PETITION OF JOHN STOW ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILDREN OF
ELIZABETH KIRKLAND AND FERDINAND W. STOW

Contributed by Sherry Gritzbaugh



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To the Honorable Lewis _ _______Probate Judge
in & for the Parish of Ouachita in the State of Louisiana.

The petition of JOHN STOW a resident of said Parish & State
respectfully represents to your honor that FERDINAND W.
STOW departed this life intestate in said Parish on or about __
day of August 1835 and his widow and relict ELIZABETH
KIRKLAND also departed this life at the same place two or
three afterwards

(Note:. For some reason the above sentence was not finished on the document.)

leaving the following children ___ of their marriage to wit:
John, Derrill, Oliver, Talitha C., Aaron & Joseph, all minors
the oldest being about thirteen years and the youngest about
one year - And also leaving a considerable Estate consisting
of property real and personal __________________________-
Wherefore your petitioner prays your Honor to appoint him
Administrator of the Estate. That you cause and inventory and
appraisment to be made of said property - And also that you
appoint him Tutorto the minors and that you ______a family
meeting to deliberate thereon, and that you make such other
and further decree in the ____________may _____with Equity
and Law & is in duty bound. ____
                                                R. L. McGuire,
                                   Attorney
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita                  Court of Probates

Whereas Joseph Kirkland has been appointed under Tutor of
John, Derrill, Oliver, Talitha C., Aaron and Joseph the minor
children of Ferdinand Stow and Elizabeth Kirkland his wife.
Signed October 1835 by Judge of Probates. John Stow was
appointed adm. of the estate. 

I am familiar with the Kirkland family as Lucinda Kirkland was
the second wife of George Feazel who was born about 1803. 
Lucinda and Elizabeth were both the daughter's of Jane and 
Aaron Kirkland. 

Aparently Ferdinand W. Stow was also known as "Ferdy"
in Conveyance Book D, page 2 in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
It is interesting that John Honeycutt was a witness when they
married as he married Mary Feazel, a sister to the above George
Feazel. They were the children of my ancestors Margaret Pear
and George Feazel who migrated to Louisiana around 1811.

According to the estate settlement Ferdinand owned land along
Bayou DeSiard in Ouachita Parish when he died. See Book G, page
79. DThe land was purchased by Samuel D. Brown at the estate
sale. On 19 Dec. 1835 he sold the land to John Stow.

I found it interesting that Ferdinand owned twenty mules , one
Jackass, twenty one mares some with mule colts, three Jennies
and one horse colt, among other property. 

It is believed that Ferdinand W. Stow may have been a son of
Letitie Wood. (?) This information has not been verified by the
compiler.

I glean from my correspondants that the children:

John W. Stow was born before 1824
Derrill Stow was born before 1835 in Ouachita Parish, La.
Oliver Stow was born before 1835 in Ouachita Parish, La.
Talitha C. Stow was born before 1835 in Ouachita Parish, La.
Aaron Stow was born before 1835 in Ouachita Parish, La.

It is believed that Ferdinand W. Stow may have been born
in the Carolina's. The compiler has not verified this data.

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