Succession: James A. MOORE, Carroll Parish, Louisiana Submitter: Anis Martin Kashani SEPT 2001 Source:West Carroll Clerk of Court ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives http:/www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************ Succession of James A. MOORE, August 30, 1859, Carroll Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Anis Martin Kashani Source: West Carroll Parish Clerk of Court; No docket number: filed with probate documents under 8/30/1859 Date extracted: July 25, 2001 INVENTORY: Filed Aug 30 1859; John L Chatham Dy Clk State of Louisiana} Parish of Carroll } Be it known and remembered that in pursuance of an order to me directed from the Office of the Clerk of the Tenth Judicial District in and for the Parish of Carroll, Louisiana dated the 24th of August instant, authorizing and requiring me to make an Inventory of the property effects rights and credits and cause an appointment to be made of the same of the late James A. Moore, deceased. I James W Draughon Recorder & Ex Officio Notary Public in and for the Parish of Carroll State of Louisiana duly commissioned and sworn did repair to the plantation of said James A. Moore deceased known as the “Crow Roost Place” and did then and there in the presence of the undersigned lawful witnesses proceed to make an accurate Inventory and cause an appraisement to be made of the Crow Roost property by appointing George M Langford and Samuel Neill — both residents of said Parish & State to act as appraisers to whom I administered the following oath to wit: State of Louisiana} Parish of Carroll } We do each of us solemnly swear that we will a due appraisement make and the true cash value place upon all and singular the property effects rights and credits of and belonging to the Succession of James A. Moore deceased known as the Crow Roost Land, Slaves and other property belonging to and appertaining to said Crow Roost place and which may be submitted to us for our decision according to the best of our ability and understanding “So Help Us God” Sworn to & subscribed before } [signed] G M Langford me this day } [signed] Saml Neill [signed] JWDraughon Recorder Whereupon we proceeded to make the following Inventory & appraisement to wit: :Inventory : Item 1st A certain tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Parish of Carroll numbers or description not known supposed to contain 320 acres known as the “Crow Roost Place” appraised to be worth in cash $40.00 per acre amounting to . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,800.00 Item 2nd Slaves: An undivided interest in the following described Negroes to wit: 1. Buck aged about 40 years . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,200.00 2. Sam “ “ 35 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 3. Henry “ “ 28 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.00 4. Zorick “ “ 30 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 5. Charles “ “ 40 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00 6. Isam “ “ 22 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 7. Hiram “ “ 11 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 8. Josh “ “ 40 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 9. Jim “ “ 55 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 10.Ned “ “ 30 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 11.John “ “ 20 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.00 12.Alfred “ “ 17 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 13.Anthony “ “ 22 “ (Blacksmith). . . . . 2,000.00 14.S Sam “ “ 11 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 15.Dave “ “ 45 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.00 16.George “ “ 22 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.00 17.Big Margaret “ 21 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 18.Margarets child 3 mos . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 19.Sam “ “ 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 20.Cherry “ “ 24 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 21.Rose “ “ 35 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 22.Lucy “ “ 24 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 23.Lucy’s child “ 14 mos . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 24.Rhody “ “ 45 years . . . . . . . . . . . 700.00 25.Martha Ann “ 15 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 26.Airy “ “ 20 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 27.Aggy “ “ 50 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 700.00 28.Little Margaret 17 “ . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00 ___________ Total Value of Slaves $ 29,400.00 Item 3rd Stock: An undivided interest in the following described Stock to wit: 15 Head of Mules @ $150.00 each . . . . . . . . . . 2,250.00 5 yolk of Oxen @ $50.00 per yolk . . . . . . . . . 250.00 10 Head of Stock Cattle @ $7.00 per head . . . . . 70.00 200 “ “ Hogs more or less @ $2.50 per head . . . 500.00 ___________ Total Value of Stock $ 3,070.00 Item 4th Sundries: An undivided interest in all of the following described property to wit: 1 New Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.00 1 Old Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 1 Lot of Farming utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 1 Small Lot of Blacksmith tools & Iron . . . . . . 75.00 __________ Total Value $ 520.00 Item 5th Growing Crop (an undivided interest in) About 225 acres of cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,000.00 “ 75 acres of corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 “ 9 double stacks of fodder . . . . . . . . . 90.00 __________ Total Value of Crops $ 8,590.00 Recapitulation: of the “Crow Roost” property Item 1st Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,800.00 “ 2nd Slaves ½ interest . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,700.00 “ 3rd Stock ½ interest . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,535.00 “ 4th Sundries ½ interest . . . . . . . . . . . 260.00 “ 5th Crop ½ interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,295.00 ___________ $ 33,590.00 Amounting to thirty three thousand five hundred and ninety dollars. I have therefore closed this Inventory. So far as the property of said decedent at the “Crow Roost” is concerned: Thus done and Inventoried at the said “Crow Roost” place in the said Parish of Carroll State of Louisiana in the presence of *** Taylor and Anderson C Floyd – witnesses of lawful age residing in this Parish who hereto sign their names together with said appraisers and me Recorder on this the 29th day of the month of August A D 1859 (without interruption and without turning aside to other matters) Attest: [signed] G M Langford [signed] *** Taylor [signed] Saml Neill [signed] A C Floyd [signed] JWDraughon Recorder State of Louisiana} Parish of Carroll } Be it known that in pursuance of an order to me directed from the Office of the Clerk of the Tenth District Court in and for said Parish of Carroll and State authorizing and requiring me to make an Inventory of the property and cause an appraisement to be made of the property effects rights and credits belonging to and appertaining to the Succession of the late James A. Moore deceased: I James W. Draughon Recorder & Ex officio Notary Public in and for the Parish of Carroll State of Louisiana duly commissioned and sworn did repair to the last place of residence of said decedent, known as the “Home Place” one mile & a half north of the town of Floyd in said Parish & State and did then and there in the presence of the undersigned witnesses make an accurate Inventory and cause a due appraisement to be made of the property effects rights and credits belongning and appertaining to said “Home Place” by appointing George M Langford and Washington Darden both residents of the Parish and State aforesaid to act as appraisers to whom I administer the following oath to wit: State of Louisiana} Parish of Carroll } We do each of us solemnly swear that we will a due appraisement make and the true cash value place upon all and singular the property effects rights and credits of and belonging to the Succession of James A. Moore deceased which may be submitted to us for our decision according to the best of our ability and understanding “So Help Us God” Sworn to & subscribed before } [signed] G M Langford me this day } [signed] W Darden [signed] JWDraughon Recorder Whereupon we proceeded in the presence of the undersigned lawful witnesses to make the following Inventory estimative and descriptive to wit: Inventory Item 1st Land An undivided interest in the SE Ό of the SW Ό & the SW Ό of the SW Ό of Sec 4 Lots 6 & 7 of Sec 4 & Lot No 1 of Sec No 9 & the SE Ό of the SW Ό & the NW Ό of the SW Ό of Sec 4 & the SE Ό of the SE Ό of Sec 5 all in Township No 20 North of Range No 10 East in the District of Lands North of Red River Louisiana containing in the aggregate 250 39/100 acres appraised to be worth in cash $30 per acre . . . . . . . . $ 7,511.70 Item 2nd Land An Entire interest in the E1/2 of the SE Ό of Sec 23. W ½ of the W 1/2 of Sec 23. W ½ of the NW Ό of Sec 24. W ½ of the NW Ό of Sec 25. E ½ of the NE Ό of Sec 26. All in Township 20 R. 10 East. Containing 484 27/100 acres. Appraised to be worth in cash $15 per acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,264.05 Item 3rd Negroes: An Entire interest 1 Isaac aged about 40 yrs (carpenter) . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 2 Joe “ “ 45 “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 3 Mingo “ “ 60 “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 4 Eilia “ “ 50 “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 5 Manda “ “ 16 “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 6 Manda’s child (Dick) 3 mos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 7 Malinda “ “ 60 yrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 ____________ One half interest 8 Old Ainz “ “ 45 “ . . . . . . . . . 800.00 400.00 9 Adaline “ “ 8 “ . . . . . . . . . 600.00 300.00 10 Louisa “ “ 8 “ . . . . . . . . . 500.00 250.00 11 Will “ “ 6 “ . . . . . . . . . 500.00 250.00 12 Leana “ “ 6 “ . . . . . . . . . 600.00 300.00 13 Ida “ “ 5 “ . . . . . . . . . 300.00 150.00 14 “Bill Pack” “ 3 “ . . . . . . . . . 200.00 100.00 15 Vina “ “ 3 “ . . . . . . . . . 250.00 125.00 16 Rhoda “ “ 7 “ . . . . . . . . . 400.00 200.00 17 Little Tom “ 14 “ . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 500.00 ____________ Total Value of Slaves $ 7,525.00 Item 4th Stock & Entire Interest 1 Black Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.00 1 Sorrell Colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 1 Bay Colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 1 Bay Colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 1 Bay Filly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 1 Horse & colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 1 Sorrell Mare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.00 1 Pair of Carriage Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 25 Head of Cattle @ $7 a head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.00 50 Head of Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.00 _____________ Total value of Stock $ 1,325.00 Item 5th Sundries & entire interest 1 Old Buggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 1 New “ & Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 1 Burouche & Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 1 Saddle & Bridle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 1 Wagon & Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 1 Lot of Carpenters Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 _____________ Total value of Sundries $ 350.00 Item 6th Growing Crop & entire intersts About 1000 bushels of corn @ $1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 “ 40 stacks of fodder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 _____________ Total value of Growing crop $ 1,040.00 Item 7th House Hold furniture & entire interest Furniture in an Out House 1 Bedstead & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1 Couch Matress & cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 1 Table & coverlid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 1 Wash Stand Bowl & Pitcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 1 Looking Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 _____________ Total value of furniture in out House $ 41.00 1st Room in dwelling House 1 Bedstead & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 1 Secretary & Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 1 Mantle Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 1 Table & cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 1 Arm Chair & Cushion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 1 Pianno & fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 _____________ Total value of furniture in 1st Room $ 316.50 2nd Room in dwelling House 1 Bedstead & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 1 Armoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1 Beaureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 1 Chest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 1 Crib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 1 Work Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 1 Wash Stand & fixtures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 _____________ Total value of furniture in 2nd Room $ 156.50 3rd room on Front in the dwelling house 1 Bedstead & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 1 Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 1 Couch Matress feather bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1 Beaureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1 Wash Stand Bowl & Pitcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 1 double barrell gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1 Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 1 double barrell gun (old) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 1 Shot Pouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 _____________ Total value of furniture in 3rd Room $ 124.50 4th Room Back (in the dwelling house) 1 Bedstead & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 1 Trunnell Bed & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00 1 Crib & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 1 Wash Stand Bowl & Pitcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 1 Looking glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 _____________ Total value of furniture in 4th Room $ 59.50 5th Room Back in the dwelling house 1 Bedstead & Bedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 1 Table & coverlid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 1 Armoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 _____________ $ 45.00 6th Dining Room Kitchen & c 1 Dining table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 1 Safe & contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 1 Lot of Kitchen Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 _____________ $ 154.00 Recapitulation of Household Furniture 1st contents of Out House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.00 2nd 1st Room in dwelling House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.50 3rd 2nd “ “ “ “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.50 4th 3rd “ “ “ “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.50 5th 4th “ “ “ “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.50 6th 5th “ “ “ “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 7th 6th Dining Room Kitchen & c (embraced in Item 7th). . . 154.00 _____________ Total $ 897.00 1 Lot of Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 _____________ Total Value of House Hold & Kitchen furniture $ 922.00 Item 8th Evidence of Debt (Individual) 1st A claim on John D. Imboden for the sum of $23,303.97/100 as will be seen by reference to a deed & agreement of Record in the Records Office for said Parish & State Notarial Book K, folio 137 & 138 appraised to be worth in cash . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,303.97 Item 9th Evidence of debts due G. M. Langford & James A. Moore Value ½ interest A Lot of Old accounts on various persons known to the appraisers and declared by them to be valueless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00.00 00.00 A note on Richard Blalock for the sum of $67.92/100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 15.00 An account on Uriah Kent for $1.65 . . . . . . 1.65 00.83 A note on I Wilson for $20.95/100 . . . . . . . 10.00 5.00 A note on Est of I J Hays for $37.63/100. . . . 18.80 9.40 An account on E D Hannegan for $9.88 . . . . . 9.88 4.94 __________ Total Value of Item 9th $ 35.17 Recapituation Item 1st an undivided interest in . . . . . 7,511.70 3,755.85 Item 2nd “ Entire interest in . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,264.05 Item 3rd Slaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,525.00 Item 4th Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325.00 Item 5th Sundries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00 Item 6th Growing Crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040.00 Item 7th House Hold & Kitchen furniture . . . . . . . . . 922.00 Item 8th Evidence of debt (individual) . . . . . . . . . 23,303.97 Item 9th Evidence of debt with Geo M Langford . . . . . . 35.17 ____________ Total: $ 45,521.04 Thus Done Inventory began and closed at the residence of said James A. Moore deceased in the presence of John McNeill and John C Elliott witnesses of lawful age residing in this Parish who hereto sign their names together with said appraisers and me Recorder of this the 30th day of the month of August A D 1859 (without interruption and without turning aside to other matters) attest: [signed] G M Langford [signed] John McNeill [signed] W Darden [signed] John C Elliott [signed] JWDraughon Recorder In conclusion I the said Recorder have made this: Final Recapitulation 1 Crow Roost Property $33,390.00 2 Home Place & c $45,521.04 ___________ $79,111.04 Amounting in Final Recapitulation to the sum of Seventy nine thousand one hundred and eleven 04/100 dollars [signed] JWDraughon Recorder In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of my office on this the 30th day of the month of August A D 1859 [signed] JWDraughon Recorder <<<<<<<<>>>>>> This probate packet was located in the West Carroll Parish Court House Clerk of Court office in Oak Grove, LA. The above transcription of inventory was the total of documents in this packet. This succession may be recorded in a succession book in East Carroll Parish (Lake Providence) which may include further documents pertaining to the final settlement of this estate. In case further documentation is not available, I have attached the following data on James A. Moore and his family from other sources. First is the census record for 1850 and 1860 for this family as follows: US CENSUS 1850 Carroll Parish, Louisiana 23rd Day of August pg 25 Dwelling #/Family # 91 91 James A. Moore 23 M planter 2000 LA Mary “ 19 F wife MS Eloise “ 2 F MS Lewis J. Guice 25 M ginwright MS US CENSUS 1860 Carroll Parish, Louisiana 9th day of August, P.O. Floyd pg 407 Dwelling #/Family # 829 794 Mary O. Moore 26 F Planteress 6400 35000 MS Elouise Moore 11 F MS Cintha Stigger 50 F lady MS Gertrude Langston 18 F lady MS Linmore Wilson 17 M relative/orphan/student MS Sue Wilson 16 F “ “ “ MS Sallie Wilson 13 F “ “ “ MS Geo. Wilson 11 M orphan LA Martha Wilson 6 F “ LA Mary Wilson 4 F “ LA In addition, the following marriage record was obtained (lookup by Brenda Sullivan): Mary O. Moore married John M. Bullen Jan 8 1862 Finally, in local history book, “Between the Rivers: A West Carroll Chronicle” Francis Stewart McKoin, Claitor’s Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, LA, 1971; pp 158-159: Imogene, dau, T.J.A. and M.O. Moore – born 1851, died June 8, 1859 Elones, dau E.O. and E. Wilson, born December 21, 1878, died 1880 Elouise, dau of J.A. wife of G.A. Wilson, born July 22, 1848, died January 1880. Apparently these were just 3 of several graves in the family cemetery of the Moore-Wilson plantation. ...