1857 Sale of Slave Mitchell William L. Spears to Huffman G. Pleasant, Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana Submitted by: Tana Morgan Date of Submission: October 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= 1857 Sale of Slave Mitchell William L. Spears to Huffman G. Pleasant, Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana Union Parish, LA Deed Book H, p. 311 Written: January 3, 1857 Recorded: April 21, 1857 ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= Spearsville Union Parish LA Received of Huffman G. Pleasant “Thirteen hundred & fifty Dollars" in full payment for a negro boy Mitchel aged Twenty one years & a slave for life January 3rd 1857 W.L. Spears Attest A.J. Hunt Jeremiah Hays State of Louisiana Parish of Union Personally came and appeared before me the under signed Recorder & c in and for said parish and state A.J. Hunt one of the subscribing witnesses to the annexed Bill of Sale who on his oath say that Wm. L. Spears signed said Bill of Sale in his presence for the purposes therein mentioned & that he and the other subscribing witness signed with said party as witnesses at the same time & place, Sworn to and subscribed before me on this day the 14th day of April 1857 Wm. C. Smith A.J. Hunt Recorder A True Record April 21st 1857 Wm. C. Smith, Recorder ##################################################################### File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/deeds/spears620gdd.txt