hereunto signed in presence of Benoist Debaillon & George R. King Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish at Opelousas this eighteenth day of August in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Gerasime Richard (seal) Eugene Richard (seal) Witness Bt. Debaillon & Geo.R. King Geo. King P. Judge ***** Eliza M. Wikoff To Henrietta Matilda Pannell Scott Sale of Slaves Recorded 22 August 1837 Know all men by these presents that Eliza M. Wikoff wife of William H. Parrottof the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry and being duly authorised [sic] by her said husband has bargained and sold and does hereby grant, bargain, sell and deliver unto Henrietta Matilda Pannell wife of Edwin B. Scott of the same State and Parish aforesaid and duly authorised [sic] by her said husband, a certain negro woman Slave named Lydia aged ab[ou]t. twenty six years with her child a boy named Augustin aged ab[ou]t. seven years and being the same which the said Mrs. Parrott purchased at the sale of the estate of her deceased mother on the twenty first day of April in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty six. To have and to hold the aforesaid slaves to her the said Henrietta Matilda Pannell her heirs &c forever with guaranty of title against the lawful claims of all persons claiming by or through her the said Mrs. Parrott. This sale is made for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars, to be accounted for the Estate of the late Mrs. Susan Watts Wikoff in the same manner as though the said Henriettta Matilda Pannell had been actual purchased of said slaves from the said Estate. The production of the certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code is dispensed with. In Testimony of all which the parties have hereunto Signed in presence of the subscribing witnesses and before George King Parish Judge in and for the aforesaid Parish of St Landry & ex-officio Notary Public at Opelousas this twenty second day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Eliza M. Parrott H. M. Scott Wm. H. Parrott Edwin B. Scott Witness Bt.Debaillon Geo. King P. Judge ***** Edgerton Willis To John Marsh Sale of Land Recorded 28th August 1837 This deed made the twenty eighth day of August in the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty seven between Edgerton Willis of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the one part and John Marsh of the same State and Parish aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth, that, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars cash in hand paid at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said Edgerton Willis has bargained and sold, and does hereby grant, bargain, sell, alien, confirm, set over and deliver unto him the said John Marsh a certain tract or parcel of land situated in the aforesaid Parish and lying on the Calcasieu River being in Township Number three South, Range number three west, and the south half of the South East quarter of section Number twenty nine and containing ab[ou]t. eighty superficial acres more or less. To have and to hold the aforesaid tract of land with all and singular its improvements, appurtenances and privileges to hi the said John Marsh his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever with guaranty of title against the lawful claims of all persons whatsoever. The purchaser dispenses with the production of the certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. In testimony of all which the parties have hereunto signed in presence of Seth Singleton and John R. Mainer Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge in and for the aforesaid Parish at Opelousas the day and year above written. Edgerton x Willis (seal) John Y. Marsh (seal) Witnesses Seth Singleton J.R. Mainer Geo. King P. Judge ***** Michel Prudome To William H. Gray Sale of Land Recorded 11th September 1837 This deed made the eleventh day of September in the year one thousand eighthundred and thirty seven between Michel Prudom of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the one part and William H. Gray of the same State and Parish aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth [Page 144] that for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and forty six dollars& twenty three cents Cash in hand paid at and before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said Michel Prudom has bargained and sold and does by this public Act grant bargain, sell alien and confirm unto him the Said William H. Gray a certain tract or parcel of land Situated in the aforesaid Parish and lying immediately in the rear of the land of the sellor [sic], say of the plantation now enclosed of the sellor [sic] and being part of a tract purchased by him from the Government of the United States, as will appear by the receipt of the receiver of the public money at Opelousas No. 1876. And bearing date the Sixth day of September 1837. The part so sold contains One hundred and ninety six & ninety eight hundredths acres, and that the boundaries may be more clearly understood a plat of the same is hereto annexed. [actually included in the document: simple plat shows 196 98/100 acres sold to W. H. Gray and 61 acres reserved by M. Prudome; no directional arrow included; if oriented by today's standards, Mr. Gray's land is north of M. Prudome's]. To have and to hold the aforesaid one hundred and ninety six acres & 98/100 more or less to him the said William H. Gray his heirs, executors administrators & assigns forever. And the Said Michel Prudom for himself his heirs &c the tract of land so described as aforesaid against the lawful Claims of all persons claiming by through or under him to the Said William H. Gray his heirs & assigns does warrant and will forever defend. It being Clearly understood that he only sells the right which he has obtained from the United states. It is also understood that the Land reserved by the sellor [sic] is now under fence, and in Case of the lines being changed by any resurvey he only sells the land outside of his inclosure [sic] and a sufficient lane around his fence. The purchaser dispenses with the production of the Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. In Testimony of all which the parties have hereunto signed in presence of William B. Jackson & George R. King Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public in & for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry at Opelousas the day & year first above written. Michel Prudom (seal) W. H. Gray (seal) Witness Wm. B. Jackson Geo. R.King Geo. King P. Judge ***** Thomas Bilbo To Lewis Andrus Sale of Slave Recorded 12 September 1837 Know all men by these presents that Thomas Bilbo of the State of Louisiana andParish of St. Landry, for and in consideration of the sum of eight hundreddollars in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged has bargained and sold, and does by this Public Act grant, bargain, sell, transfer and deliver unto Lewis Andrus of the Same State and Parish aforesaid, a certain negro man Slave named Daniel aged ab[ou]t. thirty five years. To have and to hold Said slave to him the said Lewis Andrus his heirs, executors,administrators, and assigns forever. And he the said Thomas Bilbo for himself his heirs &c the title to said negro man slave against the lawful Claims of all persons whatsoever to him the said Lewis Andrus his heirs and assigns does warrant and will forever defend. [H]e also warrants, said Slave to be free from all redhibitory complaints, diseased & vices. [T]he purchaser dispenses with the production of the certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code or any subsequent law on the Subject of mortgages. In Testimony of all which the parties have hereunto signed in presence of Caleb Green Jr. & George R. King Competent Witnesses and before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry at Opelousas this thirteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Thomas Bilbo (seal) Lewis Andrus (seal) Witness Caleb Green Jr. & Geo. R.King Geo. King P. Judge ***** William K. Sloane [Kentucky] To William H. Gray Sale of Slave Recorded 21st September 1837 Know all men by these presents that for and in consideration of the Sum ofeight hundred dollars in hand paid at and before the sealing & delivery of this act William K. Sloane of the State of Kentucky and County of Spence hasbargained and sold, and does hereby grant, bargain, sell and deliver untoWilliam H. Gray of the State of Louisiana & Parish of St. Landry a certainnegro man slave named Sam aged ab[ou]t. thirty five years. To have and to hold the said slave to him the Said William H. Gray his heirs and assignsforever. And he the said William K. Sloane for himself his heirs &c the title to said Slave against the lawful claims of all persons whatsoever to him the said William H. Gray his heirs &c does warrant and will forever defend. [H]e also warrants him free from redhibitory infirmities & vices. The purchaser dispense with the production of the Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code, or any subsequent Law on the Subject of Mortgages. In Testimony whereof the parties have hereunto signed in presence of Benoist Debaillon and George R. King Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public at Opelousas [Page 145] this twenty first day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred &thirty seven. Wm. K. Sloane (seal) Wm. H. Gray Witness Bt. Debaillon & Geo. R. King Geo.King P. Judge ***** Lewis Andrus To Governor Sheriff Bond Recorded 30th September 1837 Know all men by these presents that we Lewis Andrus, Joseph E. Andrus Senr.,Jesse Andrus, Dejean freres & Lastrapes & Benguerel of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry are held and firmly bound unto Edward D., White Governor of the aforesaid State and to his Successors in office in the sum of sixteen thousand seven hundred and thirty four dollars & forty five Cents for the true and faithful payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and administrators, jointly and severally firmly by these presents. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals at Opelousas this thirtieth day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Lewis Andrus hath been appointed Sheriff in and for the Parish of St. Landry. Now if the Said Lewis Andrus shall by himself or Deputies faithfully collect and account for the taxes of the State within the said Parish of St. Landry for the present year Eighteen hundred and thirty seven agreeably to Law together with all fines and amercements, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Signed Sealed & acknowledged in presence of Lastraps and Benguerel (seal) Dejean freres & Co. (seal) Jos. L. Daniel (seal) Gilbert Sloane (seal) Lewis Andrus (seal) Jos. E. Andrus (seal) Jesse Andrus (seal) William Willson L. G. DeKerlegand State of Louisiana Parish of St. Landry. At a Court of Justices of theaforesaid Parish holden this day the 30th day of September in the year onethousand eight hundred & thirty seven , and convened for the purpose ofdeciding on the validity of, and accepting the securities offered by LewisAndrus Esquire sheriff of said Parish for the faithful collection of & paying over the State & Parish taxes of said Parish, the said sheriff offered for his securities as aforesaid Messrs. Joseph Elah Andrus, Jesse Andrus, Lastrapes & Benguerel and Dejean freres, with the said Court deemed sufficient and unanimously accepted. In testimony whereof the members of said Court havehereunto signed the day & year above written. Guy H. Bell Justice of the peace St. Landry James Morgan Justice of the Peace St. Landry D. C. Sittig Justice of the Peace Robert Taylor Justice of the Peace St. Landry E. W. Taylor Justice Peace acting in & for the Parish [of] St. Landry Andre Neraut Juge de paix Frcs [difficult to make out] Coulon deVillier pere Juge de paix de la paroisse St. Landry El. Littell Justice of Peace St. Landry Christopher Sleet [sp?] Justice peace St. Landry M. Braut Juge de paix Paroisse St. Landry A. Clark Justice of the Peace St. Landry Dominique Richard Geo. King P. Judge ***** John L. Daniel & Pierre Labyche To Alexandre B. Fontenot & Philip Stagg Sale of Land Recorded 2nd October 1837 This act of sale made this second day of October one thousand eight hundredand thirty seven between John L. Daniel & Pierre Labyche of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the one part & Alexandre Baptiste Fontenot fils & Philip Stagg of the same Parish of the other part, Witnesseth that for & in consideration of the price & sum of four hundred and twenty three 53/100 dollars Cash in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said Daniel & Labyche have bargained & sold & do by this act grant, bargain, sell, alien convey set over and deliver unto them the said Fontenot & Stagg a certain tract of land situate lying & being in the said Parish and described in the Receiver's Certificate as Lot fractional of the Section numbered Forty in Township number four South of the thirty first degree of north latitude of Range number three East of the basis meridian in the South western district of the State of Louisiana and containing according to the Register's Certificate two hundred and sixty eight 46/100 acres, And being the same tract of land which the said Daniel & Labyche purchased from the United States as appears by the Receiver's Receipt No. 1607, And dated June 16th 1836. From the Certificate of the Recorder of Mortgages of the said Parish it appears that no mortgage exists on said tract of land. To have and to hold the said tract of land together with all and singular its privileges & apertenenaces [sic] to them the said Fontenot & Stagg their heirs executors administrators and assigns forever, and the title to said tract of land, free from the lawful claims of all persons whatever, to them the said Fontenot & Stagg their heirs & the Said Daniel & Labyche for themselves their heirs &c do hereby warrant & will forever defend. In Testimony whereof the said parties have hereunto signed in presence of Caleb Green Jr. and Adolphe Fallain [sp?] Competent witnesses And before George King Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public in & for the said Parish the day and year first above written. Jno. L. Daniel (seal) Labyche (seal) Alexandre Fontenot (seal) PourFontenot & Stagg (seal) Witness Caleb Green Jr. Adolphe Follain Geo. King P. Judge ***** Protest of Reynold's Note Recorded 11th October 1837 Opelousas, April 8th 1837. Five months after date I promise to pay, at theOffice of Discount and deposit of the Mechanics & Traders Bank of New-Orleans at Opelousas, to the Order of Mister Amos Webb One hundred and ninety dollars, for value received (signed) Thos. Reynolds, Credit [illegible] [Page 146] Ald. C. Endorsed (signed) Amos Webb. Ald. Compton. United States ofAmerica State of Louisiana. By this Public instrument of Protest. Be itKnown, that on this eleventh day of October in the year One thousand eighthundred and thirty seven, at the request of Mr. Charles Porter cashier of the Office of discount and Deposite [sic] of the Mechanics & Traders Bank ofNew-Orleans at Opelousas, I, George King Parish Judge and ex-officio NotaryPublic in and for the Parish of St. Landry in the State aforesaid, dulycommissioned and sworn residing in the Town of Opelousas, in said Parish, did present myself at the aforesaid office of Discount & Deposite [sic] for the purpose of demanding payment of the note of which the above is a true Copy. And upon making such demand of said Cashier, was told by him that there were no funds at said Office of Discount & Deposite [sic], or that no funds had been deposited there to pay said note. Whereupon I, the said Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public, at the request aforesaid, did protest, and by these presents do publickly [sic] and solemnly protest as well against the drawer or maker of said note, as against all others whom it doth or may concern, for all damages Costs, charges and interests suffered or to be suffered for want of payment of Said Note. Thus done and protested, and notice thereof given to Amos Webb and Alder Compton the endorsers of said note by depositing in the latter box of the Post Office in the said Town of Opelousas, on the day & year above written, two notices in the form of letters sealed and directed, the one to 'Amos Webb Parish of St. Landry' and the other to Alex Compton Alexandria Parish of Rapides, the whole in presence of Benoist Debaillon & George R. King Witnesses who have signed these presents with me the said Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public. In testimony whereof I grant these presents under my signature and the impress of my Official Seal at Opelousas the day & year above written. Geo. King P. Judge & ex-officio Notary Public Witness Bt. Debaillon & Geo.R. King ***** Edwin B. Scott & wife To Lewis Andrus Sale of Slaves Recorded 14th October 1837 Know all men by these presents, that for and in consideration of the premiseshereinafter expressed, Edwin B. Scott and Mrs. Henrietta Matilda Pannell his wife of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry, the said Henrietta being Authorised [sic] to the effects of these presents by her said husband, have bargained and sold and do by this Public act grant bargain, sell, alien, confirm, transfer, retrocede and deliver unto Lewis Andrus of the same State and Parish aforesaid a certain negro man slave named Edward aged ab[ou]t. [hereafter abbreviated as in document] thirty two years, a negro woman slave named Milly aged twenty eight years and Claiborne their child a negro boy aged abt. seven years, being three of the slaves sold by the said Lewis Andrus and Benjamin Andrus to the said Edwin B. Scott and Henrietta Matilda Pannell his wife as will appear by Deed passed before George King Parish Judge & ex-officio Notary Public bearing date the twenty sixth day of July last 1837. To have and to hold the said slaves to him the said Lewis Andrus his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever. And they the said Edwin B. Scott & Henrietta Matilda Pannell his wife for themselves their heirs &c the title to said Slaves, against the Lawful Claims of all persons claiming by through or under them, to him the said Lewis Andrus his heirs & assigns do warrant and will forever defend. This sale or retrocession is made for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand dollars, which said Sum is credited on a note executed by the said Edwin B. Scott and wife bearing date the twenty sixth day of July last, in favor of the said Lewis Andrus & Benjamin Andrus, and given in part payment of the aforesaid slaves, with other slaves and lands, as will appear by reference to the above recited sale. And the said credit on the aforesaid note is acknowledged by the present sellers to be the full and entire payment of the price of the aforesaid bargained and sold or retroceded slaves. The purchaser dispenses with the production of theCertificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code, or anysubsequent law on the subject of Mortgages. In testimony of all which theparties have hereunto signed in presence of William H. Parrott and GilesHigginbothom Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge andex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry thistwelfth day of October Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven. Edwin B. Scott (seal) Matilda Scott (seal) Lewis Andrus (seal) Witnesses Wm. H. Parrott Eliza M. Parrott & Giles Higginbothom Geo. King P. Judge ***** George Forbes To Rice Garland Sale of Slaves Admitted to Record 14th October 1837 Know all men by these presents, that I George Forbes a resident of the Countyof St. Mary in the State of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand dollars Cash paid to me have bargained and sold and do herebybargain sell, and deliver to Rice Garland a residant [sic] [Page 147] of the Parish of St. Landry in the State of Louisiana, two negro men slavesfor life named David aged about twenty one years and Dennis aged abt. nineteenyears, to have and to hold the said Slaves to the said Garland, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said George Forbes, for himself, his heirs and assigns does hereby agree to warrant and defend the title to the said Slaves to the said Garland against the Claim or Claims of any person or persons whatever, also that they are sound in mind and body and of good Character. Done and Signed at the City of Washington this Seventh day of the month of January in the year 1837. Geo. Forbes (seal) R. Garland (seal) Witnesses M. Black ***** William Vinson To Rice Garland Sale of Slave Admitted to Record 14th October 1837 Know all men by these presents that I Wm. Vinson of Montgomery County in theState of Maryland for and in consideration of the sum of Eleven hundredDollars to me in hand paid by Rice Garland of the State of Louisiana at & before the Sealing & delivery of these presents the receipt whereof I the said Wm. Vinsin do hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold & bythese presents do grant, bargain & sell unto the said Garland, his executors, administrators and assigns a negro man slave named Hanson Graham, supposed to be ab[ou]t. twenty one years old, or intended so to be, to the said Rice Garland his executors administrators and assigns forever, and I the said Wm. Vinsin for myself my heirs executors and Administrators, the said negro man named Hanson Graham as a Slave unto the said Rice Garland his executors administrators and assigns against me the said Wm. Vinsin my executors and Administrators and against tall and every other persons whatsoever Shall and will warrant forever deferred by these presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 16th day of January 1837. William Vinsin (seal) Witness Charles Vinsin ***** Thompson To Bowen Transfer Filed and Admitted to record 21st October 1837 Whereas I Gillis Thompson in August in the year 1815 Sold to Sydalise deLachaise then the wife and now the widow of John Thompson deceased of theParish of St. Landry a Slave Becky with her children for $1000 and whereas I have since commenced a suit in the District Court of Said parish to recoverthe price of the said Slaves, in which Suit by a Judgement of the Supreme Court of their last term of at [sic] Opelousas I have recover[ed] upwards of $200, say $214, or thereab[ou]ts. with legal interest thereon from the time of the said Sale. Now I the said Gillis Thompson in consideration of three hundred dollars to me in hand paid by William W. Bowen the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and thereof acquit and discharged the said Bowen has assigned sold and delivered & do hereby assign sell and deliver to the said Bowen right title and interest therein & thereto also the said Suit and the said Judgement and all my right title and interest therein or thereto hereby subrogating the said Bowen to all my rights and remedies in and to the said debt suit and Judgement. And I hereby promise & agree with the said Bowen that the same is now due & that I will not discharged [sic] the same, now shall the same be discharged in account of any compensation or reconvention against me. This Sale is made as well for the said sum as for the fericus [sic][sp???] of the said Bowen in the said suit which are considered as an equivalent for the residue of the said Judgement and the said Bowen accepts this transfer as a full equivalent for the said services and in consideration thereof discharges and acquits the said Thompson from all demands against him by reason thereof. In witness whereof the parties have signed & delivered this instrument this Sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven at Plaquemine in the Parish of Iberville. G. Thompson Wm. W. Bowen Witness J. Jubertie Tho. P. Anderson State ofLouisiana. Parish of Iberville. Personally before me John Dunmore ParishJudge in and for the Parish of Iberville appeared J. Jubertie & Thomas P. Anderson who being first duly sworn say that they saw Gillis Thompson andWilliam W. Bowen signed & executed the foregoing instrument of writing theyfurther declare on oath that they saw the said William W. Bowen pay the said Sum of three hundred dollars or the price of the sale therein stipulated Sworn & subscribed before me this sixteenth day of October 1837. John Dinsmore P. Judge J. Jubertie. Tho. P. Anderson ***** Mary Hayes To Lewis Campbell Sale of Negro Recorded 17 April 1837 Know all men by these presents that Mary Hays of the State of Louisiana & Parish of St. Landry, for and in consideration of the Sum of four hundreddollars, fifty four dollars of which are paid and the receipt thereof is hereby acknowledged and the balance of three hundred and ninety six dollars payable in al the month of May next has bargained and sold and does by this act grant bargain, sell, transfer and Convey to Lewis Campbell of the same state and Parish aforesaid a certain negro boy slave aged ab[ou]t. sevenyears, an orphan. To have and [Page 148] to hold the aforesaid slaves to him the said Lewis Campbell his heirs,executors, administrators and assigns forever, with guaranty of title against the Lawful claims of all persons whatsoever, and also against the diseases & vices deemed redhibitory in Law. The purchaser dispenses with the production of the Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. The name of the bargained and sold negro boy is Henry. In testimony of all which the parties have hereunto in presence of John H. Overton & Jacob Bihm Competent witnesses at Opelousas this 17th day of April in the year Onethousand and eight hundred and thirty seven. Mary x Hay (seal) L. Campbell. Witness J. H. Overton & Jacob Bihm [pere?] Geo. King P. Judge ***** Citizens Bank To Smith & Wife Acceptation of Mortgage Recorded 9th August 1837 Before me, Theodore Seghers, notary Public, duly commissioned for the City andParish of New-Orleans State of Louisiana, therein residing, and in presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned Personally appeared EdmundJohn Forstall, of this City, President of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, who declares that he has taken cognizance of an act passed before George King, Parish Judge of the Parish of St. Landry, by which act dated the thirty first day of July 1837 Raphael J. Smith and Marie Clemence Guilbeau his wife, by him duly authorised [sic], domiciliated both in the Parish of St. Landry, have mortgaged in favor of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, to secure the Sum of Six thousand dollars, amount of sixty shares of one hundred dollars each, in the Capital stock of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, subscribed by the said Raphael J. Smith, the following described property towit: A tract of Land situate in the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry and lying in thePrairie of the Grand Coteau, having six arpens front, on the south side of the Bayou Bourbeau by forty arpents in depth, & Containing two hundred and forty superficial Arpents, adjoining on one side to the land of Humbert Perodin, and on the other side to land formerly belonging to the widow Charles Smith and now to Robert E. Sith, together with the improvements thereon. Also a tract of Land situate on the north side of the said Bayou Bourbeau, opposite the above described tract, & Containing one hundred and seventy three Superficial Arpents, the said two tracts being the same purchased by the mortgagers at the sale of the Estate of the late Benjamin A. Smith & Elizabeth Hardy both deceased. Also five Slaves attached to said lands, whose names and ages are fully described in the said Act of Mortgage, which Mortgage was given by the said Raphael J. Smith & Marie Clemence Guilbeau, his wife, to secure sixty share in the Capital Stock, of said Bank, as well as to secure the payment of the Capital and Interest of the loans, made or to be made to form the Capital Stock of said Bank, and finally to secure all loans which the said Raphael J. Smith may have obtained or may obtain from the said Bank, And also the interest thereon at ten per centum per annum, in case he should fail to pay according to the terms of the chattel of said Bank. The said Edmund JohnFostal, president as aforesaid, further declares that he accepts, in his said Capacity the aforesaid mortgaged, with all the clauses & Stipulations therein contained, and he declares, that as son as the present act of Acceptation & the act of mortgage shall have been recorded in the Office of the recorder of mortgages for the Parish of St. Landry, and on the production of a certificate from the Recorder of Mortgages, proving that said acts have been duly recorded, and that there are no mortgages or privileges recorded preferable to this mortgage and on the production of a certificate from the Parish Judge showing that the property above described has not been alienated, the said Raphael J. Smith shall be Lawfully a stockholder for sixty shares, in the Capital Stock of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, subject to such reduction as may be ordered by the Board. Thus done & passed at New-Orleans, in my office, on the ninth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty seven in the Sixty Second year of American Independance [sic] in presence of Wolmar [sp?] Bon and Lewis Quimper, duly qualified witnesses, residing in this city who have signed with Edmund John Forstall & me the Notary. (Signed) Edm. J. Fostall Prest. Wolmar Bon Lewis Quimper. Th[eodo]re. Seghers Not[ary]. Pub[lic]. I certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the original Act on record in my office. In faith whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this eleventh day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. Th[eodo]r[e]. seghers Not[ary]. Pub[lic]. [Page 149] ***** Jose M. J. Carvafal & Pleasant B. Cocke Agreement Recorded 23 January 1837 This agreement made between Jose' M. J Carvafal of the one art and Pleasant B.Cocke of the other part, Whereas the said Pleasant B Cocke has this daypurchased of Madam Patricia de la Garza a tract of land Situate in Texas onthe Garcitas, Alto Palo, and Zorrio or Zorrillo, of five fitios, or Mexicanleagues, and paid in cash, or in his promissory notes, the whole of thepurchase money, towit, ten thousand dollars, and whereas it was part of the agreement under which the said Cocke purchased that a promissory note for twothousand dollars, payable twelve months after the said purchase, & part of the price of the Said purchase, would be deposited with the Hon. George Kingparish Judge of the parish of St. Landry, before whom, as Notary Public the act of sale to the aforesaid purchaser has this day been passed, at a Security to the said Cocke, that the vendor would procure the renounciation [sic] hereafter mentioned, and to be delivered by the said Judge to the vendor only when acts of renunciation of the premises purchased as aforesaid by the said Cocke were made in due form of law in his favor by Sylvestre DeLeon, and also by Candelaria de Leon, authorised [sic] by her husband Miguel Aldrete, and deposited with the aforesaid Judge, for the use of the said Cocke, and whereas a note for part of the Said purchase money, towit, four thousand dollars payable in twelve months, is in the possession of the said Carvafal, as the agent of the vendor, and subject to the agreement herein after contained, which note cannot now be divided so as to leave a note for the said Sum of two thousand dollars, on account of the absence of Isaac Franklin the endorser of the said Cocke. Now it is agreed between the said parties to this act that the said Jose' M. J. Carvafal shall give up to the said Pleasant B. Cocke, the said note for four thousand dollars, on the latter[']s procuring two notes for two thousand dollars each, executed by himself and payable twelve months after this date, to the said Franklin, or order, and endorsed b the said Franklin delivering up one of the said Otes to the said Carvafal as such agent, and depositing the other with the aforesaid Judge and Notary to be b him delivered, as aforesaid, when the aforesaid renounciations [sic] are procured and deposited with him for the said Cocke. In witness whereof the parties to this act have executed the same, on this twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, at the Office of me the said parish Judge, and Notary Public before Benoist Debaillon & Richard M. Garwood Competent Witnesses, and before me, the aforesaid Judge & Notary. Jose' M. J. Carvafal P. B. Cocke witess Bt. Debaillon & Richd. M. Garwood Geo. King P. Judge ***** Maria de Jesus De Leon & P. B. Cocke Sale of Land Recorded 25 January 1838 Be it known that on this twenty third day of January in the year of Our Lordone thousand Seven before me George King Parish Judge of the Parish of St.Landry and ex-officio Notary Public in and for said Parish at my office in the town of Opelousas in the said Parish personally appeared Madame Maria de Jesus De Leon who declares that b this act she sells and delivers with covenants that she is the owner thereof and has full right to dispose of the same and a compete guaranty against all disturbances troubles and evictions to Pleasant B. Cocke here present and accepting his heirs and assigns forever a tract of land of two leagues or titios [sp?] Mexican [sp?] or Texan measure with al its buildings improvements and appurtenances situated in that part of Texas commonly called DeLeon's Colony on the East band of the Coleto Creek below the road leading from Gaudalupe Victoria to Goliad and bounded and described as follows: commencing at a stake planted on the east bank of the Coleto bearing North eighty six degrees East distant two hundred and sixty five Varas from the mouth of a small Creek which empties into the Coleto North Sixty two degrees forty minutes West of a live Oak tree nine inches in diameter where the first Corner of the Survey was established from thence following down the meanders of the Coleto to a point giving a front in a straight line of six thousand four hundred and fifty Varas where a stake was planted on the East side of the said Coleto bearing North twenty degrees thirty Minutes West eight Varas distant from an Oak twenty inches in Diameter and South sixty six degrees East two and one fifth from a black haw three inches in diameter making the second corner of the said Survey from thence north forty five degrees East in a right line to the Bank of the Gaudalupe five thousand eight hundred and eighty varas to a Stake bearing South Sixty Seven degrees West three Varas from an Elm eighteen inches in diameter which makes the third corner from thence up the aforesaid river Gaudelupe forty five degrees West two hundred and ninety Varas and from thence North forty five degrees East eight Varas to the bank of the said River to where this line meets the Western bound- [Page 150] ary of the Town of Gaudalupe Victoria at which place a stake was planted forthe fourth corner from thence running along the said boundary line of the Said town North forty five degrees west seven thousand and sixty six Varas where a Stake was planted in Prairie for the fifth Corner from thence south forty five degrees East six hundred and sixteen Varas to another stake which makes the seventh and last corner of the Survey and from thence South forty five degrees West tree thousand Varas to the place of beginning Comprising an area of fifty million of Square Varas or what is the sum of two leagues or sectios of land the price of this sale is four thousand dollars which the said Maria de jesus de Leon hereby acknowledges to have received from the aforesaid Pleasant B. Cocke and thereof and therefore releases and disc[h]arges him. In witness whereof the parties to this act have subscribed and executed the same at the time and place aforesaid in presence of Benoist Debaillon and Richard M. Garwood Competent Witnesses who have signed this Act as such and before me the aforesaid Parish Judge. Md. de Jesus de Leon Pleasant B. Cocke Witnesses Bt. Debaillon Richd. M. Garwood Geo. King P. Judge ***** Helen Mills and Clarissa Mills Power of Attorney To Garland Swayze Recorded April 27th 1838 Know all men by these presents that Helen Mills widow of Peter OConor deceasedand Clarissa Mills formally [sic] widow of Ezra Bushnell deceased and now wife of Demm Stevens, who joins his said wife in and authorises [sic] this act, al residents of the Parish of St. Landry in the State of Louisiana for divers good reasons or causes as hereunto moving have nominated constituted and appointed, and do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Rice Garland andCaleb L. Swayzie Esqires attornies at law counsellors at Law in the Town ofOpelousas our true and only agents and attornies in fact and at Law with thepowers and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, Whereas by a decission[sic] or judgement of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana holden at Opelousas as rendered in a Certain Suit in which Peter OConnor and his wife Eleanor Mills and the other heirs of Ivan Mills decd. were plaintiffs and the late Charles Barne of the Parish of St. Landry was defendant a certain portion of a tract of a tract of [sic] Land situated in the aforesaid Parish on both sides of the Bayou Courtableau, at or near the place commonly known and called the Old Vacherie was adjudged to the aforesaid Eleanor and Clarissa Mills, in the portions of the said judgement mentioned which ins on the records of aforesaid Supreme Court and also a Copy on file i the Office of the Clerk of the District Court in and for the Parish aforesaid and whereas the partition ordered and decreed by said judgement has never been finally carried into execution and the portion of the Heirs aforesaid ascertained and fixed,neither as between them and the said Charles Barre' deceased or his legal Representatives or among themselves, nor has said land been in any way sold or disposed of by us or either of us--Now for the purpose of ascertaining our rights in and to said land and prosecuting them with effect and effecting a partition in conformity with the judgement aforesaid with all and every person or persons therein interested and for the purpose of selling and disposing of all our rights and interest therein we and each of [us] do as aforesaid appoint and Constitute the aforesaid Rice Garland and Caleb L. Swayzie or either of them our attornies & agents as aforesaid with all and every such power and authority as we or either of us can legally Vest them with for the aforesaid purposes and we and each of us do specially authorise [sic] our said attornies and Agents, as soon as they have ascertained our rights in said Land to sell and dispose of the same in such manner at such time or times and on such times as they may think most [Page 151] advantageous, convenient and proper To sell the same for Cash or on a Creditand to make god and valid Deeds and Conveyances for the same or any partthereof to receive payment and give acquittances and discharges for the price thereof to any person who may become the purchaser thereof to five and release Mortgages and whenever necessary for the protection of our interest toinstitute or defend suits in any Court or Courts in the State of Louisiana. And finally we give to our said Agents and attornies or either of them fullpower to do all and every act and thing in relation to the acquisition,protection preservation and disposition of rights and interests we or either of us have or may have in or to the said land and premises, which we or either of us can do ourselves hereby agreeing and promising to ratify and confirm all the legal of us can do ourselves hereby agreeing and promising to ratify and confirm all the legal acts and conduct of our said agents and Attornies in the fullest and most ample manner. and whenever the said Rice Garland and Caleb L. Swayzie or either of them, shall sell or dispose of said Land or any part thereof they shall first apply all or such portion of the proceeds as may be necessary, to the payment of such expenses as may be incurred in ascertaining and preserving our rights to and preparing Said Land for Sale the selling thereof and the Collection thereof the price and after retaining for themselves a fair and reasonable compensation for their trouble services and expenses, to pay over to their principles herein whatever shall be coming to them to do with the said Garland & Swayzie hereby bind themselves and the said principals on their part hereby promise and agree not to revoke or annull [sic] in any manner this Power and Authority. Done and Signed at Opelousas in the Parish aforesaid this 22d day of the month of June in the year 1837 in presence of the undersign as Witnesses Helen x Mills widow of OConnor Mark of x Clarissa Mills wife of Dennis M. Stevens Denis M. Stevens R. Garland C. L. Swayzie witnesses Willis Elliot Geo W. Addison ***** Flaujac and wife To Citizens Bank Mortgage Recorded April 27th 1838 Before me George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public dulycommissioned and sworn for the Parish of St. Landry state of Louisiana,therein residing and in presence of the undersign witnesses, Personally appeared Garrigues Flaujac and Marie Louise Fonetonet [sic] his wife, by him duly authorised [sic], domiciliated in the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry who declared that the said Garigeus Flaujac having subscribed for Two hundred shares of One hundred dollars each forming in the ag[g]regate the sum of Twenty thousand dollars in the Capital Stock of the Citizens Bank ofLouisiana, created and incorporated by an act of the Legislature approved onthe first of April eighteen hundred and thirty three they acknowledgethemselves by these presents, to be Conjointly and 'in Solidum' indebted to the said Bank in the Said sum of twenty thousand dollars amount of said shares, And in order to secure his said shares in the Capital Stock of said Bank and also to secure the payment of principal and interest of the loanraised or to be raised to form the capital of said Bank by the issue of Bonds Signed b the Govenor [sic] of the State of Louisiana in favor of said Citizens Bank, countersigned by the secretary and treasurer and under the seal of the state, they do by these presents jointly and severally Mortgage, in favor of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana the following described property, towit: A tract of Land situated in the aforesaid Parish of St. Landry and lying on the Bayou Boeuf, being lots Number 74, 75, 76, and 77 in Township No. 3 South of Range No. 3 East and being part of the land Confirmed to him the said Garrigues Flaujac by an act of Congress entitled 'An act supplementary to an act entitled An act for the relief of Garrigues Flaujac of Louisiana' approved on the twenty fifth of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty six approved 1st May 1824 Containing eight hundred superficial arpent also nine slaves to wit: Anthony a negro man aged about twenty years, Waley [sp?] a negro boy aged about eighteen years, Macaza negro boy aged ab[ou]t. sixteen years, Jefferson a negro man aged abut twenty five years, Margaritta [Page 152] a negro woman aged about twenty four years, Henrietta a negro girl aged aboutsixteen years, Delphine a negro girl aged about fifteen years, and John anegro man age[d] about twenty six years. All which property is to remain thus mortgaged until all said bonds shall have been paid and redeemed in Capital and interest or until the Said Garrigues Flaujac shall have paid the amt. of his shares and have reimbursed the loan which he may be obtained as Stock holder unless he should have previously transfer[r]ed his Shares and have been entirely discharged by the Bank. The Said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac & Marie Louise Fontenet his wife agree that the present hypothecary obligation granted by them to Secure said Stock and the re-embursement of any loan which he the said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac may or shall have obtained of said bank shall bear interest at the rate of ten perCent per an[n]um if not punctually paid when due and that all the above described property shall likewise remain specially mortgaged to secure the payment of such eventual interest. The said Garrigues Flaujac & Marie Louise Fontenet his wife further agree that if the Bank should hereafter discover that the titles to the above described property are defective or that said property is subject to any tacit or other mortgage the bank shall have the right to cause the Stock to be sold and to exact theimmediate re-embursement of any loan which may have been obtained thereonunless however the Said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac should prefer substituting other property of which the title should be indisputable. The said GarriguesFlaujac and Marie Louise Fontenet his wife also agree that whenever it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors of said Bank that the property now mortgaged is no longer of sufficient value to secure said Stock the Bank shall have the right to exact additional security, and in case of refusal or neglect of said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac and Marie Louis Fontenet his wife to furnish the required additional Mortgage the Bank will have the right to cause said Stock to be sold in whole or in part, and to cause the property mortgaged to be sold in order to obtain the re-embursement of the sum that have been loaned to him the said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac as Stockholder. According to the Certificate of the Recorder of Mortgages of the aforesaid Parish hereunto annexed and made a part of this act is appears that no Mortgage exist[s] on the above described land and Slaves. Whereas the final apportionment of Stock among the subscribers to the Capitalof the Citizens Bank of Louisiana has not yet been made and that the number of shares to which each of them will be entitled cannot yet be determined the Said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac and Marie Louise Fontenet his wife acknowledge that the present mortgage is subject to such deduction as may take place on a final apportionment of the stock. The present mortgage will have to be accepted authentic act, by the President of Said Citizens Bank of Louisiana, and the said Mortgage and acceptation will have to be registered in the Office of the Recorder of Mortgages for the said Parish of St. Landry, and the judge of said Parish will have to furnish a Certificate that said inscriptions have been made and that there has been no new Mortgage or priviledge [sic] inscribed or alienation made of the above described premises before the said Garrigu[e]s Flaujac will be recognized as Stockholder of the said Citizens Bank. This done and passed at my Office in the Town of Opelousas this thirteenth day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Garrigu[e]s Faujac Lise' Fontenot (seals) Witness George R. King Wm. W. Bowen George King P. Judge ***** West Butler To William Link Sale of Land Rec[orde]d. 22d Octr. 1837 This Deed made the twenty Second day of October in the year One thousand eighthundred and thirty seven between West Butler of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the one part and William Link of the same State and Parish aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred Dollars Cash in hand paid the receipt whereof [Page 153] is hereby acknowledged he the said west Butler has bargained and sold and doesby these presents grant, bargain, sell alien transfer confirm and deliver unto him the [said] William Link a certain tract or parcel of Land Situate in the aforesaid Parish and lying on the North or left bank of Bayou Boeuf Containing sixty one and forty seven hundredths superficial acres and being part of lots numbered two and four in Section numbered thirty six Township number three south of the thirty first degree of North Latitude, of Range Number four East of the Basis Meridian, in the South Western district of the State of Louisiana, and to be laid off on the upper side of said lots numbered two and four parallel with the Sectional lines. To have and to hold the aforesaid tract of land with its appurtenances to him the said William Link his heirs &c [etc.] forever. And he the said West Butler for himself his heirs &c. the tract of Land so described as aforesaid with all and singularly the buildings and improvements thereon against the lawful Claims of all persons claiming by through or under him, to the said William Link, his heirs &c. does warrant and will forever defend. The purchaser dispenses with the production of the Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. In Testimony of all which the parties have hereunto signed in presence of the Subscribing witnesses at Opelousas the day and Year first above written. Signed West Butler (seal) William Link (seal) Witness Green [sp?] Hudspeth John Butler Done before me George King Parish Judge ***** Inel Bell To P. Judge Constable Bond Recorded 7th Sept[ember] 1837 Know all men by these presents that Inel M. Bell and Lewis Andrus of the Stateof Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry are held and firmly bound unto George King Parish Judge in and for the aforesaid Parish and to his successors in Office in the sum of five Hundred dollars for the true and faithful payment of which they hereby bind themselves their heirs, executors & administratorsjointly and severally firmly by these presents. In witness whereof they have hereunto signed and affixed their Seals at Opelousas this seventh day of September in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. The Condition of the above obligation is such that, whereas the above bound Inel M. Bell has been appointed a Constable in and for the Parish of St. Landry by the Police Jury thereof. Now if the said Inel M. Bell shall make [true] and faithful returns according to Law of all such writs and orders & processes as shall come into his hands as Constable as aforesaid and pay over all sums of money he may collect to the persons entitled by Law to recover the same, and finally shall do and perform all such other acts and duties as may be legally required of Constable, then the above obligation to be null & void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. I. M. Bell (seal) Lewis Andrus (seal) Witness Thos. H. Lewis W. Moore ***** Robert Burleigh To West Butler Partition of Land Recorded 23rd October 1837 This Deed of partition made the twenty second day of October in the year Onethousand eight hundred and thirty seven between Robert Burleigh of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the One part and West Butler of the same State and Parish aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth -- that, whereas the parties are joint owners of a tract of land situate in the aforesaid Parish and lying on the Bayou Boeuff and on the north side of said Bayou which said tract of land is composed of lots numbered two and four in Section number thirty One and lots numbered three and four in Section numbered thirty and also lots numbered one and five in Section number thirty One in township number three South of the thirty first degree of North latitude of Range number four east of the basis Meridian in the south Western district of the state of Louisiana the whole of which lots contain two hundred and forty five and Eighty eight hundredths Superficial acres and whereas the parties have agreed to divide the Said tract in the following manner towit, that the Said West Butler shall have sixty one and forty seven hundredths [Page 154] Superficial acres, to be laid off o the upper side of the lots numbered twoand four in Section numbered thirty One, by running a line paral[l]el to theSectional lines, and also sixty One and forty seven Hundredths Superficialacres to be laid off by a lien beginning on the Bayou Boeuf so as to include his buildings and running such as will include the aforesaid quantity. And that the said Robert Burleigh shall have the other half of Said entire tract. Now therefore each of said parties b this public act convey to the other the half designated in the for[e]going Partition, with guarantee of title against the lawful claims of all persons claiming by through or under them or either of them. In testimony whereof the parties have hereunto signed in presence of the Subscribing witnesses and before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid Parish the day and year first above written. West Butler (seal) Robert Burleigh (seal) Witness John Butler Green Hudspeth G. King P. J[udge]. ***** De la Garza & others To P. B. Cocke Sale of Land Recorded January 23rd, 1837 Be it Remembered that on this twenty third day of January in the year of ourLord One thousand eight hundred and thirty Seven before me George King Parish Judge of the Parish of St. Landry and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the said Parish at my Office in the Town of Opelousas in the said Parishpersonally appeared Madam Patricia de la Garza widow of Don Martin de leon deceased in his life time residing in Texas also the following Children and heirs of the said don Martin de leon and the husbands of each of the female heirs as are married to wit, Fernando de leon F Felix de leon Marie de Jesus de Leon Gaudelupe de leon Refugia de leon wife of Jose' M. J. Carvafal who authorises [sic] his wife to pass this act and Francisco de Leon and Augustina de Leon wife of Placide Venavides who authorises [sic] his wife to pass this act also Marie Antonio de la Garza former wife of Agapito de Leon one of the Children and heirs of the said Don Martin de leon and now wife of Manuel Carvafal who appears with her and authorises [sic] her to pass this act which Said Marie Antonia de la Garza is the tutrix of her minor son (by the former husband, the Said Agapito de leon named Leon de Leon). And the Said appearers have declared as follows to Wit--That the Said Don Martin de Leon and Patricio de la Garza were a long time ago lawfully married in Mexico in which county they lived until the death of the said Don Martin de Leon and the said Patricia de la Garza having received of her father Don Jose' de la GarzaCattle horses and domestic animals of the value of three hundred and fifty six Dollars, and from her god Father Don Angel Perez in Cash nine thousand eight hundred dollars, all which monies domestic Cattle and horses went into the possession of her said husband during the said last mentioned marriage and were converted by him to his own use, his receipt whereof being evidence by inventory thereof made by him on the first day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and one a Copy of which translated into English accompanies this act, and is made a part thereof, that afterwards in the summer in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty four, the SaidDon Martin de Leon who then resided within the limits of Texas at Gaudelupe Victoria was attacked with the Cholera and died very suddenly of that disease in the month of august of that year, that the attack was so sudden & violent and the progress of the disease so rapid, that it was not possible for him to make a written disposition of his property which soon rendered otherwise difficult by the unsettled State of the county and the small number of persons qualified and empowered to draw up and pass acts, but that on his Death bed the said Don Martin De Leon made a cession and dation [sp?] in payment to his said wife which was excepted [sic] by her of the property herein after sold and Conveyed by present act, and of other property in payment and Satisfaction of her aforesaid property and monies so as aforesaid received by him and converted to his own use, that this cession and dation [sp?] in payment was not only then consented to and acquitted [?] in by the Children and heirs of the Said don Martin De Leon but after his death it was understood [Page 155] and agreed by and between the said heirs and the said Patricia de la Garza then said Martin that the same should be the final settlement of her claim onthe Succession of their deceased Father the remaining the owner of the saidproperty and they released and discharged from such claims and she has ever since the said cession and dation in payment been the owner of the saidproperty and possessed and enjoyed the same as her own with the consent and acquiescence of the said heirs. One part of the property so ceded and given in payment consists of Five leagues or Sitios of land according to the measure now in use in Mexico and Texas bounded and described as follows to wit, it is situate in Texas between the Creeks Zorrio or Zorrillo Pal Alto, and Garcitas, and according to the original survey thereof on which a grant or patton [sic] issued to the said Don Martin de Leon Commences at a tree commonly called in the Language of Mexico Aile' which signifies a wild peach tree on the west bank of the Garcitis Creek which tree in that Survey is stated to be six inches in diameter and which bears north Seven degrees fifty minutes East, distant six Varas from a black Oak tree stated in the said Survey to be twelve inches in diameter bearing South four degrees thirty minutes West, eleven and two fifths Varas distant from a tree called Pita Babosa (which signifies Mucilageous Elm) eighteen inches in diameter which forms the first corner, from thence in a right line South thirty five degrees thirty minutes west nine thousand nine hundred Varas to a Cotton Wood tree called [sp?] Palo Alto on the bank of a small creek which takes from it the name of Palo Alto, the same Cotton wood tree is staked in the said Survey to have twenty inches in diameter and it bears south sixty four degrees twenty minutes east distant three and three fifth Varas, from two twin Cotton wood trees stated in the said Survey to be nine inches in diameter which is the second and last corner from thence down the meanders of the last mentioned Creek to its confluence with the Zorrio or Zorrillio or otherwise called the Union from thence to the mouth of the Zorrio or Zorillo at the Bay of Matagorda and following the shore of that bay there Known as Punta del Tasson or Tasson point which is the last mouth of the Garcitas Creek from thence up the last mentioned Creek to the place where it spreads itself into a bottom full of permanent marshes and ponds which place is Known as the prise [sp?] dio Ve'rgo or old fort from thence up the Garcitas following all its meanders to the place where it joins with the Arenosso or Sandy Creek and from thence following always the Barcitas to the first corner or place of Comencement Containing five Sitios or leagues of land of which eight millions of square Varas (or which is the same eight babores) belonging to the Class of arable land and the residue of the said tract, to wit, One hundred and seventeen labores belongs to the Class of grazing or pasturage lands all which will more fully appear by the original survey on which the grant or patent issued and the Plat accompan[y]ing the same to which reference is hereby made. And the same Madame Patricia de la Garza in consideration of the price of ten thousand dollars to her in hand paid by Pleasant Cooke the receipt where[of] she hereby acknowledges and thereof and thereupon acquits and discharges him, hereby grants ba5rains sells and delivers to the said Pleasant B. Cooke his heirs and assigns forever, the above mentioned bounded and described tract of five Sitios or leagues of Land with its buildings and improvements and appurtenances and all her right title and interest of in and to the same or any part thereof with full guarantee against all troubles disturbances or evictions and covenants that she is the sole and entire owner of the said tract of Land with its buildings improvements and appurten[an]ces and has full right to sell and convey the same as is done in this act. And the other appearers in this act, the heirs of the said Don Martin de Leon and chin [sp?] legal representatives abiding always by the aforesaid cession dation in--yment and subsequent agreement herein before recited and recognizing the aforesaid Mad[ame]. Patricia de La Garza in Virtue thereof as the sole and entire owner of the said tract of land so sold by her in this act as aforesaid to the said Pleasant B. Cocke and desision [sic], to satisfy the aforesaid purchaser of the right and title of his vendors to make him a good title for the said tract and every part thereof [Page 156] which satisfaction is one of the Consideration of the present purchaserenounce in favor of the said Pleasant B. Cocke all their right title and interest of in all to the aforesaid tract of land so sold to the said Cocke as aforesaid by this act and to each and every part and parcel thereof and to all the buildings improvements and appurtenances thereof, and they give grant release and quint [sp?] claim to the said Pleasant B. Cocke here present and accepting all their right title and interest of in or to the said tract of Land so sold as aforesaid and any part or parcel thereof and any buildings improvements or appurtents [sic] to the same belonging or appurtaining-- In Witness whereof the parties to this act have subscribed and executed thesame on the day and year and at the place first above written in the presence of Benoist Debaillon and Richard M. Garwood Competent witnesses and of me the aforesaid Judge and Notary Public. Patricia x De la Garza Fernando de Leon Ferin de leon Md de Jesus de leon Gaudulupe De Leon Refugia de Leon Jose' M. I. Cavergal [sp?] Francs. De Leon Augustus De Leon Placideo Venavides Maria Antonia x de La Garza Manuel Carvafal P. B. Cocke Witness Bt. Debaillon Richd. M. Garwood George King P. Judge ***** Dinsmore To Lewis & Little Assignment of Mortgage Recorded 7th Sept[embe]r 1837 Know all men by these present that by a decree of the Court of Probate in andfor the Parish of St. Landry in the Case of Sarah Boardman widow of John Dinsmore deceased vs. The Legatees of John Dinsmore deceased of the date the7th September 1837 instant the said plaintiff Sarah Boardman is adjudged and decreed to pay to Hannah Dinsmore one of the defendants and Legatees a party in said suit the sum of Eight hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety and a half cents which sum is to be paid out of the last payment of the price for which the tract of Land on which said deceased John Dinsmore last resided. That the said tract of Land is situate in the Parish of St. Landry near thetown of Opelousas, bounded on the north by land of Antoine Paillet on thesouth by land of William Hutchings, on the West by Bayou Tesson and on theEast by land of William P. Knox, and containing one hundred and fourteen and an half superficial arpens and was sold with the improvements thereon toVeillon Chachere at the sale at Auction of the Estate of the said JohnDinsmore deceased made by George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Auctioneer in and for the Parish of St. Landry on the twenty sixth day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty six, for the price of sixteen hundred and seventy dollars, payable one half on the first day of April next after the sale and the other half on the first day of April in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. That eight hundred dollars of said price have been paid to said Sarah Boardman as executrix of the last will of said John Dismore deceased, leaving a balance of said price of Eight hundred and seventy dollars still unpaid. That the said Sarah Boardman executrix of the last will of John Dinsmore deceased and the said Hannah Dinsmore are desirous of effec[t]ing a final settlement of the said Estate and of the said decree of the Court of Probate, and not having the money wherewith to effect the said settlement, and whereas Moses Little and Thos. H. Lewis of the Parish of St. Landry are willing on sufficient security to advance the necessary funds. Now therefore have appeared before the undersign[ed] authority personally William Moore as attorney in fact of said Sarah Boardman widow Dinsmore and executrix as aforesaid, Hannah Dinsmore, Moses Little and Thos. H. Lewis, who have agreed as follows towit the said William Moore as attorney in fact of Said Sarah Boardman acknowledges to have received from the said Moses Little and Thomas H. Lewis the sum of Eight hundred and seventy dollars, the balance in full of the price of the aforesaid tract of Land due by the aforesaid Veillon Chachere, and in consideration thereof he hath transfer[r]ed and [Page 157] assigned and does by these presents transfer assign and set over to the saidMoses Little and Thomas H. Lewis the balance of the aforesaid price of theaforesaid tract of Land due by the said Veillon Chachere together with thevendors privilege and Mortgage served [sp?] on the same in favor of saidEstate of John Dinsmore deceased, subrogating them generally to all therights, mortgages and privileges of the said estate on the aforesaid tract of land for the security of the payment of the aforesaid balance of the pricethereof. And the said Hannah Dinsmore hereby acknowledges to have received from the said William Moore as attorney in fact as aforesaid the sum of Eight hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety and a half cents in full satisfaction of the aforesaid decree of the said Court of probates. In testimony whereof the aforesaid parties have signed these presents before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the Parish of St. Landry at Opelousas this ninth day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven in the presence of Donat Fux and George Bergeraret competent witnesses who have also hereunto signed with the said Judge and parties Wm. Moore Hannah Dinsmore Thos. H. Lewis M. Little Donat Fux Gr.Bengrarel Geo. R. King Geo. King P. Judge ***** John H. McGee Antoine King Sale of Land Recorded 3 October 1837 [1838 also written in same space] This Deed made this third day of October in the year One thousand eighthundred and thirty seven between John H. McGee of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the one part and Antoine King of the same state and Parish aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars cash in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged he the said John H. McGee has bargained and sold and does by these presents grant bargain sell alien confirm and deliver unto him the said Antoine King a certain tract or parcel of Land situate in the aforesaid Parish and lying in the Prairie Faquetaigue on the west branch of the Bayou Cane bounded on the lower side of the Domain & on the upper side by land of Joseph Lacomb having one arpent & seven eights [sic] of an arpent front by forty arpens in depth and containing seventy five superficial arpens, and being the same which the seller acquired by purchase from Estille Richard wife of Israel Barton by deed bearing date the fourth day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty six. To have and to hold the aforesaid tract of Land with the buildings and improvements thereon to him the said Antoine King his heirs ex[ecuto]rs. adm[inistrato]rs. and assigns forever. And he the said John H. McGee for himself his heirs &c the tract of Land so described as aforesaid with all and singular its appurtenances to him the said Antoine king his heirs &c. against the lawful claims of all persons whatsoever does warrant and will forever defend. The purchaser dispenses with the production of the certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code. In testimony whereof the parties have hereunto signed in the presence of George R. King and Benoist Debaillon competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge in and for the aforesaid Parish at Opelousas the day and year above written. Jean H. Magee (seal) Antoine King (seal) Witnesses Geo. R. King &Benoist Debaillon Geo. King Parish Judge ***** Joseph H. Youngblood To Wm. H. Parrott Sale of Slaves Recorded Nov[embe]r. 6th 1838 Know all men by these presents that I, Joseph Alston Youngblood for and inconsideration of the sum of Two thousand six hundred and twenty dollars to me in hand paid by the Wm. H. Parrott the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledged and thereof acquit & discharge him, do hereby assign transfer sell and deliver to the said William H. Parrott all my right and title to, and property and interest in the following Slaves, toWit, Betty a Griffe woman about thirty three years old with her four children whose names and ages are as follows: Patty a mulatto girl about fourteen or fifteen years old, Peter a mulatto boy about twelve years old, George a mulatto boy about seven [Page 158] years old, and Emily a mulatto girl about four years old, also Seisure a negroman about twenty six years old, Charles a mulatto about twenty years old,Cesar a negro man thirty five years old, George a negro man about thirty five years old and James a negro man about thirty seven years old, the ages of the above named slaves are stated by me as above from recollection and may not be entirely accurate but the slaves are the same which are the subject of a Suit in the district Court of the Parish of St. Mary of Thomas Youngbloodundertutor &c [etc.] vs. William Flagg & in which a judgement was rendered in favor of the Plaintiffs which has been confirmed in appeal by the Supreme Court at the last session at Opelousas, and I hereby for the consideration aforesaid hereby assign sell and deliver to the said William H. Parrott all my right title and interest to and in the said Judgement and to in the slaves adjudged to me in whole or in part therein, whether contained or -mittio [sp?] in the above enumeration hereby subrogating the said Parrott to all my rights & Remiders [sp?] in and by reason of the said Judgement, the property adjudged to me in whole or in part thereby, and of my title to and interest in the above enumerated Slaves and those contained in the said Judgement I further covenant and agree to and with the said Parrott that I am the owner up to the present sale of an undivided third part of each and every of the said Slaves, which I hereby sell to and vest in the said Parrott free from any lien or encumbrances whatever except that my father has a life Estate [or a usufruc[t] for life] in the aforesaid Slaves Charles & Seisure, with this exception, I Guarantee [sic] to the said Parrott my aforesaid title and interest to and in the said Slaves and will warrant and defend the same from all claims or encumbrances troubles evictions whatever all which I promise to the said Parrott for the Consideration aforesaid. In witness whereof I have signed and delivered this act at Opelousas in the Parish of St. Landry on this sixth day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven in the presence of George Rogers King and of William H Gray Competent Witnesses who have signed this act as such. Joseph A. Youngblood Witness G. R. King W. H Gray State of Louisiana Parish of St. Landry Personally appeared before the undersign[ed] Magistrate at Opelousas in theaforesaid Parish on this six day of November in the year One thousand eighthundred and thirty seven George R. King and William H. Gray who beingseverally duly sworn do Severally depose and say that they saw the above named Joseph Alston Youngblood sign execute and deliver the above act of sale for himself to William H. Parrott as stated in the said act and that thesedepossist [sic] were the subscribing witnesses to the Said act and as such signed the same as above appears by the said act. Geo. R. King Wm. H. Gray Sworn and subscribed this 6th day of November 1837 before me Geo. King P. Judge ***** George M. Smith To George Keller Sale of Lot Merchandise 6th November 1837 This deed made the 6th day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundredand thirty seven between George M. Smith of the State of Louisiana and Parish of St. Landry of the one part and George Keller of the same State and Parish aforesaid of the other Witnesseth, that, for and in Consideration of the premises hereinafter expressed he the said George M. Smith has bargained and sold, and does by these presents grant bargain sell alien transfer and Confirm unto him the said George Keller a certain lot of ground situated in the aforesaid Parish and lying in the Town of Mountville [sp?] at the junction of the Bayou Beouf and Bayou Cocodrille and being lot number thirty nine on plan of Said Town and also a Stock of dry goods, Hardware Groceries &c. [etc.] now on the premises delivered to the purchaser. To have and to hold the aforesaid Lot of ground together with all and singular the Buildings and improvements thereon and the aforesaid Stock of Merchandise to him the said George Keller his heirs executors administrators and assigns forever. And he the said George M. Smith for himself his heirs &c. [etc.] the property so described as aforesaid, against the lawful claims of all persons whatsoever, to him the said George Keller [Page 159] his heirs & assigns does warrant and will forever defend. This sale is madefor and in consideration of the sum of fur thousand five hundred and thirty five dollars and ninety eight cents payable as follows, towit, two thousand dollars on the first day of April next, and if not punctually paid to bear interest at the rate often per Cent per annum from maturity, and the remaining Sum of two thousand five hundred and thirty five dollars and ninety eight cents on the first day of November next 1838 with interest from the 1st of January next until paid. It is stipulated and agreed by and between theparties that above described lot of ground and improvements shall be andremain hypothecated and mortgaged to the said George M. Smith until the entire amount of the aforesaid purchase money and the interest which may have accrued thereon shall have been paid. And further to secure the payment of the aforesaid purchase money he the said George Keller has mortgaged and doeshereby hypothecate to him the said George M. Smith his heirs and assigns the following described property, towit, a tract or parcel of land adjoining the aforesaid town of Opelousas, bounded on the north by Bayou Cataublor [sp][Courtableau], on the west by land of George King on the South by land of Amos Webb and on the East by Town lots containing twenty superficial acres with the buildings and improvements thereon, and also two slaves, towit, a negro man named Daniel aged about twenty one years and a negro woman named Sinah [sp?] aged about forty years which said Mortgage shall have the force and effect as a judgement at Law. The purchaser has executed his two obligations for the aforesaid payments of equal date with these presents which are signed 'nevaliature' [sp] by the undersign[ed] Parish Judge and Notary Public. And Mrs. Sarah Grimble wife of the George Keller, and acting herein with consent of her said husband, and being informed separately and apart from her husband, of her rights and privileges in his Estqte, declared she renounces and that she does hereby renounce in favor of him the said George M. Smith all rights and privileges w[h]ether dotal or any other Kind or nature whatever which she may have upon the above described and mortgaged property, transfer[r]ing her said right to the said George M. Smith his heirs &c. & assigns. The parties dispence [sic] with the Certificate required by the 3328th Article of the Louisiana Code or any subsequent Law on the Subject of Mortgages and exonerate the notary from all liability from the non-production of the same. In testimony of all which the parties have hereunto signed in presence of J. Harris and Wm. Garwood Competent witnesses and before George King Parish Judge and ex-officio Notary Public in and for the aforesaid parish of St. Landry the day and year first above written. Geo. M. Smith George Keller Sarah T. Keller Witness Jonathan Harris Wm. Garwood Geo. R. King George King P. Judge ***** Patrick Glaze To D. Furgason Recision of Contract Recorded 8th Nov. 1837 Parish of St. Landry State of Louisiana Bayou Chicot Know all men by these present[s] that I Patrick H. Glaze of the Parish of Avoyelles and above written state having secured satisfaction & renumerationfor the certain bond entered into by Daniel Furguson and Turner Furguson for the fulfilment of a Contract entered into between the said party for the adjustment of Titles to the plantation land and improvements on which the said Daniel Furguson resided in Bayou Chicot and whereas the said Bond stipulated the execution of said Bond for the recovery or payment of eight hundred dollars. Therefore be it Known that I fully renounce all claims as expressed in Said bond as fully and effectually as though none such had never been made. And I do further gunerentee [sic] [guarantee] to the Said Daniel Furguson and Turner P. Furguson to defend them against all liabilities executions, judgements or indemnities that the Said Bond may call for. Patrick H. Glaze Attest Isaac Griffith Austin P. Furguson Thos. Kelbo [sp?] Source: Family History Library Microfilm #1412749, Item 3, Notarial Records,St. Landry Parish, Page 137-159.