St Landry-Vermillion County Louisiana Archives News.....Perry, Robert - succession sale January 1, 1853
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Opelousas Courier, Opelousas, Louisiana January 1, 1853
January 1, 1853
Vol. 1, No. 4, Page 2
Published on Saturday by Joel H. Sandoz & Andrew Meynier

Public Sale

By virtue of an order from the Honorable [sic] the District Court, in and for
the Parish of Vermillon [sic], will be offered for sale, at public auction, to
the highest and last bidder, through the ministry of a public auctioneer, On
Monday, 7th February, 1853, at the Court-House, in the town of Opelousas, the
following described property, situated in the Parish of St. Landry, belonging to
the succession of Robert Perry, deceased, late of the Parish of Vermillion, to wit:

A Certain Tract of Land, containing 5 arpents front by forty in depth, situated
on Bayou Chicot, together with all THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS thereon.

A TRACT OF LAND, adjoining the above, containing about 50 acres, commonly called
the Steven's place.

A TRACT OF LAND, being the North part of Lots Nos. 1 and 2, of Section 10,
Township 3 South, Range 1 East containing 40 acres.

A Lot of Ground, in the village of Bayou Chicot being the same now occupied by
Jas. Akenhead as a store, containing 1 1/2 acre, more or less, with all the
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS thereon.

The North-West Quarter of Section 26, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, containing
162.74 acres.

The East half of North-East quarter Section 23, Township 4 South, Range 5 East.
 Also, the West half of North-West quarter Section 24, Township 4 South, Range 5
East, containing 168.01 acres.

The North-East quarter of Section 32, Township 2 South, Range 4 East, and so
much of the East half of the South-East quarter of Section 31, in Township 2
South, Range 4 East, as is within the Parish of Saint Landry, containing
together 177.85 acres.

The South-West quarter of Section 32, in Township 2 South, Range 4 East,
containing about 247.65 acres, more or less.

The North-West quarter of Section 33, Township 2 South, Range 4 East, containing
about 160.44 acres.

The North-East quarter of Section 33, Township 2 South, Range 4 East, containing
about 160.44 acres.

The North-West quarter of Section 34, Township 2 South, Range 4 East, containing
about 160.16.

The South-West quarter of Section 34, in Township 2 South, Range 4 East,
containing 160.16 acres.

The North-West quarter of Section 32, in Township 3 South, Range 4 East,
containing about 162.62 acres.

The Whole of a Tract of Parcel of LAND, situated in Grande Prairie, and known by
the name of Hanchett's Tan Yard, containing about 195 arpents.

Terms and Conditions: ---- All sums of ten dollars and under payable Cash, on
the day of sale, and all sums over ten dollars on a credit of one, two and three
years, from the day of sale, in equal annual payments; purchasers to give their
notes with approved security in solido to the satisfaction of the
Administratrix; property to remain specially mortgaged and hypothecated until
the full and final payment of said notes, and the interest which may accrue
thereon, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, from maturity.

Vermillon [sic], January 1st, 1853.

Additional Comments:
Note: ARPENT = an old French unit of land area equivalent to 3,420 square meters
(about 1 acre)

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