The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-27
VALLlERES PRlNCELY CLAIM
A IEGIL STRITE FOR MILLIONS or
ACRES ~ UESTERN ST.IIES.

aud the Original Of which John Wilson
Pound In ola Tobncc"-h"usc More
Litigation amer ears enr- ut Law.
The claim Of the heirs " Don Joseph Val
licrr to 27G 500 acres Of nnl under grant
mad, In 1893 by Baron de Carondclct Gov
rrnor General " Louisiana. then a Spanish
province. was passed upon by thu United States
Supreme Court "a week ago last Monday. For
many years this gigantic claim, has been slowly
working its way through the mcshc- " the
law. Attorney General Dcvcus suid to tn Su-
prrme Court that il was q" II dcmand for prn-
csrality." The territory claimed is only twelve
miles lcss than that of the Kingdom ~ Bel
gum. It, area is greater than that o' the whole
State OF Maryland. The land claimed stretches
nlong the White River in Arkansas. through
large section OF the States II Missouri and Ar
kansas. embracing the whole or parts Of twenty
four counties and 1000 acres Of land in the
Indian Territory. The value Of the claim was
over ton millions Of dollars.
Don Joseph VALERIE to whom the grant was
made was u Captain in the army Of the King NJ
Spain. stationed in Louisiana when that State
was province and embraced territory which
has since been formed into the States Of Arkan-
sas and Missouri. Capt VALERIE died intcstato
ia NV Orleans in 1899 still possr sscd NJ all tho
millions 81 aercs granted to him. and there WIS
no administration upon his fleets. The records
OF Nilf NNlli'll' tlN'fffl SHOW llui ne WIS mar
ricd to Marie Fclicite Moran and the haptismal
records OF the same cathedral show that he had
four children. the Oldest being Bernard Val
Here the second Marie Felicite VALERIE the
third Francis Nallicre. the fourth Eugcnia Val
licrc. Marie Fclicitc Nallicrc WAS married to
Capt Don Francis Nauginc. her fathers Adiu-
tant- General. His daughter. Marie Toilette.
married james ull. the lineal ancestor Of a
number Of the plant fs in the suit Just decided.
There was n son and three other daughters OF
Capt Nauginc. the youngest. Eulalie. becoming
the wife Of Creed Taylor. an Arkansas farmer.
who e. st.l living in jefferson County Texas.
and BE- nearly so years old. Taylor's wife died in
1927 six years after their marriage. leaving
two children still living. Annie r. Oracle and
MR.. Euae Naugine Walker. The next year
inter- her death Greed Taylor married Mary
Ann Nalliere. his wife's cousin. also grand
daughter Of Don Joseph VALERA. her father
l"nE Francis VALERIE She died in 1888, and
nor deS ints are ihree Erandcnlldren.
named Iock. Creed and Maggie Taylor.
There are forty plaintiffs. descendants 81
these different branches. and among them all
there Is only one who bears the family name Of
the Spanish Captain. In juno. 1871. the only
surviving heirs at that time Of Don Joseph Val
Hero sold and conveyed 90 John Wilson ono un-
ancestors. John Wilson was an entarprising
man, with many strong characteristics. Wilson
cmigra"d 10 Missouri before the State Cousti-
TUT IN was formed. Ih.re M.rs then no titles
ond + 4, I,in., n ia,-,.',r - a. 49,, - = ~.
legal investigation Of these grants ms tho only
1wruint, Snaptsb arn MN ~ ,r W.,
1875 whom Wilson was pnst so years ~ age he
r. Ii.r,, clni mants ii, made his Observation-Disclosures
at Fuypttc. Mo. and travelled about from county
~ .r",, H., az So, III III IL i ,,
az all tho Spanish officers. He know tho sigma
lure ~ Baron dc Carondelet rs well rs he did
wilson tells how the archives were removed
No., ,,,-si'nors of Stain Fr2nce SS;nI ,hn
TnIt~i Siui,s met 10 conpist. the transfer Of
Tb.S,',,,.sh Nt,i.t,r 'satl H. rs,,nris ~ ~,
print. .r 1t-l-'1,,,n ma Tl''rfi w.. t,,,'r
mingled IN ,hr same books and he was allowed
fnriln ,,r.,.,s H. .ar f,licv.i ilav mi 10
ar.niv"s w.r. moi rat1rrad Mr. Adams mt n
S CIV 81 ,5. r r 9 LII LII fGl1ifns the dsy ,
10 Florida with ste,inI instru'1 i0n. a. s.c,iTe
he archives. H. tnt the Governor General
under arrest Wi-tr snyS I'M The an. y,'s
werr takrn "a board n SCHOONER boz ITO night.
nnd cnrrtal a. Cubn Aunr a.. n J,.ksnn he.
came Pre.i.i.nt' he Tied T." r'."V.T Nh.
9oii,ri az In ,' 80 900 'tt, H.,
is3G "r ist7 Wv 20 IN Havana AMI rr.tyc he
archives and purchase the SURVEYORS records
that accompanied them The Commissioner
again in Havana. and in the mean time the
archives were. conccnled in an Oh tobacco
warehouse at the head of an arm 81 the bay. In
New Orleans Wilson aftrrward purchased for
$1,000 from a Mrs. pntardo. copies Of the
grants some In full and some in substance.
These formed evidence of the grants made.
Then ne found in the Secretary OF State $
ofAre the Governor-G Generals order book con
tanning the first official act OF the Nallere grant
In the handwriting 81 the Baron de- Carondeet
This with the archives he purchased from
OH cial acts. and be went to Havana with a let
Ter 81 introduction from Daniel Webster 10 try
was but on Tor a long time but iinally' he snys
the archive keeper took him secretly into the
Old tobacco wnrehouse In a gloomy inner
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