Marie Bihm, Estate (abstract) , St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Recorded 15 December 1809

On November 7, 1809, Daniel Sutton, Justice of the Peace of Parish at the
request of the heirs (unnamed) went to the house of the deceased on Bayou
Mallet for the Inventory/Appraisal of the Estate of Mary Bihm.

The heirs appointed Anaclet Cormier, William McCoy, and Pierre Placide Savoy
as estimators.

The Inventory included the following main items:  various hand/work tools; 
barrels of potatoes;  old and new corn;  cotton in the field;  baskets;  jugs
of vinegar;  jugs of honey;  tallow;  a third barrel of flour;  pots of
various sizes;  cherry wood planks;  a looking glass;  a cherry table;  2
spinning wheels;  iron wedges;  empty bottles;  kitchen ware, including
plates, dishes, crockery;  2 feather beds;  14 chairs;  7 blankets;  2 sheets; 
3 coverlids;  2 old umbrellas;  old German books;  horses (mares with and
without colts), some described as 'dun';  work horses;  63 cows and calves; 6
cows and 2 beeves of 4 years;  the brand, 5B;   50 heads of hogs;  the
Plantation with 14 acres front by the ordinary depth at Bois Mallet with the
dwelling house and improvements, appraised at $1,000;  A note on William McCoy
for $350;  a note on P. Lacaze for $30;  a note on A. Cormier for $150;  a
note on Juan Matras for $5;  and the following slaves:
1 mulatto woman, about 18 years old, named Betsey, appraised at $600
1 negro man slave, 25 years old, named George, appraised at $500
1 negro man slave, about 40 years old, named Sambo, appraised at $500
1 negro woman slave, about 45  years old, named Yarra, appraised at $400

The total inventory valued at $5,364 and 7 bits

s/  Wm McCoy  s/  Bte Davice [sic - probably David]  s/ A. N. Cormier   mark
of Sr Jaco Bime  mark of Jean Bte Lejunne  s/  P. Placide Savoy  mark of Sr
Michael Brim [sp? - probably Bihm]  s/ D. J. [possibly I] Sutton   s/ Geo King
PJudge

On 27 November 1809, Daniel Sutton, Justice of the Peace, at the request of
Baptiste David, administrator of the Estate of Mary Bihm and the heirs, went
to the dwelling house on Bois Mallet for the sale at auction, items to be sold
to the highest bidder at 11 and 2 years credit, one half payable in October
1811 (the remainder due a year later).

Names of individuals appearing either as buyers or serving as security at one
time or another are:  

Joseph Bergram,  Joachim Hebert,  Baptiste Dubrocard,  Jean Baptiste Guillory, 
Eustache Monan,  Joseph Savoy,  Michel Prudhomme,  William Link,  Baptiste
Lejunne,  Francis Fruger,  John Rider,  Jacob Bihm,  Joseph Lejeune,  Hilaire
Gradenigo,  William McCoy,  Jean Fruger,  Pierre Placid Savoy,  Benjamin
Kidder,  Charles Villin [sp?],  Etienne Lamorandiere,  James D. Reeves, 
Nathaniel Cochran,  Anaclet Cormier,  Michel Bihm,  Jesse Yocum,  Pierre
Mattel,  Joseph Istre,  Francis Derozier,  John Chapman,  John Ortolan, 
Daniel Sutton,  Walter McBride,  Madam Hanchett [sp?],  Joseph Finger,
L'armant Dubaume [sp?].

Major purchasers were:

Jacob Bihm bought slave named George for $795
Jacob Bihm bought slave named Sambo for $724
Francis Derozier bought save named Yarra for $490
Baptiste Lejunne bought slave named Betsey for $840
Michel Bihm bought the plantation for $1305

Total sale came to $6,371  done on 30 November 1809
Mark of Baptiste Lejunne   mark of Michael Bihm    mark of Francis Derozier 
mark of Jacob Bihm   s/ Bte David  s/ William Link  s/ D. I. Sutton

Know all men by these presents that we Baptiste David and William McCoy are
held and firmly bound unto W. C. C. Claiborne Governor of the Territory of
Orleans and to his successors in office in the sum of three thousand dollars
to be paid-Whereas the said Baptiste David has been appointed admininstrator
of the Estate of Marie Bihm Deceased-now the condition of this obligation is
such that if the said Baptiste David shall well and truly perform the duties
of said administration and shall render a just and faithful account thereof
when legally called upon and shall account and pay over the proceeds of the
same according to Law and shall in and all things act and do as a good and
upright administrator, that then this obligation to be void, otherwise to be
and remain in full force and virtue-done at Opelousas this thirteenth day of
December Eighteen hundred and nine-Bte David  (seal)  Wm McCoy (seal)  Witness 
D. I. Sutton  A. Rieder[sp?]
Done before me Geo King PJudge

Source:  Family History Library Microfilm #1412749, item 3, Notarial Record,
St. Landry, page 170-183.