St. Landry democrat., 1881-10-22
IUnuCUAL ADVERTISEHEN
DUBLlC SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
No. 1924.
TAUBLlC SALE.
ESTATE OF JAMES JACKSON HICKS.

By virtue of an order of the honorable Pro
bate Court, OF the parish OF St Landry, there
will be sold at public auction to the III SheSt
bidder by the undersigned auctioneer, al Tue
last residence OF the deceased i'll Nl,le Ilatc
prairie parish of st. Landry, on TUESDAY,
November ed, 1881, the following descrlbect
property belonging to the estate OF James
Jackson Hicks, deceased, to-wit:
l. The plantation situated in Vile Plate
Prairie, parish of st. Landry, containing one
hundred arpcnts of prairie land, together and
thereon, bounded north by public land, east BY
land OF widow Pierre Vidrine, south by Lana
belonging to the Estate and west by other lant
OF the Estate.
o One tract of prairie land lying south and
joining the above described plantation, tn-
gether with the buildings and improvements
thereon, bounded north by the aforesaid plan
tation, east by widow Pierre Nidrine, sonth By
Mrs. Annie Thompson, p. Daire and Honore
Miller and west by William Tate, containinG
about ninety eight arpents, measuring seven
Sd. A tract OF prairie land lying west of and
adjoining the plantation. containing about
forty-seven 33Il0O arpents, bounded east ny
the plantation, west by FRANCOIS Brgg north
by public land, and south by William Tate.
together with the buildings and Improvement,
thereon.
4th The undivided half of a tract of one
thousand and seventy-tive acres and s0l100 Of
an acre of land, purchased by deceased Jointly
with A. E. Arnold, at tax collectors sale.
December 10th, 1874, bounded north by Bayou
| Cane, east by land of Richard Swain. west by
land of Peter Marcy, and south by unknown.
situated at Point Don Manuel, parish of st.
Landry (The other undivided half will be
sold at the same time and place and OH the
same terms.)
5. certain tract of woodland situated on
the confines of Vile Plate Prairie, parish of ST.
Landry, containing one hundred and seven
superficial arpents, more or less, bounded north
by Joseph z. Fontenot, formerly and now
Azelie GuillOry, east by Charles Lebas. Mrs.
j. ]. Hicks and Others south by HOnOre Miller,
and west by r. Vidrine, C. Teal and Others
s. A tract of land situated at Bayou Chic OF,
measuring two hundred arpents bounded
north and east by public land, south by lands
OF A. LazarO, and west by the ChicOt swamp.
being the same purchased by deceased at tax
collectors sale, November 9Th, 1878.
nth, sth &c. Three yoke of work oxen, if
teen head OF horned cattle, one sOrrel horse.
one bay mare one bay mare and colt, one gray
mare, one dun mare, an old wagon; one lot
composed Of three harrows, one cultivator, one
bull-tonSue and four old plOws; one saddle ana
bride, an old broken carriage; four OK chains,
four old yOkes and one yoke staple; one old
spade and two shOvels, oats cutter, one
| old cOrn-sheller, one lot of about thirty head OF
hogs, one grind-stOne, one pair old steelyaIdS
and two cane knives; one lot of plow harness
and single trees three seythes and cradles and
tools, two iron wedges aud FRO seven
pairs hinges, one bedstead, one table: one
desk, one lot books, four pictures and one
demjOhn one lot of lint cotton baled. eSS
pounds one lot of lint cotton baled, weighin,
1895 pounds. picked with the shells, stained
one gold watch, one revolver, one trunk.
Terms-CaSh.
GILBERT L. DUPRE,
Oct. 22d, 18S1-5t AuctiOneer