The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-09
Sherif's Sale.
State of Louisiana Civil District Court for
the Parish of Orleans.
New Orleans Real Estate Mort
gage and Securities Co. NJ o. oee |
William II. Taylor

DY VIRTUE of and in obedience to IN order
1V of seizure and sale to me directed by the
above named court in the above entitled and
numbered suit, have seized and taken into
my possession. and will sell at public auction,
according to law, to the last ard highest
bidder, at the principal front door of the
courthouse of the parish of Ascension, in the
town of Donaldsonyille, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1907,
at IL O'Clock a. m, the following described
property, to wit:
Two plantations situated in the state of Lou.
isiana on the left descending side of the Mis-
sissippi river commonly known as the South.
wood plantation and the Riverside plantation,
the former as conveyed, situate. lying and
being in the parishes of 1berville and Ascen.
sion, and the other as Riverside plantation,
adjacent to and Immediately below the former,
situated in the parish of Ascension, each of
which plantations is more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
The Southwood plantation, consisting of the
following tracts of land, forming a solid tract
containing 1884 66-100 acres.
(Il & certain tract of land on the left bank of
the Mississippi river in the parish of Iberville,
bounded on the lower side by the line separat-
ing the said parish from the parish of Ascen-
sion, having front on said river of three and
one-h half arpents by depth of eighty arpents,
containing two hundred and eighty superficial
arpents, equal to two hundred and thirty-eight
acres, more or less, the first forty arpents in
depth of said tract being the lower part of sec.
"a, township 8, south range 1, east, and section
SO, tip 9, r 2 O. or the claim of Louis Parent,
and the second forty aTpents in depth being the
d z e.
pre- emption of Jules Druiflhet, certificate No.
1877 of date January 18th, 1885,
~ Another tract of land situated on the left
bank of the Mississippi river, adjoining i'm
mediately below the above described tract and
bounded above by said tract and by the line
separating the parishes of 1berville and As
cension, having front on the Mississippi river
of eleven and a half arpents by depth of
eighty arpents with side lines opening between
two and three degrees and extending back to
the Madam JUDGE tract composed of section
fVNO foTT fSnVrfrr Al
acres; section 40, tp 8, 2 Q, containing 1862
and 46-10n acres. and section 55, tip 9, sr2 e,
containing 424 and 8-100 acres, the whole con-
tanning S31 and 43-100 acres, more or less, and
known as the Maria Taylor tract, confirmed to
her by private act of congress of March 3, 1853,
as per patent of the United States of 22nd of
December. 1879.
81 Another tract of land on the left bank of
the Mississippi river, in the parish of Ascep-
sion, having a, front of about twenty seven
toises, more or less, on said river, with depth
ceding tract, and designated as section Al, in
tp9,sr2 e, containing twenty-five and 84-100
acres. mare or less, acquired from the United
States by location of school warrant of GER
tihcate No. 268 and patent of the state of
Louisiana No. 1865.
(D Another tract of land situated in the par
ish of Ascension on the left bank of the Mis-
sissippl river, having front on said river of
nine arpents and y toises, more or less, by
depth of forty arpents, bounded above by the
land lastly described designated as consisting
of sec. 4, tip 49,, 5 2 Q, containing 9 and 4-100
acres, and sec. AZ, tip g. r 2 g, containing three
hundred acres and both together containing
the claim OF Thomas and David Urquhart, GER
tificate,348 as per patent of the United States
of date n, August, 1880.
90 Another tract of land situated in the par
ish of Ascension on the left bank of the Mis-
sissippi river, bounded above by the tract
lastly described, having two arpents and ten
toises more or less, front on said stream, ex-
tending in depth forty arpents, designated as,
sec. 5, tp 10, S e, containing five and 7910G
acres, and sec. 43, tp 8, Re, containing u and
1900 acres, both containing together seventy
seven and 9S-100 acres, acquired from the United
States by location of school warrant or GER
tifcate No. 268, as per patent of the state of
Louisiana. No, 1885, and dated
(6) Another tract of land situated in the par
ish of Ascension on the left side of the Mis-
sissippi river, beginning forty arpents frovI
said river and extending in depth about forty
arpents to the Madam Judice tract adjacent to
and in the rear of the tracts. fourthly and
filthy described, designated as lot 2, of section
IL, containing seventy and 29-100 acres, and lot
5 of section 19, containing two hundred and
twenty-three and 57-100 acres, both together
containing two hundred and ninety three and
66-l00 acres, more or less as per patent of the
United States, No. 40. issued 18th of Septem-
Der, 1874, to John B. King, and Parent, on their
Joint presumption certificate No. ITO, of May 5th,
1881.
60 certain tract of land situated in the
parish of Ascension on the left bank of the
river, having front on said river
of three arpants, more or less, extending in
depth forty arpents, with side lines opening
about degrees, designated as Sec 6, tp 10, s
2 e, containing thirteen and 10-100 acres, and
sec. Al, tip 8, r g. containing one hundred and
ninety-two and 72-100 acres, both together con-
tanning two hundred and five and 82-100 acres,
and being the claim of Jacques Hebert, GER
tihcate 1873, as per patent of the United States
issued on the End day of May, 1881, bounded
above by the land filthy described, said tract |
being the lower part on the Mississippi river
of the Southwood plantation, as conveyed to |
A. L.. Ellis, by John Grossley & Sons, on the |
24th OF April, 1888, and the land secondly above
described being the upper limit of the Missis. |
sippi river of said plantation as so sold and |
81 certain tract of land situated in the !
parish of Ascension on the east side of the |
Mississippi river, being forty arpenss from said |
river and extending in depth about twenty-four |
arpents adjacent to and Immediately in the |
rear OF the tract lastly described, bounded |
a boVe by porti IN of the land sixthIy above |
described containing two hundred and 76-I0O |
acres, and designated as sec. 81, tip 8, 2 e, or
5he back presumption of Donat Hebert, cert.
icate No. AGO. as per patent of the United States
No. 4S0 issued to Donat Hebert on the 10th |
August, 1881.
80 certain tract of land situated in the |
parish of Ascension on the left side of the Mis-
iissippi river, beginning about sixty.four ar
DENTS from said river, and adjacent to and in
be rear OF the tract, lastly described, and
in depth about seventeen arpents
o the Madam Judice tract, designated as lot |
of sec. 10, TIP 8, g. and containing one
hundred and TWENTY-FIVE and 85-100 acres, as per
patent of tho United States No. 422 issued on
he 30th June. 1880, to ValeFy Dupuy and Mary
/. Hebet, and which tract of land is bounded |
lbove by part of the land sixtbly described.
tlUl certain tract of land situated in the
parish of Ascension on the east side of the
mississippi river, and about eighty arpents
rom said river. known as the Madam Jndice
ract, being sec. 20 in tip 9, r e, containing
TX hundred and seyenty-nine and 481O0 acres, as
,er patent of the United States, issued on the
tn day of June, 1880, to Madam Judice. which
ract of land is bounded below by part of the
n in
q part, by the tracts secondly and sixthly and
1nthly described. The whole of the foregoing
racts secondly, thirdly, fourthly. filthy,
lxthly, seyenthly, eighthly, ninthly, and
snthly described containing two thousand,
even hundred and forty-six and $500 acres
1ore or less, constituting the Southwood plan
atom, as acquired aforesaid by L. A. Ellis to
'hIch was afterwards added the tract firstly de-
cr1bed, known as the Island of Porche tract, in
reasing the quantity of land in said Southwood
lantatlon as now sold and conveyed to two
nonsand and nine hundred and eighty-four
1-l00 acres, more or less.
The Riverside or Mound plantation, consist
lg OF the following tracts of land all in the
arish of Ascension and in townships and 10
outh, range east, namely:
"a A certain tract of land on the left bank of
le Mississippi river having four arpents in
ont of said river, more or less, by a depth of
,rty arpents, being the upper part of Firnin {
upuy claim, bounded on the upper side by the |
rst forty arpents in depth of the Southwood {
Iantation as heretofore described and con- s
eyed, designated as section 4 township TO- /
luth range z east containing twenty and {
100 acres and section A. tip 8. 8 F2 e, contain
g one hundred and seventeen acres, and both
one hundred and thirty-seven and / {
-l00 acres. as per patent of the United States, t
sued 18th day of MAY. 1875, TO FiFInin Dummy I =
It bank of the Mississippi river, in the parish I
Ascension, having five arpents, more or less, c
ONT on SAID river, by depth OF forty agpsnts, t