St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-11-19
JUDICIAL ADVEKTE&EME
DUREHC SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
No 423i
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 highest
bidder by the undersigned auctioneer, al the
last residence of the deceased i'll Vile Plate
prairie, parish of St. Landry, on TUESDAY.
November 22d, 1881, the following described
property belonging to the estate OF james
Jackson Hicks, deceased, tO-wit:
l. The plantation situated in Vile Plart4
Prairie, parish OF st. Landry, containing One
hundred arpents of prairie Land, together and
including all the buildings and Improvements
thereon, bounded north by public land, e;t~t by
land OF widow Pierre Vidrine, south by land
belonging to the Estate, and west by otherlana
of the Estate.
. one tract of prairie land lying south ant
joining the above described plantation. to-
"cthcr with the buildings and improvements
thereon. bounded north hy the aforesaid plan
taton, east by widow Pierre Vldiine. SOntll by
Mrs Annie Thompson. T. Darp and Hnno,,.
Miller, and west by William Tate, containing
about ninety-eight mpents, measuring seven
;rptntS by fourteen.
Sd A tract of prairie land lying west Of and
adjoining the plantation containing ahonT
tOrtE-scven 33I100 arpents bounded east "
the plantation, west by FRANCOIS Brig, north
by public land, and south by William Tate.
together with the buildings and Improvements
| thereon.
| 4tl The undivided half of d tract OF one.
| thousand and seVenty-tve acres and S0Elno OF
an acre of land, purchased by deceased jointly
| with 4. f. Arnold at tax collectors sale.
December 10Th, 1874, bounded nortn by Bayou
| Cane. east by land of Richard Swan. west by
| land of Peter Marcy. and south by unknown.
! situated at Point Don Manuel. parish OF st.
Landry. The other undivided half will ~,
| sold al the same time and place and on the
| same tcrlnS)
! 5. 4 certain tract OF woodland situated on
the confines of Vile Plate Prairie, parish OF ST.
| Landry. containing one hundred and seNclt
superficial arpents, more or less. bounded north
! by Joseph L. Fontenot, formerly and now
AZee Guillory, east by Charles Lehas Mrs
j. j. Hicks and others, south by HOnOrc Miller,
| and west by T. Vidrne, c. Teal and others.
| 6. A tract of land situated at Bayou Chicot.
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 8th 1873.
| 7th. sth, DC. Three yoke of work oxen. tif-
teen head of horned cattle, one sorrel horse.
mare. one dun mare, an old wagon; one lot
| composed of three harrows, one cultivator. one
bull-tongue and four old ploWs one saddle amt
bride. an old broken carriage; four OK chains.
four old yOkes and one yoke staple: one ol,t
spade and two shOvels, one oats cutter, one
old cOrn-sheller, one lot of about thirty head of
hogs. one grind-stOne, one pair old steeyardS
and two cane knives; one lot of plow harness
and single trees three seythes and cradles and
one ordinary plOw; one lot old carpenter =
tools. two iron wedges and one fro: seven
pairs hinges, one bedstead one table: one
desk one lot books, four pictures and one
demiioln: one lot of lint cotton baled, sss
pounds one lot of lint cotton baled, weighin 9
1895 pounds. picked with the Shells stained ,
one gold watch, one revolver, one trunk.
| TermS-CaSh.
GILBERT L. DUPRE,
Oct. 22d, 1SS1-5t Auctioneer.