1867 - 1868 Succession of Daniel Sawyer, Decd., Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Shawn Martin, 11/2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= ================================================================================= 1867 - 1868 Succession of Daniel Sawyer, Decd., Union Parish Louisiana Union Parish Louisiana Succession Book F, pp. 610 - 614 ================================================================================= ================================================================================= To the Honorable the Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of Union, Louisiana. The Petition of John Taylor, Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Sawyer, Decd., late of said Parish herewith respectfully presents his final account as Admr. of said Estate as follows to wit: He charges himself with amounts as follows to wit: 1st Amount of Inventory $22983.77 2nd Amount balance as for account fees 2497.61 3rd Amount net proceeds 40 bales cotton marked Voucher A 1632.21 4th Amount net proceeds 30 bales cotton marked Voucher B 1008.84 5th Amount net proceeds 24 bales cotton marked Voucher C 1030.96 6th Amount net proceeds 18 bales cotton marked Voucher D 816.60 7th Amount net proceeds 11 bales cotton marked Voucher E 363.12 8th Amount net proceeds 11 bales cotton marked Voucher F 423.67 9th Amount net proceeds of Armstrong for corn 160.00 10th Amount received of J. P. Sawyer for corn 28.00 11th Amount received of Reuben Edwards for corn 30.00 12th Amount received of Miller Edwards for corn 19.00 13th Amount received of Harrold for corn ___22.50 $30953.35 Bale of cotton (rest of land) marked Voucher G 79.53 Amount received of Evens & Lansford For corn marched Voucher H 50.00 Amount received Mrs. Eubanks for hire __150.00 Amount of charges $31242.88 He prays to be credited by amounts as follows: 1st By amount of Negroes on Inventory 14500.00 2nd By amount of mule, Berry (dead) 150.00 3rd By amount of mule, Jack (dead) 115.00 4th 2 mules sold for $200.00 say 50.00 5th Corn inventoried used on the place 720.00 6th Buggy inventoried account for 150.00 7th Fodder inventoried used on place 120.00 8th Wheat inventoried used on place 25.50 9th Wheat inventoried used on place 100.00 10th Potatoes inventoried used on place 125.00 11th Cotton inventoried accounted for 2475.00 12th [blank] 13th Bay horse, dead 55.00 14th Cash on hand inventoried accounted for 122.50 15th Norsworthy’s note prescribed not collected 23.00 16th Smith account lost 2.00 17th H. Glasson account lost ____7.10 $18845.10 Also amounts paid out as per vouchers Voucher No. 1 Tax Receipt 1857 51.01 2 Tax Receipt 1858 58.97 3 Tax Receipt 1859 58.07 4 Tax Receipt 1860 64.45 5 Tax Receipt 1861 50.50 6 Tax Receipt 1862 (Parish Tax) 50.47 7 Tax Receipt 1863 (Confederate States) 103.70 8 Tax Receipt 1864 ___65.70 $19347.97 9 United States Tax Receipt 4.35 10 Receipt from U. S. Land office 60.13 11 Frelson, Stevenson & Co. 39.00 12 Phillips Nixon & Co. 249.04 13 Gillis Ferguson & Co 1087.36 14 Carr & Lee Account 47.77 15 Carr & Lee & P[?] account 38.13 16 Carr & Lee & P[?] account 17.02 17 Meyer & Trent 26.50 18 Meyer & Trent 26.50 19 Old aunt 2 accounts 36.08 20 W. H. Carons 21.35 21 W. H. & M. S. Carson Receipt 46.00 22 W. H. & M. S. Carson 87.84 23 W. H. & M. S. Carson 74.61 24 W. H. & M. S. Carson 124.53 25 Bruner & Bro. Account 56.22 26 Bruner & Shlenker 59.83 27 A. Slenker 2.40 29 D. Stein 232.39 30 Simon Marks 51.47 31 Mathis & Thomas 26.16 32 Whitten Thornton bill 5.00 33 Freight Bill 6.72 34 Freight Bill 13.91 35 Freight Bill ____29.38 $21798.63 36 Freight Bill 1.35 37 Freight bill, Paul Jones 22.40 38 Freight bill, R. W. Powell 4.37 39 Freight bill, St. Tigress 1.56 40 Dr. John Taylor account (1858) 119.50 41 Dr. John Taylor account (1859) 34.00 42 Anderson & Taylor Smith Bill 10.08 43 James J. Sawyers overseers wages (1858) 350.00 44 James J. Sawyers overseers wages (1859) 350.00 45 James J. Sawyers overseers wages (1860) 350.00 46 W. C. Lee School account 14.50 47 John Singleton repair on wagon 32.00 48 J. G. Taylor account 71.40 49 James D. Griffin order 3.00 50 S. W. Taylor school account 7.00 51 E. P. Shulenburger account 80.00 52 A. Carr account 10.63 53 Dillard & Roland Med. Account 15.00 54 H. P. Anderson account 104.20 55 J. E. Trimble tuition 46.00 56 B. F. George account 6.42 57 J. T. Phillips tuition 9.80 58 Dr. J. J. Booles account 10.00 59 Rabun Vanosdell & Young account 11.75 60 John R. Parker account 31.50 61 John R. Parker order ____28.00 $23523.12 62 John Taylor blacksmith bill (1858) 29.30 63 John Taylor blacksmith bill (1859) 6.00 John Taylor blacksmith bill (1860) 9.00 John Taylor blacksmith bill (1864) 12.00 John Taylor blacksmith bill (1865) 6.25 64 S. W. Taylor’s receipt 300.00 65 S. W. Fedries receipt 220.00 66 Phillips Nixon account 648.00 8 sacks salt 146.00 Samuel Sawyers for overseeing (1861) 95.00 Paid for leather 40.00 98 yards of Lowells [sic] 24.50 Amount paid Willis Sawyer 100.00 Amount paid Jared Robinson 6.00 Amount paid Abel Kolb 5.00 Amount paid Deshee for tuition of James 12.00 Amount paid for blacksmithing 48.00 67 Amount paid L. T. Bain for board 250.00 68 Amount paid H. Regenburg for this account 50.00 Admr. commission 2$ on $31242.80 781.01 69 D. Stein account 120.00 Deduct Item No. 13 Sorrel horse (Edward) ___125.00 Amount of credits $26169.35 Deduct amount Voucher 65 (credited before) ___220.00 Amount of credits $25945.35 By reference to the foregoing it will appear that he is chargeable with the sum of Thirty one thousand two hundred and fifty two dollars and 88/100 $31242.88 That he is entitled to credits for Twenty Five thousand nine hundred and forty Four dollars and 35/100 25949.35 Leaving [?] by him the sum of five thousand Two hundred and ninety three dollars 53/100 5293.53 To wit this account he has on hand the following property to be returned as appraised to wit: The land inventoried @ $3000.00 The stock of cattle inventoried @ 140.00 The stock of hogs inventoried @ 285.00 One mule, Ben inventoried @ 120.00 Blacksmith tools inventoried @ 25.00 Farming tools inventoried @ 65.00 Bees inventoried @ 9.00 1 folding table inventoried @ 5.00 1 4/4 wagon inventoried @ 45.00 1 ¾ wagon inventoried @ 80.00 2 bedsteads &c inventoried @ 50.00 1 double barrel gun inventoried @ 20.00 1 brass clock inventoried @ ___10.00 $3854.00 1 Rifle gun inventoried @ 20.00 1 Beaureau inventoried @ 25.00 15 chairs inventoried @ 15.00 1 Safe inventoried @ 5.00 1 Spinning wheel inventoried @ 5.00 Kitchen furniture inventoried @ 6.00 Crockery ware inventoried @ ____5.00 Amounting to $3935.00 The property on hand amounting as for Inventory to three thousand nine hundred and thirty five dollars $3935.00 Deducted from the balance of five thousand two hundred and ninety three dollars & 53/100 __$5293.53 Leaves as cash balance in his hands $1358.53 Thirteen hundred and fifty eight dollars & 53/100 Petitioner prays that this account may be filed and advertised according to law and that after due proceedings had, it may be homologated and allowed in all its parts, that judgment may be rendered accordingly and that he be ordered to deliver to the proper parties the property and pay the money on hand and that his bond be cancelled and he [?] payment and for general relief. H. Regenburg, Atty. State of Louisiana 11th District Court Parish of Union In the matter of the homologation of the final account filed by John Taylor as admr. of the Estate of Daniel Sawyer, decd. 1st Vouchers filed with said account 2nd James W. Reid, Clerk of said court sworn states he was acting clerk of said court in September last and that said account was filed on the 24th day of September 1867 and has been advertised for more than thirty days prior to this date by publication in a weekly newspaper published in said parish called the Union Record and by posting at the door of the Court house in said parish and that no opposition has been filed thereto. J. W. Reid Clerk, District Court Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of November AD 1867. W. A. Darby, J. P. State of Louisiana 11th District Court Parish of Union I hereby certify that the above is all the evidence adduced on the homologation of the final account filed by John Taylor as Admr. of the Estate of Daniel Sawyer, Decd. Given under my hand and seal of office this 27th day of November AD 1867. J. W. Reid Clerk, District Court State of Louisiana 11th Judicial District Court Parish of Union By reason of the law and the evidence in this case and by further reason of the proper and legal advertisement having been made and no opposition having been made to the homologation of the final account filed by John Taylor, administrator of the Estate of Daniel Sawyer, Decd. It is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said final account be and the same is hereby allowed, approved and homologated in all its parts according to law. This done and signed in office this 2nd day of November AD 1867, it being the first Saturday in said month. J. W. Reid Clerk, District Court A True Record, January 6th 1868 J. W. Reid, Clerk ############################################################