Le pionnier de l'Assomption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 1850-185?, 1855-07-09
SUCCESSION SALE.
Succession Of Thomas Pugh, dcccnscd.

Succession OF Thomas Pugil, dccchscd.
By virtne of q decree of the Honorable the
| 9Th Judicial District Court ofthe State OF Louis
lana, in and for the parish of Assumption,
dated 3lst day of may 1855. and TO me direct
ed. Will be offered at public sale on the pre-.
misses III the parish Of Assumption, on Thurs
day the 5th day of July 1856, at ten o'clock A.
M, by +. o. Melancon. auct'onecr in and
for the parish Of Assumption. the Undivided
half of the following described property, be-
longing to the above succession, to wit
lst. A certain tract ofland situated IN the
parish of Assumption, having a trout OIL the
right bank of Bayou Lalourclle, Of four arpents
more or less, about five miles below the Alta
ka pas Canal, with a depth Of thirteen arpents,
bounded above by lands of Francois Fisier &
below by lands Of in Bite CoIonne, and imme-
diatcly on the res TT al joining this front tact
anrther tract of land having IA front OF abouts 6
a~rpents with adepth thence of 2G arpents,
being in all forty arpents i'll depth, from bayou
Lafourche, the rear tract being bounded on
the upper side by the sugar plantation Of Sims
and Phillips, and on the lower side by lands Of
in Bite Colonne, and containing an area of
about two hundred and fourteen arpents.
I'd. V certain tract of land situated on the
right bank of Bayou Latourche, having two
arpents more or less front towards Bayou La
fourche, beginning at thirteen arpents and a
half from the bayou, and thence running be
tween parallel Iiues back twenty SIX arpents
and a half, bounded above by lands OF Hubert
Aucoin the tract contains about fifty arpents.
Sd. An other tract OF land described as
follows VIZ :
Cd. Three lots on subdivisions of the league
square designated as lots aumbers -, tourt-
eer IA and hfteen Isl containing an area
ofnine hundred and thirteen arpcnts and sixty
four hundred this of II arpent.
4th Another tract of land, designated asbeing
the Sonth East qnarter of Section 81. Town
ship ii Of Range IA East, CO ltajning one
hundred and fifty nine acres and ninety two,
hundred of an acre. The whole area of the
said four tracts of land being about thirteen
hundred and fifty seven arpents.
The following named slaves:
Christiane aged anont IS years; Caroline
aged about % wears, Eliza aged about 80 years
and her three children, Lee 6 years old, Piikney
4 wears old and Henry six months old, Elvira
aged about IS years, Harriet aged about "a
years. and her child Preston aged about seven
months. Jane aged about 80 years, and her 3
| children, George about E years old, Josaphlna
about 5 years old, and Margaret about s months
old, Della about 40 years old With her 2 child
rem, Gus about 3 years old and Catherine about
6 mouths old, Mathilda Texas, about - years
old, Matilda Holly about 30 years, and her ,
children, Fielding 4 years old and Juan about
IA months old, Mlldrth about 2S years old,
Mary n5out 27 years old and her child jim
about 3 years old, Maria about 30 years old d
her child Linda 10 years old, Margaret about
35 years old, Roset:e about IS years old and
her two children, Pink about 4 years Cd and
a child six months old, Sally aged about 25
years. Anderson aged about 80 years, Bob agad
about 40 years, Big Tom aged about IS years.
Bill aged about 30 years. George Duke aged
about 80 years, George Baxter aged about rs
wears, Henry Lucas COOPER aged about 80
wears. Henry Holly aged about % years,
Henry Scotland aged about 26 years, Israel
aged about 10 years, lonrdan aged about 80
wears, jerry aged about 80 years, Jacob aged
80 wears. O'arch aged about 80 years, Nelson
AIRED about IS yea rs, Peter aged about % years
Preston BLACKSMITH aged about IS years,
Johu Powell .aged about 90 years, john Ray
aged about So wears. Randall aged about 35
years, John Reed aged a'ont 80 years, Stephen
carpenterl aged about 40 years, Wyatt aged
about IS years,
9th. Twenty seven mules, three yoke of
oxen, six cows and calves, seven carts, fifteen
ploughs, one pair timber wheels.
The undivided half of the above described
p~roperl, to be sold in block, on the following
terms aud conditions, TO wit:
Terms aud Conditions:
Twenty thousand dollars cash and the ba-
lance in three equal instruments, maturing on
The first day ofthc months of march of each OF
the years Of 1856, 1857 and 1853. Tho pur-
chaser TO give his notes to the order OF Mrs
Thomas pugh, bearing interest at the rate OF
five per cent per annum, from the day of sale,
the property to remain specially mcrsaged with
vendors privilege until the final payment OF
said notes
Parish Of Assumption, June 81 1865.
T. o. MEtANcoN.