St Landry County Louisiana Archives News.....Barre, Euphrosine estate February 26, 1853
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Opelousas Courier, Opelousas, LA February 26, 1853
Opelousas, Louisiana, February 26, 1853, Vol. 1, No. 12, Page 2

PUBLIC SALE

Estate of Euphrosine Barre, dec'd.

The public are hereby informed that there will be sold, at public sale, to the
last and highest bidder, by a competent officer, at the residence of John Close,
in this parish, On Tuesday, the 29th March 1853, all the property hereinafter
described, belonging to the Estate in community between John Close and his
children, the issue of his marriage with Euphrosine Barre, his deceased wife, to
wit:

A tract of Wood Land, situated on the Bayou Courtableau, in the Parish of St.
Landry aforesaid, measuring 4 arpents front on said Bayou, by forty arpents in
depth, bounded on the North by land of Honore Dejean, on the South by the Tract
hereafter described, on the East by land of Public Domain, and West by said
Honore Dejean and said Bayou Courtableau.

ANOTHER TRACT OF WOOD LAND, adjoining the former, containing four arpents front,
by forty arpents in depth, bounded on the North by the lot above described, on
the South by lands of Zephirin Close, on the East by lands of said Zephirin
Close and Public Domain, and West by lot aforesaid and the Bayou Courtableau.

A TRACT OF LAND, situated on said Bayou Courtableau, in said Parish of St.
Landry, measuring four arpents front by forty arpents indepth, bounded on the
North by Zephirin Close, on the South by lands of Estate of Valentine King, on
the East by said lands of Estate Valentine King, and West by said Bayou
Courtableau and Zephirin Close, (the improvements thereon being excepted.)

THE ONE HALF OF THE Vacherie Tract situated on the Bayou Teche, in the aforesaid
parish of St. Landry, measuring six arpents front on said Bayou, by sixty-five
arpents in depth, bounded on the North by lands of John Roy, on the South by the
Tract hereafter described, on the East by lands of the heirs of Barre, and West
by said Bayou Teche, (the improvements thereon being excepted.)

THE OTHER ONE HALF OF SAID VACHERIE TRACT, joining the above, measuring also six
arpents front by sixty-five arpents in depth, bounded on the North by tract
above described, South by lands of Alexander Castille, and West by said Bayou
Teche, (the improvements thereon being excepted.)

THE PLANTATION, known as John Close's, situated on Bayou Teche, in said Parish,
measuring fourteen arpents front on said Bayou, by forty arpents in depth,
bounded North by the lands of Francois Raviol, South by lands of Widow
Gradenigo, East by lands of said Raviol and Public Domain, and West by said
Bayou Teche, together with the BUILDINGS AND Improvements thereon.

THE UNDIVIDED LOT OF GROUND, situated in the town of Opelousas, fronting on
_____ street, bounded on the North by lot of John McDonald, on the South by lot
of ________, on the West by said _____ street, and on the East by lot of
_______, together with all the BUILDINGS AND Improvements thereon.

39 SLAVES, of both sexes & different ages.

Five Horses, one Mule, 1 Mare, one Colt, one Stallion, one Ox Cart, one Beef,
one lot of Ploughs, 2 teeth harrows, four stocks of Fodder, one lot of corn, one
clock, 2 bedsteads and beddings, four table, two cherry presses, half a dozen
chairs, one lot of silver spoons, one lot of Vacherie Cattle, with the brand
figured thus C, one lot of iron for a flatboat.

THE UNDIVIDED HALF OF A Tract of Land, or Cypress Swamp, situated in said parish
of St. Landry, and lying on Bayou Courtableau, measuring twenty arpents front on
said Bayou, by forty arpents in depth, bounded North by said Bayou Courtableau,
South by Public Lands, East by lands of Ulger Roy, and West by lands of Johathan
Harris, together with the undivided half of the Buildings and Improvements
thereon, comprising a STEAM SAW-MILL and Apparatus.

THE UNDIVIDED HALF OF A NEGRO-MAN, named Louis, aged about 50 years.

THE UNDIVIDED HALF OF A Lot of Lumber, at the Saw-Mill, supposed to contain
about thirty thousand feet.

THE UNDIVIDED HALF OF A Lot of Lumber, lying at Barre's Landing, supposed to
contain about one hundred and twenty thousand feet.

THE UNDIVIDED HALF OF A Lot of Cypress Logs.

The undivided half of a Flat-Boat called "Teche"; of a pair of Timber Wheels, of
an Ox Cart, of 3 yokes of oxen and of one chain for Timber Wheels.

The conditions of the sale will be announced on the day of sale.

		JOHN CLOSE, Administrator.
Opelousas, 26th February 1853.

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