GURNETT To DANIEL, Renunciation, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Elenor Gurnett Wife of Joseph Anselm 
To
Joseph Daniel
Renunciation
Recorded June 25th 1836

State of Louisiana--Parish of St. Landry  Be it remembered that on the day of
the date here before me George King Parish Judge of said Parish and ex-officio
Notary Public in and for the same personally came and appeared Elenor Gurnett
wife of Joseph Anselm of said Parish & herein acting by & with the authority
of her husband who declared that whereas her said husband had by an act of
sale executed on the eleventh day of May 1835 before George King Parish Judge
& ex-officio Notary Public in and for said parish sold aliend [sic] transfered
[sic] & conveyed unto John L. Daniel of said State & parish a certain tract or
parcel of land situated in the Town of Opelousas being the Historic half of
Lot No. 1 in Square No. 14 on the plan of said town & bounded on the North  by
Landry Street on the West by Court Street on the South by Lot No. 4 in square
aforesaid & on the East by the other half of said Lot No. 1 & being the same
which the sellor [sic] acquired by purchase from Benoit Keller--and whereas it
is necessary to the confirmation of the title conveyed by her said husband to
the said John L. Daniel that she should ratify publickly [sic] the said act of
sale--Now therefore the said appearer Elenor Gurnett declared that it was her
wish and intention to release in favour [sic] of the said John L. Daniel the
above described Lot of ground from any mortgage claim or privilege whatsoever
that she may now have or may hereafter have on the same whether resulting from
her marriage with her said husband or otherwise.  Wherefore I the said Notary
did inform her the said Elenor Gurnett apart & out of the hearing of her said
husband that she by law had a legal mortgage upon all the property of her said
husband for the restitution of her total effects wether [sic] bought in
marriage or subsequently acquired, for the restitution of her paraphernal
effects of which her said husband had the administration or enjoyment, for
debts by her contracted with her said husband and for nuptial presents & she
the said Elenor Gurnett did thereupon declare unto me that she was fully
acquainted with the nature & extent of her claims & privileges upon the
property of her said husband & that she did persist in her intention to ratify
& approve the aforesaid sale from her said husband to the said John L. Daniel
& to release all her claims & privileges in favour of the said Daniel, & she
does hereby formally renounce all her said claims rights and privileges on the
aforesaid tract of land sold by her said husband to the said John L. Daniel in
favour of the said Daniel binding herself & her heirs at all times to sustain
& acknowledge the validity of said sale.  In testimony whereof she has
hereunto signed with said husband consenting to & authorising [sic] this act
of his said wife at Opelousas in presence of William B. Lewis & Westley
Bracken competent witnesses & before me the aforesaid Notary this twenty fifth
day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty six.   Elener Anselm - Joseph
Anselm  -  
Witness  Wm. B. Lewis  - Wesly Bracken  -  Geo King P. Judge

Source:  Family History Library Microfilm #1412749, Item 3, Notarial Records,
St. Landry Parish, Pages 12-13.