The Rene Beauregard House - National Park Service

Whitney Granger

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The Rene Beauregard House

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Francis F. Wilshin, Park Historian

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

December 31, 1952

The Rene Beauregard House

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Branois F. Wilshin, Park Historian

Frederidssburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

December 31, 1982

History of the Rene Beauregard House

With Appendix

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LIBRARY

Index

Index - Main Report

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History of the Rene Beauregard House 1 - 21

The Ante Bellurn Years 22 - 28

War Comes Again t o the Parish 29 - 34

The Post war Years 35 - 49

Architectural Descriptions of the Rene ~eauregard House 50 - 55

The Legal Chain of Ownership and Property Description 56 - 67

Appendix

Correspondence on the Rene Beauregard House from the Fi les of M r . Richard Koch, Dis t r ic t Offi- cer, Historic American Building Survey i n Louisiana (1) - ( 9 )

Detailed Inspection of the House (10) - (n) Extracts from the Autobiography of James Gall ier (12) - (37)

Sta te of Louisiana Purchases Battleground from Pierre Bachelot February 19, 1855 (38) - (4.1)

Specifications for Chalmette Monument (42) - (49)

Letter of Franklin Marion Gentry t o Francis F. Wilshin Relative t o Charles Mynn Thruston and William Henry Dangerfield - Plantation Owners of the Bat t le f ie ld Area (so> - (56)

Index - oontinued -

Letter from h r l L. Trever, Chief, Interior Beciords Beation, Nabional Arohives t c Super intmndent Rusrnsell A Gibbe, Chal- mette National Historioal Park, Fiegarding Chalmette Monunvant ( m n ( W )

Genealogy of the ae Line ue C h a b t t e ~ a i l y i s g j - i ~ e j

A Briefed Abstract of Tit le on the Pr erty of New Orleans Terminal Company &or Portion of the Battlefield Area propertg. (63)-&59)

Introduction

In 1938-1939 the writer, while stationed a t Vicksburg

National Mili tary Park, Vicksburg, 'hEssissippi, spent approximately

a year i n research on the Bat t le of New Orleans preparatory t o the

development of Chalmette National His tor ica l Park, Louisiana.

On the bas i s of t h i s experience Superintendent Russell Gibbs

requested through t h e Region One of f ice t h a t t he wri ter be detai led

on a special assignment t o Chalmette on a reimbursement basis f o r the

period January 13 - February 22, 1951 fo r the purpose of:

1. Evaluating and recommending revisions of the present marker system of the park.

2. Conducting research on the Rene Beauregard House f o r information which m u l d a s s i s t i n a re- hab i l i t a t i on of the building f o r rnuseum and administrative use.

3 . Gathering such information a s might prove helpful i n t h e w r i t i n g of a @-page handbook f o r the area.

It was appreciated by Superintendent Gibbs and Regional

Historian Appleman t h a t any one of these th ree subjects might e a s i l y

employ the f u l l time of the writer. I n view of this it w a s suggested

t h a t the chief e f f o r t s o f t h e h i s tor ian be directed t o the f i r s t two.

It was generally understood tha t t he work schedule should be

so arranged a s t o permit the f i n a l preparation of the report pr ior t o

the conclusion of the assignment. However t h i s proved impossible due

t o the absence of any t y p i s t assistance at the park and t o unavoidable

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delays encountered i n completing special phases of the research such

1. The microfilming of t h e s ignif icant portion of the autobiography of James Gall ier by the Howard-Tilton Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Ia.

2. The photostating of certain documents by the National Archives, New Orleans, La.

3 . The photostating of other documents by the Nati-om1 Archives, Washington, D. C. (received May 4).

4. The search of the Beauregard Papers conducted by the s ta f f of D r . V. L. Bedsole, Head Department-of Archives, Loufsiana Sta te University, Baton Rouge, La. (Completed Aprfl 10.)

5 . The examination of the Lossing Papers in the Benson Collection of the Detroi t Public Library, Detroit , Mieh.

6 . The securing of posit ive copies of microfilm of abstracts of t i t l e of property i n and adjacent t o the park prepared by the Southern Railroad Company.

p h i s was done by Hall i n Richmond, Vir through the cooperation of Region One. f"'

The progress of the research was materially assis ted by the

generous cooperation of old friends and new acquaintances, notable among

whom may be l i s t e d the following:

M r . Edward Alexander Parsons

Prominent attorney of New Orleans, M r . Parsons owns what i s reputed t o be one of the four largest private l i b r a r i e s i n the United States - 45,000 volumes, many of which are f i r s t editions, and 8,000 manu- scr ipts . H i s collection of documents re la t ive t o the purchase of Louisiana, the Bat t le of New Orleans, and other phases of ear ly Louisiana his tory i s invaluable.

He has been unfailing in the encouragement and generous support he has given the writer both i n early and late research on the area, It was a t h i s invitation l a s t year that the writer addressed the Chalmette National Historical Park Association in New Orleans. It was a t his invitation t h i s year that the writer addressed the Louisiana Histori- ca l society on ItThe Battle of New Orleans in the Light of Newly Discovered Evidence,f1 (See Appendix - Public Relat&ons. )

It was through the cooperation of Mr. Parsons that the writer secured a photostatic copy of a l e t t e r of Jackson t o Morgan written on the f i e l d of battle, dated January 8, 1815, (See Appendix - Miscellaneous, )

James J. A. Fortier -

M r . Fortier as Assistant Archivist of the Louisiana State Historical Library has offered generous cooperation and valuable assistance in research. Mr. Fortier is a member of a distinguished Louisiana family w i t h a wide circle of acquaintances who were in a position t o further the research,

It was through M r . Fortier's invitation tha t the writer was guest speaker before the Academy of American History, an up and coming historical society. (See Appendix - Public Relations. )

M r . Sam Wilson

Mr. Wilson is now associated with the architectural firm of Richard K o c ~ , Mr. Wilson is generally recog- nized as probably the foremost h is tor ical architect in New Orleans, Since 1934 he has shown increasing interest i n studying and preserving important historical landmarks i n and about New Orleans, He is now serving as President of the Louisiana Landmarks Society, an active organization i n the preservatAon field.

I n 1935 M r . Wilson assisted i n the preparation of the

HABS drawings of the Rene Beauregard House and has conducted further research on the house since that time. His generous cooperation proved of invaluable assistance t o the writer. He very singly made available t o the writer such information as he had on f i l e relat ive t o the house.

M r . Wilson has conducted an intensive study of the De La Ronde House which he plans t o make available to the National Park Service. He was the f i r s t t o identify a contemporary photograph of the house, a copy of which i s attached t o this report.

M r . Wilson has recently edited Latirobe's Diaries and submitted it for publication, probably in the f a l l under the t i t l e "Impressions Respecting New Orleansf'. Latrobe vis i ted the batt lefield of New Orleans in 1820 and made a number of sketches of historical in teres t including the work on the bas- tion on the r ight of Jackson's l ine near the river. (See Gallier m i b i t i o n Catalogue 1950 compiled by M r . Wilson - Part III, Beauregard House - Photographs and Documents. )

Dr. V. I,. Bedsole

While on a t r i p t o Baton Rouge the writer had the pleasure of meeting Dr. V, L, Bedsole, Head Depar t ment of Archives, Louisiana S t a t e University, Time did not permit the examination of The Pierre G. T. Beaure ard and Fani l Papers by the writer. Eow= +Bxe o d r g generously pffered the services of his s taff t o examine them f o r us. On April 10, it was learned that the examination had been completed without fruitful results.

Dr. Garland Taylor

Dr. Taylor is Director of Libraries of Tulane Univer- sity. It was through his courtesy that the writer was permitted t o examine the two separate collections of manuscripts of the Gallier Collection. He also supervised fo r the writer the microfilming of the desired portion of Gal l ier rs Autobiography. He also

arranged f o r the photographing of Laclotte 's sketch of the b a t t l e of New Orleans.

Miss Renshaw

The writer f i r s t had the pleasure of meeting Miss Renshaw when i n 1938 he f i r s t began h i s researches on the Bat t le of New Orleans. A t t h a t time she was Assistant Librarian i n the Howard Memorial Library. Since then the Howard and Tilton Libraries have combined and she i s serving a s a s s i s t an t t o D r . Taylor. Her thorough knowledge of the l ibrary almost removes the necessity of a card catalogue.

Mr . Claude C. De Bruyes

M r . De Bruyes, of distinguished Louisiana ancestry on one s ide of h is house, i s a descendant of the p i r a t e Beluche on the other. For years he was employed as a photographer f o r the Cabildo Museum.

It was through his cooperation tha t t h e writer secured the recent photographs of the ex ter ior and in t e r io r of t h e Beauregard -House.

M r . Dan Leyrer

It w a s through the cooperation of M r . Dan Leyer tha t a number of the best photographs of the Beauregard House was obtained. He also furnished us with a copy of the De La Ronde Mouse, the McCarthy House, and the blown up section of the Zimpells map.

D r . George Raffalovich

D r . Raffalovich well deserves t h e term "gentleman scholar. Formerly a Professor of Dartmouth University, he served f o r a number of years a f t e r lVorldVJar I as foreign correspondent i n I ta ly . Later he returned t o t h i s country, taught a while i n Georgia and then set- t l e d i n New Orleans. While i n Georgia he met Margaret Mitchell and did f ree lanck research f o r her.

With h is ready command of French D r . Raffalovich was

ever wil l ing t o a s s i s t the writer in the trans- l a t ion of any s ignif icant or d i f f i c u l t document i n French, whether it was a t St . Bernard Court House, the National Archives, or a t Baton Rouge.

H e i s now a frequent contributor t o t h e French Quarter News and i s conducting act ive research i n New Orleans genealogy. The Service could profit- ably keep i n touch with him.

Mr . Edwin Roy

Mr. - Roy is the edi tor of "The Bernard VoiceH - a loca l paper of St . Bernard Parish that has been i n continuous publication since 1890. M r . Roy very kindly permitted the writer t o examine the old issues of the paper fo r such l i g h t as they might throw on the h is tory of the area. A number of in te res t ing items were found which are attached i n the appendix. Of particular in t e re s t was the account of the burning of the McCarty House in the issue of February 29, 1896. A t that t h e the house was m e d by Henry Beauregard, brother of Rene.

M r . Roy's grandfather established a brickyard about 1835 which continued i n operation u n t i l the 18901s when it was purchased t o permit the establishment of the present Sugar Refinery. (see St . Bernard Parish Louisiana brochure of early 1900, g i f t of Mr. Roy -- Part 111.)

Mr. William Ricciut i

M r . Ricciuti , a l so a prominent archi tect i n New Orleans, i s anther-of an interest ing book on his tor i - c a l architecture of the ci ty , en t i t led New Orleans and i t s Environs. -- I n h i s book &k. Ricciut i credi ts Gallier, Sr. with having bu i l t the Beauregard House, but was able t o offer l i t t l e or no documentary evidence t o prove it. Unfortunately he.was ill with the f l u at the time arranged f o r a second interview.

M r . Sideny I,. Villere

Mr . Villere i s -the great, great grandson of Governor Jacques Villere. He has made a considerable study of the histories of both the Beauregard and the Villere f e i e s .

He kindly offered t o make transcripts of the genealogy of these two families fo r the writer, but apparently the pressure of work has not yet permitted him to do so.

M r . Harnett Kane

?&. Kane is a popular author of a number of best se l lers including Louisiana Hayride, Natchez on the Mississippi and Plantation Parade. Last F a r the - - writer had the pleasure of meeting Mr . Kane when he spoke before the Chalmette Historical Park As- sociation, While in New Orleans on h i s recent assignment the writer again saw M r . Kane a t the Howard - Tilton Library, It was a t that time that M r , Kane stated t ha t he had i n h i s possession a 3O-page manuscript of the history of the Beauregard family from one of the descendants of Rene Beauregard, He seemed quite willing t o make this material avail- awe t o the writer providing he could readily locate it in his effects, So f a r the paper has not been received .

N r s . Edwin X. DeVerges

Mrs. DeVerges is another active family genealogist who has both enthusiasm and talent. She is a direct descendant of Chalmet and i s also related t o the De La Ronde'family, She has real ly a ranarkable collection of manuscripts on early Louisiana history These should be c a r e f a y examined by a representa- t ive of the National Park Service. A number of the manuscripts would make good museum exhibits, Once the museum of the park is established it i s believed she would make a number of valuable donations.

Through the courtesy of Mrs. DeVerges the writer obtained a copy of the ChaLnette genealogy which i s found in the Appendix of this report.

D r . V. L. Bedsole

D r . Bedsole, Head Department of Archives of Louisiana S ta t e University kindly volunteered t o have his s t a f f examine :

WThe PIERRE G. T, BEAUREGARD AND FAMILY PAPERS, (1850-1880) - 1912, 671 i t e m and 106 voluines, includes a s tory en t i t l ed 'Magnolia' by Rene Toutant Beauregasd describing the plantation of tha t name and changes there a f t e r the, War between the States, which D r . T. Harry W i l l i a m s has examined for his study on Beauregard, and other papers of Rene Beauregard consisting of congratu- l a to ry messages on h i a election as QuQe i n 18883 messages of oondolence on the death of his father, 1893, correspondence and documents r e l a t ive t o the s u i t of the Federal government against the

' Cenas heirs, 2. 1893; l e t t e r s writ ten by Rene from San Diege, California, i n 1899, and his bank books and cancelled checks, 1909-1910. Corres- pondence with P. G. T. Beauregard is included i n the CHARLES E. A. GA!fARIE COILECTION, 1720-(184% 1857) - REYNES AND FAMILY PAPWS, 174.4-(1862-1869)- 1929, 624 i t e m s and 36 volumes, a re family l e t t e r s of tha t New Orleans family and the Maoureau family who were associated with the Beauregards, The J. FAIR HARDIN COLLECTION, 1718-1939, 2,244 items, 19361936, pertaining t o h is tor ic s i t e s i n Louisiana.*

M r . F. H. ~hdmpson

Through the courtesy of M r , Thompson, Superinten- dent, Real Es ta te and Conveyance Southern Railway Building, arrangement was made for the loan of the i r abs t rac ts of t i t l e ,

In addition t o furnishing pertinent detai ls of construction

which would prove useful in a rehabi l i ta t ion of the Beauregard House,

it had been hoped tha t the investigation would defini te ly establish

the date of construction, t he archi tect and the builder.

It was fur ther hoped tha t information might be found which

would help in reconstructing something of the grounds picture.

On the face of it, such an assignment would not seem par-

t i cu la r ly d i f f i cu l t . However, investigation revealed that there were

a number of fac tors involved tha t made it d i f f i c u l t i n the extreme.

I n the f i r s t place, a l l but a small portion of the S t . Bernard Court

House records were burned i n a f i r e tha t destroyed the Court House

building about 1885. Thus the most l i k e l y source of information was

t o a large extent removed i n the beginning. The other chief source

was themtak,iaf Archives located i n the New Orleans Court House.

Here again theea rche r encountered frequent frustrations, f o r unless

one knew the notary and the date he was a t a loss t o know vhich volume

t o examine f o r any transaction. Frequently there were as many as 80

notapies i n a year and each notary's papers would be f i l e d i n approxi-

mately four volumes fo r a given year. Though the volumes have been

indexed, there i s no general index t o serve as a guide.

It was through the newspaper f i l e s under ItAuction Sale"

notices tha t some of the most detailed information w a s obtained -

concerning the house. Xere again, however, there was no index and fre-

quently the f i l e was imcomplete.

Research under such conditions was tremendously time-con-

sming and quite often disappointing. Realizing this, the writer,

w i t h but few exceptions, worked a t night and through his l i e u days in

an e f fo r t t o cover as much ground as possible. Unfortunately, research

of$times has no reward other than t o eliminate another possible source

of infomation.

I n summary, among other t h h g s , the search resulted in:

1, The establishnent of a l ega l chain of ownership of the Beauregard House property from William B r m in 1808 t o i t s requisit ion by the National Park Service in 1949. Also abstracts of t i t l e f o r the immediate surrounding properties from 1832 t o their purchase by the New Orleans Terminal Railroad i n 1904.

2, The discovery of fiwo s igni f icant descriptions of the property in contemporary newspaper

ffAuction Sale!' Notices: - (a) Newspaper auction s a l e notice

"Thursday June 28 a t 1 2 olclockft Attached t o the Notorial A c t 5 J u i l l e t - 1866 Vonte de proprik&

Par ~adme Caroline Fabre VY M - B . ~ Cantrelle

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M r . J . f . Fernandez .Lineros

4. A,m@ee Ducatel, N; P

(b) Dail Pica e Jan-June 1880 -880 nPositi.ve ~&.e of Bursno Retison (Both of these n o s c e s provide valuable detail on home and gro=lds)

3, The discovery of a number of valuable photographs of the house, the e a r l i e s t of which amears in New Orleans s t a t e s 1928 in an a r t i c l e b;. John ~ . T l e m a n , en t i t led Yi?ive O l d New Orleans Mansions, S ta te ly Bueno Retiro Now i n a S t a t e of Decay."

('This is a very s ignif icant photograph s h d g -the house before the addition of the e a s t wing. It a lso shows interest ing planting about t h e grounds of the building,)

Two excellent photographs were discovered shawing the house i n the 1920's before the ravages of decay had s e t in. These photographs, which were taken by the

well-known photographer, Dan Leper, show both wings of the house, the porch railing, trim and shutter detai l , and in some instances trees on the front lawn that are now gone.

Discovery of photographs that show fireplace and mantel de ta i l (The - Progress July 28, 1939, and Historic American Building Survey f i l e Library of Congress, )

A photograph that shms the interior of the back gallerg ( H A S , L.c.)

4, The taking of photographs of the exterior and interior of the house showing its condition February 1951. (Here i s revealed the fu l l extent of the vandalism of the last few years)

5. Detailed architectural description of the house by Ur. Samuel Wilson and other competent architects.

(Mr. OJilsonts valuable comment was received Jan. 2, 1952.)

6 , Preparation of a history of the house which is developed under the following headings:

(a) The Legend of Gallier, the Marguis de Trava and 1840

(b) The Antebellum Years (c ) War Comes again to the Parish (d) Post War Years (e) Architectural Descriptions of the House ( f) The Legal Chain of Qwnership and

Property Description (This study establishes the error in a l l published accounts which s ta te that the house was built in 1840 by James Gallier, Sr, f o r the Uarquis de Trava)

7. Discovery of Tolodan&s sketch of the Beauregard property.

8. Location of valuable collections of the Beauregard Papers i n the archives of Louisiana State University,

9 . Location of a blown-up section of Z i m p e l c s Map of New Orleans copyrighted in 1833. T h i s map shows a house on l o t No. TWO under the name of Baron. - -

10. Discovery of a map ent i t led "Department of the Gulf Map No. 5 Approaches To New Orleans. Prepared by order of Ma3. Gen. hT. P. Banks, Henry L. Abbot, Capt. and Chief Top. Engrs. Feb, U ... 1863..."

his map shows the location of the Cantrelle property with outbuilding i n 1863. )

ll. Discovery of a contemperary sketcih of the De La Ronde plantation, together with a number a f manuscripts establishing claims f o r war damage, These papers include testimonials from Andrew Jackson, some of his generals and other oontem- poraries .

12. Seleotion of extracts from the Autobiography of Jams Gallier, Sr.

13. Looation of valuable information of a miscellaneous charauter r e l a t ive t o the history of the park,

(submitted i n ~ppendix) . The report on the assignment i s being submitted i n three

separate partst

Par% I -Evaluation of the Marker Program of Chalmette National Histor ical Park with Reeommendakions fo r Revision.

(submitted April 26, 1951).

Part I1 - History of the Rene Beauregard House Appendix

Par t I11 - Rene Beauregard House Photographs and Docruments

PART I1



Less than a hundred yards from Jackson's ba t t l e l i n e a t

New Orleans, graced by a grove of picturesque oaks festooned with

hanging moss, stands the crumbling ruins of a once proud v i l l a ,

generally known along the Mississippi plantation coast as the Rene

Beauregard House, or Bueno Retiro. Encroachments of time and the

r i v e r have wrought many changes during the past 35 years of i t s

empty, ghost-like existence -- changes both i n structure and i n

set t ing. Structural changes of natural decay during the past decade

have been great ly abetted by wanton vandalism tha t has l e f t the build-

ing a l l but a shambles. b e e Part I11 - recent photographs pp.DSLXd~ - - .7 Relentless too has been the erosive action of the r iver which has re-

sul ted i n a continued foreshortening of i t s once lovely lawn.

Cloaked in a v e i l of misconception and misinformation, the

house has seldom i f ever been presented i n i t s true perspective. The

date of i t s construction, the builder, the architect, the chain of

l ega l ownership, and pertinent information relat ive t o the character

of the propertybve remained much of a mystery.

Apparently with the exception of the preliminary investi-

gation of Historian Dawson Phelps i n h i s report of November 18, 1948,

and of the more eaens ive researches of M r . Sam Wilson, Architect of

New Orleans, both of which are i n manuscript form, information about

the house has followed with monotonous consistency fabrications s e t

for th i n a number of newspaper a r t i c l e s by John Coleman published i n

the 1920's and 1930's. Recent authors have been content t o accept

these fabrications without question u n t i l repeated suff ic ient ly

often they have become accepted a s truth.

To mystery and romance Coleman added glamor - the magic

name of Gal l ier and a Spanish t i t l e , the Marquis de Trava. The date

of construction he gave as 184.0. The origin of t h i s legend, f o r

such it has become, i s a particularly fascinat ing one. Coleman was

no doubt quite sincere in h is description of the house and i t s or igin,

but on what chain of circumstance, association, and misinterpretation

did he base h i s story, Frequently legend has some bas is of f a c t i n

part , though the whole may represent a strange d is tor t ion of t ru th .

The Legend of t b . , Gall ier , the Marquis de T=a- and 1840 I \ . u

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Something of the manner i n which an embryo legend develops

may be seen from a reading of Gal l ie r l s Autobiography, an examination

of the Gall ier Manuscript Collection ( ~ u l a n e University , New Orleans,

~a.), and an investigation of court; records - Notarial Acts of the

period.

In view of the repeated statements by Coleman and various

authors, including t h e Architect Ricciuti, tha t Gallier, Sr., was

the architect f o r the Beauregard House, an examination was made of

the Gall ier Manuscript Collection a t Tulane University i n an ef for t

t o establish what, i f any, connection Gallier, Sr., had with the

house.

There a re a t present two separate collections of Gal l ier

manuscripts a t Tulane -- one i n the custody of Professor B. L.

Pickens of the School of Architecture, and the other i n the custody

of D r . Garland Taylor, Director of Libraries. Every courtesy was

offered i n making these collections available t o the writer.

The f i r s t of these collections was secured by donation

from Mr. Sylvester W. Labrot i n December 1948. There a re approxi-

mately 500 items i n t h i s collection, an examination of which re-

vealed nothing tha t would establ ish Gall ier ' s connection wi th t he

house; nor did the examination of the other collection of some 100

items prove more f ru i t fu l .

An excellent presentation of 94 of the most important of

the Gallier manuscripts i s t o be found i n the centennial exhibition

catalogue prepared by M r . Sam Vfilson, en t i t l ed "James Gallier,

Arcl-dtect, An Exhibition of H i s Work, ]presented i n commemoration of

the Centennial of the City Hall by the Louisiana Landmarks Society

and the City of New Orleans a t the City H a l l Lafayette Square New

Orleans, November 10-19, 1950.n A copy of t h i s catalogue, through

the courtesy of Mr. Wilson, accompanies t h i s report. B e e Part 111,

This i s an invaluable guide i n t h a t it of fers an authentic

representation of Gal l ie r ' s work which i s so frequently misrepresented

i n various publications.

1n the smaller collection of the Gall ier manuscripts there

was found an interest ing item ent i t led, "Sketch f o r a Hotel a t Havanna

1840.t' On pages 37-38 of Gal l ie r l s Autobiography there appears a

somewhat detai led account of t h i s venture which serves t o def in i te ly

establ ish the association of Ga lUer t s name with Spanish nobility:

...'@A gentleman cal l ing on me i n 1842 s ta ted tha t while a t Havanna, whence he had jus t returned, an agent of Count O'Reilly had requested of him that , on h i s return t o New Orleans, he wauld obtain from the archi tec t of the Saint Charles Hotel a plan f o r a new hotel, which Count O'Reilly intended t o have b u i l t a t Havanna. I replied t h a t without a plan of the ground and the adjoining property I could do nothing. He advised m e t o go myself t o H a v m and see the count, who would give me a l l t he information I might require. I asked whether he considered it worth the trouble t o enter upon a business of t h i s kind without having some certainty of compensation f o r my time and expenses. He replled tha t Count O'Reilly being one of the r ichest noblemen of Cuba, he might of course be rel ied on f o r faiir dealing i n anything he should undertake. I therefore decided upon going t o Havana, and when introduced t o Count OtReilly, he received me pol i te ly, s ta ted h i s intention t o build a large hotel , and directed h i s agent t o procure a l l the information I might desire. Having obtained t h i s I returned t o New Orleans, made out a f u l l s e t

of plans, and specifications i n English and i n Spanish, and an e s t h t e of the whole cost. Having prepared everything, I s e t off again fo r Havana, where, on my a r r iva l , the agent informed me tha t Count O'Reilly w a s a t h i s planta- t i on i n the country, but would return t o town in a few days. It was then the month of May, the rainy season had s e t i n , and I remained a t Havana f o r three weeks i n the d a i l y ex- pectation of seeing the count return, but s t i l l he d id not appear. The agent then said tha t the roads had become SO-h- passable, he could not say when the count could reach the city. He therefore advised me not t o remain any longer a t tha t time, but t o leave the plans with him, and he would present them t o the count on h i s return. I did not l i k e the idea of leaving the plans i n h i s possession; so I placed them 5.n the custody of Messrs. Drake and Co. with instructions t h a t one thousand dol lars should be placed i n the i r hands f o r me before possession of the plans should be given t o the count, for by t h a t time I had heard many unfavorable reports of the count and of h i s agent i n matters of business.

* I returned t o New Orleans, and in a short time wrote t o the count respecting the hotel, but he never replied t o me. Drake and Co. informed me tha t on the return of the count they t o l d him they had possession of the plans, and of my instructions a s t o t h e i r delivery; t h a t the count t o l d them he had changed h i s intention of building an hotel, and should therefore not require the plans a t all. After some months had elapsed they sent me back my plans, and I never received any compensation f o r m y labours, loss of time, the expenses of the two voyages t o Havana and back, besides time l o s t i n wait- i ng there f o r several weeks. I had a t one time intended t o sue the count f o r compensation of my claims) but was dissuaded from tha t course by persons who knew how hopeless a thing it was fo r a stranger t o get any compensation through the medium of the law, o r the lawyers a t Havana, against a wealthy native with unlimited means of defence."

Thus, Ga l l i e r t s name i s linked with Spanish nobi l i ty a t a

s ignif icant date - 1840. The association, however, was cer tainly not a

happy one. 6 a l l i e r ' s Sketch Plan shows the date as 1840, while his

Autobiography shows it a s 184.2.7 It w i l l be recalled t h a t 1840 i s

generally credited i n published accounts a s the year the Beauregard :/'

House was bui l t .

While investigating the Notarial Acts i n the progress of

preparing an Abstract of Ti t le , a chance discovery revealed tha t

Jose Antonio Fernandez, who purchased the Beauregard House i n 1866,

made a deposit of reg is t ry November 20, 18'75 of a sum of $5,000

which represented a donation t o Mrs. Carmen Lesseps, h i s wife, by

Juan Fernandez y Lineros i n gra tefu l appreciation of courtesies ex-

tended him on a v i s i t t o New Orleans i n 1866. 6. Le Gardeur, Jr.

July-Dec. 1875-1876 No. 76217

This document has a number of s ignif icant poss ib i l i t ies , -1

f o r it establishes the f ac t t ha t Jose Antonio Fernandez had a .brother ,

i n Havana, Cuba, born i n Malaya, residing i n the capital , called c

OIReilly. Does t h i s offer an important clue a s t o the iden t i ty of

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the Marquis de Trava? - For sometime Dr . George Raffalovich, genealogist and f r e e

lance reporter of New Orleans, has been conducting research i n an

e f f o r t t o establish the iden t i ty of the Marquis de Trava. From an

examination of the New Orleans City Directories from 1886 t o 1921

he has found repeated association of the name de Trava with that of

Fernandez. Some of the Directory findings include:

1887, Jo se A . Fernandez de Trava , pro E. Tulane Uv. 175 Ursulines

1889, Joseph A. Fernandez de Trava, ed i tor El Moro de Pas., res.

1892, Joseph Fernandez de Trava, professor of languages, Francis chemist; both same address

1902, Joseph A. Fernandez de Trava, foreign corresp., 110 Tchoupitoulas res . 1209 Ursulines

D r . Raf falovich notes: "Apparently he D o s e Antonio Fernended

died in 1906, a s I found i n 1907: Carmen, widow Joseph A. Fernandez

de Trava ( i t ' s under the ID' now) res. 1505 N; P r i e ~ r . ~ ~

In 1908 the Directory shows a Bdrs. Joseph A. Fernandez res

1570 N. Miro; i n 1916, Mrs. J. A. De Trava Fernandez 1570 N. Miro.

The l a s t entry of Mro.Joseph A. Fernandez was in 1921.

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Could it be tha t Jose Antonio Fernandez never used the t i t l e

Marquis de Trava because it was the r igh t fu l t i t l e of h i s brother,

Juan Fernandez y Lineros of OIReilly, Havana, Cuba? Is there any con-

nection between the Marquis de Trava and Count OIReilly? Was it a

home tha t Gallier, Sr., w2.s st~pposed t o have bu i l t f o r t'ne Marquis de

Trava, o r a hotel? From such woofs the fabr ic of legend i s often spun.

It i s thus evident tha t Gallier, Sr., did not build the

Beauregard House i n 1840 f o r the Marquis de Trava. Did he build it f o r

anyone else? I f so, when? Is it possible t o completely disassociate %-

Gallier, Sr., from any connection with the house? Could Gallier, Jr.,

have been the archi tect , thus accounting f o r the persis tent association

of the Gallier name with the house? VJhen and by whom was the Beauregard

House bu i l t ?

The search f o r the answers to these questions l ed through

many blind alleys, dead-end s t ree ts , and devious by-paths. There i s

of a cer tainty no royal highway t o investigation. Frequently the l e s s

obvious angles of approach proved the most successful. Some of the

main paths tha t the investigation followed led t o an examination of

Census Records, Notarial Acts, Succession Records, Mortgage Records,

Contemporary Newspaper Files, Contemporary Map Files, Records of the

Recorder of Births and Deaths, Marriage Records, Church Records,

Directories, General Land Office Records, Tax Assessments, Claims - Peti t ions f o r Property Damage of War, Published Sources --, Guides

t o New Orleans, and Photograph and Sketch Files. To these avenues of

approach were added interviews with descendants of contemporary families

and an examination of a l l available collections of family papers.

A s the investigation proceeded the story gradually began t o

evolve. Having previously established the ownership of the property

i n the ba t t l e f i e ld area froin the Abstracts of Ti t le , it was thought

the Census Records might a s s i s t i n determining what year the property

f i r s t served as a dwelling. Vith t h i s purpose i n mind, an examina-

t i on was made of the census for the years 1820, 1830, and 1840 f o r

the names of persons living i n the general and immediate locale of

the Beauregard property:

Census of 1820

Parish of St. Bernard

Heads of Families

Ducros Philipon Guichard Paul Lanurve (?) R Ducros Jumonville Vll lere Lacoste Lar onde Bienvenu Pierre St. Amant Proraux Montgomery Lamrguille Veuvel (?) Deslandes Bienvenu f i l s Veuve Rous seau

Grand t o t a l Free white Males & Females 667

Grand amount of a l l Population 2,635

Census of 1830

Parish of St. Bernard

L. G. Hilisberg B. Trime Darcant e l Juan Chroughilla Urbin Picou James Currel Murphy Louis Bruguiere P & B. Languille J. J. Roman W i l l i a m ~ontgome ry Prevost Joseph St. Amand Antoine Bienvenu D. Delaronde

Louis Jachim Dominguez Pierre Lacoste Villere Jeronimo (?) Salpy Simon Pueullu (?) R & P A. Ducros Celestin Chiapella Magloire Guichard Philipson Junior Beauregard

3Yhite Males 4.48 White Females 332 Free colored persons 57

Census of 1840

Daroant e l Frederick Roy Alex chivalam (?)

L. ~an&a, Lombard

E. hrevost $ 0 Villavasss

* Widow Bgsn

M. Villavasso A. Passlet (?)

St. Amand Collado Dadhenet

L. M, Bienvenu F. H. Bianvsnu L. Catoche (1) Jean Menard Paul Triunph Miohel FreyBicker (1) '3

It rill be n&ed that neither the census of 1820 nor 1830 hk:~ . b.w shews the property as being inhabited, However, the 1840 census shows

it a s being occupied by the Widow Baron. Who was the Widow Baron?

She was the former wife of Alexander Baron, an attorney of New Orleans.

Before her marriage she was Maris Anttte Nalus, daughter of Guillaume

lidalus and Marie Magdeleins Parnetier Malus. Guillaume Malus, one of

the best known of the New Orleans i ron workers, had died i n 1822.

On February 28, 1832 Baran was granted f u l l power of attorney

by his mother-in-law. PQUQC~ Bk. 42, No. 133.J BL few weeks la ter !, f Louis and Hilaire St. hand, f ree men of color, offered f o r sale a t tk Ap' 4 ,p H- public auction 5 l o t s of the former es ta te of Ignace Demo Chalmet, ;,Wris

They had acquired this property i n 1817 f r o m Pierre Denis De La Ronde,

who i n turn had obtained it as the resu l t of a suit against the Widow

Chalmet .

The Louisiana Courier of March 7, 1832 carr ied a notice of - -

this sale. The notice, which was discovered by M r . Sam qilson, appears

a s follows:

Louisiana Courier - ?iIarch 7, 1832

Sales a t Auction by J. Le Carpentier & Com~any

On Friday the 23 d ins t . a t 12 o'clock a t Hewlett's Coffee House, w i l l be sold,- 10 arpens of the Plantation of Messrs. Helaire and Le St . Amand f ive miles below New Orleans, and known by the name of Battle Ground. Of these ten arpens six are situated a t the upper l i m i t of t he plantation on the s ide of the city- The two f i r s t arpens contiguous t o the boundry of M r . Edward Prevost's property, reach only 15 arpens more or l e s s i n the depth; and the four other arpens go t o 80 arpens i n depth. The 4 arpens a t the lower l lmit a re contiguous t o the plantation of Antoine Sienvenu. They are i n t i t l e d t o the double concession of 80 arpens, and conformably t o the a c t of sale of I,@. Denis de la Ronaie, reach a s f a r a s Lake Borgne. The se l l e r s do not warrant t h i s prolonga- t ion. On the 6 arpens of the upper part i s found the l i n e of defence of the American Army i n 1815, and on the 4 arpens of the lower part a re the four majestic Oaks, where a l l those who come t o v i s i t the f i e l d of b a t t l e generally end t h e i r walk. The proximity of the c i ty , and the improvements of the lower pa r t i n commerce and industry, a re a sure warrant to cap i t a l i s t s and speculators t h a t they will place t h e i r funds advantageously.-Those l o t s would suit f o r brickyards, saw-mills, and gardens.

~erms-1/3 at six months, 1/3 a t twelve and 1/3 a t t w n t y four months, i n approved endorsed paper, with mortgage till paid. The cost of survey and of sa l e s t o be paid by the purchasers. The plan w i l l be deposited a t the Exchange a few days before t h e sale.

march 7.

- . - &-@ rough sketches, prepared by M r . Sam \Vilson and

traced by the writer, serve t o give some idea of the changing property

l ines i n the Beauregard property area from 1813 - 1832. See P u t 111

P. VJ

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On April 10, 1832 Baron purchased l o t No. 2, D a r l i l e Pollock

Bk. 42, f . 205. See plan by Allou DtHemcourt of March 15 showing loca-

t ion of t h e lo t . Plan now missing from A C ~ J On May 18, 1833 Widow

Malus acquired the property from Alexander Baron @ill iam Boswell,

May 18327.

There i s nothing t o indicate t h a t there was a house on the

property at the time of purchase. However, a year l a t e r both house

and outbuildings are shown on Zimpelt s Map of New Orleans. b e e Part 111,

p. VI f o r blown-up section of maPg It would therefore appear t h a t

Baron authorized the construction of the house within a year of the

date of purchase ei ther on his own i n i t i a t i v e o r tha t of h i s mother-in-

law.

Soon thereaf ter Widow Malus took up her residence there. A t

t ha t time Baron and h i s wife were l iv ing i n t h e i r town house. About a

year l a t e r he sold h is household goods and decided t o return t o h i s

former occupation of mariner and trader. While he was absent on voya-

ges between New Orleans and Tampico, h i s wife resided with her mother

i n st. Bernard Parish. @-iventory C. A. Baron 1836: Succession 1835J

A t f i r s t on r e tyn ing from h i s voyages Baron "took h i s abode ' \

a t the domicile of his'late! mother-in-law the widow Malus in the Parish

of St. Bernard." However on h is l a s t re turn he resided in New Orleans

where he died, aged 45, without issue, December 5, 1835 "at six oclock

P. M. a t the Domicile of Widow Blondeau s i tuated a t the corner of St.

AM and Royal Streets."

Claude Alexander Baron was a native of Houfleur, France,

Department of dalvadas, in the Kingdom of France, legitimate son of

Charles Leonard Lebaron. ( s t a t e of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans,

Recorder BLrths and Deaths OZfice, the seventh December(l835). )

A few months e a r l i e r Widow Malus had died, September 16.

Further indication t h a t the house on l o t No. 2 was owned by the Widow

Malus i s the f a c t t ha t no mention is made of this property in the sqc-

cession of Baron. Inheri t ing the property from her mother, joint ly

with her brother Francois Malus, Widow Baron continued to reside thece

f o r at l e a s t the next 15 years.

If the house erected i n 1833 f ~ r Widow Gillaume Malus is the

present Rene Beauregard House, then it can be def in i te ly s ta ted that

Gallier, 3r. had no connection with it, f o r he did not arr ive in New

Orleans u n t i l the l a t e r p a r t of the year 1834, a t which time James

~ a l l i e r , Jr. was seven years old. & 1850 James Gallier, Sr. had re t i red

from business because of ill health. ( ~ a l l i e r 1 s ~utobiography) . Was James Gallier, Jr . the Architect? Any connection of. G a m e r ,

Jr. with the house would be during the period 1856-1866 when the property

was owned by his wife's grandmother, Widow Michel Bernard Cantrellc

( ~ a r o l i n e ~ a b r e ) or i n the two years immediately preceding h is death i n

1868 when the property was i n the possession of Jose Antonio Fernandez y

Linbmp~Sometimes known as the Marquis de Trava,

When Widow Cantrelle purchased the property f o r Francois and

Lucien Malus, April U., 1856, (Amedee Ducatel N.P.) , the pr ice $6,300,

would indicate t h a t the or iginal house s t i l l stood. Apparently Widow

Baron was residing there a t the 'time of its purchase. Though she had

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donated her ffundivided half" of the property t o Lucien lBlus September 29,

1848 ( ~ u c i e n Herman, N.P.) the census of 1850 shows her a s s t i l l residing

i n the house.

It would thus seem evident tha t the or iginal house stood a s l a t e

a s 1856, Three years before the purchase of the property by iyidow Cantrelle,

James Gallier, Jr, had married, September 1853, Aglais Villavaso, daughter

of Martin Villavaso and Josephine Cantrelle Villavaso, a well known Creole

family, highly esteemed by James Gallier, Sr. For a number of years Martin

Villavaso, together with his father-in-law, Niche1 Bernard Cantrelle, had

operated a savJHlill, known as the Battle Ground Saw M i l l , next door t o the

Beauregard House property, during which t ine he had pleasant social and busi-

ness re la t ions with the Galliers, This sawmill was located on l o t s Three and

Four and l a t e r Five a s shown on d'Hemecourtts plan dated March 15, 1832, Lots - - Three and Four were purchased a t auction by Miehel Bernard Cantrelle, April 10,

1832 a t a price of $7,300,00 and $7,900,00 respectively,

Only on the assumption tha t Widow Cantrelle ordered t h e construction

of a new house could James Gallier, Jr, have been the a rchi tec t of the present

house, Certainly i f such were the case it would be natural t o assume tha t she

would have employed the services of her grandson-in-law, who was then enjoy-

ing quite a reputation a s an arohitect i n New Orleans,

Di4Widow Cantrelle build a new house or did she extensively remodel

_ t h g or iginal? The answer might be found i n a careful examination of the house

by a competent archi tect , Such an examination has been made by Mr. Samuel W i l -

son and the resu l t of his findings are described i n a l e t t e r t o the wri ter of

January 2, 1952;

' 1 . . . The mouldings of a l l the trim, in ter ior and exter ior , i s of a heavy l a t e Greek revival character, The plaster rnouldin$s of the column caps are also of the same character, Unless some evidence could be found t o show tha t these de ta i l s were the resu l t of some l a t e r and most thorough renovation, they wouldikfinitely data the

the house from the 1850 period, f o r mouldings and de ta i l s of this character cannot be found in Louisiana a t an e a r l i e r date."

Apparently these findings represent the more considered opin-

ion of M r , Wilson and the writer accepts them as such. It should be

pointed out, however, t h a t in 1935, blr. Wilson, through N r . Richard Koch,

Di s t r i c t Officer, Historic American Building Survey i n Louisiana, gave

the date of the house as 1840. This date was l a t e r ver i f ied by M r .

Wilson in a l e t t e r to Charles E. Peterson, former Regional Architect,

National Park Service, dated December 3, 1948: nI think the date 1840

is more nearly correct than tha t of 1830.n It should be fur ther pointed

out that the date 1840 was accepted among others, by Scot t , W. S ,, Old - Plantation Houses in LouisianajRicciuti, William; New Orleans and Its

Environs; Smith, J. Frazier, White P i l l a r s j and by Laughlin, Clarence

John, Ghosts Along the Mississippi, The l a t t e r describes the house as

follows :

"Architecturally the house forms another important step i n the evolution of Louisiana architecture from the or iginal Colonial style. The great cement-covered brick columns which supplemented the or iginal squat t ish brick columns below and wooden colonettes above, and then appeared i n a s ingle colonnade, a re here presented a t the next stage of development - a second ident ica l colonnade w a s erected a t the rear of the house. The f loor plan is tha t of the second stage, however, three rooms wide, and one deep, with a h a l l absent- A l l the rooms f r o n t and rear open onto the galleries.11

I n 19h9 Messrs. Eric G l e r and William P la t t , both archi tects 3 of New York examined the Beauregard House i n some detai l . Gwr was af

the opinion that the house w a s b u i l t p r io r to the C i v i l War, possibly in

1830-1840, (Idemorandm of former Regiondl Historian Boy E. Appleman t o

Superintendent, Predericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park,

Fredericksburg, Va-, dated January 5, 1951).

It wi l l be observed from M r . Wilson1s examination t h a t two

poss ib i l i t i e s exist:

1. The present house was constructed i n the 18501s.

2. The present house is of an ea r l i e r date, but the mouldings

of all of i t s trim, i n t e r i o r and extdrior, would indicate

a thorough rennovation since 1850.

Let us explore both of these poss ib i l i t ies , During the period 1850-1860

- + U q . the census evaluation of the property increased from $3,000.00 t o $10,000.00.

By 1860 Widow Cantrelle had been in possession of the property f o r four

years. Could it be tha t t h i s increase indicates e i the r the construction

by her of a new house o r extensive renovation of the old? I n e i ther case

it might be expected t h a t such construction or improvement would be

reflecAbd in the assessment r o l l s of the Parish. A check of the incom-

p le t e r o l l s revealed t h a t the nAssessment Roll f o r the Parish of St.

Bernard 1861ll of %Irne ve Cantrelfl shows~1W$uantity of Land in Each Tract

o r Lot and description by boundaries - 15 (acres)n and f f Cash Value of all

lands and LOTS OF GROUND owned o r claimed whether patented or not, with

all Houses, Fixtures and Improvements of every kind appertaining thereto,

and a l l Machinerg, neat Cattle, Horses and U e s , attached t o said land

as a farm o r Plantation - $3,000." I n 1865 the If Cash Valueft i s shown as

$2,500. By1873, it had increased t o 20 acres with an evaluation of

$9,000.

The purchase pr ice of the property by Widow Cantrelle, as pre-

viously stated, was $6,300.00. This would indicate that the original

house stood as late as 1856. The sa le price in 1865 was $8,000 (~nsadee

Ducatel July 5, 1866), Tne difference - $1,700.00 - would not seem sd-

f i c i e n t t o support the theory t h a t Widow Cantrelle built a nev house even

when allowance is made f o r the deflated property values which resulted

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from the C i v i l War. It would seem tha t the scarci ty of materials a t

this time could well have made new construction suf f ic ien t ly high to

counter balance t o a large degree the deflated property values.

It should be fur ther observed tha t t h i s sum does not necessarily

r e f l e c t improvements solely to the dwelling house. The increase might

well be at t r ibuted t o the construction of outbuildings or to marked im-

provement of the grounds such as orchard planting. That numerous out-

buildings existed on the property i n 1860 may be seen by reference t o

the C i v i l War map ent i t led "Department of the Gulf Map No. 5 Approaches

to New Orleans,prepared by order of Maj . Gen. N. P. Banks, Henry L. Abbot

Captain and Chief Top Engineers .* Unfortunately no assessment r o l l was

found f o r the year 1850. It i s significant, however, t h a t the grea tes t v r

', assessment inorease 'to the amount of $6,500.00; hare found, occurred i from 1866-1873 during the f i r s t seven years of ownership by Jose Anlbnio

Fernandez y Lineros. It could well be t h a t the possible extensive

renovation of the house to which M r . Wilson refers occurred during t h i s

period. Supporting this belief is the f a c t tha t a t the time of h i s pur-

chase of the property i n 1866 the house had neither a west nor an eas t

wing. Verification of t h i s i s found in the auction sa le notice published

pr ior t o June 28 (see attachment t o Act No. 87 Amedee Ducatel J an . Ju ly

1866, Notary 115 JUi l l e t 1866 Velnte de propriete par ldadme Caroliqe Fabre

vW M r . B. Cantrelle .4t J. A. Fernandez y Lineros) which describes the ,

property as follows:

"A beautiful two-story brick building, s l a t e roofed, containing three rooms on the ground f loor , and three on the f i r s t story, gallery f ron t and rear, pantry, cabinets, eti?. brick kit- &en, stables f o r s i x horses, carriage house, hay l o f t , Begro quarters, etc., also a splendid orchard containing every variety of rare f r u i t t rees and vegetables, a beautiful flower garden, containing the choisest plants t o be found.11

There i s a def ini te poss ib i l i t y t h a t between 1866-1873 the

west wing was added and tha t the house was given a rather thorough

renovation. It would seem logical t o assume t h a t i f t h i s work had been

done within t h i s period it would have been begun shortly a f t e r i ts

purchase. I f done p r io r to 1868 it is quite possible tha t James Gallier,

Jr. was employed as the architect.

The addition of a wing and even a rather thorough renovation

of the dwelling would hardly seem t o jus t i fy an increased assessment of

1$6,~00.00. Further fnvestigation revealed t h a t a considerable portion

of this increase resulted from t h e purchase by 3. A. Fernandez September

24, 1866, from Mr. Celeste Cantrelle of l o t No. One ( ~ h i l l i p e Toca, N.P.) - Though the purchase price i s not given it i s assumed t h a t it was approxi-

mately #3,~00-$4,000. On February 27, 1873, Fernandez sold the l o t t o

U r s . Carmen Ribas, wife of Auguste Lesseps f o r $k,000.00 (Gustave Le

Gardeur, N.P.).

Additiondl evidence supporting the belief that the present

Beauregard House is, with the exception of its e d e r i o r mouldings and

i n t e r i o r trim (nei ther wing now stands), the or iginal of 1833 may be

summarized as follows:

1, The advanced age of Widow Cantrelle

(When the widow purchased the property in 1856 she was

63 years old. Her age, though not necessarily so, would

seem t o have been a deterrent t o the likelihood t h a t she

would have torn down an existing dwelling tha t was appar-

e n t l y i n good repair, t o build a new house.

2. Church Record - ltSouvenir Program St . Maurice Church Fai r

St . Maurice Ave., 8 Char-tres S t . New Orleas held at

Friscavi l le Park S t ree t , Bernard Parish April 27-28-29, l9121t: 19

(1n a rather detailed h is tory of the ear ly and subsequent

land ownership of the Parish, the author, quite possibly

a pr ies t , states: I'Next came the Etienne Villavaso property.

The succeeding properties were those which became the homes

of Retae Beauregard, son of General G. T, Beauregard, a f t e r

having been i n possession of Madam Baron; then Martin

Villavaso who had married M i s s Cantrelleett

Note: Here i s a s ignif icant statement t o the e f f ec t that

the house Reme Beauregard purchased w a s the one that had

been i n the possession of Madam Baron.

3. Contmporary description of the house (1860). - *

Alexander RalkeA Jackson and New Orleans quoted in Z a c W a

James S, New Orleans Guide,.. The News Co, 1891 pp 301-302:

ULet us survey these famous lirres of Jackson's. Time has spared many memorials of the great achievements which we relate. Tne scene of these events has experienced s l igh te r changes i n the last f o r t y years than the arena of any similar occurrences in t h i s land of change and progress. A s if to rebuke the deficiencies of our h i s to r i ca l records, nature has preserved (1860) i n almost t h e i r original s t a t e the physical character is t ics of the scenery associated with the most glorious victory of American arms .,. Here he w i l l comand a splendid view of the whole scene of the campaign. He w i l l preceive the embankment, somewhat worn by time and the elements, behind which Jackson's men stationed themselves. He can trace it c lear ly and d i s t inc t ly from the r ive r to the swamp, the ground near the r iver having been more exposed t o the action of the plow and the tramp of men and ca t t le . The r i v e r having caved s& hundred or two f e e t , the l i ne of the levee has been s l igh t ly changed, and the road has worn away the mound and the vestiges of the redoubt on the extreme right. There i s a handsome v i l l a , quite ancient, too, i n aspect, standing near the road i n the centre of the l i n e s and about a hundred yards from the ditch. This, however, has been b u i l t since the war.11 (Underscoring by the writer).

Note: The "handsome xi. l l a " here located and described by t i e able h is tor ian Walker would def in i te ly appear t o be the Reme Beauregard House. tha t i n 1860 it i s described as 'quite ancient too in , aspectfl. a description would not be applicable t o a newly constru cted house.

4. Newspaper Auction Sale Notice in 1866.

EThe notice previously referred t o ( t h e t h e of the sale of

the house by Widow ~ a n t r e l l e ) makes no mention of a newly

constructed house. Had such been the case it is na tura l

t o assume tha t the notice would have used i t as one of the

a t t rac t ive se l l ing p o i n t s g

Thou& more de f in i t e evidence might well be desired to prove

conclusively t h a t t he present Rene Beauregard House i s the one erected in

1833 by Alexander Baron f o r Widow Gui&laume &5alus, the weight of evidence

would indicate that it is.

Such a conclusion would divorce the poss ib i l i ty tha t e i the r

James Gallier, Sr. o r Gallier, J r . w a s the a rchi tec t though possibly the

l a t t e r may have been employed in a renovation of the house by Widow

Cantrelle o r i n the construction of the west wing w i t h general renovation

by Jose Antonio Fernandez y Lineros. The l a t t e r poss ib i l i ty would seem

the more l i k e l y t o require Gal l ie r l s a rchi tec tura l service and cer ta in ly

the more than t r ip led assessment r o l l s by 1873 point t o t h i s period a s

the one during which the most marked additions and al terat ions were made.

Then too these improvements would appear t o be more in keeping with the

ambitions of a Spanish nobleman than of an elderlywidow. I f Gallier, Jr.

were so employed i t would place the improvements between 1866-1868 f o r

in the l a t t e r year he died. (He died a t h is house 278 Royal Street ,

May 16, 1868 a t 7:30 aged u. (New Orleans Times hiay 17, 1868). The

association of the Gall ier name with the house may, however, rest solely

upon the f a c t tha t Gallier, Jr. rnarriec! the granddaughter of the Kidow

Cantrelle. Since h is wife's parents, Martin and Josephine Villavaso, l ived

next door -to the Widow, he was quite l i k e l y a frequent guest i n both houses.

The Ante Bellurn Years

Innovation and Change

During the period of ownership of the Widow Baron the

Beauregard House witnessed a number of s ignif icant changes i n the

U f e of the Parish. An event of signal economic importance t o t h e

community was the construction of the Mexican Gulf Railroad. By

May 1840 the railroad was i n operation from the depot at Good

Children Street t o Versailles. An announcement of i t s schedule ap-

peared i n The Courier May 1, 1840:

"Mexican Gulf Rail Way Campany Summer Arrangement

Commencing on Sunday the 3 instant , the locomotive w i l l run during the summer months every day, f romthe depot i n Good Children St ree t t o Versailles or further, as the road may progress, a t the following hours :

Week Days

Depart Return

A t 7 olclock, A. 14. A t 9 otclock, A . M. ~t 5 o'clock, P. M. A t 6 112 olclock, P. M.

Sundays

w. M. Furst

Secretary,"

The route t h a t the railroad followed i s shown on "Plan of

a Tract of Land Situated i n the Parish St. Bernard l e f t bank of the

Mississippi River about 4 miles below the City Dec. 7, 1867," signed

W. H. Sell . Dook 9 Folio 23, Notarial Archives, N. OJ The plan

shows the Mexican Gulf Rail Road right-of-way through the battle-

ground area and the northern M t s of the Beauregard property. Later

t h i s ra i l road was extended t o Proctorville.

Passenger t r a f f i c on the rai l road must have noticeably in-

creased as the resu l t of the purchase, February 19, 1855, of the Pierre

, Bachelot property f o r $5,000 by the S ta te of Louisiana f o r the pur-

pose of memoralizing the ba t t l e f i e ld of New Orleans. Buyol , Theodore,

Notary Jan.-Msrch 1855, Acts No. 31, Folio No. 102J Interest i n the

area increased a s plans progressed f o r the erection of a sui table

I monument. A contract f o r the monument was awarded June 28, 1855 by

the Jackson Monument Association t o Newton Richards and John Stroud &

I Company at a specified cost of $57,000. @uyol, Theodore, Notary April-

June 1855, Acts No. 32, Folio 417. Note: For monument specifications

see appendix. The monument, however, was not completed u n t i l December

1908. Authorization fo r i ts completion was made by Act of Congress

March 4, 1907 with an appropriation of $25,000. It was erected under

supervision of army engineers. (see l e t t e r of Karl L. Trever, National

Archives, t o Russell A. Gibbs, February 6, 1951.) 7 Appendix p. 56657.

Many of the v i s i to r s who came t o the ba t t l e f i e ld paused t o

admire the "handsome v i l l a " with i t s s t a t e ly l a m , i t s beautiful

flower garden and i t s well cultivated f ie lds . No v i s i t t o the

bat t lef ie ld, however, was complete without a stop a t the Delaronde

plantation, with i t s beaut i ful grove of l i ve oaks. Occupied by the

Brit ish and used as a hospi tal following the heavy b a t t l e casualties

of January 8, 1815 this famous sugar plantation, the pride of the

Parish, was placed on the auction block the year Baron purchased

l o t NO. 2 of the St. Amand t r ac t .

The Louisiana Courier of March 7, 1832 carried t h i s notice - of sa le :

"Court of Probates Parish of St . Bernard

Estate of Marie Elizabeth Eulal ie Guerbois, widow of Pierre Denis de l a Ronde

I n compliance with a judgment of the court of probates i n and f o r the Parish of St. Bernard, made date of the sixteenth of the present month of February, the following property will be exposed t o public sale , t o wit : -

1. A Sugar Plantation

Situated i n the Parish of St. Bernard, a t about six miles below the c i t y of New Orleans, and on the side of the r iver , bounded above by lands of Antoine Bienvenu, Senior, and below by lands of Pierre Lacoste, and measuring 12 arpents f ront t o the r ive r by a depth according t o the t i t l e . The said plantation opens of (?) about seven degrees, and a t a depth of about f o r t y arpents i n the lower limit of nine arpents or thereabouts on a l ine running eastward -- thence on a l i n e running north 17 deg. 30 min. east. On the premises are t o be found two canals emptying in to Bayou Lanrier (?) which leads t o Bayou Mazan and communicates with Lake Borgne.

The said plantation i s one of the most valuable i n Louisiana, both a s respects i t s proximinty t o New Orleans,

.as by the extent of arable lands and the improvements thereon. A quantity of sugar cane suff ic ient t o produce a large crop w i l l be planted on the same before the sale.

The edif ices standing on the premises consist of a two story brick house, divided in to discteen rooms - a brick sugar house, containing a very complete Steam Engine imported from England, one M i l l , l iv ing house, &e f o r t y negro cabins, and a l l other out buildings required for an extensive establishment.

The said plantation w i l l be sold together with a l l the implements of husbandry attached t o the same.

2. One hundred and nine slaves, t o w i t :

Forty six men, t h i r t y eight women, and f i f t e e n children. Among whom a re tradesmen, such as carpenters, coopers (?) , sugar rraakers , &c. and cooks, mashers &c. and other choice slaves.

3. The horses, c a t t l e and other animals, whatever on said plantation.

4. The Household Furniture. A valuable parcel of s i lve r plate, and various other moveable effects .

... it w i l l be sold by the Judge of the Parish of St. Bernard, on the above described sugar es ta te , ... on Tuesday the 20 th day of March next, a t the hour of 11 o'clock, a. m. ...

The above mentioned property sha l l be sold agreeably t o the inventories taken of the same, ce r t i f i ed copies of which s h a l l be deposited till the day of s a l e a t the off ice of Charles Derbigny, Counsellor a t Law, Royal Street , No. 128, f o r the information of the public.

(signed) C. Fagot, Judge Parish of St. Bernard, Feb. 16,

1832, - .. i. ell

Further information regarding the auction appeared i n the

Courier of May 24:

"Sale of De La Rondets Plantation

t o be named Versail les Hewlett &. Raspiller, and Domingon

Auctioneers W i l l s e l l a t auction, a t the new

Exchange, on Saturday, 26th instant a t noon.

A Portion of the Lands of said plantation, s i tuated 6 miles below t o m , and so advantageously knm, a s regards i t s s i tua t ion and the elevation of the ground unparalleled even a t a great distance of the neighborhood of Hew Orleans.

A plan of the property w i l l be exhibited a t t h e Exchange several days previous t o the day of sale, and t h e amateurs of agreeable locations f o r country sea t s are requested t o v i s i t t he spot, where a l l information they may require w i l l be given.

The division of the property i s made i n l o t s of about one arpant front by six i n depth, more or less , according t o t h e i r si tuation. A part a re fronting the r iver , and w i l l be sold with the privilege of the extensive batture. The heights of t h i s land i s such tha t L i t t l e or no levee i s required . The other l o t s , one of which is 3 acres by about 6 i n depth with the extensive mansion outbuildings and garden of the plantation, f ront De La Ronde and Lake mgnR?s Brenues, each 50 f e e t wride each 80 f e e t between them reserved i n the centre of the plantation f o r the canal of Versailles, intended t o communication from the r ive r t o the beaut i ful Bayou Bienvenu, which empties i t s e l f i n t o Lake Borgne. By referr ing t o the maps of the v ic in i ty of New Orleans it i s evident tha t t h i s spot i s one among the very few tha t admits of the prac t icabi l i ty of execution of t h i s so much wished f o r an necessary improvement,

there being but a small portion of c p r e s s swamps on the l i n e of the canal which neets the bayou of about 100 acres from the r ive r and being there 18 t o 20 fee t deep and so wide t h a t by r ight , it might be called a r ive r rather than a bayou.

I n the arrangement of the plan the proprietor has reserved for the common use, dra5hing ditches and roads on the l imi t s of Messrs. Bienvenu and Lacostels plantations and secured t o the

purchasers the prac t icabi l i ty of rendering t h e i r lo t s , convenient, agreeable and useful. It i s not unnecessary t o remark tha t persons wishing t o secure country seats by locating on t h i s spot of ground, w i l l not have the inconvenience of the sun i n coming t o town i n the morning and returning i n the evening.

The sale i s made at 1, 2, 3 and l+ years c redi t from the 20 March ultimo, payable i n notes sa t i s f ac to r i ly endorsed domiciliated i n town, and bearing mortgage.

The deeds of sa l e w i l l be passed before L. T. Caire, Not. Pub., a t the expense of the purchasers who w i l l be put i n possession at the expense of the proprietor. May 3&."

M r . X e r r e Forrestier, attorney f o r the t en Delaronde

heirs sold t he e s t a t e April 4, 1832 t o Daniel Warburg who l a t e r

offered it f o r sa l e i n subdivision lots, The D,elaronde heirs were: 0

1 Dame Elizabeth m l i e De Laronde Spouse of Gabriel Vil lere dwelling i n St, Bernard Parish ...

0 2 Dame: Heloise De Laronde spouse of M r . Mmsel White, dwelling i n this city,..

0 3 Mr. Mannsel White act ing i n the name and a s t u t o r of Mistress E l i l r a White his minor daughter representing her mother the l a t e darae Celeste Elizabeth DeLaronde...

4' Dame Josephine Papite De Laronde spouse of Mr . Thomas Sear1 Cunningham dwelling i n Plaquemines parish .,. 0

5 M r . Pierre Denis DeLaronde dwelling i n St. Bernard Parish

0 6 Dame Manette De Laronde, spouse of M r . Casimir Lacoste planter dwelling i n the parish of Orleans ...

0 7 Dame Adele De Laronde spouse of Mr. Pierre Adolphe Ducrosr, dwelling i n St. Bernard parish ,,.

0 n 8 Dame Feliente De Laronde, spouse of

M r . Pierre Jacques Florentin Jorda h e l l - ing i n St. Bernard Parish ... 0

9 Dame Elizabeth Emilie De Laronde spouse of Mr. Pierre de Hoa dwelling i n t h e Parish of Orleans... 0

10 And Dame Madeline Agelie De Laronde spouse of Pierre Forrestier dwelling in t h i s city. .."

T. Caire, Rotary 4 April 1832 Vol. 19 fo l io 352. For photograph of this famous plantation house see Part 111, P.m3j~)

a C C U B dGAIJ!l TO TIlE PARISH

WAR COMES AGAIN TO THE PARISH

During the period of ownership of the Beauregard House by the

Widow b1ichele Bernard Cantrelle, Var came again to the Parish. Since

1699 when the Brit ish had been forced back a t English Turn by Bienville,

the Parish had played a significant par t i n the s t r a t eg ic defenses of

New Orleans. (French Historical Collections of Louisiana Vol. 1 pp 119-122).

T h i s time it was not the cannon of the Br i t i sh f l e e t nor her

stout-hearted, red-coated soldiers t h a t threatened the capture of the city,

but ra ther a s a l t y veteran of a Yankee navy, supported by the blue columns

of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. For years N e w Orleans had been one of

the main out le t s f o r the vast trade of the Nestern Country. It was natural

then w i t h the outbreak of the C i v i l War, t h a t Federal strategy should be

directed t o the control of the Mississippi River and the capture of this

great Bonfederate port.

I n anticipation of such an attack Gen. Bdansfield Lovell since

the f a 1 of 1861 had been l ive ly engaged i n strengthening the defences of

the area. The general plan adopted was t o have two l i n e s of works - an in t e r io r l ine passing through the f o r t s and earthworks to defend the

various water approaches, and an i&terior l i n e embracing New Onleans

and Algiers which was designed t o repel any a t tack by land,

Many of these defenses had been begun before Gen. Lovell's

a r r iva l under the direct ion of Major Yi. L. Smith who described the condi-

t ion of the outer l i n e of defense as followst

''The defenses consisted of Fort Pike and Macanb, guarding the approaches t o New Orleans by way of Lake Pontcharain; of Battery Bienvenue and Tower Dupre, guarding the streams leading fron; Lake Borgne to the maidand between the city; of a f i e l d work a t Froctorville, prepared f o r six guns, but not armed, guarding the approach to the c i ty by way of the r i v e r from the G u l f ; of Fort

$ivingston, guarding the approach by ray of Barataria Bay; of orbs Bemick and Chine on Bemick Bay, guarding the approaeh

by the Opelousas Railroad, and a l i t t l e m r k cal led Fort Guion, on La Fouche, was nearly completed and r ead . f o r gunst

( W a r of the Rebellion lbcorda of the Union and Confederate Armies Se r i e l I , Pol. VI p. 582)

wThe inner l i n e of defense, of which the Chalmette area was an integral par t , had by July 1801 reached the stage of preparation described by Maj. Oen, Smith;

...wit aansisted of a continuous l i n e across the Gentilly Ridge,.prepared f o r a r t i l l e r y and infantry ( t h i s work was, I think, finiehed but no guns mounted); of a aontinuous l i n e a t Ohalmette, stretching from the swamp t o the Mississippi, a l so intended f o r a r t i l l e r y agd infcmtrg about half completed,,.~ of a continurns l i n e on the r ight bank of the r iver knm a s the MaOehee l ine, a le0 stretching f romthe river to the swamp, and prepared fo r a r t i l l e r y and infa.n*ry (not more than one-sixth of the line, was finished.. .) ; of a l i n e above the c i ty h w n as the Baratecria l ine , on the r igh t bank of the r iver , also stretching from the r ive r t o Che mamg (not more than a s ix th of the l i n e was completed; .. . of a aoatinuouca l i n e of works about a mile and a half above &mollton, on the right bank of the r ive r , then kmwn a s t h e Victor l ine , intended t o mount fourteen guns between t h e bank and the swamp ( t h i s work wap, about half done...); of a two-gun battery, guarding the Carrollton Railroad f ram Lake Pontchartrain, together with sqqsrChg infantry works (I do not -bhink thirc work was then commnoed) ; of a b a t t e ~ y and a short infantry l ine , guarding the ahell road and oEina3. leading from L a b Pontchartrain t o the c i t y (no work has been done on t h i s l i n e ) $ of a battery an8 infantry l i n e .guarding the road Bayou Bt . John from Lake Pontchartrain t o the c i t y ( the uontraoCor had just camnenced upon this...); of a battery and supporting work, guarding t he Fontahartrain Railroad, leading in to the c i ty (I do not think t h i s work had been comnenced ) ." fIbid - p. 582. Notes See: Abbott op.cit 'Map No. 5 Approaches t o Jew Orleanst Par t ,111 3 IX,

The t o t a l length of the intrenchments on t h i s in te r ior line was

more than 8 miles. In a l l it mounted more than 60 guns, of various calibres,

and was surrounbd by wide, deep ditches (1bid - p. 560) Where the l i n e

crossed the r iver just b a l m the Beauregard House i n v i c in i ty of the

National Cemetery, it %as intended t o have a battery of twelve 32 pounders

and ten 42 pounders.' It was f e l t the battery would be of suffioient

strength t o repel any small number of ships t h a t might suueeed in passing

t h e f o r t s below. Later it was decided t o transfer the 42 pounders t o the

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steamers Carondelet and Bienville f o r service on Lake Pontchartrain i n

connection with Forts Pike and Macomb. (Ibid - p. 512)

The strength of the land defenses around the c i t y was s o great

tha t Gen. Lovell f e l t confident of repelling,even with the troops at h i s

disposal, any attack tha t might be made by land. ( - Ibid p. 561). In

April Major M. L. Smith was promoted t o Brigadier-General and assigned

the command of the in te r ior l ine. Ten 32 pounders, smooth bore, and two

8-inch columbiads, only recent2.y manufactured in New Orleans, were mounted

on t h i s l i n e in bat ter ies on the l e f t and r igh t banks of the r ive r - half on e i the r side (Ibid - p. 563)-

It was during July of 1861 tha t Major Smith and Big , Gen. Hebert

began the construction of a r a f t which was completed and swung into position

about the middle of September, stretching from Fort Jackson to Sa in t Philip.

Major General Lovell described the obstruction which he grea t ly

strengthened as follows:

n I t consisted of cypress t r e e s 40 f e e t long and averaging 4 t o 5 f e e t a t the larger end. These were placed longitudinally i n the r ive r , about 3 f e e t apart , so a s t o leave a water-way. These were held together by (or rather strung upon) 2Sinch chain cables, which were passed through mortices i n the underside of the logs and held in place by heavy iron staples. To give it st i f fening large timbers, 6x4-inches, were securely pinned down transversely t o the upperside of the logs, This r a f t w a s placed i n the r iver by securing the chains on the l e f t bank t o large t rees , they were fastened t o crabstans and -to immense anchors buried in the ground and held by heavy timbers.. ,. The depth of the r iver being about 130 f e e t a t t ha t point, t h i s required an immense amount of chain which was d i f f i c u l t t o procure"... ( Ibid - p. 564).

The d i f f icu l ty of anchoring such a heavy r a f t ea t h i s in the

Mississipi arose from the f a c t t ha t the bottom is a shif t ing sand and

t h a t i n high water the swiftness of the current moved out the anchors from

the bottom. These conditions were heightened by a storm i n ea r ly March

which pi led up driftwood to such an extent tha t the r a f t broke i t s

moorings, Immediately steps were taken to replace it.

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The posit ion of the r a f t was fixed a f t e r a consultation with

General Beauregard. A long boom was constructed t o s t r e t ch diagonally

across the r iver above the f o r t s so as t o shed the d r i f t aver through 4

the opening. The f a t e of t h i s r a f t , however, proved no happier than the

other f o r it was swept away i n a s tom Friday night, April 11th jus t two

days before the Federal f l e e t opened f i r e on the f o r t s below New Orleans.

On 4ri.l 13, Federal guns opened f i r e on Forts Jackson and St .

Philip and maintained it a t intervals f o r f i v e days h e n the mortars of

Porter's f l e e t joined t o great ly intensify the attack, IIWith but a s ingle

* intermission of a few hours", writes Gen. Lovell, a bombardment was kept

up fo r seven days and nights which fo r grea t rapidi ty and wonderful

accuracy of range has no parallel . More than 25,000 she l l s were thrown,

of which not l e s s than one-third . f e l l within the limits of Fort Jackson, ..t'

( Ibid - p, 97).

Failing to reduce the fo r t s , Farragut, i n one of the most b r i l l i a n t

and dramatic naval operations of the War, ordered h i s f l e e t to run the

batteries. With the s ignal ofntwo ordinary red l ightalt the f l e e t had gotten

underway about 5 minutes t o 2 o'clock a.m. April 2bth. The advance was

made i n two columns past the barrier of chairs, the Cayuga leading the

r ight t o engage Fort St. Ph i l ip , the Hartford (F'a.rragutl s flagship) the

l e f t t o engage Fort Jackson. Moving up in support of the l e f t column

came Porter 's mortar f l e e t which paadd a t e r r i f i c f i r e of shel ls in to

Fort Jackson.

I n hkS semi-official report of the engagement Farragut m i t e s :

...l~This a f f a i r was what I c a l l one of the l i t t l e elegancies of the profession; a dash and a victory, but the passing of the Forts Jackson and St. Ph i l ip was one of the most awful s ights and events I ever saw or expect to experience. The smoke was so dense tha t it was only now and then you could see any-thing but the f l a sh of the cannon and the f i v e ships or rafts.,., A t length the f i v e slackened,the smoke cleared off, and we saw to our surprise, t h a t w e were above t he forts...f1 ( o f f i c i a l Records of the Union and . . - -. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - .- - . . - - - - -

Confederate A m h s i n the War of the Rebellion Ser ies I Vol. 1 0

Having successfully passed the fo r t s , Farragut dispatched

Captain Boggs to the Quarantine Bayou andessund to Commander Porter to

inform him of the success of the f l e e t and to demand the surrender of the

fo r t s . A dispatch was also sent to General Butler informing him t h a t the

way was clear fo r him t o land his forces through the Qnarantine Bayou.

Leaving two ships t o protect the landing of Butler's troops,

Farragut proceeded.taward New Orleans. He described the advance:

"Owing t o the slowness of sowe of the vessels, and our want of knowledge of the r iver , we did not reach the English Turn u n t i l about lot30 a.m. on the 25th,lxlt a l l the morning I had seen abundant evidence of the panic which had seized the people of New Orleans. Cotton-loaded ships on f i r e came f loa t ing down, and working implements of every kind, such a s a re used in shipyards; the destructYon of property was awful.tt

'We soon descried the new earthwork f o r t s on the old l ines on both shores. He now formed and advanced in the same order, %YO l ines , each taking i t s respective work. Captain Bailey was s-l;ill f a r i n advance, not having noticed my signal f o r close order, which mas t o enable the slow vessels to come up. They opened on him a gal l ing f i r e , which caused us t o run up to his rescue. This gave them the advantage of a raking f i r e on us f o r upward of a mile, w i t h some 20 gun&, vbi le we had but two 3t$ inch guns on our fore- cas t l e to reply t o them. It was not l o n c however, before we were enabled t o bear away and give the f o r t a lroads5.de of shel ls , shrapnel, and grape, the Pensacola.at the same time passing up and giving a tremenduous broadside of the same kind t o the starboard - f o r t , and by the time we could reload, the Ekoolclyn, Captain Craven, passed handsomely between us and the battery and delivered her koadsides and shut us out. By this time the other vessels had gotten up and ranged in, one a f t e r another, delivering t h e i r h a d h i d e s i n sp i te fu l revenge f o r t h e i r ill treatment of the l i t t l e Cayuga. The f o r t s were silenced and those who could run were running in every direction. Ve now passed up to the c i t y and anch'ored immediately i n f ront of it, and I sent Captain Bailey on shore to demand the surrender of it from the authorities..."

The levee of New Orleans was one scene of desolation; ships, steamers, cotton, coal, etc., were a l l i n one common blaze and ouz.ingenuity much taxed to avoid the floating conflagrationfl . (Ibid - pp. 155-159)

Shortly thereaf ter the c i t y surrendered, On the eveniqg of

the 29th Captain Bailey bought word tha t the f o r t s had surrendered to

Commander Porter, After an heroic resistance mutiny had f i n a l l y forced

t h e i r surrender, Butler came up the same day,

The gallery of the Beauregard House would have offered an unriv-

aUed vantage point to have viewed these exciting operations but there i s

no evidence t o indicate t h a t the Widow Cantrelle so used it, nor tha t the

house suffered any damage from she l l f i r e , With her one slave, IS% Ela.cide

Villera, h i s wife and three s m a l l children, she probably sought shel ter

on the lower f loor , (~ssessment Roll f o r Parish of St . Bernard 1862.)

Years l a t e r two warriors of the' lost cause%ere t o f ind she l te r

i n the house -Major Rene Beauregard and his i l lus t rous fa ther Gen. Pierre

Gustave Toutant Beauregard, a native of the Parish who ordered the firing

on Fort Smter - the shot tha t plunged the country into four desperate

years of c i v i l s t r i f e ,

THE POST WAR YJE;ILRS

Shortly a f t e r the end of the C iv i l War, when Louisiana and

the Parish were stiU smarting from the restr ict ions of Reconstmction,

Jose Antonio Fernandez of Lineros, July 5, 1866, puXhSed l o t No*

rpith itg duelling and outbuildings from Widow Michele Bernard CatreUe,

4. A, ~uca$el, M e P. Acts NO. 87 Jme-July 1866) The F43pearance of the

property a t t h i s time i a well described i n the Auction Sale Notice op . cit.

attached t o the Act,

nSp1endid Summer Retreat Five Miles Below New Orleans,

fronting the Mississippi River, and one mile from Dauphine Street

cars.

Bg F o r s W b Spear - Placide J. Spear, AuctioneerLOffice No. 16

Exchange Alley-at the Merchant s and Auctioneer Is Exchange, Royal

Street, between Canal. and Custom House Streets. - "IHAT SPLENDID SUMME3 RETItEAT, situated in the parish of St.

Bernard, in this State, l e f t bank of the Mississippi, heretofore

forming par t of the Hilaire and Louis St. Amand plantation, about

f ive miles below the c i ty of New Orleans, designated the No. 2 on

plan drawn by Allou dcHemecourt, said portion of gmurd measures

204 fee t 10 inches front to the Mississippi river, o r the l i ne A B

of sa id plan, and rruuring i n depth between two l ines closing a t a

point t o the l e t t e r D-2748 feet 9 inches on the upper limits of the

l ine No. 1, and 2834 fee t 6 inches on exterior limits of the No. 3,

together with a l l buildings and irapmveaents thereon, which consist

of a beautiful twostory brick building, s la te roofed, containing

three roams on the ground floor, and three on the first story,

g d l e r y fmnt and rear, pantry, cabinets, etc. brick kitchen, stables

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for six horses, carriage house, hayloft, negro quarters, etc*,

also a splendid orchard, containing every varietg of rare f r u i t

trees and vegetables, a beautiful flower garden,containing the

choiaest plants t o be found."

We samestly call the attention of the public to go and visit

this property by taking the Dauphine s t reet cars, which go within

a mile of the place. It is the first property a f t e r the Battle

Ground . 'lYiRW3 AND CONDITIONS - $3,000 cash i n U.S. Treasury notes; the

balance on a credit of one and two pa r s , fo r notes bearing special

mortgage on the property sold,with 8 per cent interest from date t&U

final payment, In case of non-payment of the notes a t matmi-&

5 per cent w i l l be added f o r attorney%- The property t o be

insured and policy t o be transferred to the vendor,

Acts of sale before M d e e Duoatel, Notary Public, a t the

expense of the purchaser together with stamps, etc,

N.B+4sketch of the property can be seen a t the %change.

The last and the highest bidder,Fernandez acquired the property

for #3,000,00. That he had expansive ideas f o r i t s development i s seen

by his purchase September 24, 1866 of l o t No. b e which immediately

bounded his property on the upper side, By this purchase he added f ive

acres t o his holding, which now totalled 20 acres. It was probably

shortly after this, as we have seen, that he added the west wing on the

house and ordered its general renovation,

Probably one of the reasons prompting the construction of this

wing was the desirability of providing more cmfortaiile living quarters

fo r an expanding family. January 29, 1866 had witnessed the birth of a

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new heir - Fernando Francisco Jose Fernandez, (Baptismal Records St.

Louis CathedrdN.0, La, (Letter of M q D. Impastato to Dr. Rafffiovich,

dated July 1949)

Shortly af ter he had confortably established himself death was

t o claim his nextdoor neighbor, Martin Villavaso. On March 21, 1868 the

property ham as the "Battle Ground Saw M i l l " was put up f o r a sheriff 's

sale (No. 584 of the docket of the Second Judicial Court of said Parish).

The property is described in 'note f o r the inventory of the Succession of

the late Marie Josephine Cantrelle, spouse of Michel Martin Villavaso* as

follows :

H A plantation situated in St, Bernard Parish a t Amand f ive

miles below the c i ty of New Orleans on the l e f t bank of the river,

measuring three arpenta of front by eighty arpents of depth, bounded

on the upper line by the properties of M r . T. Al. Femandez and that

of the Jackson monument and on the lower line by the property of - Faaende, together n i th a l l the buildings, dependencies, -&.. improve-

ments,consisting in a large steam saw m i l l to which is attached a

grist and flour m i l l and a lathe machine, a large ( i l legible) ,

a storehouse f o r corn, a forge, plus a large number of buildings

f o r the employees of the m i l l , a large Hospital - very large Master

house, a large Kitchen, rooms for ironing linen, two pigeon houses

w i t h chamber in the bottom, Servants roans, wash housea coach

house, privies a&,.*

From 1866 to 1873 things apparently went well with the Fernandez

f d y , The house and grounds during this period must have presented a

picture quite similar to the typical river plantation described by

Castellanos, Henry C., New Orleans as It Was, New Orleans The Graham Co.

19051 37

HThe grounds surrounding the mansion house were always la id

out with profuse and magnificient shrubbery. T h i s was the spot

which usually betrayed a warnants tender care. A spacious avenue,

leading from the residence to the gate facing the p a l i c road, was

the f i r s t feature t o a t t rac t attention. Lined with s ta te ly magnolias,

the i r umbrageous limbs diffused a cool temperature without obstructing

the course of any current of air* The walks were hedged w i t h jessamines

and l i t t l e groves of myrtles and cedars, of arbor vitae, and arbor

cal i , with l ines of rose and pmegrante bushes marking off the squares,

while n m and then a huge stalked banana t ree or a bristling cactus

or Ilgave Americana ma ld start up and betray our vicinity t o the

tropical zone. Towering above all th i s diversified shrubbery were

various wide spreading and well shaped pecan trees, or, perhaps, the

jagged, twisted and gnarled limbs of that Spartan of the forest, the

live-o&.0ompletely encircling the whole house,yard and garden was a

rich dark hedge of orange trees, which, i n the fall of the par, were

nearly weighed down with the burden of thei r abundant fruittl,

With the advent of the seventies the fortunes of the Fernandezs

entered a noticeable decline. On February 27, 1873, Fernandez sold l o t

NO* One to M r s C a m f n r Ribas, wife of Auguste Lesseps fo r $4,000.~

(~us tave Le Gardenfr, N .P ,)

On April 24, 1876, Mrs, Carmea Lesseps Fernandez was rendered a I

judgment i n her favor i n the s u i t i n the Second Judicial Court in Louisiana

entitled M r s . Camen Lesseps, Wife of a:, A. Fernandez vs. Her husband No.7W.

"It i s ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Community acquets

and Jains n m existing between the plaint if , Mrs. Carmen Lesseps, Wife

of J. A. Fernandez and her said husband be and the same is hereby

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dissolved, and that said plaint iff do have and recover of said

dependant her husband, the sum of Nineteen thousand seven hundred

and f i f ty-six dollars and seventy nine cents. (a9 ,756.29) w i t h eight

per cent interest thereon f r o m Judic5aldaand, and costs of suit ,

together w i t h the married Ilbmanls legal M~rtgage on the property of

her Said husband Uhich above recited Mortgage was duly recorded in

accordance t o l a m i n book of Mortgage No. Seven folios 325 and 326:

On May 13, Sheriff Albert Estapinol seized the property and

folluwing May 29 advertised it for sale ''to take place at the Court House

of the Parish of St. Bernard on Saturday the 1st day of July 1876, a t

ll O'clock A.M.u The advertisements were posted i n three public places

i n the Parish : Wne on the door of the Court House of St, Bernard, one on

that of Francis Actietat s Coffee House and one on the door of the Parish

Ghurch". The property was sold as advertised on July 1st and was bid i n

by A. Saulet Esq, for Mrs. Fernandee f o r $5,000.00 . Just a few days before the sale, the New Orleans Times, June 28,

1876, carried notice of other changes that were about t o take plaoe in

the batt lefield comunity.

ttProposals For Wzildinge . Louisiana State Agricultural & Mechanical College

New Orleans, June 26, 1876

Sealed proposals w i l l be received u p t o 1 2 o'clock

Y[, TUZSDAX, July U, 1876 for the erection of proposed buildings f o r the

Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College a t C-ette, i n the

parish of St. Bernard, according t o drawings and specifications prepared

by M r . T. Whitney Carter, architect and now f i l ed for convenience i n the

office of the State Superintendent of Education, State House Building,

Proposals to be addressed under cover to the President of the Board of

Centml, Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College, University

buildings, Baronne Street, New Orleans. where additional information

required may be obtained by personal application to the architect,

By order of the Board of Contropt.

The College was t o be erected next door to the Rene Beauregard

property on the NBattle Ground Saw Mill0 estate that had formerly been owned

by Martin Villavaso. T h i s estate had been purchased by the ttBoard of

Control" over a year previous, March 30, 1875, from Mrs. Mary Atkins fo r

$20,555.00. (A. Hero, Jr. N.P.) The college proved an ill-fated venture,

however, and was soon involved i n a su i t with the Citizens Bank of

Louisiana, (No record has been found of this suit). On Novanber 30, 1881,

the bank sold the property t o Lucurgus Hold Wooton f o r $10,000.00 ( M a

Pitot, Jr., N.P.),

On November 27, 1878 Mrs. J. A. Fernandez paid a tax of $40,00

on her property which was then carried on the ~tAssesmeaRolls a t an eval-

uation of $4,000, It will be noticed that this represents a drop of

$5,000.00 in the evaluation that was shown in 1873.

By early spring of 1880 Mrs. Fernandez had decided to s e l l the

property, The D a i l y Picayune of March 27, 1880 carried notice of the sale:

tfPositive Sale of Bueno Retiro, A delightful Suburban Residence,

Pam and Orangery, on the c i ty side of the Mississippi River, and less

than a mile below the United States Barracks and the terminus of the

City Horse Car Railway.

By C. E. Giradey, Auctioneer - Office No. 31 Camp Street - Saturdey,

April 3, 1880 a t 1 2 ot clock, M; a t the St. Charles Auction Exchange,

will positively be sold a t public auction by consent of parties-

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"THE CHARMING SUBURBAN RESIDENCE PROPERTY, MODEL FARM AND W G E

ORCHARD, known as BUENO RETIRO. It i s within one mile belew the

Barracks er th@ horse car station, measures 208 f e e t 10 inches f ront

on the public road, with batture r ights on the Mississippi River by

a depth of 2834 fee t on the lower side d i d d i n g it from the Sta te

Agriaultural College, and 2781, f e e t on the upper slide dividing it

from the property of A. Lesseps, Esq, The width i a irregular, con-

verging t o a pint,

The prsperty i s impreved by a substantial two-story Briek Mansion,

and other dependencies, such a s stabling and poultry houses, laborer 's

quarters, shaded by a magnificient lawn of magnolia end oak t rees ,

The land i s exoeedingly r ich and productive, and under cu l t iv i ta t ion

f o r vegetables and flowers,

The Orchard contains a f ine assortment of f r u i t t rees , compris-

ing Orange, Merspilus, imperted Pears and Peuan Trees, besides a large

var ie ty of Figs, Grapes, etc, , t h r i f t y and bearing, Within half an

hour's drive of the centre s f the city, a steady demand and market

f o r a l l t h a t can be produced, and a house of superior comfort a d

advantages of scenery renders the property desirable, not only f o r

permanent residence, but as an investment of grdat prominence and

p r s d u c t i w n e s ~ ,

Terms and Conditions - One th i rd o r more cash, a t purchaser's

option, and the balance at one and two years fo r notes special ly

secured by mortgage and vendor's l ien , bearing all the usual clauses

of 8 per cent annun in teres t , from day of sale u n t i l f i n a l payment;

5 per cent, attorney's fees i n event of suit, poUcy of insurance trans-

ferred, and the purchasers t o a s sme the taxes due and elcigible i n 1880,

over the price of adjudication.

W

Act of sale before G. LeGardeur, Esq., notary public, a t the ex-

panse of purchaser,"

Thus the character of the property with par t icu lar relationship ts

its greuadr i s w a l l eskablished.

A t the t h e of the sale M r . Carmen Lesseps Fernandez was residing i n

the parish of Plaquemines with her husband. On June 4, 1880 she sold the

property nKnown a s the Buen Retiro Placen t o Judge Rene Toutant Beauregard,

e ldest son< of General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, distinguished off i -

cer of the Confederacy, fo r the m u n t of $4,100.00, T h i s f igure represents

approximately half of the pr ice J. A, Fernandez had paid when he acquired the

property i n 1866, and only $400.00 more than Alexander Baron had paid for the

l o t No, Two i n 1832. One of the provisions of the sale s t ipulated tha t the

purchaawr would "keep the buildings on said property constantly insured against

the loss by f i r e , t o an amount not l e s s than Twenty-seven hundred dollarst and

t o t ransfer the policy of Insurance t o the said vendor u n t i l the f u l l and f i n a l

payment of said notet'. ( ~ a h e y June 1880 Acts NO, 20 June-Dee. 1880, Notet

Should fur ther research disoover one of these insurance pol ic ies valuable in-

formation might w e l l be obtained re la t ive t o the h is tory of the house).

With this purchase the property enjoyed i t s longest p e r i d of unhter -

rupted private ownership. Socially prominent Rene Beauregard and his wife

Alice Cenas, gave t o the house a p a c e and charm tha t made it a popular ren-

dezvous of the most notable families of the day,

Like his i l lu s t r ious father Rene Beauregard had seen service i n the

C i v i l War. The report of Maj, M. Smith, Commanding Ar t i l l e ry Hardeels Corps.

Off icial Reaords (ser ies I) Vol, 32, Part 111, p, 690) shows F i r s t Lieutenant

R. T. Beauregard entered the Confederate service a s lfFirst l ieutenantn of

a r t i l l e r y April1862 a t South Carolina and tha t he was engaged i n the ba t t l e s

of Jaukson and Missionary Ridge.

He was i n command of Ferguson's (south ~ a r o l i n a ) Bat tery of

Ma j. Gen. W i l l i a m H. T. Walker's Reserve Corps, P b i d . , Vol, 30, Par t 11,

I n the spring of 1863 when Pemberton was hard pressed by Grant

a t Vicksburg, General Beauregard dispatched him reinforcements. With just-

i f i a b l e pride the fa ther wrote:

flHdqrs, Dspt. South Caroline, Georgia and Florida, Charleston, 3. C,

May 5, 1863.

S e u t , Gen, J , C . Pemberton, Commanding, Jackson, Miss,

Dear General! In obedience t o ins t ruc t ions from t h e War D e p r t m n t , I have sent you two brigades of my t roops (about 5,000 men), having se lected the bes t t h a t could be spared, under two of my ab l e s t generals - S . R. G i s t and W. H. T. walker; a l s o two excel lent ba t te r ies , i n one of which i s my son, Lieutenant Rene (R. T. ~eauregard) , . .

Young Beauregard i n the Tennessee, Campaign w a s t o w3J1 a m e n t and warm praise from h i s commanding o f f i c e r i n his o f f i c i a l repor t dated January 25, 1865:

"Major Cobb having been sent t o the hosp i ta l on account of indisposit ion, Captain Beauregard, by v i r t u e of rank, took command of the ba t t a l i on of a r t i l l e r ~ , ~ D b i d , , Vol,39,Part I, P. 8 2 7 g

"Captain Beauregard commanding my a r t i l l e r y , showed merit beyond h i s years, &nd7 maaged t he ba t ta l ion not only t o my but t o The good of the service and t o h i s

Vol, 45, Par t 1, p. 751. Continuation of above report2

In the archives of Louisiana University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,

there i s t o be found the manuscript of Rene Beauregard e n t i t l e d llMagnolia,

The Story of a Plantationlt. Some of h i s l e t t e r s a re t o be found at Loui-

siana S t a t e University, Howard-Tilton Library, New Orleans, Louisiana, Con- *

federate His tor ical Museum, New Orleans and The Cabildo Museum, Kew Orleans.

The name Beauregard was a' distinguished one i n the his tory of

France, The first t o bear it i n Louisiana was Toutant de Beauregard whs

first v i d t e d the colony i n the service of Louis XIV. Later he s e t t l e d

there. H i s grandson, Jacques married Helene Judith Reggio, a descendant

of the house of Este, Their son PierreGustave Toutant, who was t o bring

fresh marfrial l u s t r e t o the name, was born in St. Bernard Parish May 28,

1818, In 184.3. he married Laure, daughter of Ju les Villere, f i r s t Creole

Governor of Louisiana, and to t h i s union was born Rene Toutant Beauregard,

( ~ i e t i o n a r y of American ~bbgraphy)

A t the time of h is purchase ofnBueno Retiroll, Rene Beauregard

was a promisfng lawyer. Two years a f t e r i t s purchase, i n the be l ie f t h a t

he might enhance the value of h i s property and tha t of h i s neighbors, he,

September 25, 1882, granted a right-of-way across the northern limits of

his property t o the Eississ ippi Terre Aux Boeufs and W e Railway Company.

D a r i s h of St. Bernard, Book of Mortgages, No, 11-B, p, 2017

On September 24, 1888 t h e property was again expanded t o inalude

l o t No, One which was purchased by Mrs. Alice Cenas Beauregard from Octava

Toca f o r $3,000000 (E. A. Peyrous, N.P.), It was this year t h a t her hus-

band was elected Judge o h e PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARD AND FAMILY PAPERS, L , S . U ~

T t was pmbably short ly a f t e r this tha t the eas t wing was added t o the house,

Unlike the west wing it was en t i r e ly out of harmony with the l i n e s of the

house 0

It was short ly a f t e r t h i s tha t the expansion of heavy indus t r ies

began t o e f fec t noticeable changes i n the l i f e cf the community, On Febru-

ary 8, 1890 nThe St . Bernard Voicef1 carried notice of the auction sale of

Roy's Brick Yard one of the old established industr ies of the community t h a t

had flourished a s a contemporary of the "Battle Ground Saw M i l l n , The br ick

yard, which was located about six blocks below the Rampart and Dauphine Car

Terminus, had a capacity of two and a half million bricks, (Apparently the I

sale was not effected u n t i l 1903.)

The December 3 , 1892 issue of The St . Bernard Voice carried

disturbing newla t o a l l r iver plantation owners of the Parish:

"To Begin Work Monday

Fences Must Be Moved Back and Room

Made far the New Road

The l a t e s t news are t o the effect t h a t the National shellroad

wi l l be plowed up Monday next as work on the new levee w i l l be then

begun. The property holders are removing back t h e i r fences and cutting

down the i r t rees , and whether they dl1 be finished with the work i n

time fo r the levee building cannot yet be ascertained. I f a property-

holder wants h is large trees, t o make wood with, he must not simply

cut them down, but must go t o the expense of uprooting them . . . . The Engineers a re going t o blow up the la rge t r e e s which w i l l be

l e f t for them t o cut down with dynamite, but some people are going

t o protest against it on the grounds tha t it i s dangerousH,

Undoubtedly t h i s work resulted i n the removal of a number of

s t a t e ly t r ees from the Beauregard House lawn,,

On February 21, 1896 f i r e destroyed one of the most h is tor ic

landmarks of the Parish - the McCarty House tha t had served as Jackson's

headquarters, (see Part III,pXXXII, fo r photograph of house). The build-

ing a t this time was owned by Henri Beauregard, bnather of Rene, The St.

Bernard Voice of February 29th carried an interest ing hidtory of the house,

"The dwellings his tory dates back t o the beginning of the

century it was the headquarters of 'Old Hickoryt during the war of

1812, and it i s just above the ~odr iguez residence, which f o r a long

time had been General Jackson's headquarters (s ic) . General John Lo

Lewis i s the authority fo r the establishmefit of the t rue f ac t s i n the

case. The building was erected just before the war of 1812 by

W i l l i a m M, Montgomery, a wealthy merchant a d planter. It was then

considered one of the f inest residences in the south, and as bui l t

then has stood the winters of nearly a century without any material

alteration since the day it was buil t , Before the time when the war

broke out there were many stories told of the great house, because

of the jealous husband, who guarded his lovely wife in the strictest

manner possible. When Jackson came t o New Orleans with his regiments

of Tennesseans and Kentuckians M r . Montgomery invited him to make his

home his headquarters eLnd he accepted the invi-t;a%5on. It was in one

of the upper rooms tha t he drew his l ines f o r the defense of the city,

and here he made alL .the preUminaries fo r the great bat t le of

January 8...,

Win 1825, when the Marquis de Lafayette v i s i t e d Louisiana, it

was Ln this house that he stopped and was gtven his first welcome t o

Louisiana,.., An Annt of Mr. Beauregard who is now 90 pars old, w i t -

nessed the reception, and says that the veasel bearing General

Lafayette stopped just i n front of the m s i o n and then the distig-

guislsad French patr io t disembarked and was rowed i n a snal1 boat t o a wharf, and was then escorted by Mr. Ducros to the interior of the

house where he was greeted by Governor Henry Johnson, ( s t , Bernard

Voice w+s a weekly newspaper,)

The pace of industrial expansion w a s greatly stepped up in 1903-

1904. The June 20th issue of the St , Bernard Voice in 1903 carried the

notice:

FtNm Orleans & San Francisco Buys More Ground Here.

reeven First Ward Properties Are sold a t a Good Price and the

Company is after Nore Xernd. , , ,

Yi"l'e properties bought and prices paid were as follows: Roy

$10,000, w o n t de Nemours Ccarpany $7,650, Fabares $. Ssrignat,

$12,500, Cenas, $22,500; Piat, @8,000, Gueringer, qbU1000;

Beauregard, #@,39.. . . The s i t e has a r iver frontage of 2,300 feet

by a depth of 80 arpents.

11The places sold are among the oldest i n the pariah, the Roy

placd having been occupied continmusly fo r 67 years by the family,

lrhile the Fabres and Serignat and Cenas places constituted the old

Peyroux property. The f I e q Beauregard plantation was the head-

quarters of General Andrew jacks on...,^

The nature of this expansion was such as to threaten the very

existence of the Chalmette Park as is seen by an a r t i c le that appeared

i n the St. Bernard Voice December 3, 1903 t

IVhe Chdlmette Monument May Be Removed by Frisco

''And the Property Acquired by the W l r o a d Company t o Tom part

of i ts Bite f o r Terminals.

nOptions have been obtained on nearly all of the properties be-

heen Chalmette Moment and the Chalmette National Cemetery, and

the Frisco Railroad w i l l . become the awner of the land, will complete

the s i t e for its terminals within a few days,

'While there is no off ic ia l statement t o that effect, the report

that the Frisco w i l l . or already has applied fo r permission from the

government t o build wharves in front of the national cemetery and

the Chalmette Monment property, which was recently transferred to

the care of the national government, is generally credited and those

in position to know say most positively that no difficulty will be

experienced in that direction,... It is also given out that the

Frisco Railroad w i l l endeavor t o prevail upon the government to remove

the Qlalmette Monument at a point near the beautiful and ancient oaks 47

at Port Chalmette, which are s i l e n t witnesses t o the determined

contest between the Americans and IPlitish on Jan-4 , 8, 191511

The St. Brnard Voice, November 14, 1903, carried notice of

the sale of the McMillim property and the impending sale of the Rene

Beauregard propertyr

nThe McMillim Proper*

Sold to Frisco f o r $27,500

Other Land Deals About t o be Olosed the Cloverlands Dairy

Farm and the Two Beauregard Properties Being among them....

The M U i a n property was m e d by the Louisiana Agricul-

tural College many years ago, and was occupied f o r a long period

by the V W a s o family. Then it passed into the hands of the

Wootens, Rhoddes and Md4illans.n

Approximately a year l a t e r , Rene Beauregard, November 28, 1904,

sold his property t o the New Orleans Terminal Company f o r @8,000,00,

It is interesting t o note tha t the ac t of sale (Generes Dufour N.P.

Conveyance Bok No. 20 f o 451) describes the property as:

HA certain t r a c t of land situated in the Parish of St. Beenard,

i n the Sta te of Louisiana~on the l e f t bank of the BBississfppi River

about one mile below the City of New Orleans known as t he WBuen

R e t i r o Place ltl.. . . Thus WBueno Retirov, a name applied t o the place by Jose Antonio Fernandez

y Lineros, continued i n legal use beyond the 24 p a r s of ownership by

Rene Beauregard. However i n later years the house was t o be known by the

name of i t s last private owner.

On the same date of the sale of the i r house Ws. Alice Cenas

Beauregard sold l o t No. One t o the New Orleans Terminal m a n y f o r

@,m,00 (H, Generes Dufour, N.P. C.0, B, 20 %,&2). Thus the t o t a l

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sale price of the combined Rene Beauregard estate amounted to $27,$0, - a price that far exceeded any other the property had brought,

I n the years that followed the house was for awhile occupied

by tenant caretakers, then in World War I it was used t o quarter American

troops preparing t o embark fo r European battlefields. For the last 36

years of its empty deserted existence, it has stood l ike a lonely senti-

nel, a poignant landmark of a fab lous plantation era that is no more.

It is a house that has k n m gracious living,borne i t s e l f proudly, and,

but for recent vandalism, worn its age w e l l . Its acquisition by the

National Park Service, March 14, 1949, , Patts K. Leverich, N.P. C.O.B.

52 fo, 459) has rescued it frcan certain oblivibn, The decision to restore

it for use as an administration-museum tuilding of the park should ensure

its perpetuity,

The f i l e s of the Historic American Ebilding Survey i n the

Libra- of Congress describe the Beauregard House as follows!

ftThe w a l l s of the house and the columns are M c k plastered

and painted, the columns being white and the main body of the house

a sor t of q r i c o t color w i t h green blinds and white trlm. The roof

of the house which extends out over the colonnade i s quite unique,

being a hipped red purple s la te roof with a very graceful low

t r i p l e pitch, There are two donners front and rear and one a t each

end, placed rather high in the roof,, The detail i s poor throughout

the house.

"Perhaps the most interesting deta i l of construction i s the

ahhmey. There are i n rea l i ty -two chimneys which by means of an

arch i n the a t t i c are joined together and came out of the roof just

below the ridge as one,

#The house represents a rather l a t e development of the

Louisiana plantation type. There is a colonnade of eight columns

across both front and back of the house, the main body of which is

only one room deep, The plan is exitremely simple, there being

four moms t o each f loor with a stair ha l l a t the southeast ende

The rooms a t the northwest end are i n a mall wing which was added

a t a l a t e r date than the original 'ouilding, and which has recently

(1935) collapsed. There is also a a a t the southeast end,

apparently of the period of about 1890 and of a very bad design,

distracting considerably from the appearance of the house which is

otherwise good.

I Clarence John Laughlin in Ghosts Along the UlississimJ, (1948

Plate 55, The Enshadowed Pillars (No. 7) describes the house:

Within the area of the Bat t le f ie ld of New Orleans, there s t i l l

stands the crumbling mass of the Rene Beauregard House once known a s

Buene Retiro, o r ~ w e & Seclusion . . . . The house then had an approach

of more than two hundred yards, hedged with Bengal roses t o eith4r side,

and the surrounding grounds landsoaped,

"Architecturally the house forms mother important s tep i n the

evolution of Louisiana architecture from the or iginal Colonial style.

The great cement-covered br ick columns which supplanted the or iginal

squattish brick columns below and wooden colonettes above, and then a-

ppeared i n a single colonnade, a re here presented a t the next stage of

develepment a second iden t i aa l colennade was created a t the rear of

the house. The f loor plan i s thak of the second stage, however; three

rooms wide, and one deep, with a h a l l absent, A l l the rooms, front and

rear, spen onto galleries. I n the a t t i c the beams a r e a l l pegged; and

by means of some excellent br ick masonry, the f lues a l l merge in to huge

chimneys. The stairease was inside and a t the s~uthend of the house.

Later, there were two wings - only one of which still shed a t the t h e

of the a p p s i t e picture - and t h i s one was defini te ly added a t a date

l a t e r than the s ther . . . "The coloring of Rene Beauregard was excellent - a deep orange fer

the walls; a soft deep blue f o r the shutters, beams, and ceil ing; the

s l a t e s ( l a t e r ) browns and purples; earthy reds for the bricks of the

verandah; grayish white f o r the columns 'and trim . . . . n b d so, ' i n the long sad l i g h t of sunset, we gaze a t the ' t a l l and

s t a t e l y p i l l a r s of Sweet Seclusion - p i l l a r s on which the leaves of pecan

and oak pr int designs more ancient s t i l l than the house i t s e l f , designs

t h a t e ~ k e the loneliness and dismay of years beyond recall."

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J. Frazer Smith in his book White P i l l a r s (19W) writesz

"The color scheme employed a t Rene Beauregard could hardly

have been more alluring. The stucco of a l l the walls i s a weathered

deep orange, W e the blinds, gallery beams, and ceilings are the

same Madonna blue as a t Three Oaks nearbg. The slates on the roof

range fram dark motley buffs to b r a s and purples; the paving on

the ground floor is earthen reds and lrowm. The colnmns, entablature,

and t i r i m are, of course, a l l white. The whole exbrior has mellowed

quietly with age."

Note: Smith describes the blue of the Three Oaks blinds: !'The blinds

and ceiling beam work of the galleries are in 4he most 1-ow blue

I have ever seen which must have originally been like the Mod-

blue of Old Mexico.m

Scott, 1. S . in Old Plantation Houses in Louisiana w s ~ comment on .-. .

the Rene Beauregard House:

"It is smaller and less pretentious but mre idigenous i n type.

It i s altogether more charming in color and proportions than Three

Oaks.''

--,The most acourate and detailed derscription of the houae is that

gi-n by I&. Samuel g i l son one of the foreruost au thor i t i es on the

h i s t o r i c a l a rch i tec tu re of Louisianao The following description is

frm a l e t t e r by Lk0 I i l s o n t o t h e wri ter dated January 2, 1952:

a 'The so-called Rene Beauregard House is unique i n xnaq respects

architectually, Its plan form derives from the very ea r l i es t houses bu i l t by

the French in Louisiana, i ts general extdrior character is tha t of a plantation

house of the 1830's, but its architect& detail , both in te r io r and e h r i o r ,

is tha t of a house of the 18508s.

at is a small, two-story brick structure having but three roams on

each floor with a small stair hall a t the east end. The Largest roam, about

188 by 228, occupies the west end of the b-ding w i t h two smaller roams, each

about181 by 4 8 , between it and the stair hall. The block of the house is

thus a thin rectangle, only one room deep, se t facing the south and the river.

Porticos composed of eight rather closely spaced plastered k i c k columns, flank

the house on the north and south sides and support galleries a t the second

f loor level. The galleries are of wood, framed between the brick w a l l s and the

brick columns, and between the columns is a rai l ing of cross s t i ck balusters,

Access t o a l l the moms is from the galleries, the rear or north gallery being

also accessible f r m the s t a i r hall. The roans are also connected by interior

doorways, the resul t being a very open plan ideally suited t o the climate and

the informal French way of liping, which sacrificed some privacy fo r the greater

comfort afforded by cross ventilation, and the greater use of space m a s t e d

i n connecting corridors. As Benjamin Latrobe remarked, i n his Impressions

Respecting New Orleans, 'We derive from the English the habilt of desiring that

every one of our rooms should be separately accessible, & we consider rooms

that are thoroughfares as useless, The French and Continental Europeans gen-

e r a l l y l i ve , I believe, as much to their uwn satisfaction in the i r houses as we

do i n ours, and employ the roam they have t o more advantage because they do not

require so much space fo r passages, The comfort i s a matter of habit.1' w106).

M A simple, well proportioned wood cornice is carried across the tops

of the columns and around the house, supporting a rather low-pitched, hipped 55

roof, The roof is framed w i t h large wooden trusses spanning between and

supported by the front and rear columns. The ra f t e r s are then framed on parl-

ins which run be-tween the trusses, an extra r a f t e r section being provided around

the lower p a r t of the roof- t o r a i se Ule l eve l of the sheathing t o the cornice

height and thus give t o the roof a pleasing concave surface. The roofing mater-

ial i s late of a r ich purple color, probably of Welch origin, the hips and

ridge being covered with square cut, but t ended, v i t r i f i e d t i l e s , There are six

mod dormers, two on each of the long sides and one a t each end of the roof, and

a single squarish brick chimney rises from the center s l ight ly i n f ront of the

ridge, Actually the house has two chimneys, one on each of the brick cross-

w a l l s , but in the a t t i c these are brought together by means of a great brick

arch spanning across the center room. This chimney contains f lues fo r the six

f ireplaces of the house. The a t t i c is mfinished, w i t h all the roof framjng

and chimney construction exposed, It is well l ighted hawever by the dormer

windows and eas i ly accessible by the stairway which continues up from the second

f loor , Because of the way the roof i s framed up from the columns rather than

from the front and rear w a l l s , the house has a much la rger mearance than would

otherwise be the case, This i s a character is t ic of many Louisiana houses,

mThe brick w a l l s are a l l plastered inside and out, the exterior w a l l s

being scored t o simulate stone courses and painted a w m orange-yellow, The

coltrmns and all exter ior woodxork except, the shut ters are white, the shut ters

being a dark green. The openings in the first s tory are a l l casement doors

glazed i n rather small l i gh t s above with a panel below. There are heavy batten

blinds panelled on the inside, The second f l o o r openings however are large

double hung windows extending to the f loor and having louver shutters. The prin-

cipal entrance appears t o have been into the center room d m s t a i r s from the

r iver side. This door i s emphasized by a simple wooden ped-ent. Tile mouldimgs

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of a l l the trim, interior and kfterior is of a heavy l a t e Greek revival

character, Unless same evidence could be found to show that these details were

the result of sane later and most thorough renovation, they would definitely

date the house from the 1850% period, for moundings and detai ls of this charac-

t e r cannot be found in Louisiana a t an ea r l i e r date,

"The f i r s t floor, raised only a foot or so above the grade was of wood

construction and had completely rotted out same years ago, The mantles i n each

room were also of wood of a rather crude and heavy design, further evidence

of the late date of the house,

aAt the west end of the house there formerly stood a small, f l a t roofed,

two story addition containing a single room on each floor, Behind this t o the

north, the gallery was extended to contain a small nicely detailed wooden stair-

way, T h i s -, quite similar i n character to the main house was apparently

added soon after its acquisition in 1866 by Jose Antonio Fernandez Y Lineros

identified as the Marquis de Trava, and generally credited with having bui l t

the house in 1840, (an obvious error). The enclosure of the upper north gallery

i n glazed casements and wood panels was probably also done a t the tine of the

erection of the west wing. The walls of this wing were of brick, plastered,

scored and painted Like the r e s t of the house, They were however only eight

inches in tNckness and not bonded into the older brickwork, probably one of

the causes of the i r ultimate collapse.

%t some s t i l l l a t e r date a second wing was added t o the east end, a

wing entirely of frame construction and of such an inharmonious and l a t e

Victorian character as t o suggest an 1890 dateo This w a s during the period

(1880-1904) of mership by Judge Rene Beauregard, whose has always since

been attached t o the house. Both wings have entirely disappeared i n recent

a years,

THE mGAL O W OF cmnmmm A l O D l ' W P n t ! K ~ ~

bt No. T q en nhiah the Beauregard %use war was

gurchaeed by Alexander Baron April 1@, 1$32 a t wetien f ~ r

$3,790. b a r ~ l l e Rllouk 1. PJ. 1Zu poprtj t a leeally d e s e r i b

ea art

II) A aertrirP let sf g m d , part ef the plantatien ef Wlaire md L e d 8 3t. h d , f n e m n ef ad,er, in 8%. Bemad M r h @sihat.ed agprrxhateS five miles h b w %ha &.by en tihe l o f t kt& caf the IUseiesLppL ;Cmr and derh@&ed by the r 'Pile en r plan wMrh the vmndor8 had made b Allen d'luesourt under W e of h P 5, 3.832". mu -4 u t nhrr, B ~ h d f m feet six b e k r Proat om the Rivor en the line m k e d AB en the raid p h , and w h n d h g ha depth Irrcrc

bAng btmded en U e upper sib Iq b t deabgpebd en the pba by mumbor and @a the bmr rkde by b+i p d r

the battm facsing the mid l o t 0f grmrd end q aaePan- latien theream which may e a r n dmequrmt17 in any m m e r wb&aoemr ".

Aodsi t iogt "Tlao land wbld beleags t o OM m ~ b r s through e h s e ~ I I L Pierre Denis lhlwende Apri-3 28, la?. Elfhe1 de I.PJ '~hu J B ~ I ~ A %IQ fenud a par$ sf the plante%icpn pur&aaed by me St. AaPadr f m m DeIamndof *'A a -8% of @5,008,00.klue.de h.* aeqlrof.red the pmprty a ,judisla% auction sol. mala by krlik, 1. Morgan Sheriff sf the Parish and of fhe a a t ~ ef or& the t~ .~ .b%8dh 6f Fob-, fellowing us order ef seisrrrs randared bj tlge BQmraBle firs* d i r t r i o t murt, in the &tar of P. Do hUrende va. Hidm Ohahette, Pier-, Hebise Viabire, S u b l i e and ei l l ie , heir. of th la te 3i.w 4. P.llllc.m

uThis laad hbnged t o the h t e Sirru: I~[e3aoe D.Une a8 f@ll@w88 the 8hbeEl a v p ~ t 8 e l e m kPi-8 md tk@6 feet en tho apper side thrarugh parebase by aet befere the tamdersigaeti a a w y 1Pme f@urteeath one t b m w r l eight hruadred t-en rrzd sir m n t s on %fDs 1~-r sida BT-

means of prr~hase frem Charles Antobe de RoC590 crrcerel- ing Oe an oo* ef sale befere Pierre Padese3.aux, then Ibtar~. Prblio in this ebty, d . a h re t is dated February lniRth of %he p a r one t b u r m d eight hundred f i n . a

The f i r & pJrmntatdcan af sPr arpentr parshared b r 6hahet

fnr ~ ~ e r 1.tei.6 da ~ o g i o B e d , ~ab- 9, l ~ , for

$3.2,@0OeW ha fenmr9Jr been in the peeressiea ef B ~ p s Fkaneeire

WUUa de h d e v i l l e , u i h w of Antobe l'hillipp YudgaJI. 8e H a n b

villa6 Reggio hod aequbrud the preporby f m m the widow J a y 13, 1994.

b e t a r Femaades Re&&qqs N.PJ

Tk. St. hand pbta%imr I r deraribed r u t

"A eerkba l e t of gmrrrd rihateel apprdmtk.3j one mile uad 8 lm83f h.Ba tMr e i t r and below i6, en Bhr lof'k bank ef thn Rdmr, ~marurhg imanty-&r. r r p n t s ale- bi-8 Uld $hl.se faat bj. 8 dOfih ~ a 8 U I ' h g 88 f e l l m r - O h &&ern ppe*ts olevsn taieer the feet em the upper aide beiag ei BbubIo eoaeesrion aad Olw

aqm~+m (-at. on +he lmr 8 ~ e I & e a h g aa far as the M e ; this lrad is 1Poanded on the upper ride by U l s l belatag& tia Jam ~odri&$ whets0 land rrrrrrrer ~ n e - W a-mt i r e m t bumdoel above4 by 8 l h e M t r e p h i e Ui*h tb plm8td01~ f e ~ l d r u beba9b8Q k, the - h + 0 %bSkd bout7 (whtela Use) axboaair awtlms;rd fearteen degrees t W y h m t e r a&, &ad en the Ie-r aide b~ r aaal t b r e d%u&ted, '1hhh a d d m d a mrtlr twenty-three degrees East, this Q1D.l M ~ T ~ Q 81 a bun- betwela the lord8 new being mlal and t B R t of tb Si6ur IO.dr&ua% up t t ~ the pht h e r e the latter piecpe of land nnamurer trpo u a ane-half m a t s wide, from d r h p i n k the l i ae reparatbig the preperty baing mid and that af Siaur b-es runs parrllal t t ~ the lime mprr t ing tlae %&A- p a lad f r o m that formar3~ brbnging Oe, the I R ~ Eabnd Yam&?, that is to my i n r n~rthewly elireatien farmrt3.a degreor th i r ty minutes east; this is mre elearly shewn on 8 plam &am 3we first ef tb year one Oheusrad eigh0 Baudred thirbssn 'by Bar the lw Lafen, srrrepr uUah plan ie um.x6d %e ths aet sf sale pasred June f~nrteenth ef the year else t h o a ~ ~ d eight hundred thirteen befera Olae underrimed no-, by Hem Baragarfield, h e , W i d o w Charles M. Thurston, a ~ d Alfred and Ecdaand b s t 0 ~ 08 Ignacre Delia@; tho land now Isaeimg mld i r bemadad sm the lmr side bg- l a d sf Antebe Bie~~vernue, the 1 h e aaprab ing tb tm prepr t ies rruaning east in 8 dxbeea d e p e

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t-7 h u t e r northarlr d i r ec t i~n ; teaather nith a l l buil-r and h p ~ ~ ~ r r m b n t a therwn (en the laud being mld), witlrout Wt sr m s e m , ate. " Obl.me.b, iR turn had aoqmired the major part sf this plprak-

t i en P . i a a n (u) arpentr, eleven (u) Teiaea and t1mee(3) i a o h a

fmn t en the Rivrr by a dep%h of a doable mnaersiaba, bumdad on the

one stale by the purchaser end on the other by that ef the Sieur Jern

bdriguos aoeerdhg t o a plan &awn by Barthelamy Lafen under data

field, Anna Thrsbon, Widor ef @laarlar Me Thurstola,~ Alfred prpd B;d-

mond ' h r s t s m , f e r 8 6 5 , m r 0 ~ ) om June U, 1W.

Chahetca esmbined holdimgrs ef 22 arpemtr, ll *$sea andl

3 feat reprosantad an bmnatment af $77,i3M108D0.

f h 6 e pawafaraar b gabed h m ~ r t a l i t ~ . for his name in

tlorf 17 m~nth6 l a t e r h i 8 p ~ b a t b e n ma k@ baoma the mn38r 80ene

of the bat t le c~f Now Orleans c, a b t U a %hat was te bring p a t re-

nown .ke American .ras but f lnand.1 main te him.

IIanrj Dagorfield, Uf rad &atan, Edward l h r r t o n and

lmne Thraten had aacpired the a b ~ . doseribad prepert7 frm the

Unitad State6 ef h r i a r , April 24, U13, f e r tlw amount t ~ f $44,0OQ.~.

This mmpleted tho negetirtiens fsr prrrahaae rhioh Bad b a n b .gu e u -

l i a r , Jrnre 1, 18U, by Charles Me ThmlrOon anel Henry Baingarfiald of

the Mississippi Torriter~.. Beth man rsra d e a e f r imds ef Elavid

~ ~ r , f i r a t T a r r i b r i a l &vexmar of Hississippi u b prevailed upm

them k migrate fnr Vlrgitda to Y;Lssissippi.

Befere tha negatiatienr ef parchase were f'inall? aempleke

Olaular M. l%mretaa ar rather T h r a M died -ah 21, 1812 cuad was

buriad on the plantation (srppoae~1;1. rbsut 2,5W faot southeart ef

the OhalmbOe Yeaolrrnt). In a vow informative 1aCt.r b tkm writer

M a a d of G.orgr Washhghn, (en6 of hir daaghbrr married b t e a the

WaaUngba f a r ) , kin- ei hergo Ilfihe (dgaar ef the hour . -

m a r of the @elmy and f i r s t ~ o r s a r o r of tb St&* ef [email protected]~)*

rgEV, AND ,$DL, , OHAPIZE;S HZ13g TRRBPITBI war berm Hav04, l n 8 , i n Gloaehestar h., Va,, tb ma ef eel. Jebn -8- ton arid h i m wife Sarah Epme. He rrrr ia4 firs% &ah- n ~ r uad seeom8 Ann Almaader, 18avbg dereanQult8 by b t h 8 died h # 8 h 21, 18u, On US $ b # l b t i ~ n at ow-

. rctta, St. Bemoral hrLrh, La. He reqleted h i m adma- tion a t W i X E t o r ~ n d 6ie118go in 1754 atad in 1751 renrd as Liedenam% ef P?nd.meiJg udar en. Forbe8 in the Freneh and Indian Ware, W a g part in tb expedition to aa- Fort Duqrresne [nor Pit~skmgld after fh8nr.l Bradderkts defeat. Later he baaame a Ba~taisl ef bb131a.l m t i a . He served am Vestryman sf P e t m d h Parish, Gleachertror Qo*, Ba., and after a fow fear8 warit ta hglaasl to atu* far the ainistry. ArOer taking hlr B r d ~ s in 1765 frem the Bbrhog of London, he returned Co Gbuehestar Cs,, Va., snd beeam ~ U a t e r ef Potmrtln Parirk untfi 1768 when he removed t e Frederiek Qe,, Vw, where he 68-d as m- w e r cof Frederick Parish unti l 1'977. He was Chainma og -tee af S w ef Frederick CQ., Va., in 1774; Ram- 3isUW.m- Cemrerati~i.nl"171-6; arad

Member of tb Oeurt ~f Camiasi~ners h 1776. F m m hi8 @pit and elsewhere he esppit~ed the eaase ef Aaerieaa Indepndemee, har~191gued tb p a t h erf the t?kemmaity t o join the rraj., aad ra8 a e t i w ba tb preeare~snt af ail3.taq proriribaar .sd mppliea. A t the a- of b s t i U t i e s , he laid aride kia alerw- man's m h s a d a t his awn expmaro arigm&aed r ampmy ef ~ h n t e e r s of wW& he war elee%sd Captoh, thereafter being h m m as 'The Fight* Parma of th Remlu- tiem'. With h i r eolapan;7 he pparched h Mew Jerrsey t o join the foreerr ~f hn. horgle WasUq-gbn, He was prs- mted te, belenel, Jm, 15, ITV, of o m ef the addit iersl DentinentaJ. Regimeatis under the ~ U t o cwnuaraQ1 of ha . Chesge Waahimgbn. A t the Battle s f P iaea taw, near Ilraboy, M. d., sn Martar 8, 1'177, he led his tmepe ia% autbsn againah vastly maprier aumhrr and hal an arm skratwred i n B b engalgeaaat. Hir ma, then ealy eleven p a r a old, served as his d . b a Virginia was nnable t o mami% mff5cieat men t c , ssmpIete Phrrrksnla RoQiQUat, whereupa it was ocsmssllda%ed with G i s t ' 8

Fir& 4JmrbbentaI. Regiment axad Ccel. T h r t s s o reairnod Jaa. 1, 1779, a s a rrtprm~elp1r;r. He mlatiralieel t a suppert Che saare of Amricra h e b m anal war aebbrr in the a f f r i ra ei Virghda. Re was YuLsr ef' bPPItteo lie &tf&t. Treem~ in 1781; M ~ Q Q X gf &aso of Dele- gabs , b ~ t i a e n t d . @enpaas 9r 9'781; duabiee ef Fmdor- iek CJer, Va., In 179@; and mar meceasiveIr a f ~ g n d h g !hurts% of W a r m Springs, Va. b o w BerElej Sprhg8,&r- gan Oss., W. Va,); beme~breagh, 17. bltkoagh he me-r wen* there) 3 and Fr~tnt &am, Va. lIja he nurrd twuBh, s b p p h g fsr abatat ttlrco p a r a ira Temerreo and Usairsippi, tbrm mr$Qa6 on ts Hew * l e ~ , k. He l i e8 buried a s Ma plantatien a t €Jhabmtte, the Ba*tle ef Hew Orleuas hrriRg been feuglat over Us grave. A a b r t t h e before the Cattle his heire aeld tb p h - t a t i s m daraaing ms% @f the battlefi~lffi, t@ Ignaeo Be- OWmetOo.

. . .*He war U e d bnq in the will sf Gal. !€hruhn, rrho w a ~ ELI8 father-in-low, ead ebsewhere in sewra l 3egal.paperr he i s W e d Henry. Hewover, gemealegiea refer t e him as W I U i a m . He had a damble wim appareBC1j amd 1 have seen it atatkd that he m a U W u H e m D w r f i e ~ . was fmm Wbcheater, Va., arnd on hg. 18, 1994, i n Fr~der iak a@,, Va., married

E l i r a h t h Mynn Tkrri8bn. She war born A p r i l 6, 1773, in Frederiak Co., Va. %Id- Dmgorf5eld mt te MAss i - raippi abat l$@$/g with Gel* Clkrler M. Throlsbn pmal Ma brether-in-law, -orgo Flawarelaw H s r t s r a , wha married mether of eel. Tburteml s daughters (I am dereended f ) . . . I %kids laatqprfield war ha the .na fer a &@rt period far there i s ,an a f f h r r i t mneeflPilag h h &n tlaa W ~ h n - W ~ e k s - @ o m a d paper6 in tb arrUvo8 ef the V d r . ~f La. a t Babn k g a whish memtimr a eon- verratien rri'th bda 8% a eanbna~lat at Washingtam, Miss. armrd l@l@/~. Ha uar the f irst %srotw ef the ataim (er ~ a r r i h ~ ) ef a s s i r s i p p L His ebituarj. appear. in the WisrArrippi BdlopabliLtwnn, FlrrOelaer, Illas,, issue ef kr. 1, 1815, kt haw nab leaked it up t e get the exaet date of hi8 death . . . . H!l.s d d e w m a Uvhg i n Ilr00l;l.s, Usr., h a 1835, but 1 da net knew uhea she died, They were ammind b one daughter rim married he FaUx baa ten (mob Sam 3 ef the Texas kq . . . . I) Tlae legal ahaha af t i t l e ta t h i a plamimtien may be trraed

tho U d h d Ifa+boa tie Thomar 8. IliUbma fo r the mn;Lt.ed Staeer of

b r i m luU l#, 1 8 U &claul de Arm88 N.PJ Omddmratia (h.@Q).

The hi tee l Stater of k & e r ae@mel Bha plantatiaa in a d t againat

W % l l i a m Brsrm Me. 2324, %prier Cmrt For Territory Of Orloam P u i r h

Of (3rleaa8, $tat@ of huisiana (suit has apparent* been lest).

W i l l i a m ]&.om asmired the plantation b e l t 21, 1@8 fmm

harriwt&eat nA plantation s i tu tee l one mile and a half f r e m this a i . 7 en th l e f t h k ef the River, upn which plentatit~n is a Yeater house, a augar mill, a refinery, stom heuse, aeger (r ia) eabimr and several ether buildings; bounded an th. bwer side by that of the vendor, ta@har with tihe fmnt and depth ~ a ~ p p l s n t s BeIs~gimg therob , and meh as boleaged vtil th ia day t c p the present vender, uithaut falait or m a e m 1113d meh as par- charad frar the l a t e M o m llarigry by private ae%(aader seisin) rewrded Fob- shteenkla, im the office ~f Naraisse Brsutin, i n the year l'19S.n

Bearor- t w U e u i a e mmt her plantation sitmated four lailea fmm and beleu thir c i t y anel em the same aide of the River bgether with m i l l awl implements, amid SPad cempr3ring thoroe a d m e half espemtr fmnt, by 8 depth stated in tb sot sf parehare by&?. L.urent Sigrrr 0s heember tmatpfWrd , one thonand eight handred seven befere as; whirla thme am4 r half arpmtr oLere 8% 8 piat meamring one a r p m t and a half the mamuremont of the p p r % y mntintain~ tkmr from that pint through- @at its depth. A t The mn&r aaqdrad the s a d land by g&-irat (described) frem Laweat 8bgur act betaro as dated Jme 12, lmg, am8 the se6e1md fmm Ilcrhelrr hehe , elm by aat bofere us bnt dab4 Peaem- ber %mnty-fir8O, ene thousand eight hmdrod five.

&a the rttaehad Cerbiiierte 386, ismad br tb Ooanisabnerr

of Land @l&u f a r tb &stern D ia td s t ef tb 0rle.1as Torribry dated

Men Orleans Jan, 3, 18l2, W i J U s r Brewn $8 ahom "entitled ts 8 pa*eaC

ftpr a t r ae t ef l a d sitmate in the m m t y sf &-leatar an the %at ride

sf tho Hssituaippi - -- - bounded abve by tb. lands ef J. M. P i n t a d

- - - arsl k b w by the lands ef Olaalmet l3db8 - - - having rrhIi0.n

a r p n r elovum Oeirea C * b e feet in fmn t agad fmOy wpna SB depth

. . .I The b a r d s examhatbon revealed that "the f ros t suad f i r a t

depth ef forty arpamtr ef this land rras aeturl ly inhabided and aul-

t i n t e d en CBe 20th day of Deaeahr, 18@3 and fsr m r e than Osn mn-

seaative pars prier thereto\ So msB tb b a r d eonfirmed bat re-

jeeted the elaim tts the remaimiag extensiom in depth. The old Board

was the f i r s t appointed by the United States Be investigate elaiow

th8% originated prier to the ba is i8na %chase i.u 18@3. &and @flee

~koerda, ~ a p i t o l MI-, h t e n ~euge , L a .

Irr Part IIZI, p e n f a r e f e d phatarta%io -pier of the

f ie ld mtar of nToraship 13 S., B u y 3.2 E., Didrist S. E. Esat

ef River anrvlpd br Wrge Datrgh.x%y, 3.836. These -%or repre-

sent m y a eif H e n Q Lamade He. 284, ian0h.r). Bianvmnue l o r

152, L& 8, St. Amand He. 178, C l a i m ef ~ ~ O I be111 10.. 3s a d

Fraaair B. LqpiXle Me. 185.

Zia tho aama mstiea ).XI are fcsomd t b f i e l d note8 of

the a&me bwnrhip m m d by borga He OrudJem, lWe, mvorhg

1@ arpens were involved. It w3.U further be ebaerwd that @sf thr,

ten urpsns d x are s&tuted at the r w r lindt @f the plu&a%&en 0,m

the lid@ of tb ~ i ' b ~ - tm f b ~ t QSp88 - I&%g~, t l l h the bmd-

a w of Mx, Bdaard b e m a t t s property reach enly 15 arpns Pore er

l e ss alcpthj and the four ether srpena 90 h arpens in depth.

The 4 arpens st the lower lhdt are cc~ntigwue to the plmtrtian ef

h b h e Bie~lvsnrp. Thy rre entitled t o the double comcessien of

$Owpens . .. II Thus the St. h d s retained 12 of the 22 arpena of the

plantation they acqraired fro^ Pierre Denis Dalaronde, A p r i l 28,

1 1 . Investigation reveal@d that the purchaser atad price of the

first five let8 were as fol l~wsr

1. Lst No, & was pebsea l Apri.1 I@, 1832 b Theophile lilt. fer $3,780, fiar3.ila pelhck, 11.P Lft -8 nbsequen0~y n l d r

f [a) Jon, 12, U$g T U t s t o A-rte

%tiom# Villqprasa, fer #3,9@0. hares , RagisPler e f %n-

Ibrs, Lest# €Imtrelle fer The scts 0f hKUip Tsaa, Reaorder in P

(d) Feb. a. 3.873 6. 8. IPemanslrs lihemr b &a. 0-m Bibas u i f a of Augada Lesseps, fer $~,BOI.OQ. &an L. ~pmieur, N.PJ

(e l A 1%. 187g Mrr, Oarsan Rib s tQ Auguthe *.*pa Jr, fer &,000.(PB. t (illst.- L. Bar-

dew, I,PJ ($1 -6 25. 1884 b ~ ~ d e a J ~ F 7, 1 8 8 ~ ~ ~ w a t e

Albert E, Livaadir fer

Tear, t o Mrr. Alire Gems, wife of Reno Terntarat B..uugM far B,oew.eo. 6. A. hymas N.PJ

Ers. dlioe Gems Boaloregard tQ 7 fer #9,$4W.~.

t l o t was purehasad by k n fer

CPI b n e haureaard huso.

3. b t s M e . ~ a n d ~ w e r e p u r a b 8 o d A p ~ 1 0 , 3.832 by Micbl Bernard Cantrollo, Lot Ns, (7,300.00, for PoUotk IoP Tlsir was te be davehpd as the uhUS. Chauad Saw M i l l u prept;y, The properby*uae required by Miehsl win Villavasa, &me 24, 1845 in the saccrersien of ~ i c h e l Bernard Gantrellt and Jese hlwe Omtrelle (recerd sf sale destroyed by fire! (&an Jacques Roman, J r d p and ex-effiaio notary St. Jmes Parish).

11853 a c h e 1 Martin V U a v a a e purchased let &a. fm Yulie Ajdlse Osrraby Pa atax rer b, 590.40. blph mdeusq.i., N . P ~

Note r "The proaeedirsga snti%led lhaaessien sf Marie Josephine hntrelle deaeased, d f e ef Mioh& Martin VUavaso Ns. 584 of the decrket ef .bb haond Jud&sia3. (hart, ef mid Pariah on the B l l s t of b e h 1868, or w e l l as the Shefiff s Sale ~ L n g mat m i said m ~ a e s s i o n prsceedhgr have beea delrlcreyedl by fireu and aa a rasrraS% axe mt inaluded 3.n abotrret.

(a) Jw R6. X888 by Charles Q. t0 Mrs. Yary A. packmod fer Skawbridge I.PJ

(b) June 26. 1868 Yre, Mary A. C. Paekmod t e Urs. Sarah Ahiimmrth PIQIBPB)~ - dma%%~)n.

62) J t Mrs. Sarah A h m r t f a to Mrs. Z z Lkc;",fr $22,5W.W. [barn lkmt3 r.p (8) a r e h S@. 11375 Mra. Mary A t h s Lneh te Bead af

Q~ntroP af the buisi~acr A p i a twal and Met i sd BeUege fey $20,555.80. A. %re, Jr. %.P

(a 1 f

Diti!iizos Bank of Istaiad~ar rs. Agrioa;Lkual and Yechani~al Gallege of frsn3.dmae h t e t He reeord cpf this s d t in the office of the Clerk sf the Cart far the 22 Jmdieial Diatriet, Parish af SO. Bernard, rraa f e u d .

(P) Bev. 90. 3.88a The . Lfrr~mgus Hold Wmhn fer

Jr. N.PJ (g) J w e 27. 1@8E Lpwrgus Eiolt Waotora to Mrs. Pamela

38. Bbdes, wife of Dr. John Rbdes f@r 8 ~ 8 , 0 0 0 . ~ . (h) bm, L. Pamela &de8 and Jehn Bhodes to Hew

Orleans C Western Railrwd bight-of-& for [email protected].

(i) June ,lo. 1896 Captain Lafaptte Jaeks vs. Dr. J o b Rbdea. Boveaber l4. 1896 Dr. John Rbdeti t a Captrirr Lafa- pt%s Jacka Sale) fer $7,00~.00. fie Bums,

(3) dune 23. 1899 Gaptaia Iafaptte Jaeks to &a. Anna Jsaa YJlllllaa - donatien.

(k) h v o 23.. Hew Orlesne T Irs. by Y d l i l l i a n , Et Judicial DidrieO Uomt Dea. 5, 1W3 - Judgment - $2'?,5m.w.

(1) D Q o . _ 9 . Captain Lafayette Jacks, Jks, hama Jrckr IdUli.n ts How O r l e a ~ s Terminal O0mpcmy far $27,500.@0

ek 16. 1832 P i e m O a o z Poyroox tat O e m s t ce Pojn,~ux for $l8,B00.W0 hoe, Iegherr, I,F F

3 C i t i t - 8 Bank of hrrhodsrro rs.

M y z w u x #231W First Judioial D i r t d e t Court Parish ef Orleanr, La,, for pay- memt of mrtgage ~f $A+,798,@0, The Sheriff' r Sale by %stave Duoram of Qt. Bernard k i r h dated July 6, 1844 resalting RPm Fi..ri Faehaa in mi* of CJAkisenr Bankc of La, ve. &martanas Pe~rrsax Be, 23107 was deatmged by fire.

f ir . k i e b e Oarraby ?a f043,598.u. T" &iph

Mete: IPellewing this purehaso Lat 130, Five bo- e m r pad of th. Wattle b u n d Saw AU.3.'' pmperty*

Fmm thm f ~ r a g o h g it is apparent tht let.# a and Three having a depth ef only 15 more er 108s more the

least ezpsnsim of the lotr, mnst i ta t ing 18 arpemts ef the St.

Amand pbsta t ion , offered f e r sale April 18, 1832, It is of

further interest te note that ia a vic in i ty where land ownership

changed sa, rapidly, the baaregard ~ Q U S ~ preperty rcanpiued r a w

tiY.17 stable.

In Part I I I p ~ ~ t l r e n is an in teres tbe ; phoha0l;t <sew

ef a Plan by U l o a d*~eaidoburt dated Jan, 24, 1837 ahwing Clm

part i t ion ef a plantation imte lets, apparently for sale, within

the eavimn; sf 5 PlilQiu of Hew %leaus. T h i s would place it with-

in the batt lefield area. So far the writer' s researoh har net

definitely estabUah6d i t r identity -- mado especially diffictplt

by m i l l eg ib le t i t l e . An asswrptisn i s $hark it rcepraeentr a

further partitioning ef a rep~iiidsg pcprtien of the St. hand

plantation. It iar of par ti^^ imtsrest bawause of B b houses

and ~ m t k m i l h g s shammi.

One of the f i r s t sources of information e d n e d on the

house was the correspondence between M r . Richard Koch, Di s t r i c t Of-

f icer , Historic American Buildings Survey i n Louisiana and &. J. 2.

Fitzwilson, Vice President, New Orleans Terminal Company:

January 11, 1934

Southern Railway System Terminal Station New Orleans, La.

Attention M r . J. E. Fitzwilson

Dear S i rs :

The National Advisory Committee of the Historic American Building Survey has selected the Rene Beauregard House on your property adjacent the Chalmette S l ips as worthy of a period i n the archi tectural history of Louisiana t o be =corded.

Would you give me permission t o have t h i s building measured.

Very t r u l y yours,

Richard Koch Dis t r ic t Officer Historic American Buildings Survey i n Louisiana

Civ i l Th?orks Administ r a t ion (Agency of the Federal Government)

of the S ta te of Louisiana

January n, 1934

Mr. Richard K o c ~ , D i s t r i c t Officer His tor ic American Bldgs. Survey i n La. 614 Audubon Building New Orleans, La.

Building: Beauregard House Location: Adjacent t o Chalmette Monument

Permission i s hereby given t o measure, draw and photograph the above building f o r t h e Historic American Building Survey in Louisiana under the jur isdict ion of the United S ta tes Department of the In te r ior , Office of the National Parks, Build- ings and Reservations, Washington, D. C.

These drawings, photographs, etc. on completion w i l l be finally deposited i n t he Library of Congress.

While pr in t s from the tracings, etc. dl1 be ob- ta ined by in te res ted par t ies during the progress of the program, a l l r i gh t s of publication a re reserved by the Federal Government.

J. E. F'ITZIIJILSON, V. P. Owner, New Orleans Terminal Co.

Tenant

United Sta tes Department of the Inter ior Office of National Parks Buildings and Reservations

March 27, 1934

Southern Railway System Terminal Stat ion New Orleans, Louisiana

Attention Publici ty Department \

Do you have information tha t w i l l enable you t o f i l l i n the enclosed blank fo r the Department of the In t e r io r a t Washington. Your abstract of t i t l e w i l l probably show most of what i s being asked for.

Thanking you fo r the cooperation you have given us, I am

Very t r u l y yours

Richard Koch, D i s t r i c t Officer Historic American Building Survey i n Louisiana

New Orleans Terminal Company Office of Vice President

New Orleans, La. March 31, 1934

M r . Richard Koch, Dis t r ic t Officer Federal Civ i l Works Administration of La. New Orleans, La.

Dear Sir: Your l e t t e r of March 27th and questionnaire re la t ive t o Rene Beauregard House have been received, and we are giving t h i s matter necessary attention. I n due course you w i l l hear f r o m US.

Very t r u l y yours

J. E. Fitzwilson Vice President

The Mew Orleans Terminal Company Office of Vice A.esident

New Orleans, La. April 17, 1934

2554

Mr. Richard Koch, Di s t r i c t Officer Historic American Building Survey i n La. Federal Civi l Works Administration New Orleans, Louisiana

Dear Sir:

I n reply t o your l e t t e r of March 27th, inquiring about Rene Beauregard House:':

Except with respect t o the date of acquisit ion by New Orleans Terminal Company of t h i s property, names of i t s grantors and descriptions i n deeds, etc. we a re unable t o give any defini te information. The property, upon which what i s known a s Rene Beauregard House i s located, was conveyed t o New Orleans Terminal Company i n 1904 i n two parcels by grantors of the name of Beauregard (1) by Mrs. Alice Cenas, wife of Rene Toutant Beauregard, November 28, 1904, and (2) by Rene Toutant Beauregard, November 28,,,1904. In l a t t e r deed, the property i s mentioned as "BuepRetiro Place." Deed II

from Mrs. Alice Cenas Beauregard r ec i t e s derivation of t i t l e by her f ron Octave Toca, September 24, 1888, and deed from Rene Toutant Beauregard r ec i t e s derivation by him from Mr. Carmen Fernardez, June 4, 1880.

We have been to ld the property "is the old Beauregard House, bu i l t by GalUer, Architect, fo r Marquis de Trava, and w a s called Bueno Retiro; purchased l a t e r by Judge Rene Beauregard,

son of General G. T. Beauregard.# The following i s a lso said t o be copied f r m St . Maurice Church Program, April1912:

The Plantation patented t o W i l l i a m Brown 1812, subsequently subdivided; upper portion came t o the Pierre family - Chalmette Monument located thereon. Next t r a c t i s the United States Soldier 's Cemetery. Next, Etienne Villavaso property. The succeeding properties became the home of Rene Beauregard, son of General G. T. Beauregard, a f t e r having been i n possession of Elladam Baron; then Martin Villavaso, who

married Miss Cantrelle. Their daughter Aglais was t h e wife of Mr. Gallier, who b u i l t the French Opera House, Gal l ier Court, and the old Louisiana National Bank Building on Cannon Street.

We have a lso heard t h a t the property was owned and occupied by Augustin MacArte, a r ich planter, a t the time

> of the three ba t t les of New Orleans, and was used by General Andrew Jackson a s headquarters (N. B. the b a t t l e of New Orleans was fought i n 1815.

The house has not been used by New Orleans Terminal Company since acquisition; except, perhaps, as rented out from time t o time t o loca l tenants f o r dPrelling purposes. It was occupied by troops f o r a while during the Norld War, and has been v a ~ a n t since. It i s i n such condition as t o be untenantable.

We would re fer you t o Louisiana S ta t e Historical Society, or the U. S. Daughters 1776-1812. It seems t o us t h a t t h i s property has i ts r e a l h i s to r i ca l value by v i r tue of i t s his tory pr ior t o acquisit ion by the Beaure- gard family, but the Louisiana State Histor ical Society probably has due record of it and should be able t o be of service t o you i n forming opinion a s t o i t s value and succession. In any event, on account of i ts dis t inct ion i n the community, careful investigation in to i t s history at New Orleans would develop more than could be disclosed by t i t l e abstracts.

Hoping the above may be of possible assistance i n your investigation, we remain

Very t r u l y yours,

J. E. Fitzwilson Vice President

Rene Beauregard House (~es idence Chalmette St. Bernard Parish, ~ o u i s i a n a )

Owner - Southern Elailway System Terminal Station, New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of Erections

184.0

Architect

James Gallier, Sr.

Builder

Present condition

Poor. North wing has collapsed. Wings at each end of house are additions. Entire f i r s t f loor has rot ted out. Walls, roof and columns of main house are s t i l l i n good condition.

Number of Stor ies

Two s to r i e s wi th a t t i c .

Materials of Construction

Main house and columns of brick stuccoed. North wing brick, south wing frame. Slate roof, with cypress fram- ing. Plaster walls and ceil ings.

Other exis t ing Records

New Orleans States , June 1, 192k N. Scott and IN. P. Spratling "Old Plantation Houses i n Louisianan Wm. Hilburn Co., 1927

Additional Data

Attached hereto.

January 11, 1935

Rene Beauregard House

I n St. Bernard Parish a mile below the City of New Orleans and adjoining the f i e l d of Chalmette h e r e the Bat t le of Mew Orleans was fought i n 1815, i s the Rene Beau- regard House. Originally cal led Bueno Retiro, t he house w a s bu i l t i n 1840 by James Gallier, Sr., Architect f a r the Marquis de Trava.

According t o J. P. Coleman, wri t ing i n the New Orleans States June 1, 1924, the house was subsequently occupied by . . . f t Judge Rene Beauregard, e ldest son of General P. G. -T. Beauregard of the Confederate Army, and J. A. permandez, who married the daughter of Alexander Lesseps. Judge Beau- regard's brother Henry l ived there, having purchased the B o n w o property next door t o Bueno Retiro. The Bonzano Mansion disappeared some years ago, when the Southern Rail- way Company which also owns the Rene Beaurdgard House, purchased the property, developed the house, and erected i n its stead an imuxense warehouse, which now occupies the site."

The house represents a rather l a t e development of t h e Louisiana plantation type. There i s a colonnade of eight columns across both front and back of the house, the min body of which i s only one room deep. The plan i s extremely simple, there being four rooms t o each f loor with a s t a i r h a l l a t the southeast end. The rooms a t the northwest end are i n a mall wing, which was added at a l a t e r date than the or iginal building, and which has recently collapsed. There i s also a wing a t the southeast end, apparently of the period of about 1890 and of a very bad design, detract ing considerably from the appearance of the house which i s otherwise good.

The walls of the house and the columns a re of brick plastered and painted, the columns being white and the main body of the house a so r t of apricot color with green blinds and white trim. The roof of the house which extends out over the colonnade is quite unique, being a hipped red- purple s l a t e roof with a very graceful low t r i p l e pitch.

There a r e two dormers f ront and rear and one at each end, placed rather high i n the roof. The d e t a i l i s poor throughout the house.

Perhaps the most in te res t ing d e t a i l of construction i s the chimney. There a re i n r e a l i t y two chimneys Nhich by means of an arch i n the a t t i c a r e joined together and come out of the roof jus t below the ridge a s one.

In a l e t t e r dated April 17, 1934, addressed t o the Historic American Building Survey i n Louisiana, M r . J. E. Fitz-wilson of the New Orleans Terminal Company (Southern c ail way) says :

"The property, upon which what i s known as the Rene Beauregard House i s located, was conveyed t o Mew Orleans Terminal Company i n 1904 in two par- ce ls by grantors of the name of Beauregard -

(1) Mrs. Alice Cenas, wife of Toutant Beau- regard November 28, 1904 and

(2) Rene Toutant Beauregard, November 28, 1904."

I n the l a t t e r deed the property i s mentioned a s Y3ueno Retiro Place.

Deed from Mrs. Alice Cenas Beauregard rec i tes the derivation of her t i t l e by her from Octave Toca, September 24, 1888, and deed from Rene Toutant Beauregard rec i tes deriva- t i on by him from Mr. Carmen Fernandez, June 4, 1880.

M r . F i tmi l son continues: We have been to ld the property i s the old Beauregard House, b u i l t by Gallier, Architect, f o r Marqufs de Trava, and was called Bueno Retiro; it was purchased l a t e r by Judge Beauregard, son of General G. T. Beauregard.

The following i s also said t o have been copied from St. Maurice Church Program., April 1912:

The plantation patented t o W i l l i a m Brown, 1812 subsequently subdivided; upper portion came t o the Piernas Family - Chahet te Monument located

thereon. Next t r a c t i s the United States Soldiers' Cemetery. Next, Etienne Villavaso property. The succeeding properties became the home of Rene Beaure- gard, son of General G. T. Beauregard, a f t e r having been i n possession of hasdam Baron; then Martin Villavaso, who married Miss Cantrelle. Their daughter, Aglais, was the wife of M r . Gal l ier , who bu i l t the French Opera House, Gal l ier Court, and the Old Louisiana National Bank on Commen Street."

It i s a lso said tha t the property was once armed by Augustin Macarte, a r ich planter, a t the time of the three ba t t les of New Orleans, and was used by Genepal Andrew Jackson as headquarters. The Bat t le of New Orleans was fought i n 1815.

The house has not been used by the New Orleans Terminal Com- pany since i t s acquisition; except perhaps as rented out from

time t o time by local tenants f o r dwelling purposes. It was occupied by troops for a time during the World War, and has been vacant since. It is at present i n such condition as t o be un- tenable.

Detai led Imepeatior ef the Hause

On January 15th and 17th the wri tar , i m sempaay with

Superirtoadent Gibbs and Arcshiteot Merril l , made oareful inspeetians

of the house in erder t o determine ar many r t rue tu ra l de ta i l s a s

psasibla and ts axplsra the axtant ef damage eaused by ramlala ia

the past few years.

Gorerally the building i s i n f a r worse r t a t a af repa i r

tham when the wr i t e r l a s t axamired it i n 1939. Sire. them, t o

mentior soll.thing af the damage, the lawer s t a i r s Bar, bear p a r t i a l l y

destropsd and ramoveds the p r a h r a i l i ng brebm aut, th. mantals

remered if mat destroyed; tho par t i t i ens on the seaamd f l ao r demolish-

ed; e re laak reatiam af the rasanry w a l l t o rn s u t j tlw p la r te r hook-

d e n 3 the s l a t e raof te rn e f f and tha ahiauey dismartlad.

In the dertruohiaa of the a k i u . y the vandals removed ore

of flu moat interest ing a rah i toe tur r l features of' tha bmra.

The extant ef mutilat ien ef t h i s imterestimg old lamd-

mark i s graphiaally p r t r a y o d both an tha i n t e r io r and ex ta r i e r by

the reeemt phategrapha shewn i n Pa r t 111- Rene Beauregard Ieaae,

(Photographs a rd ~ e a m e r t s ) .

The imapat ien rewalad t h a t reeead hard lumbar had

been naed in i t s eeratmotien. This i s c lef i r i ta ly notioaabla i r

the a t t i e fmmirg. (see tar t 111, p. MXI.) The use sf suoh

seeeladhalad materials suggests the poss ib i l i t y t h a t a portion af

the materials of an e r i g i r a l house on t h i s s i t e was used in the

ereot ien ef the pmaeat structure.

Another i r t e r o s t h g feature disaororad ir the

inspeetiara was tho l ooa t i e r ef a forner window mr door o r the

west side eZ the herao. Whoa tho f i r s t e f the wings was added,

t h i s wiadocrr sr door was b r i r b d up and apparent ly a doer was eut

on o i t b r s ide ef it. I t s p s i t i e n i s f rdieatod by the eatstretohod

a m e f tho f igure ir the photograph- Part 111, p.XXVII1.

Reforenee should be made t e the a r ~ h i t o a t u n l report

of Mr . Mer r i l l em these irrpaotiems.

APPENDIX: -

Extracts from the Autobiography of James Gallier

tlRRARY INTFRM~1tNTh1N CULTilRAt RFS0UPf.f CENTER

NAllONAL PARK SfAVlCf

New Orleans Public Library Feb. 10, 1951

Architecture

Vol. 1, New Orleans August 1905, No. 2

Autobiography of James Gallier, Architect 179&-1858.

Edi tor l s Note

The last ing influence of the Senior Gallier upon the archi-

t ec tu ra l development of New Orleans, and the surrounding country, to-

gether with the l i g h t he throws upon the minutiae of building operations

of h i s day, makes h i s autobiography one ofxare in te res t t o the archi tect .

It was published i n Paris i n 1861, a t h is own expense. The volume from

which t h i s reprint i s taken i s from the l ib ra ry of Mr. T. P. Thompson

and bears evidence of having been careful ly revised by the author.

After Mr. Gallier r e t i r ed from active practice i n New Orleans

i n 1850, t o be succeeded by h i s son James Gallier, Jr., he devoted h i s

le i sure and income t o t ravel , spending considerable time upon the shores

of the Mediterranean. H i s description of architecture studied by h i m

i n h i s t rave ls is of considerable in t e res t , a s it is t h a t of a sk i l led

archi tect . So far a s possible the old buildings which have disappeared

a s well as those s t i l l i n existence, t o which reference i s made, w i l l

be i l lus t ra ted , a s w i l l also the buildings described i n h i s journeyings.

I was born a t t h e village of Ravendale i n the county of

Louth, on the 24th of July 1798, i n one of the most pleasant valleys

on the eastern coast of Ireland . . . . A t t h e age of about four years I was sent t o a small country

school, t he only one i n the neighborhood, which was kept by a poor

Englishman cal led Brett , who with a wife and children occupied a

miserable cottage of one apartment, t ha t served f o r kitchen, fo r par-

lor, and all, a s well as f o r the school; the scholars were but few,

and we spent the greater part of our time playing a l l sor t s of pranks

and games, making l i t t l e progress i n learning but much in the exer-

c ises of running, leaping and wrestling, and we thus grew up as act ive

and hardy a s mountain goats.

My brother John was my junior by only twenty months; he and

I grew up together i n the closest intimacy and brotherly affection...

My other brothers being several years younger than John and I, we never

knew them so intimately as he and I have known each other. After having

passed the greater par t of six years under Brett , and had learned t o

read, write and the f i r s t rudiments of arithmetic, we were sent t o school

a t Dundalk which was kept by the Rev. Samuel Nielson, an excellent man,

and a good teacher.. . In th is way I continued u n t i l I had reached m y

fourteenth year, at which time the amount of my learning was very small;

a smattering of English grammar and composition, arithmetic and mensura-

t ion. I was then taken f ina l ly from school, jus t a t the time when I

could have made the most rapid progress in studies of any kind, and

bound apprentice t o my father , t o learn the business of a builder..,

Shortly a f t e r the expiration of my f a t h e r ' s lease, there

was no employment t o be had a t h i s business anywhere about the country

....; it was therefore arranged, chief ly a t t h e suggestion of my

mother, t h a t I should go t o DubUn and study t h e art of a rch i tec tura l

drawing; so with t h a t i n t en t my fa ther accmpanied me t o the c i t y and

got me admitted t o t he School of Fine Arts, which w a s at t ha t time

kept i n Hawken's s t ree t . The archi tectural school was open only on

three days of the reek, a i d then f o r only two hours of each day, so

t h a t I had the intermediate time a t my disposal, and I obtained em-

ployment as a bui lder a t some houses t ha t were being erected by

Alderman Thorp i n Mduntjoyls Square; t he wages I there received were

very small, and, a s m y f a the r a t t h a t time could afford me but l i t t l e

ass is tance from home, I had t o manage very c losely t o make ends meet.

Having always shown something of a t a s t e f o r and a strong

incl inat ion towards works of a r t , I now f i l l e d up every spare hour

I could ge t a t copying orders of architecture and such other d e t a i l s

as I could f ind at the academy; and, although there was but very l i t t l e

ins t ruct ion given a t t he school, I there got t h e f i r s t glimpse of the

way i n which drawings were made; and, i n a few months passed a t t ha t

establishment, I received the only d i rec t teaching I have dver had.

After having been a t Dublin f o r severalmonths... I returned

home . .. . I n the month of May, 1816, I crossed the channel from

Dundalk t o Liverpool.. . On my a r r iva l I was to ld t h a t Manchester promised a be t te r

prospect f o r employment, so I without delay s e t out t o walk from Liver-

pool, and cjn reaching Manchester I was employed at the building of a

cotton mill... My wages were but four sh i l l ings per day... I remained

i n Manchester a s long as I could get employment. I then returned t o

Liverpool, where I obtained work f m a re la t ion of mine... 1 remained

with him f o r several months and then returned home....

I n the autumn of 1820, seeing no prospect of business f o r

t h e winter, I thought the best use I could make of the time was t o t r y

and improve my education, which up t o tha t period had been much neg-

lected, so with tha t intent I passed several months a t a school i n

Dundalk, where I applied myself assiduously t o studies such a s book-

keeping, geometry, French, and English exercises, etc., etc., and made

such general use of those months, as t o benefit me very materially i n

a f t e r life....

I n 1821 and 1822, I obtained some small building contracts

about the country, but as they mre pa l t ry and unprofitable John and I

decided upon going t o London and there t r y our fortunes together at the

fountain head....

In a short time a f t e r we had beoome acquainted with the

London methods of doing business, we p o h g took piece-work from our

employers, and being very strong and act ive were soon able t o save

some money... I n our second year i n London we entered in to a new ar-

rangement with our employers, by which we agreed t o take large quanti-

t i e s of joiners1 work at certain fixed prices, and then engaged other

men t o assist us in i t s execution; t h i s we continued t o do for nearly

three years...

Having previously t o leaving Ireland become acquainted with

an amiable young English g i r l , Miss Elizabeth Tyley, whose parents re-

sided near Market-Darton, i n Shropshire, we maintained a correspondence

fo r some time and now agreed t o marry; so with tha t in ten t I made a

journey from London in to Shropshire i n the month of January, 1823, met

her a t her f a the r ' s house, and was shortly a f t e r married. We immediately

afterwards returned t o London, where I resumed my former employment along

with John at the establishment of Cover and Lamence.

I n the following year John married also, but we continued to-

gether in the same employment f o r two years longer, when with the view

of bettering our circumstances we opened a small place of business on

our own account; but, not withstanding our utmost e f for t s , the specula-

t ion f a i l e d t o rea l ize our expectations. IVe did not then understand

tha t young men without friends have but slender chances of success i n

set t ing up f o r themselves a business l i k e ours in such a place a s London.

During t h e g rea te r par t of my s t ay i n London I devoted

every spare hour t o t he study of t he higher pr inciples of the a r t of

building. I care fu l ly studied t he works of Nicholson, Tredgold, and

others on t he science of construction, the s t rength of materials, e t c . ,

read a l l t he works I could procure upon engineering, t h e steam engine,

and machinery; a l s o those upon the pr inciples of a rch i tec tu re and t he

f i n e a r t s .

Having a s before s ta ted l e f t my address with M r . Vfilkins, I

was, i n 1826, favored with a l e t t e r from him, saying t h a t , i f I s t i l l

f e l t a des i re t o be engaged a s a c lerk of the works, he had something

i n view which might s u i t me; and i f I would meet him at the town of

Huntingdon, he could t he r e point out t h e du t ies I should have t o per-

form i f I entered i n t o t h e engagement. I attended a t t h e appointed

time and place, and found he was about t o bu i ld a pr ison f o r t he county

of Huntingdon. Having examined i n t o m y f i t n e s s f o r t h e s i tuat ion, he

engaged me a t a s a l a ry of four pounds per week, t o t ake charge of t h e

plans, and see t h a t t h e work was perforaed by t h e contractor i n accord-

ance with the drawings and specif icat ions .

I was highly delighted with my- s i tua t ion , being the f i r s t em-

ployment I had ever had t h a t held out a prospect of advancing posi t ion

i n l ife. , .

I n a year a f t e r our marriage our f i r s t ch i ld was born, which

was a boy, bu t he died i n ea r ly infancy; our second was a g i r l , who

lived t o the age of four years; our th i rd was my dear son James,

the only one now l e f t ; he was born a t Huntingdon on the 25th

September, 1827, and was christened i n the picturesque old church

of that town; our fourth was a g i r l , born a f t e r our return t o

London, but died i n ear ly childhood.

bdy..next neighbor a t Huntingdon was M r . Robert Carruthers,

a l i t e r a r y man, who carried on the business of a bookbinder a t the

same place with the management of the country school.... This excel-

l en t man was of much' service t o me i n the way of obtaining the use of

books. I became a member of a debating society and of a social club;

. I also joined a Masonic lodge, and, during the two years of my stay

a t Huntfngd.on, rqy knowledge of l i f e and of the ways of society became

much enlarged....

The building of the prison having been a t length completed,

I received an encouraging of fer t o return t o London and superintend

the building of a range of houses i n South Street , near Park Lane,

agreeably t o plans made by Mr. John Deering, Architect; I accepted the

offer, and returned t o London with m y family i n June, 1828. I applied

myself assiduously t o study, and before my engagement a t those houses

had terminated, I was employed by several persons about tha t quarter

of London t o furnish plans f o r new buildings and a l te ra t ions t o old

ones.

I clear ly perceived, however, t ha t though I might i n time

succeed i n a small way and t o a limited extent, I could never reckon

upon any great success i n London without the patronage of people in

high s tat ion; and .as with such people I had no influence, I saw it

was hopeless t o expect much success i n tha t direction.

But having heard t h a t any person well acquainted with the

practice of building, a s well a s having a f a i r knowledge of archi-

tecture a s an a r t , could scarcely f a i l of success i n the United States

of America, I therefore came to the conclusion tha t there l a y the

proper f i e l d f o r my labours.

Not having seen my native home i n Ireland f o r t en years, I

made a visit t o my father and relat ions before se t t ing out for the

New World.

On my return t o London I soon made the necessary prepara-

t ions f o r crossing the Atlantic, and l e f t the St. Catherine's docks

on the eighth of February, 1832, bn board an American ship called the

Louisiana. We had a tedious and stonny voyage of sixty-five days, but

landed safely i n New Pork....

I l e f t my wife and family i n London t o reside with John and

h i s family, and s e t out alone as a pioneer t o find i n what p a r t of

America I rpas most l i k e l y t o meet with a desirable place t o make a

settlement.

On my a r r i v a l a t New York on the 14th of April, 1832, I

considered a large c i t y a s the most l i k e l y place t o expect employ-

ment i n my profession, but here I found that the majority of the

people could with d i f f i cu l ty be made t o understand what was meant

by a professional architect. The builders, t h a t i s , the carpenters

and bricklayers, a l l called themselves archi tects , and were a t t ha t

time the persons t o whom owners of property applied when they required

plans f o r building. The builder hired some poor draftsman, of whom

there wemte a half a dozen i n New York at that time, t o make the plans,

paying him a mere t r i f l e f o r h is services. The drawings so made were,

it i s true, but of l i t t l e - v a l u e , and some proprietors bu i l t without

having any regular plan. When they wanted a house b u i l t they looked

around f o r one already finished, which they thought suitable fo r t h e i r

purpose; and then bargained with a builder t o erect f o r them such

another, o r one with such al terat ions upon the model as they might

point out. A l l t h i s was soon changed, however, and archi tects began

t o be employed by proprietors before going t o the builders; and i n t h i s

way, i n a short time, the s ty le of buildings public and private showed

signs of rapid Improvement.

There was a t that time, properly speaking, only one archi-

t e c t ' s of f ice in Mew York, kept by Town and Davis. Tom had been a

carpenter, but was no draftsman... Davis, his partner, was no mechanic,

but was a good draftsman and possessed much t a s t e as an artist. He had

furnished the plans fo r many of the public buildings i n some of the

s t a t e s of tha t time.

There was a M r . Dakin, a young man of genius, who had been

a carpenter and had studied architecture i n Towns office; a t the time

of my arr ival , he had opened an off ice of his awn, where he made draw-

ings f o r the builders; from him I obtained the f i r s t employment I had

i n America, and a s he found me much be t te r acquainted with business i n

general than any of the draftsmen a t t h a t time i n New York, he pro-

posed t o employ me a t four dol la rs per day; so I went i n t o his off ice

and remained there f o r several months.

A s soon as I had thus procured employment I wrote f o r my

wife and son, who wi th John and h i s family came out and joined me a t

New York, i n the month of July, 1832....

There was a t t h a t time i n New York a draftsman cal led Lafever,

who had been in the employment of a builder; he came t o me and proposed

t o join me as a partner i n opening an archi tects office; he said he

had an extensive connection of inf luencial friends, who would patronize

us i n business.

After some consideration I agreed t o h is proposal and we

opened an office i n Clinton Hall, where we obtained from the builders

orders fo r as , m y drawings a s we could well make; but I found it very

disagreeable work, and so badly rewarded, that I began t o cast about

and see if there was no other way by which I could improve my si tuation,

and escape from t h i s horse-in+-mill routine of grinding out draw-

ings f o r the builders.

Perceiving tha t there was no such thing a s a Builderst

Price Book a t New York, I fancied t h a t i f I published one upon a

similar t o tha t of London, it might i f not profitablg be a t l e a s t

the mans of making my name known among the builders throughout the

country; I therefore se t t o work, and i n four months produced the

"American Builders' Price Bookon A s a speculation I only l o s t money

by it, but indirect ly it was of much service t o me. To show with what

energy I strove t o get forward at t h a t period, I got up a course of

lectures on architecture, with i l l u s t r a t i v e drawings, which I read

a f e w times i n p ~ b l 3 . c ~ but with no other advantage than of Blaking my

name be t t e r known among the people.

It was then intimated t o me by persons who had been t o the

south, t ha t New Orleans would be a much be t te r place f o r me t o s e t t l e

i n than New York, i f I could only bear the climate; for , though mer-

cant i le men went down there from the north every year, they generally

remained during the winter months only, and returned northward i n the

summer t o escape the yellow fever; t h i s they continued t o do u n t i l

they had i n some degree become acc l imat i~ed; but an archi tect could

not do th is ; he must remain all t h e summer from his f i r s t beginning,

as t h a t was the season when buildings were chiefly erected i n New

Orleans,

Lafever and I having then dissolved our co-partnership, I

l e f t with him the col lect ion of various outstanding debts due t o our

firm, but of which I never received any par t from him afterwards.

Having determined t o run the hazard of New Orleans, I pre-

pared without delay t o go there, and make a trial, leaving my family

i n the meantime a t New York; so that, i n October, 1834, I se t off

by sea, accompanied by a young man, a brother of the M r . Dakin before

mentioned. We landed at Mobile, where we remined f o r a few weeks,

u n t i l the yellow fever had fo r tha t season disappeared from New

Orleans. We then went there, and hired an of f ice on Canal Street,

hung i t s w a l l s with plans and drawings, and began t o look out f o r

something t o do,

The corporation of the c i t y of Mobile having decided upon

building a town hal l , advertised f o r plans, and we made a design f o r

it which obtained the f i r s t prize of three hundred dollars; though

but a t r i f l e , it seemed t o place our names before the public: but

i n consequence of a f i r e , by which a large portion of Mobile was de-

stroyed,the h a l l was never bui l t . We made plans f o r a church, and f o r

a public school, which were erected there, and aEe s t i l l the most i m -

portant looking buildings i n mverment Street.

A company having been a t that time formed f o r erecting a

large hotel i n New Orleans, which was afterwards named the 1f5aint

Charles." The owner of the ground, M r . John Hagan, was president of

the company; he, as well as several of the chief shareholders were

I r i s h merchants, who had been established i n business there for m y

years; these gentlemen welcomed me as a countryman, and t reated me

with great kindness. I made a design f o r the new hotel, which gave

general satisfaction; the committee adopted it, and engaged me t o

superintend i t s erection. I demanded f o r my services a per-centage

upon the cost of the building as was usual i n such cases i n England;

but t o t h i s they would not consent, but f ina l ly agreed t o pay me

ten thousand dol lars f o r the plans, drawings and superintendence. A s

a l l t he stone work, the greater par t of the joiners1 work and i ron work,

had at tha t time t o be prepared a t the north, involving a vast amount

of drawing and writing, and as the time required f o r the erection ex-

tended over a space of three years, the amount of compensation was not

nearly a s much as it should have been; but I gained reputation by it,

which braught i n other business tha t paid better.

The s o i l of t h e lower part of Louisiana being wholly a l -

luvial , intermingled with trunks and roots of old t r e e s which had f o r

ages been brought d m by the Mississippi River and deposited along

i t s margin, may be l i t e r a l l y said t o be afloat, a s water everywhere i n

the v ic in i ty of New Orleans i s found a t a foot or two below the sur-

face of the ground when the r ive r is high; t h i s causes much trouble

with heavy buildings, as the walls sink down to a depth proportioned

t o t h e i r height. The only way t o prevent unequal settlement i s t o

make the width - of the foundation comensurate with the height of the

walls and the weight which each wall w i l l have t o bear; the deeper the

foundation i s dug, the l e s s capable w i l l it be t o support superincum-

bent weight. I found the best way was t o expand the base of the founda-

t ion i n proportion t o the intended height of the walls. For the hotel,

I had reckoned on a foot and a half f o r sinking, but a s it continued

t o go down fo r f ive years a f t e r it was bui l t , it sunk a foot more than

I had allowed before it f ina l ly stopped. The progress of the building

was much mtarded the f i r s t summer by the number of deaths that oc-

curred among the workmen from sun stroke or yellow fever; the los s of

l i f e f ran these causes was t r u l y appalling. In addition t o t h i s source

of trouble I was forced t o a c t not only a s the archi tect , but a l so a s

clerk of the works and foreman mechanic i n each of the trades engaged

i n the building, a s the only men who could a t tha t time be had knew

l i t t l e or nothing of building beyond the most comraon structures. I had

therefore t o d i rec t every movement i n each department, by which my em-

ployment became very arduous and onerous.

The hotel was finished i n 1836, and when completed had en-

trances from three different s t ree ts ; t he principal one was on St.

Charles Street. The basement s tory consisted of shops and off ices

which were rented t o various occupants. The principal entrances were

gained by a f l i g h t of granite steps at each end of a projecting plat-

form, on which stood a Corinthian portico, having an inner range of

columns, with a deep recess behind them, where the entrance doors were

placed.

In the centre of the structure was an octagonal building,

which, extending above the roofs, was terminated by a circular order

of columns, and surmounhed by a dome tha t produced a f i n e effect , and

could be seen a t a grea t distance from every s ide on approaching the

ci ty . In the basement s tory of the octagon was placed the bar-room,

where an extensive counter was constantly supplied with various kinds

of eatables, furnished gra t&s t o any one who chose t o pay fo r one of " those drinks or compounds for which American bar-rooms a re celebrated;

Many a "man about townn l ived nearly altogether at t h i s , or a t other

bar-rooms, and frequently cut short h i s l i f e by habits of intemperance,

f i r s t acquired and afterwards kept up by establishments of t h i s de-

scription.

On the principal s tory were placed the dining roams, the

saloons, the private parlo\lrs, and the drawing rooms; the kitchens and

a l l the working par t s of the establishment, as well a s the bathing

rooms, were situated i n the back wing; there were rooms t o lodge and

accommodate nearly f ive hundred people, and the hotel , taken a s a whole,

was ac-bowledged by a l l who then saw it t o be the most complete and

beautiful structure of the kind tha t had up t o t h a t period been erected

i n America.

During my f i r s t summer i n New Orleans, besides the St. Charles

Hotel, I was engaged t o furnish plans f o r and superintend the building

of a merchants' exchange on Royal Street, which was afterwards con-

verted into the Post-office; the design fo r the dome and roof over the

large room was somewhat peculiar and caused a good dea l of crit icism

among the builders. There was a M r . Nicholls, who had fo r some time

previously been the s t a t e archi tect and engineer; he pronounced tha t

the building, i f constructed according t o m y design, would be insecure

and the dome could not stand. The building conhittee, on hearfng th i s ,

desired me t o have the plans altered, but I refused t o do th i s , and

invi ted M r . N%cholls t o discuss the safety of the design sc ien t i f ica l ly

i n presence of the committee; but as he declined t o do so, I drew up a

statement showing i n de ta i l , on principles l a i d down by Tredgold and

others, t h a t every part of the construction had been carefully consider-

ed and duly provided for: the committee were sat isf ied, and desired

me to go on with the work,which I did; everything was finished i n due

time, and has remained firm and secure t o the present day. My reputa-

t i o n having gained some advantage by t h i s discussion, I soon had ap-

plications from other par t ies f o r a s many plans and contracts a s I

could possibly attend to.

Having passed through the summer of 1835 without taking the

yellow fever, I thought a l l danger from it f o r tha t year had gone by,

when l a t e i n November, having been much exposed t o the weather on a

damp cold day, I was i n the evening seized by a c h i l l f i t , followed by

violent fever; a doctor was sent for , who bled me profusely; he re-

turned next day bringing another doctor with him and bled m e again;

they then considered m y case a very perilous one and cal led i n a th i rd ;

and the three continued t o visit me three times a day t o the sixth

night, bywhich time the disease had reached a c r i s i s and I became

delirious, but on the following morning had subsided and I was then

so feeble tha t I could not move a rauscle nor make any voice heard.

By the several bleedings, cuppings, and leechings it was computed

that I had i n four days l o s t ninety six ounces of blood, and had taken

nearly one hundred grains of calomel i n one dose; t h i s produced an

ef fec t which everything e lse had fai led t o do. That was one of the

methods adopted i n the treatment f o r yellow fever i n those days; but

every year the fever assumed a different type, and required a dif-

ferent mode of treatment; it was only by observing the greatest care

and prudence tha t I was enabled t o leave my room a t the end of three

weeks, a f t e r the fever had l e f t me.

During my absence, the building committee of the hote l de-

voted t o me the most unceasing attention; nothing t h a t care o r physic

could accomplish was l e f t undone, and t o t h i s circumstance I chief ly

at t r ibuted my recovery.

On resuming business again I found myself overwhelmed by dif-

f i c u l t i e s i n procuring the services of good workmen t o carry out the

various contracts I had i n hand: I found tha t mechanics who understood

t h e i r business, eym only tolerably well, preferred taking small con-

t r a c t s on t h e i r own account t o working fo r others, so t h a t those who

were t o be had f o r hire knew l i t t l e or nothing of t h e i r business, and

required constant supervision and instruction. I had at the time a

foreman carpenter who was a very good mechanic; but he, then taking ad-

vantage of the circumstances, told me he had received an offer from a

man who was long established i n business t o be taken i n a s a partner,

but t ha t he muld prefer remainingwith me, i f I offered him a similar

arrangement; otherwise, he must leave me. Situated a s I then was, I

f e l t myself'compelled t o agree t o the terms of his demand; so I took

him i n a s a parliner, having one-third in t e res t in the building depart-

ment of my business, but not in the architectural. He remained with

me f o r three years, but disputes and bickerings having frequently arisen

between us, we agreed t o separate, and I was made happy on finding my-

self once again the sole master of my own af fa i r s .

I then engaged a s foreman a pung E;nglishnaan who had been a

s tairbuflder i n my employment f o r some time previously: he made an

excellent foreman, was a most trustworthy person i n every way, and re-

mained with me a s long as I continued i n business.

I also engaged as bookkeeper a most estimable young man who

had been brought up i n the of f ice of a wine merchant i n London; he was

in te l l igent and worthy of a l l confidence; so t h a t he also remained with

me a s long as I continued i n business.

A t the so l ic i ta t ion of my archi tectural partner, M r . Charles

Dakin, h i s brother James came from New York i n 1835 and they proposed

tha t he should join us a s ' a partner i n the off ice; but I doubted whether

three of us could agree together i n such a business as ours. I there-

fore proposed t o withdraw and leave the off ice t o them, stipulating,

however, t ha t a s the St. Charles Hotel and the Post of f ice were ex-

clusively ngr avrn designs, I should continue t o superintend them u n t i l

completed; we separated upon these conditions. I paid over t o Charles

h i s proportion of what had been received by us from the commencement,

and I: l e f t with them a l l the unfinished business i n the office. They

continued t o practice successfully f o r a year o r two, when Charles re-

moved t o and opened a branch off ice a t Mobile, where among other busi-

ness he made a con%cact t o build a range of brick stores and warehouses;

but, whether from t h e want of suff ic ient experience as a builder or

proper care i n the construction, the whole range of buildings tumbled

down while the roofs were being put on: t h i s misfortune so preyed upon

the s p i r i t s of the poor fellow, that , happening t o take a severe cold,

a rapid disease of the lungs followed, which carried him off i n l i t t l e

more than a year.

Having by t h i s time bought some l o t s of ground fronting on

Comon and Carondelet s t r e e t s i n New Orleans, I there established my

off ice and workshops, and occupied them as long a s I remained i n busi-

ness.

A plan having been made by Dakin f o r a new Catholic church

i n Camp Street, he was employed by the committee t o superintend its

erection; but, when the w a l l s of the building had reached nearly t o

the roof, a disagreement between Dakin and the managers took place, and

he withdrew from the undertaking. After much delay, the managers em-

ployed me t o f inish the structure; but before the walls of the tower

had r i sen above the roof, they began t o s e t t l e down toward one side,

from a defective foundation; so t h a t I had t o take out the old founda-

t i on and put i n a new one, without pulling d m the walls; t h i s caused

much trouble and expense, bat I f ina l ly succeeded i n accomplishing it,

s o t h a t it has stood firmly t o the present day.

The whole of the in te r ior arrangements, the groined ceilings,

the altar, the organ, etc. wereerected a f t e r my designs and under

superintendence.

I had been much embarrassed f o r some time in procuring timber

f o r the various buildings I: had in hand; the sawmills were few i n num-

ber, and the demands upon them so great, t ha t buildings were often much

delayed from t h i s cause. M r . Thomas Barrett, a well-known merchant of

the c i ty , and president of a bank, had a sawmill a t Lafayette where I

was i n t he habit of getting much of the timber requbed f o r my contracts,

wanting t o dispose of t h i s d.11, proposed t o s e l l it t o me, and took

much pains i n pointing out the many advantages I should derive from hav-

ing f u l l command of the establishment.

There were two men who f o r some years had conducted the busi-

ness of the mill. for him: the one, called Walsh, was the jmnager;

the other, called Burdon, was the bookkeeper; both Lived upon t h e pre-

mises; and Barrett , giving them excellent characters, strongly advised

t ha t I should join with them in the bushess of the m i l l and i n the

purchase of the property on which it stood, and t o allow them a l i b e r a l

salary f o r managing the business. I took the advice of some friends

upon it, and i n an unlucky hour I decided upon entering in to the specu-

lation.

The property consisted of three squares of ground, twenty-

f ive Negroes, a stock of horses, mules, etc., the saxmill with steam

engine and machinery, a l l i n tolerably good working condition; the

price was one hundred and fo r ty thousand dol lars ; f o r which we gave

jo in t ly our promissory notes, bearing in t e res t a t six per cent per

annum, payable by installments extending over f i v e years; and had m y

partners acted honestly in the business, it would have been a profitable

speculation f o r a l l concerned i n it. During the first six months the

profi ts amounted t o twenty- thousand dollars, and everything went on

very hopefully; but f o r the next six months the p ro f i t s did not much

exceed half t ha t sum: TNalsh and Burdon accounted f o r t h i s great fa l l -

ing off by saying the machinery was growing old and required frequent

repairs, by which the work was retarded; at the end of every succeed-

ing six months the apparent prof i t s kept regularly diminishing, though

the m i l l was in f u l l operation; and a s the p ro f i t s no longer suffkced

t o l iquidate the notes given fo r the property as they became due. The

in teres t upon them was accumulating, and the firm was rapidly dr i f t ing

in to debt. I frequently, along with my bookkeeper, examined the books

of the firm, but a f t e r the most r ig id investigation, no errors were

discovered by which I could prove, though I strongly suspected,

nefarious practices by the managing partners. Things went on i n

t h i s way f o r a space of three years, a t the end of which t h e ,

Burdon was ki l led by being accidentally thrown from h i s gig. Walsh

then evinced the greatest alarm upon finding tha t of t h i r t y thousand

dol la rs worth of landed property bought by Burdon f o r himself and

Walsh conjointly, in the course of those three years, the whole ap-

peared t o stand exclusively i n the name of Burdon, and Walsh could

show no t i t l e t o any par t of: it; so that, with the view of trying

t o recover some portion of it, he produced several memorandum tha t

had been kept by Burdon, and were f i l l e d with en t r i e s of l o t s of th-

ber sold by him t o various persons f o r cash a t the m i l l , but of which

he had entered no part i n the books of the firm; t h i s accounted f o r

m y i n a b i l i t y t o discover t h e i r frauds by e d n i n g the books. Walsh

pretended t o have jus t discovered these memorandums among BurQnls

private papers, and said he was u n t i l then wholly unacquainted with

t h e i r existence, and now proposed tha t I should join him i n s u i t against

Burdon's estate, for r e s t i t u t ion of the funds of which he had swindled

the f i m . Being convinced, hmever, that both one and the other had

been equally concerned i n the fraud, I f i r s t of a l l secured those

memorandums, placed them i n court f o r safe keeping, and then entered

suit against the e s t a t e s of Vlalsh and Burdon i n solido fo r the amount

of what they had cheated me.

A s soon as Walsh found me determined t o sue him, he made

simulated sales of a l l the property tha t had anywhere stood i n h i s

name, including a cotton plantation, t o a cousin of h is who l ived upon

the plantation a t some distance up the r iver . He then commenced an

energetic defence against my suit, t o prevent a judgment from being

recorded against him fo r the space of two years from the date of the

sales, as by a l a w of Louisiana, a sa le could not be s e t aside a f t e r

two years had elapsed from i ts e, excepting where a judgment from

a court could be recorded against it before the end of tha t time. So

tha t , when I had a t last obtained a judgment for s ix ty thousand dol-

lars against Tmalsh and ~urdon, it was too l a t e , f o r no property belong-

ing t o Talsh could then be found tha t I could legal ly touch; and a s f o r

Burdon1s estate, so many privileged creditors appeared tha t very lit-

t l e of it was l e f t f o r any one.

Nalsh, having then r e t i r ed t o h i s plantation, demanded from

his cousin a reconveyance of the property with which he had intrusted

him; but t h i s the l a t t e r refused t o do; the property stood now in h i s

name, and he said he intended t o keep it so. On t h i s IValsh became

perfect ly furious; he lost a l l self-control, took t o drinking brandy,

went about with a bot t le i n his pocket, and a gun on h i s arm, in a

s t a t e of absolute frenzy, awaiting the re-appearance of h i s cousin

who had f l ed from the plantation. After several days passed i n this

manner, IYalsh suddenly disappeared; but within a week a body was found

f loa t ing i n the r iver , about s ix ty miles below the plantatbn, which

on being examined proved t o be tha t of i'lalsh shot through the heart

by a charge of buck shot; his cousin was suspected of the murder,

but a s no proof could be adduced against him he was permitted t o go

a t large. Such was the end of those two men by whom I had been

cheated and robbed i n so villanous a manner, and adds one more proof

t o the t ru th , of the saying, t ha t "honesty i s the best p ~ l l c y . ~

Having a t length obtained exclusive possession of the saw-

m i l l and i t s appendages, I t r i e d energetically t o clear off the debts

with which it was encumbered, and was making sat isfactory progress

when the mill took f i r e and was t o t a l l y burnt down. I fortunately had

it insured f o r two-thirds of i ts value; and I now consulted the

holders of the mortgage notes upon it as t o the most prudent course

t o be pursued. 1 proposed t o s e l l t he whole property by auction i n

separate lo t s , the proceeds of which, along with the amount insured,

ought t o c lear off a l l the debts upon it. The creditors agreed t o

this. I caused a sa l e t o be made of everything belonging t o it, paid

off t he claFms against me, and a f t e r i n f i n i t e trouble got c lear of the

unfortunate speculation, which had absorbed the produce of a lucrat ive

business f o r ten of the best years of my l i f e , between the ages of th i r ty-

f ive and forty-five years.

I se t t o work again with renewed energy, i f not a wiser, a

more prudent man; and i n the course of years succeeded i n real iz ing

sufficient property f o r the supply of a l l reasonable wants.

I n the autumn of 1836 my wife and son came t o ne from New

York, with John and h is family, and remained with me during the

winter; but a s soon a s the hot weather of summer s e t i n my wife and

son both became so ill t h a t the doctors advised t h e i r departure f o r

the north. John and h i s family were a l so equally anxious t o go

northward; they had not prospered i n New Orleans, fo r while i n the

winter he was v i s i t i n g a planing machine h i s foot was caught by t h e

machinery, and so much injured a s t o keep him on crutches fo r severa l

months. They, therefore, a l l s e t off together by sea f o r New York,

where John and h i s family have continued t o r e s i d e t o the present time.

My wife having taken up her residence at New York concluded

t o remain there and at tend t o the care and t h e education of our only

son; who was, a f t e r a year or two, sen t t o an i n s t i t u t e established

on Long Island by the Reverend Doctor Hawks, and there remained with

few intermissions u n t i l t h a t establishment was closed i n 1843.

While engaged at building the St. Charles Hotel, I made

several contracts f o r building houses and s to re s for various other

par t ies , and then introduced the system of t en hours1 labour f o r a

day's work; t h i s was hailed by the men as a grea t amelioration, as the

custom up t o t h a t time had been t o work from sunrise t o sunset, which

was very dis t ress ing t o the men i n the hot days of summer, d t h o u t ,

upon t h e whole, producing any greater amount of work. I a l so es tabl ish-

ed another custom, tha t of paying every man the f u l l amount of his wages

at the end of every second week. By these means I acquired so much

popularity, t ha t I could always cormnand the services of the best men

i n each department and thus accomplish a greater amount of business i n

a given time, of be t t e r qual i ty and with l e s s trouble t o myself, than

could any other builder a t t ha t time i n the city. I l e t out the brick-

work, stone work, plastering, painting, s la t ing, and ironwork, t o

persons already established in those several trades, and I made it a

practice t o employ the same people, when possible, i n each department,

a s long a s I remained in business. I mention these part iculars f o r the

purpose of showing how I was enabled t o conduct so large a business with

so f e w ass is tan ts as I a t anyt ime had with me, and especially in such

a climate as tha t of New Orleans,

While l iv ing in London, where every inch of building ground

is turned t o the best account, I had sane experience i n contriving t o

make the most of small spaces, and I now turned t h i s knowledge t o good

advantage. There were three gentlemen who owned, among them, one l o t

of ground of no very great extend, and consulted me as t o the best mode

of improving it. One of them said i n a jocular way he should l i k e three

good houses bu i l t upon it. I took the hint, and made a plan for three

houses, which appeared so feasible t h a t they made a contract w i th me

t o build t h a , and when f inished the owners expressed the highest satis-

faction, and cal led them the nthree s i s t e r s e n

State of Louisiana

Purchases

Battleground

From

Pierre Bachelot

February 19, 1855

f o r

$5,000

APPEND M

Guyol, Theodore

Jan. - March 1855

Act No. 31

Folio 102

19th February 1855

Sale of Property

Pierre Bachelot

t o the

State of Louisiana

United States of America

S ta t e of Louisiana

Be it known, tha t on t h i s nineteenth day of the month of February, i n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and f i f t y f ive - and of the Independence of the United States of America, the Seventy ninth:-

Before me, Theodore G U Y O ~ , a Notary Public, duly commissioned and sworn f o r the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and i n the presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned,

Personally appeared

Pierre Bachelot, residing i n the Parish of St. Bernard, i n t h i s State,

Who declared t h a t f o r and in consideration of the price and sum of Five Thousand Dollars, t o him i n hand well and t r u l y paid in ready money by the S ta te of LouisLana the receipt whereof i s hereby acknowledged and a f u l l release, discharge and acquittance granted f o r the same, he does by these presents, grant, bargain, s e l l , convey, transfer, assign, s e t over and deliver, with a f u l l guarantee against all troubles, debts, mortgages, claims, evictions, donations, aUena- t ions o r other encumbrances whatsoever unto the Said Sta te of Louisiana f o r ever

A certain portion of land with a l l and singular t h e improvements thereon, r ights , privileges, customs, servitudes, way2 and appurtenances thereunto belonging o r i n anywise appertaining, s i t u a t e i n t h e said Parish of St. Bernard about four miles below t h i s c i ty , and on the l e f t bank of the River Mississippi, having i n French measure, ninety one fee t ten inches f ront on said River and running back between s ide l ines opening i n such rnanner as t o give a width of two and a half arpents at the distance of f igteen arpents from the said River and from t h i s point running back between two side l ines , one of which closes seven f ee t eight inches so a s t o give a width of four hundred and fo r tp three fee t o n t h e rear l i n e a t the distance of Eighty arpents from the said River, the whole bounded on the upper s ide by the property of

M a d a e : vVe* Lombard, and on the lower s ide by that of M r . Martin M. Villavaso, and i n conformity with a plan drawn by Allon dtHemecourt on the twenty eighth day of December 185L

This same property was purchased by the present owner (Pierre ache lot) from Eitenne Villavaso, by an ac t passed before Fel ix Percy, Notary Public i n t h i s City, on the Twenty seventh day of July Eighteen hundred and f i f t y two: the said Villavaso acquired it by purchase from the Succession of Edouard Prevost deed by a c t before the sa id Percy Notary on the twenty f i f t h day April Eighteen hundred and f o r t y nine: it was acquired by the said Prevost as he i r of h i s mother Wdme Marguerite Verret deceased wife of Solomon Prevost and was purchased by her from Jean Rodriguez by a c t passed before Phi l l lpp i Pedesclaux then a Notary i n t h i s c i t y on the Seventh' day of May Eighteen hundred and Seventeen,

To have and t o hold the said property, r ights, privileges unto the sa id State of Ipuisiana, a s a public place forever under the provisions of the Statue herein a f t e r recited.

And the said Vendor binds himself and his heirs t o warrant and f o r ever defend the said property against a l l lega l claims and demands whatsoever: and he moreover cedes and t ransfers unto the said Sta te of Louisiana, a l l the r ights and actions of warranty, t o which he i s or may be ent i t led against a l l former owners of the said Property hereby subrogating the said purchaser, the State of Liouisiana t o the said r igh t s and actions t o be by her enjoyed and exercised i n the same manner a s he might o r could have b e .

This Sale i s accepted pursuant t o and by vir tue of an a c t of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana en t i t led nAn Act f o r the r e l i e f of the association f o r the Jackson Monument and for the erection of a Monument upon the Bat t le Ground of the Eighth of January, one thousand eight hundred and f i f teen" - approved 26 February 1852 by Joseph Walker, Jean Baptiste Plauche, Charles Gayarre, Abiel D. Crossman, Joseph Genors, James H. Caldwell and Pierre Seueenean, the Committee appointed by the said a c t a l l of whom a re present accepting and purchasing f o r and i n the name of the State, and acknowledging due del ivery and possession of t h e sa id property fo r the purpose expressed i n sa id a c t t o w i t , the erection of a monument t o commemorate the Bat t le of the Eighthof January Eighteen hundred and f i f teen.

The said property i s f r e e from encumbrances as appears

from the annexed Cert i f icate of the Recorder of the sa id Parish of St. Bernard with the exception of the mortgage granted by the said Bachelot i n favor of h i s vendor, by a clause in h i s a c t of purchase hereinbefore mentioned t o secure the payment of the two promissory notes fo r the sum of Sixteen hundred and s i x t y six dol la rs sixty six and two th i rds cents each drawn by him to the order of d e n - dorsed by himself dated 27th July 1852 and made payable i n one and two (?) years a f t e r date,

And here personally appeared Edmond Valcour Wiltz, of t h i s c i ty , who declared t h a t as last holder and owner of the above described two promissory notes, which have been exhibited t o me, said Notary, duly acquitted and defaced, he received payment thereof from the said Bachelot, wherefore he cancels and annuls the mortgage as aforesaid by which the paynent thereof was secured and f u l l y autho- r i zes and requires the Recorder of Moagages f o r the sa id Parish of St, Bernard t o erase the same from his Books.

And now, t o these present personally came and appeared Madam Marie Michaele Celinie Wiltz, of lawful age, wife of the said Pierre Bachelot, who a f t e r having taken cognizance of the foregoing act, which I, the sa id Notary, carefully read and explained t o her, declared and said t h a t she approves and r a t i f i e s the same, and fur ther tha t it i s her wish and intention t o release i n favor of the said State of Louisiana the Property herein conveyed from natrimonial dotal, paraphernal and other rights, and from any claims, mortgages or privileges t o which she is o r lnay be ent i t led , whether by vir tue of her - marriage with her said husband - o r otherwise....

Specifications

for

Chalmette Monument

October 29, 1855

[-a Archives - Feb. 15, 1951J

Guyol, Theodore

July-Dec. No. 554

26 October 1855

Building Contract

John Mitchell

with

John Stroud & Co.

Newton Richards

Be it known tha t on t h i s twenty sixth day of the month of October in the year of our Lord, One Thousand eight hundred and f i f t y five, and of the Indepkndence of the United Sta tes of America, the Eightieth

Before me, Theodore Guyol, a Notary F'ublic duly commissioned and morn f o r t h e Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana and i n presence of the PVitness herein-after named and undersigned.

Personally came and appeared Newton Richards, and John Stroud, of t h i s City, t he l a t t e r acting f o r and on behalf of his f i m of John Stroud & Co., par t i e s hereto of the f i r s t part.

And John Mitchell, a l so of t h i s City, party hereto of the Second part.

Which sa id appearers declared t h a t they had contracted and agreed and do by these presents, mutually contract, agree and bind themselves, t h e one party unto the other party as follows, t o wit-:

The said John Mitchell hereby agrees and binds himself t o furnish and provide a t his own proper cost - a l l the ,timber, pins, bricks, sand, lime, cement and other necessary materials, t o do a l l t h e digging, grading and masonry required f o r the construction and building of t h e foundation of the Monument t o be erected by the Jackson Monument Association on the Battle Ground below t h i s City, and t o restore and

repair a l l the fences or buildings which he may dis turb or in ju re i n the progress of the work, and place the premises i n a s good order and condition as he may now find them.

Nhich said foundation i s t o be constructed i n exact conformity with the fol lowhg specifications.

Excavation - - Theearth sha l l be excavated f i f t y six f e e t square t o t h e depth of Seven and a half f e e t below the general level of the Surface of the ground: the bottom t o be perfectly level led f o r laying t h e timbers upon, and the earth thrown out of the excavation sha l l be banked up a11 around the Brick work of the foundation a f t e r it i s bu i l t , well rammed about two and a half f e e t high, and evenly. graded off on a regular incl inat ion t o a point a l l around the Monwnent.

Timber - - A flooring of timber i s t o be l a i d i n the bottom of the excavation, t o s t a r t the brickwork upon: which flooring s h a l l be F i f ty six f e e t square, and formed of two courses of sound timber, each course t o be eight inches thick and one t o be laid transversely across the other, and t o be fastened a t every a l t e r - nate crossing through both courses with Oaken t r e - na i l s of one and a half inches i n diameter: a l l the pieces of timber t o be s t ra ight l a i d close together, and thoroughly rammed down t o a sol id , even and l eve l bearing and the joints and in ters t ices , i f any, t o be thoroughly f i l l e d with mortar in each course it i s la id. The short cross t h b e r s are t o be l a i d under the longitudinal ones on each side so tha t the long timbers may a l l crop each other a t a l l the four corners of the foundation. The timbers t o an extent of twelve f e e t square i n the centre of the f loor are t o be disconnected from the surrounding ones.

Mortar - - The mor6br f o r the foundation i s t o be made of the best qual i ty of fresh made lime and bat ture sand, one t h i r d lime a t l eas t , all thoroughly and properly mixed before using, and a l l the beds and joints of the brick, t o be thoroughly f i l l e d and pointed with proper mortar a s they a re la id.

Cement -- A l l jo ints i n the brickwork exposed t o the e f fec ts of the weather must be thoroughly f i l l e d with mortar o r Hydraulic Cement and Sharp Sand of the best quality, properly porportioned, and mixed so a s t o prevent the access of water.

Bricks -- The foundation above the timber i s t o be of the best qua l i ty I

of sound and hard burned Bricks, a l l t o be properly moistened with water when Laid, and t o be l eve l and so l id ly bedded i n mortar, and a l l the joints perfect ly f i l l e d and flushed with it. The Brickwork of the foundation i s t o be s t a r t ed on the timber F i f t y four f ee t square, and t o be b u i l t up so l id and bat- te r ing in regular of fse ts on each course of bricks t o an angle of f o r t y f ive degrees on each of the four sides, per- f e c t l y l eve l t o the height of Eighteen f e e t eight inches where it s h a l l be not l e s s than Sixteen f e e t eight inches square.

A l l of which i s t o be done i n the most worlananlike manner and completely finished on o r before the F i r s t day of January next.

Zn consideration whereof the said John Straud & Co. and Newton Richards hereby bind themselves, t h e i r heirs and assigns t o pay t o the said John Mitchell, h i s he i rs or assigns the sum of Seven thousand one hundred & f i f t y dol lars , i n the manner following, t o w i t : When the excavation i s made and the timber la id , Fifteen hundred dollars. When the Brickwork i s b u i l t from the bottom td the height of Six f ee t , twenty five hundred do l l a r s and when the whole work i s completely finished in accordance with t h e foregoing specification, Three thousand one huntfred & f i f t y dol lars ,

And it i s fur ther agreed t h a t the said John Stroud & Co. and Newton Richards s h a l l accept orders drawn on them by the said John Mitchell i n favor of any person or persons fo r materials purchased by said Mitchell t o be used i n the works aforesaid, which orders sha l l be payable out of the payments hereinbefore specified a s they s h a l l become due,

Done and passed i n my o f f i c e i n t h e Ci ty of New Orleans, t h e day, month and year first above wri t ten , i n t h e presence of William G. Larham and Paul Abat witnesses, who have signed with t h e p a r t i e s and me, t h e Notary, a f t e r reading t h e whole.

Paul Abat John Mitchel l

V. G. Larham John Stroud, Jr.

Newton Richards

Theo Guyol N P

April - June 1855

to 43.7

"No 417

28 June 1855

Contract

Jackson Monument

Association

with

Newton Richards

and John Stroud & Go.

Builders

Specifications of Materials and construction of a Monument t o be erected on the plains of Chalmette near the City of New Orleans i n commemoration of the signal Victory achieved there by the Armed Citizens of the United Sta tes under the command of General Andrew Jackson, over the English invading A r m y under the command of General Packenham on the 8th of January 1815 * * .

The exter ior surface of the Pyramidal Base, Frontices, Shaft of obelick and Apex i s t o be of Marble Ashler, the same t o be taken from such of the Northern o r Eastern Quarries a s may be selected for i ts sound and durable qual i ty t o be well and properly tooled o r tooth dressed and l a i d up i n regular courses.

The Ashler f o r the ve r t i ca l face of the Pyramidal base course as represented on the drawings, t o be not l e s s than three inches thick and that f o r the horizontal face eight inches - The Ashler facing of the shaf t or obelisk is t o be from three t o f ive or eight inches th ick as it may happen i n quarrying, the thin and thick courses i s t o be placed a l te rna te ly so a s t o form a bond with the brick work and t o be l a i d up battering on the face according t o the drawings, The shaft being Sixteen f e e t & eight inches a t the base and twelve f ee t and six inches a t the top the beds of the Ashler must be a l l cut t o a perfect ly Hori- zontal l i n e Every piece i n each a l te rna te course of Ashler i s t o be securely cramped t o the br ick work with cramps one foot long of 1/4 x 3/8 inch f l a t i ron bars l e t in to the marble two inches and turned i n t h e brick work three inches and crossed i n the marble with a bitiminous sand and lime cement The exter ior s ty l e a s shown on the drawing ascending the Base t o t h e entrance w i l l be sol ld Rabbits '23/2 inches shall be cut i n the janibs (?) and headed at the entrance door.

The f loor i n the entrance w i l l be flagged with Marble The chamber f loor a t the landing of the stairs w i l l be of Marble three inches thick supported on Marble beams s ight inches r i s e by six inches thick one end of which resting not l e s s than six inches i n the outer wal l and the other on the centre column or Newell. A l l properly f i t t e d and

arranged around the opening of the s t a i r s - The Marble Ashler i s t o be properly f i t t e d a t all the apertures o r openings i n the Shaft and the jo in ts of these f o r l i gh t and look out sha l l be splayed inside and out, and up and down at an angle of 15'

S t a i r s A f l i g h t of S ta i r s a re t o be constructed t o ascend the in te r ior of the Monument i n a c ircular form from the foundation t o the landing eight f e e t below the Apex - Each step t o be firmly b u i l t i n t o the Newell post a t one end and i n to brick w a l l a t the other end The s t a i r s may be of Stone or Iron as the Commission may e lec t

Openings There will be one opening f o r a Door entrance through one of the frontices at the base of the shaft not l e s s than 3-419 wide and eight f e e t high i n t h e clear with rerals(?) and recesses i n t h e Wall f o r frame and door There will be eight openings i n the shaft properly &is- tr ibuted on each s ide t o admit l i g h t and vent i la t ion t o the Stairs, they w i l l be six inches wide horizontally and eighteen inches high ve r t i ca l ly - The wall on the s ides and above and below w i l l be splayed from a point beginning with three inches of the face of the wall a t an Angle of for ty f ive degrees t o the inside of it - There will be two or three openings i n each side of the obelisk a t the top from the Chamber eighteen inches high and six inches wide with inside reveals and necessary f i r frames and splayed as above on the inside above and below outwardly on the same angle t o the face of the w a l l These openings i n the Chambers sha l l have frames revealed ent i rely i n t o the w a l l and sashes with g lass hung and swinging inside i n t o the recesses

A l l the openings i n the shaf t s h a l l have marble s i l l s through the w a k and projecting two inches inside The s i l l for the Door f ront ice s h a l l project two inches outside and a t the ends.

Door The entrance door i s t o be of wood three f e e t six inches wide by eight f e e t high i n c lear of jambs, TWO and a half inches thick made of two thicknesses of s tuf f secured together - Made i n two folds with four f lush panels i n each, t o be studded, on the outer face with round headed

, bronze na i l s The folds t o swing inwardly in to the recess formed i n the w a l l they sha l l be hung w i t h three pa i r of f ive inch bu t t s t o each fold t o the rabbi ts i n the Marble jamb, one fo ld t o be fastened with a long bol t a t top and short bo l t at bottom one inch square t h e top bol t t o s l ide i n and out of a s taple l e t i n t o t h e Marble four inches above the top of the door - the lower bol t t o s l i d e i n and out of socket prepared for the purpose below The other fo ld of the door s h a l l be fastened with a heavy substant ial lock suitable f o r the purpose with two keys, the same t o be worth not l e s s than t en dol la rs

Hand Rai l There i s t o be a wooden hand Ra i l three inches diameter in each s ide of the in t e r io r stairs from bottom t o t o p securely fastened two and a half inches from the wall by i ron clasp t o be cranked below the rail so as t o clear t h e passage of the hand np and d m

The opening of the stairs i n t o the Chamber at the top i s t o be enclosed with a strong i ron r a i l ing and gate two f e e t nine inches high a l l securely and properly fastened -

Emblems Appropriate emblems i n r e l i e f a re t o be placed upon each of the four-frontices, the same t o be made of Marble or Bronze the whole a s may be ult imately detellnined by the Conrmissioners

Inscr ipt ion Appropriate inscr ipt ions may be placed around the Frontices

New Orleans May 30th 1855 Newton Richards John Stroud & Co.

FRANKLIN MARION GE;NTRY Manhasset Woods Road Manhasset, New York

Mr. Francis Wilshin, Historian, National Park Service, c/o Fredericksburg National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Va.

Dear &. Wilshin;

I am very grateful indeed f o r your l e t t e r of recent date i n reply t o my inquiry of Aug. 5, 1951, and my l e t t e r of May 25, 1951, addressed t o Mr. Russell A. Gibbs, Superintendent of Chalmette National Historical Park, which he forwarded t o you. The delay i n my reply has been t o enable me t o have the short biography of Col. Charles Mynn Thruston typewritten. Your l e t t e r with i t s inclosures cer tainly answers very extensively, conclusively and authori ta t ively the question which I asked. I am a lso par t icu lar ly glad t o have the copy of Lafonts survey map of 1808 which according t o the deed of 1813 was attached thereto by the Thruston heirs .

F i r s t of a l l l e t me say t h a t t he name i s Thruston, not Thurston, - a t l e a s t not since 1580 i n England. I am a di rec t descendant of Rev. & Col. Charles Mynn Thruston and the family have for fourteen generations been very part icular about the spel l ing of the name and it i s pronounced exactly a s spelled. I n f a c t t he motto on the coat-of-arms i s "Thrust Onn.

I inclose a sketch upon which I have d r a m t o scale the survey points from Lafonts 1808-1813 map superimposed upon the map of the Bat t lef ie ld (drawn t o the same scale) a s taken from a folder published by the Chalmette National Historical Park. It is obvious from t h i s map t h a t the Thruston plantation comprised almost the en- t i r e Battlefield of Jan. 8, 1815, and extended beyond the Chalmette residence. In f a c t the Master house shown on Lafonls map f a l l s just about on top of the Chalmette residence and plantation houses shuwn on the h is tor ica l map. Thus obviouslythe Thruston mansion w a s the Chalmette residence a t the time of the Bat t le of New Orleans. This is confirmatory of the t rad i t ion i n the Thruston family tha t Col. Charles M. Thruston owned and died on Chalmette plantation, dieing i n the residence there and buried a short distance southeast of it. Note that the house on Lafonts map i s not drawn t o scale and obviously only approximately located on the map. There a re no survey l ines o r

distances noted t o locate it exac t ly and the house i s drawn about 7 t o i s e s i n length (4.20 f t . ) , an obvious exaggeration. A t t h a t time it would ce r t a in ly be unl ikely t h a t the Thruston and Chalmette houses would be located so c lose together, especia l ly a s t h e Thruston prop- e r t y included a m i l l and a number of other buildings, such a s a r e indicated on t he h i s t o r i c a l map. There i s no doubt whatever i n my mind t h a t the Thruston mansion l a t e r became known and was occupied before t h e Ba t t l e by t h e Chalmettes. A s f a r a s I can make out, the old Chalmette property w a s not a very large plantation sandwiched between t h e Thruston and Bienvenue planta t ions u n t i l t h e Chalmettes acquired t h e former i n 1813.

I would guess t h a t t he Master house on Lafonts map w a s probably fu r ther back from the r i v e r than approximately shown by him on h i s map. I n my opinion, re ly ing upon t he note found i n t he R. C. Ballard Thruston papers i n t he archives of t he Filson Club, t h e grave of Col. Charles M. Thruston must be located about 2,500 f t . southeast of t he National Monument and probably at about t he present levee edge or possibly 200-300 f t . out in the r i v e r southeast of t h e location of t h e Chalmette ( ~ h r u s t o n ) residence. It i s of course possible t h a t t he grave was removed, owing t o t h e inroads of the r i ve r , when t he present levee was b u i l t , o r otherwise. This removal might account f o r t h e t r a d i t i o n t h a t he l i e s beneath t h e National Monument.

I can give you very l i t t l e about Henry Dangerfield except t he following: He was cal led Henry i n the w i l l of Col. Thruston, who was h i s father-in-law, and elsewhere i n several l e g a l papers he is ca l led Henry. However, genealogies r e f e r t o him as W i l l i a m . He had a double name a ~ m r e n t l s and I have seen it s t a t ed t h a t he was William Henry ~ a n ~ e r f i e l d . "He was from NTinhester, Va., and on Aug. 10, 179k, i n Frederick Co., Va., married Elizabeth Mynn Thruston. she was born Apri l 6, 1775, i n Frederick Co., Va . Henry Dangerfield went t o Mississippi about 1808/9 with Col. Charles M. Thruston and h i s brother-in-law, George Flowerdew Norton, who married another of Col. Thruston! s daughters (I am descended from him) . They were a l l c lose f r i ends of David Holmes, f i r s t Te r r i t o r i a l Governor of Mississippi who p r e v d l e d upon them t o migrate from Virginia t o Mississippi. I think Dangerfield was i n the army f o r a short period f o r the re i s an affadavi t concerning him in the Thruston-Vjeeks-Conrad papers i n t he archives of t h e Univ. of La. a t Baton Rouge which mentions a conversa- t i o n with him a t a cantonment a t Washington, Miss. around 1810/11. He was t h e first Secretary of t he S t a t e (o r Terri tory) of Mississippi. H i s obituary appears in the H&fississippi RepublicanH, Natchez, Miss.,

i ssue of lhar. 1, 1815, but I have not looked it up t o get the exact date of h i s death. There was a 7lillia.m Dangerfield who died near Natchez i n 1820, who may have been h i s son. H i s widow was l i v ing i n Natchez, Miss., i n 1835, but I do not know when she died. They were survived by one daughter who married Gen. Fe l ix Houston (not am) of the Texas Army. This i s all. t h a t I know about them.

It so happens t h a t I have ju s t completed a short one-page biography of Rev. & Col. Charles l&nn Thruston and a one-page biblio- graphy of references t o h b , a copy of which I am pleased t o inclose. He was a distinguished clergyman, soldier and pa t r io t . He was a close f r iend of George Washington (one of h i s daughters married i n t o the Washington family and l i e s buried i n the cemetery a t M t . Vernon adjoining Washington's tomb), an associate of Patrick Henry, kinsman of George VJythe of Williamsburg, Va., signer of t he Declaration of Independence, and of Edmund and Peyton Randolph, Virginia patr iots , kinsman of Robert Carter Nicholas, Treasurer of the Colony and f i r s t Treasurer of the S t a t e of Virginia, etc., e tc . It i s a shame tha t h i s f i n a l res t ing place goes unmarked with memorials being erected t o much l e s s e r l i g h t s who gave so l i t t l e t o t h e i r countr~r. Mrs. G. G. de Coligny, of New Orleans agrees with me t h a t h i s s i t ua t ion should be corrected. Can you do anything t o fur ther the project?

Thanking you f o r your-help, I am,

Yours very t ru ly ,

(sGD.) FRANKLIN M. GEbJ'I'RY Franklin M. Gentry

ANCESTOR ' S SERVICES

REV. AND COL. CHARLES YYNN THRUSTON was born Nov. 6, 1738, i n Gloucester Co., Va,, the son of Col, John Thruston and h i s wife Sarah Mynne. He married f i r s t Mary Buckner and second Ann Alex- ander, leaving descendants by both wives. He died March 21, 1812, on h is plantation a t Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, La. He completed h i s education a t W i l l i a m and Mary College i n 1754 and i n 1758 served as Lieutenant of Provincials under Gen. Forbes i n the French and IndianVars, taking part i n the expedition t o capture Fort Duauesne (now P i t t sburah) a f t e r Gen. Braddock s defeat. Later he becad;e a Captain of ~olo; ; ia l Milit ia. He served as Vestryman of Petsworth Parish, Gloust-er Co., Va., and a f t e r a few years went t o mgland t o study f o r the ministry. After taking Holy Orders i n 1765 from the Bishop of London, he returned t o Gloucester Co., Va., and became Minister of Petsworth Parish u n t i l 1768 when he removed t o Frederick Co., Va., where he served as Minister of Frederick Parish unt i l1777. He was Chairman of Committee of Safety of Frederick Co., Va., i n 1774; Representative i n the Virginia Conven- t ions i n 1775-6; and Member of the Court of Comraissioners i n 1776. - From h i s pulpit and elsewhere he espoused the cause of American Independence, harangued the youth of the corrurmnity t o join the army, and was active in the procurement of mil i tary provisions and sup- plies. A t the start of hos t i l i t i e s , he l a i d aside his clergyman's robes and a t h i s own expense organized a company of volunteers of which he was elected Captain, thereafter becoming known as "The Fighting Parson of the Revolutionf~. With h i s company he marched t o New Jersey t o join the forces of Gen. George Washington. He was promoted t o Colonel, Jan. 15, 1777, of one of the additional Con- t inenta l Regiments under the immediate command of Gen. George IVashington. A t t he Bat t le of Piscataway, near Amboy, N. J., on March 8, 1777, he led his troops in to action against vast ly superior numbers and had an arm shattered i n the engagement. H i s son, then only eleven years old, served a s h i s aide. Virginia w a s unable t o recru i t suff icient men t o complete Thruston's Regiment, whereupon it was consolidated with G i s t ' s F i r s t Continental Regiment and Col. Thruston resigned Jan. 1, 1779, as a supernumerary. He continued t o support the cause of American Freedom and was active i n the af- f a i r s of Virginia. He was Member of C o d t e e t o Outf i t Troops i n 1781; Member of the House of Delegates, Continental Congress i n 1781; Justice of Frederick Co., Va., i n 1790; and w a s successively a found- ing Trustee of Uarm Springs, Va. (now Berkley Springs, Morgan Co., IV. ~a-nesborough, Ky. (although he never went there) ; and

Front Royal, Va. I n 1808 he moved south, stopping f o r about two years i n Tennessee and Mississippi, then moving on t o New Orleans, La. He l i e s buried on his plantation a t Chalmette, the Bat t le of New Orleans having been fought over h i s grave. A short time before the b a t t l e h i s heirs sold the plantation embracing most of the bat t le- f ie ld , t o Ignace Delino DeChalmette.

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"Gloucester Co., Va.n - Gray, pp. 69-70.

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"Buckners of Virginian - Crozier, pp. 213-215.

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ttHistorical Collections of Virginia* - Howe, p. 283.

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ttSome Prominent Virginia Familiesw - BeBellet, Vol. 4, pp. 288-289.

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F i r s t Degree

MaiAurin Franmis Martin S e u r de -)I Councillor of the Sovereign Council of Quebec, baptised in that city i n 1657, son of C l a w Martin de L h e and jbntebt te f k d m e t b , married iCpril 30) ,X685, Catheriae NOL@fD, n u the Chevalier, asd of HOUAR'l?,. widm of &JIUAUMA de GEAP, Witnesses a t the marriage mntract of Pierre Noland and Catherine Houart were: dl Avangour (Governor), Descartes, Baron dflhmenil, Jacques des Cailhaut, Lieut, Governor; Weleine de Chavigng, widm of Baron de l a PeUeterie and Ekienne Renault de l a Touche,

Issue 1 7 children,

Second Degree,

I- FRILNCOIS MARTIN de LINO, Atbrney of the King, baptized a t Quebec April U, 1686 and d e d i n the same city, November 3, 1112 t o ANGT&I@JE OFWlTIER de MIWBINIERE, daughter of BdARIE LAMBEET azld of RENe IQUIS CHAR= de TIOTHBXNIEEE, Councillor of the King and C i v i l Lieut. General, etc. Angelique was born Septaber 2, 1693. Francois de Lirro died January 5, 1721 and was interned in the church. H i s nidov remarried April 19, 1722 Micolas Renaud d'dvesne, Sieur Desneloise, and L0l.d (seigneur) de NeuviUe, CapMn i n the Yarines, She died December Q, 1772 and w w interred in the nChoeur des H o s p i W e r s ~ in Quebec,

From her mamiage w i t h Francois de Lino there were four childrent 1 - Marie Angelique, baptized at Quebec Septe. 18 and buried Nov, 15, 1713. 2 - Angelique, baptized at Quebec November 16, 3 - Ignace Francois Pierre, baptized at Quebec May 7, ln8. Married in

*r 1750, R e a e l e Meuf de l a ValJ.iere.

4 - Louis Xavier baptized a t Quebec M a y 13, 1720, married at New Orleans, Madeleine Broutin.

2 - Louis baptized May 27, 1687, died Bug. 21, 1690 3 - Catherine baptized June 15, 1688, married at Qnsbec, March 20, 1708,

Jean Francois Hazsur, son of Francois Hazeur and Anne Antoinette Soumande, Their childrent

Francois l@ie Joseph baptized in 1709. Ignace n 1' 1710 Marie Catherine Ursule n

It 1714

Catherine n

" 1724 C h i l d 1727 Marie Jeane Catherine n * 1729 Marie Joseph n 1 7 s MAchel 11 1 1732

4 - Guillaume de Lino "A%. 7, 1690 5 - Charles If n n ~ ~ 1 . 3 1 ,ll691 6 - Jean Marien n bug. 5, 1692 7 - Charles Augustin u qun. 1, 1694 d. a t Baeuport in 1764 8 - Pierre Baptiste n Aug. 26,1695 d. Aug. 1, 1698

10 - Genevieve Francoise 11 May 17, 1699 married March 7, 1720, Chevalier G a s pard dlAdhernar, s ieur de Lantagnac, Lieut, son of Antoine Adhernar, Governor of Manton, Provenceand of Jeanne de Tmchi. 'Pheir children were: Catherine r I gnacs, 172L Marie Anne 1722; married Auguste Antoine de l a Bark Pierre Gaspard 172% Genevieve F'rancoise 1725 Louis 1732 Elizabeth 1726 Francois 1732 Marie Charlotte 1729 Jeanne Charlotte 1729 Angelique 1730

11 - Jean Baptiste de Lino baptised in 1700, June 29 a t Quebec - Interred Se~P.17, 1700

12 - Franeois de Lino JuI.. 8, 1703 13 - Marie de Lino May 22, 1705 Interred Dec. 6, 1708 4 - J a c q u e s P h i l i p p e d e n Jun.23, 1706 15 - D d s Joseph nApr.5,1709 16 - Marie Cecile n n w u 19, 17lO 17 - J. B. Claude fl " fl Oct.27, 1712

Third Dearee

1 - Angelique, daughter of F'rancois Martin, Sieur de Lino and of bgelique Chartier de Lothbiniere, Baptized a t Quebec, Nov. 16, 1715

2 - Ignaae Francois de Lino, Captain of a ship, councillor and W r s e e r of w@ng~ baptized i n 17l8 - married in 17% to Renee l e Heuf de l a Valliere - Their children were: Angelique Renee baptized bug. 27, 1751 a t Quebec Francois tt Nov. 3, 1752 Marie Amable 11

n May 3, 1754

Nicolas Jan. 28 died Oct. 19, 1758 a t Charlesbourg

3 - Louis Xavier de Lino de Chalmette son of Francois de Lino and Angelique Chartier de Lothbiniere, Lieut. of detached troops of Marine Commandant a t the Arkansas in 1751; (relat ive of the Marquis de Vaudreuil, governor of Louisiana, through the de Lothbiniere); born a t Quebec May 13, 1750

married a t New Orleans, Madele-ine Marguerite Broutin daughter of Ignace Francois Broutin, Captain, Engineer i n this colony and Commandant a t Natchez, and Dame Marie Madeleine LeMaiPe

(widow of Francois Philippe de Mandeville, ecnyer Sieur de M a r i g n y , Military Commandant at New ~ r l e a n s ) .

Louis Xavier de Lino died i n 1755 - His widow remarried in 1756, Pierre Denis de Laronde, born a t Quebec Nov. ll, 1726 son of Louis Denis, Ecuyer, Siegneur de La Ronde, captain of a campany i n the ElIarine and Chevalier night) of the Royal and Militarg Order of St. Louis and Dame Louise Chartker de Lothbiniere. Of this marriage were : Louise de LaRonde who f i r s t married Andres Ahonester and

secondly married M r . Castillion; Pierre Denis de LaRonde who married N a l i e Guerbois and Josephine de LaRonde who married Juan Prieto

Fourth Degree

1 - Hadeleine Josephine Delino de Chalmette - daughter of Louis Xavier de Lino de Chalmette and Madeleine Broutin - born a t New Orleans March 6 ! 1752, married December 24, 1777, Francois de Verges de St. Sauveur, reforned officer of troops i n th i s colony, son of Chevalier 6ernard de Verges, Ecuyer and Chevalier (Knight) of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, and of Dame Marie Therese Pinot. Madeleine de Lino died August 26, 1822.

2 - Louis Xavier De Line de Chalmette, so l of Louis Xavier Delino and of Yadeleine Broutin, born Sept. 7, 1753, married Odtober 30, 1778, Adelaide Fazende, daughkr of Gabriel Fazende and Charlotte de Verges.

3 - Ignace de Lino de Chalmette, on whose plantaaon the Battle of New Orleans was fought, born August 23, 1755, was the posthumous son ok Louis X a i e r de Lino and Madelebe Broutin. He married about 1775, Victoire de Vaugine, daughter of the Marquis Etienne de Vaugine de Nui~ement, Lieut. Colonel i n a regiment of the l ine and Chevalier of the Row and Military Order of St. Louis end of Dame Antoinette Pelagie P e t i t de Livilliers, whose ascendants reach back t o the reign of Louis X I and are related t o the dtAgwsseau, Godlanges and Sevignes. (See Pe t i t de Livil l iers genealogy, page 40).

Ignace de Ligo de Chalmette died February 10, 1815, H i s widow died J ana ry 29, 1836.

Fifth Degree

1 L. VICTOIRE DELINO tXAUETTE, daughter of Ignace Delino Chalmette and of Victoire de Vaugine, born August 6, 1777, died February 13, 1868, married i n 1796, ANTOINE CRvZAT, Treasurer of the Parish of Orleans and Secretary of the Police Jury from August1814 unt i l May 15, 1848, when t h i s office was disolved by an Act of the Louisiana State Legislature, born a t St. Louis, Sept. 2, 1775, son of FRMCOIS =VIER CRUZAT, Lieut. Colonel in the Regiment of the l ine, Chevalier of the Order of St. Hermengilde, Lieut. Governor of Upper Louisiana, and of Dame Nieanora Ramos y Tibalde. Of this marriage there were 15 children.

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A BRIEFED

BSTRACT OF TITLE:

ON THE

PROPERTY

NEW O W 5 TERMINAL COMPANY

FOR

SCHONEBERGER ABSTRACT COMPANY

CAPTION

BBGINNING a t a point i n the south- e r l y boundary of right sf way of Louis- iana Southern Railway whi.ch is the north- eas t aorner of said property of the U n i t - ed States of h e r i c a known as Chalmette National Historical Park and the northwest comer of property of 1Vew Orleans Terminal Company, &said point being f i f t y (50) f e e t d is tan t southwadly (measured radial ly) from center l ine of Louisiana Southern Railway main track; and running thenoe South 2s0 30' West, along eas t e r ly boundary of said Chalmette National Hie- t o r i c a l Park (passing through conorete nonments a t distanoes of 6909B fee t , 1784a17 f e e t and 2389.05 f e e t f r o n beginning point), a t e t a l distanae of 4 x 0 t;k@usond seven hundred t h i r t y ~ s i x anel f e w tenths (2736.4) feet , more or less , t o a point in the mean low water oontour on the l e f t ( o r north) desoending bank of the ~ s s i a s i p p i River as located i n February, 1948; thenee South 60' 52' East, along said mean low water o o ~ tour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River, a distance of f i v e hundred sixty-seven and n i n e w s even hundredths (667097) f ee t , mare or less , t o intersection w i t h r line running paral le l t o cmd f i v e hundred sixty-six and e i g h t ~ t h r e e hundred- t h s (566983) f e e t eastwardly (measured a t a r ight angle) f ram f i r s t laentioned eourae o r the prsjeation thereof; thence IVor-bh 25' 30' East, para l le l t o and f i v e hundred sixty- s i x and eighty-three hundredths (566083) f e e t d is tan t eastward- l y (~aeasured a t r ight angles) from f i r s t laentioned course and the projection thereef, a distance of two thousand eight hundred f i f ty- three and th i r teen hundredths (2853.13) feet , more or less, t o intersection w i t h said southerly

boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence North 72O 401 West, along said southerly boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Sou-*ern Railway, pa ra l l e l t o and f i f t y (50) f e e t d is tan t southwardly f roa center l ine of main t rack of said Louisiana Southern Railway, a distance of five hundred t aen tp th ree and ninety-nine hundredths (526.99) f e e t t o point of curvet thence along a l ine curving t o the r ight having a radius of one thousand nine hundred s ix ty and eight hundredths (2960.08) f e e t and being subtended by a chord bearing North 71° 57*' West and having a length of forty-eight and fifty-seven hundredths (48.57) fee t , a distance of for ty- eight and sixty-f ire hundredths (48.65) feet , more or less , t o the point or plaee of beginning; containing 36-4/11 aores, and being ahom in red outline on blueprint of Drawing No. 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared in the office of Chief Engineer MWGS of Hew Orleans Terminal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio, whiah is hereunto annexed and made a par t hereof;

A l l t h a t oertain t r ao t , piece or paroel of land s i tua te in the Parish of St. Bernard, i n the S ta te of Louisiana, lying next west of Fazendeville Lane and extending from the southerly boundary of right of m y of Louisiana Southern Railway to the Mississippi River, more par t icu lar ly described a s follows:

Beginning a t a point where the west property l i n e of Fazendeville Lane ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t in width) intersects the southerly boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, said point being f i f t y (50) f e e t southwardly (measured a t a right angle) from the center l ine of main track of said Louisiana Southern Railway; and running thence South 17'33' West, along the west property l i n e of Fazendeville Lane ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t i n width), a distance of two thousand nine hundred two and seventy-two hundredths (2902.72) fee t , more o r less, t o a point i n the

mean low water oontour on the left (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River as located 'in February, 1948; thence Northwest- wardly, along said mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River, a distance of four hundred thirty-seven and nineteen hundredths (437.10) fee t , more o r less, t o intersection w i t h a l ine running para l le l t o and f ive hundred sixty-six end eighty-three hundredths (866r83) f e e t eas t (measured a t a r igh t angle) of the eas te r ly boundary of Chahet te National Hjstorical Park or the sams projeoted; thence Wera 25' 301 East, along a l i n e running paral le l t o and f i v e hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) feet d is tan t eastwardly (measured a t r ight angles) from said easter ly boundary of Chalmette National Historical Park as the same was looated i n February, 1948, and the projection thereof, a distance of two thousand eight hundred f i f t y r ehrse and th i r teen hundredths (2853.13) feet , more o r less, t o intersection with the southerly boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Southern Raikway; thence South 72' 40' East, along said southerly boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, para l le l t o and f i f t y (50 ) f e e t d is tan t oouthrardly from center l i ne of main traok c~f said Railway, a distance of thirty-five and seven-tenths (36.9) fee t , more or less , t o the point o r plaoe of beginning; containing 1& acres, more or less; and being shewn (corners marked A-B-c~D) on blueprint of said Drawing No. 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared i n the ~ f f i c e of Chief Ebgineer IIR&S of New Orleans Terminal Company a t Cincinnati* Ohio.

I N D E X

PAGE GBBKTOR GRBNfEE IIWfRUMEN!C

2 TITLE PAGE

S ClgPf ION

d Ilmx

9 ABST&ILCTORtS NOTE NOTE

10 LAURENT SIGUR JEAN BAPTISTE PREVOST CREPIT SALE

12 LAUl?BEPf SIGUR JEAN BARTON PREVOST QUITTANCE

13 JEAN BARTON PRFV08T OUILLAUME BRORN CREDIT SALE

PHILIP GRYldE8, Attorney General sf United States

THE UNITED STATE:S OF AMERICA

HENRY DAIBIGEBFIELD, ANNE TBRUSTON AND AL- FRED & EDWND THURSTON

ABSIfaaCTOR 'S NOTE

PIERBE DENES de la RONDE

HIS CREDITORS

! r E W H. 'IOCLLIbMS FOB THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HENRY DANGERFIEIJ), lLLFlWD THVRSTOX, EDvum THIIRIS- TON & ANN THURSTON

HILAIRE & LOUIS STsAM4Efl

SUIT

SUIT

CREDIT 5A.W

CREDIT SaCE

CReDIT SALE

CREDIT SALE

NOTE

CREDIT SALE

48 HILAIRE & LOUIS ST .AM- AN!C PIERRE OSCAR PEYROUX CREDIT SALE

50 PIHlRE OSCAR PEYROUX CONSTANCE PEYROUX CASH SALB

PA= GRANTOR B R I W W ImTRmNT

52 C I T I Z E N S BdETK OF LOUISIANA CONSTANCE PEYROTJX SUIT

63 B6R%oHARIEAIBBISECBRRBBY Z'l?.YROUX MICHEL MARTIN VIUaVdSO CREDIT slzx

65 HILAIRE ST. AMAND & LOUIS ST. ANAND MICHEL BEfUJUZD C A N T B E D CREDIT SALE

68 bBS9TLBCTORTS NOTE NOTE

69 CHARLES6.WGREN MRS. MARY AaC. PACKWOOD CREDIT SUE

76 MBS, M6RY ATKINS, wife af BOARD O F CORTROL OF TBE JOHN LYNCH L O U I S U U AGRICULTURAL &

MECHkWICAL COLLEGE CREDIT W E

78 CITIZEN8 BBNK OF LOUIS- AGRICULTeTRPLL & I d B C W I C A L Ilwa COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA S U I T

79 THE CITIZENS OF LOU- ISIANA LYCURGFS HOLD VlOOTON CREDIT SALE

81 LYCURGUS HOLT WOOTON YRS. PjmFx'A E. B O D E S CASH SALE

84 PdMELA REODES 6, DR. NEm ORLEllEs & WESTERN JOHN RHODES RdZmQlbD RIGHT- OF-WAY

86 CAFTAIN LAFAlE3'PE JACKS vs DR l JOHN RIIODES S U I T

PAGE GRANTOR GRAIWEZ I N S T R m N T

94 DR. JOHN RHODEG CAPTAIN LaFAYElTB J A W S SHERIFF'S S.

99 CA,P!i'AIN LaFAYE'fTE JACKS MRS. ANHA JAME MaMIW DONATIOPI

102 NEW O W 8 !i'ERMIBIAL COM- BWS* ANN4 J. M c M I U ~ ET PANY VS AL SUIT

111 CAPTAIN LaFAYETT'E JACKS MRS. BNNA JACICS MOMILLAN NEW ORLEANS TERMINAL COO RECE IPT

118 hElBESTE ULTKS, widou of A.lsamm MRQN LUCIEN MllLlJS D O U T ION

120 PRdWCOIl IULUS & LUCIEW CAROLINE FILBRE, wid- of MUBS MICHEL BERNbRD C-LLF: CREDIT SALE

122 MRS. C,BW@LI~FbBRE,Widow MRS. J . A . F E - Z y of MIMIZ BERNAFtD CUTRELLE LINER- CREDIT SALE

124 'MRS. WBSN LP:SSEPS, =i f s t of JOSEPH mOKC.4 FERNAN- RENB T BEAUREGARD, ESQ. CREDIT SALE DEZ Y LIBERQS

127 IBNE T Q ~ ~ BEAUREGARD ~ O ~ S T E R I I I I ~ C O ~ CASH 8-

129 H I W E B ST. AMABD & LOUIS ST. AMAND THEOF'EULE WILT2 CREDIT SALE

131 THEOPHICEBRLTZ AUGUSTE HOUETTE & ETIENPIE VILLAVASO CREDIT S A u

133 ABSTRACTOR 'S NOTE N m

PIGE GRAWOR GRANTEE INSTRUMENT

IS4 J.A-FEBNANDEZLI?BROS W . C ~ N R I B A S , w i f e o f AUGUSTE: DSSEPS CREDIT SALE

136 MRS. CARMEN RIBAS,rrife of AUGUSTE liEWEPS AUGUSTE LESSEPS JR- CREDIT SALE

139 AUGUSTE LESSEPS JR. ALBERT El LIVAUDAIS C m I T $bLE

141 ALBERT E. LIVAUDAIS OCTAVE TOCA CREDIT SALE

143 MRS. ALICE CmAS Wfe of REBTE TOUTANT BUUREGARD EJEnr ORLlUNS !mRa!IEJbL

CQIQ)ANY CASE adlLE

145 WTAVETOCAL MRS. ALICE CEHAS, wife of REPlE TOTITANT BEd.URF;GUID CREDIT SALE

a47 CERTIFICATE CER!PIPICATE

ABSTRACTOR'S NOTE

This abstract i s made up by br ief ing a l l

of the various Aota of Sales as well ao a l l

of the Sui ts and Sueaession Prsoeedinga t h a t

effect the t i b l e t o the property dexeribed

i n the oaptlon hereofa

The reoords s f the Parish of St* Bernard

were burned i n approximately the year 1884,

therefore the ohain of t i t l e pr ior t o t h a t

date i s made up by pieaing together the t i t l e

from t h e various act8 tha t oould be located

i n the Offioe of the Register of Csnveyanoes

and the Custodian of &tarid Arohives f o r

the Parish of Orleans.

The marital s ta tus of the par t ies has been

given i n a l l cases where it was shown i n the

act. I f the marital s ta tus i s not s e t out i n

the heading of the various t ransfers shown

herein, it was not disclosed i n the t ransfer@

STATE OF LOUIS-

STATE LAND OFFICE

BATON ROUGE

Luoille May Graoe Register

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the annexed cepy of plat of Township 13 South, Range 12 last, Ssuth Eastern District, East of the Mississippi River, i s a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

true and l i teral exmplifieation of the record etn f i l e in this offioe,

WImSS ay hand and offioial seal o f effiae,

this 31st day of May, 1948

(SIGNED) Luoille May Grace

REGISTER, State Land Off ioe.

STATE LAND OFFICE

W O N ROUGE

Lucille May Graoe Register

I EEREBY CERTIFY that the annexed copy of township plat of Township 13 South, Range 12 East, South Eastern District, East of the River, i s a - - - - - - - - - -

true and l i t era l exemplification of the reoord en f i l e in t h i s offioeo

WITNESS my hand and of f io ia l seal of offioe,

th is 31st day of May, 1948

(SIGNED) Luoille May Grace

REGISTER, State Land Office.

S E A L

AB6ERICA.N STATE PAF%RS, PUBLIC WDS, V O L m 2, 1810-1815.

Page 224%

12th Congress - #193 - 1st Session.

Ccmnunioated t o the House of Representatives, January 9,

1812.

Treasury Department, January 8, 1812.

S i r :

I have the honor i n o o n f o d t y w i t h the Aot respecting

olaims t o land in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana, t o

transmit a oopy of the report Blade by the CoPnaissioners f o r the

Eastern Dis t r io t of the Territory of Orleans, on the olaims t o land

within said d i s t r i c t whioh they have not c0nfinaed.a (*The reports

now published embraoe the e l a h aonfimed, as well as those

rejeated). On inquiring why the claims i n the said report were not

arranged in to three general ~ l a s s e s , as directed by the a c t afore-

said, I was verbally informed by the Commissioner who delivered the

report, t h a t a l l the c l a i m thus rejected were considered by the

Board as belenging t o the th i rd olass; tha t i s t o say, as olaims

not en t i t led t o oonfimation, e i ther under the Acts of Congress,

or in oonformity w i t h t he laws, usages, and customs of the Spanish

Government.

A l e t t e r subsequently received from another Commissioner i s

also transmitted.

I have the honor t o be, w i t h great respeet, sir

Your most obedient servant,

Albert Gallatin

The Honorable the Speaker of the House of Represen-

t a t ives . "Deoisions of the Board of Commissioners of the Eastern

Distr iot of the Territory of &leans, of land claims registered i n

the books of Michael Cantrelle, Deputy Register.

Page 2818

No. 586 - W i l l i a m Brown alaims a t r a c t of land, s i tua te on the east

s ide of the Mississippi, i n the Comty of Orleans, con-

ta ining sixteen arpents, eleven to ises and three f ee t i n

front , with a depth extending baek as f a r as Lake Borgne,

and bounded on the upper s ide by land of J. M. Pintard,

and en the lower by land of Ghalmet Delino.

It appears t h a t the f ront slnd f i r s t depth of fo r ty

a r p a t s of t h i s land nras actually inhabited and cultivated

en the 20th day of Deoember, 1803, and for more than ten

eonseautive years prior thereto. So much the Board con-

film, but re jec t the claim t o the remaining extension of

depth. "

(sgd) Joshua Lewis

Thomas B. Robertson

LBURENT SIGUR

TO

JEAN BdPTISTE PREVOST

(Copied from Original %cord Translated from the ~ r e n c h )

CREDIT SALE

PIERRE PEDESCLAUX, NOT PUB.

DATED - June 12, 1805

RECORDED - C. 0. B.

PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPT ION8 A planta t ion s i t ua t ed one and a ha l f miles from t h i s c i t y on t h e l e f t bank of the River, below the c i t y , faaing t he River, on which stands a master house, sugar house, ref inery, s t o r e houee, negro cabins and several other buildings; adjoining, on t he lewer side, the land belonging t o M r . I e a c e Deliao, and on t h e upper s i de adjoining l m d which the vendor had acquired from &. Pierre Denis Delaronde and whieh i s now oocu- pied by M r . Nicholas Doize, with the f r o n t and depth measurements thereto belonging suoh as the vendor enjoyed un-

ACQUISITION: til t h i s day and such as he had purchased from Mr. P i e r r e de Marigny by pr ivate a c t dated February 10, 1798 reoorded i n t he off ioe of M r . Narcisse Brouteu, dated t he s ixteenth of t he same month of February; a l so (&re slaves mentioned and movable property)

CONSIDERdTION: FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS (#50,000.00)

TEXMS: ONE THOUSAND DOUdlRS ( $1,000 00) DOLLARS

CASH - One Thousand Dollars payable s i x months

from date t o t h e same vendor; - the balance of

forty-eighth thousand do l la r s payable t o t h e syndics

( m)

of the creditors of the vendor, 09 which amount

ten thousand dollars on June f i r s t one thousand

eight hundred six, ten thousand dollars the f i r s t

of the following Deoember, Sixteen thousand dollars

the f i r s t of Deoember 1807

(signed) Lo Sjgur (signed) George Pollock Witnesses

(signed) Castillon (signed) J. B. Ramiree

(signed) Jeagn Lozano wituesses

(signed) J o B. Prerost

(signed) Pierre Pedesoalux

N o P.

UURENT SIGUR

TO

JEM BARTON PREVOST

(Copied from Original Record Translated from t h e French)

QTnTTlLEaCE

PIERRE PEDESCUUX, Not. Pub.

DATED - June 12, 1.05 8

RECORDED - C. 0. B.

PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Before P i e r r e Pedesclaux, N. P.

UUEST SIGUR, Resident, deolares receiving from Jean

Bapt is te Prevost, t he sum of ONE THOUSAND GOURDE DOLLARS, which

sum he had agreed t o pay him according t o an a c t of s a l e passed

betmen him and t h e Sjeurs and pr io r to t h e a c t

of June twelfth of t h i s year, and f o r the - years ( s ) s t a t ed

i n t h e said a o t of which sum he grants him quit tanee and discharge

once more; t h i s present qui t tance t o have the same effeot as

t h a t of sa id act.

Done and passed etc. July 11, 1805, in the presence

of J m Baptiste Ramiree and Joaquin Lozano, witnesses, e tc .

Witnesses Signed (signed) L. Sigur

(signed) P ie r re Pedesclaux, N. P.

JEA,N BARTON PREVOST

TO

GUILLAUME B R W

CREDIT SALE

PIERRE PEDESCUUX, Not. Pub.

RECORDED -

PARISH OF ORLEBNS

(Copied from 04 ginal Reoord) STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRLPTION: A plantat ion s f tua ted one mile and a hal f from t h i s c i t y on the l e f t bank of the River on the lewer s i de and fat- ing t he River, upon which planta t ion i s a Master house, a sugar mi l l , a refinery, stone house, neger cabins and sev- e r a l other buildings; bounded on the low- e r s ide by land of Mr. Igaace Delino and on t h e upper s ide by t h a t of the vendor, together with t h e f r o n t and depth m a - surememts belonging thereto, and such as be l~nged u n t i l this day t o t h e pre- sen t vendor, without lWt o r reserve

ACQUISITION: and suoh as purchased fram the l a t e P ie r re Marigny by pr iva te a c t (under se iz in ) recorded February sixteenth, i n t he o f f ice of Narcisse Broutin, i n the year 1798.

DESCRIPTION: Likewise another p lanta t ion s i tua ted four miles from and below t h i s c i t y and on t he same s ide of t he River together with mi l l and implements, sa id land comprising th ree and one half ar - pents f ron t , by a depth s t a t ed i n the a c t of purohase by Mr. Laurent S igu . on December twenty-third, one thousand e ight hundred seven before us; which - three and a half arpents c lose a t a point measuring one arpent and a half t he measurement of t h e property continu- ing thus from tha t point throughout i t s

ACQUISITION: depth. The vendor acquired s a id land by purchase the f i r s t (described) from Lau- r en t Sigur by ac t before us dated June 12, 1805, and the second from Nioholas Roche, a l s o by ac t before us but dated December t w e n t y f i r s t , one thousand e ight hundred f ive .

Sold with a l l agr icu l tu ra l implements, c i rcums tances, dependencies, ser- vi tudes eto. etc.

CONSIDEUTION: FIFTY THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED "GOURDE" DOLLARS

TERIY[S: TiRENTY FIVE THOUSAND D O W ($25,000.00) I N REYLL

ESTATE - EIGHTEEN T H O U M D DOLLARS ($18,000.00)

PAYABLE TO GEORGE POLLOCK AND JE3B BAPTISTE COSTI-

LION, agents of t he c red i to rs of Lawrent S j g ~ r on

t h e same terms acrcorded by t h e agents t o t h e vendor;

and the TRBLVE THOUSAND S?3VEN BUNDlS3D DOLLARS

(#12,700.00) i n notes of t h e purchaser payable

i n t h r e e years computed from Deoamber f i f t e e n t h of

l a s t year, subje t t ing and obl igat ing t h e purohaser

wi th a l l h i s r e a l and movable property t o pay the

above amounts of eighteen thousand and of twelve

thousand seven hundred according t o s t i pu l a t ed

terms.

WITNESSES :

(signed) Joagn Lozano

(signed) J. B. Ramiree

(signed) Guillaume Crown

(signed) J. B. Prevost

(signed) Tonbie Valdes ( ~ n t e r p r e t e r )

(signed) Pierre Pedesolaux

N* P*

V?lLLIMB BRCIlRN

VS.

HIS CREI)ITORS

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE TERRI* TORY OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Filedz

We have made a oareful search and have not been able

to leoate the reeord of this suit i n the office of the Clerk of

Court for the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. Said suit

has apparently'been lost*

The Abstraotor

UNITED STATES OF bMERICA

SUPWIm COURT FOR TERRITORY OF oltmtas

PARISH QF ORUWS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Filed t

We have made a oarehl sear& and have set been able

te lsea-be the reeord ef this suit in the offiee of the Clerk d

C o b for the C i d l District Court, Parish of Orlems. Said suit

has apparently been lasto

Tbe Abstraetor

F'HILIP GRmS, ATTORNEY GENERAL CZUmIT S D OF UNITED STATES

MICHEL deARMAl3, NIP. TO

MTEDt MARCH 15, 1811

m-: THOMAS H. U I L L U FOR TEE UNITED STATES OF UBRICA C IOaB FOLIO

PARISH OF ST. BERNARD

(Copied from Originel Reoord STATE OF LOUISIANA i n &%aria1 Arehives &leans parish)

DESCRIPTIONt A l l t h a t Plantation si tblate lying and being about one and a half belew the s i t y of m a n s , en the - l e f t side - the Mississippi, having Sixteen aares eleven t s i s e s and t h on the f ron t with a e usual depth, bounded on one s ide by I. Delino & on the other by Jnoo Rodriguez, together with a l l and singular the buildings - and improwments m ~ d s , ways, waters, water Qourses, r ights l iber t ies , privileges, hereditaments, and appertmoes whatsoever, thereunto b e l o n e ing, o r in anywise appertaining, and the r - versions and remainders, rents, issues md prof i t s thereof, and a l l i n the es- t a t e right, t i t l e and in t e res t whatsoever, of him the said Phi l ip Grymes both a t law and i n equity, of, in, t o and out of the said plantation and premises, hereby bargained and sold, or meant, mentioned, or intended hereby so t o be, and every or any par t and paroel thereof;

ACQUISITIONr None shown.

COISIDERATION: ONE DOLLAR ($1.00)

lubjeot t o the following mortgagesz

By a c t passed before P. Pedesehaux, Notary Publio, under date of twenty th i rd Deaenber eighteen hundred, Laurent Sigur mortgaged the said plantation i n favor of F. D, La Ronde f o r nine thousand four

hundred and eight dollars, and on the Sixteenth of Maroh eighteen hundred and fi$e the said La Ronde released the mortgage on txree acres twenty six 5/6 fathom bounded by Bienvenu, on the twenty eighth Maroh eighteen hundred and seven released sne half acre and on -the twenty eighth deoember eigheeen hFlndred and nine transfered t h z mortgage t o Pollaok and Lmupe Syndics of 'j;. Sigw: -- By aot passed befere P o Pedesehaux, Notary public, under date of twelfth June eighteen hundred and five, John Be Prevsst mortgaged said plantation (and t h i r t y five slaves ) i n f a v s w of Laurent Sigur, and the ereditorsof said Sigar, as sesur- i t y f o r for ty nine thoussnd dol lars p~ryable one thousand dollars t o Sigur and the balame t o h i s sreditors, @pen rhioh the sum of t h i r t y four thousand dolilars has been received i n manner fsl- lsaing, t o w i t : on the th i r teenth of May eighteen htmdred and six, ten thousand dollars3 on the hvrenty seventh ~f June eighteen hundred and nine f i f t een thousand dollars; and on the twenty f i f t h of Maroh eighteen hundred and nine the sum of nine thsusana dollars-- By ac t passed by the said P. Pedeschaux, Notary, dated the twenty f i r s t deoember eighteen hundred and f i v e Jshn Be Prevost moTtgaged i n favor of Hioholas Roche the said Plantation as seourity f o r s i x thousand three hundred dollars pqab le f ive thousand one hundred f e r t y three oents and three quarters, t o Peter Denis Dela Ronde so soon as he may have a r ight t o receive them and eleven hundred ninety nine dol lars f i f t y s ix oents and a quarter i n b e and two years receipts f o r Che l a t t e r sum have been given vizz on the sixteenth January eighteen hnndred and s i x for seven hundred dol lars and the four hundred ninety nine dollars and f i f t y s ix oents and one quarter on the sixteenth May eighteen hundred and eight -- By aot passed before the said Pedeschawc dated the twenty f i r s t of March eighteen hundred and eight W i l l i a m Brown mortgaged i n favor of T. Bo Prevost said plantation s i tua te as one and a half

leagues from t h i s oi ty bounded by Delino Y Prevost -- another plantation four miles from the c i t y three aores and one half f ront as seourity f o r t h i r t y thousand seven hundred dol la rs payable eighteen thousand dollars t o Polloek and Castil lon Syndics af I,. Sigur and twelve thousand seven hundred dol lars in h i s notes a t three years from the f i f t een th december eighteen hundred and sewn --Recorded by order of the Superior Court on the eighteenth Nov-ber eighteen hundred and nine on the twenty f i f t h March eighteen hundred and nine Geo* Pollock and Castillon S p d i e s of La Sigur gave a reoeipt f o r nine thousand on account of the eighteen thousand due aa above-- By ast passed before said ~ e d e s b a u x dated the nineteenth October eighteen hundred and eight P. La Jonesmortgagsd in favor of W i l l i a m Brown one moiety of a plantation one league and a half from the c i t y bounded by Delino Brown, one moiety of anether plantation four miles below the ci ty , t h e e and one half aores f ront (and slaves) as seeurity f o r f i f t e e n thousand three hundred and f i f t y dollars-- Reeorded by order of the Superior Court dated twenty seaond September eighteen hundred an8 ten-- By a e t passed by B. Cenas Sheriff ~f the f i rs t Superior Court D i s t r i c t on the twenty seeond May eighteen hundred and ten Philip Grymes mortgaged i n favor of said Cenas a eer tain Plantation with the buildings thereon situated about one league and a half below the o i ty on the l e f t s ide of the Mississippi having sixteen aores eleven t o i s e s and three inches front with the usual depth bounded on one s ide by T. Delino and on the other by Jno. Rodriguez as security fo r t h i r t y two thousand dol lars i n h i s endorsed note payable i n one year-- Ilr

(rigned) I l l eg ib l e

(signed) I l l eg ib l e (signed) P. Grymes (signed) Tho* Ha Williams

(signed) Midel De d w s s Wta Pub.

Note: bat found in June-Deoember, 1811 Book through fault of

binder e *

THE UBTZTED STb!lXS OF &ERICA CREDIT SAIa

DATED: April 24, 1813

RECORDED t

HEWRY DANGERFIEIS, ALFRED C .O-Be FOLIO THURSTOlV, E m THURSTON & A.HH THURSTON PARISH OF ST. BEREElLRD (Marital Status not shown)

STATE OF L0UISJM.A (copied from Nbtarial hrohives, Parish of ~ r l e a n s )

DESGEtImIOW1 A eer tain plantation or t r a c t of land s i tuated one league & a half below t h i s c i t y of New Orleans, on the l e f t of %he r iver Mississippi, having sixteen acres eleven to i ses & three inohes f ront with the usual Depth of a Double concession, bounded en one r ide by T, Delino rrnd on the ether by John Rodrigues, together with a l l and singular the buildings, improvanents, woods, ways, mters , water courses, r ights l iber t ies , privileges, hereditaments & ap- purtenanoes whatsoever thereunto belonging or i n any wise appertaining, and a l l the es ta te r igh t t i t l e interest , @ l a s h and dee( mand of the said United States of b r i o a of, i n and t o the said plantation and premises and every par t the reo fc

bCQUISITIOBz None sheme

COBIXBRATIOH: FORTY-FOUR 'PHOUSAND DOLLARS ($44,000&Q)

'PERMS8 FOUR INSTALLMENTS, TBE FIRST FOR ELa&VEM THOIIWND

DOLLARS ($11,000o00) PAYABU JANUARY l S T , 1814,

TIE SECOND, THIRD, & FOURTH FOR EUVF3 THOTBAND

DOLLARS ($11,~00s00) EhCH AND DUE JANUARY 1ST ,

1815, 1816 6 1817, FESPECTIVELY-

The following warranty appears i n t h i s a s t t

h he said Thomas H e W i l l i a m s doth hereby covenant and agree tha t the United States sha l l and w i l l warrant and forever defend the said plann t a t ion & premise8 f r e e and olear of a l l enoum- branoes uhatsoever t o the said purchasers, t h e i r heirs and assigns;"

( s i g ~ e d ) Sam Croudson

(sigaed) Fel ix de Amas

(signed) Fowisy

( ~ i g m d ) Tho* Ha U i l l i m s

(signed) Nathan Wrse, Atty

f o r Ann Thurston

Alfred Thwstsn

Edward G. Thurstsn

(signed) Michel de Arms

Note Pube

Know a l l men by these presents t h a t we, Alfred Thurston,

and Edrsard Thurston, do hereby constitute, nominate and appoint

Nathan Morse - lawful Agent and Attorney, f o r us i n our names, t o

reoeive a oonveyanoe from Thomas He Williame - Agent of the

United States of a plantation, si tuated near New Orleans, t o make

and exeoute a l l and singular the deeds, a i t i n g s , reeiepts, - eta.

t ha t may be necesrary t o oonvey same, unto ( i l l eg ib le ) l ine, as - f u l l y & effectual ly as i f we, i l ny were precent, hereby ratifying

- ( i l l eg ib le ) the Aets and doings of our said Attorney*

In testimony whereof we have hereunto s e t our hands and

eeals, a t the City of New Orleans, this - 6th March 1823s

Witaes s (signed) Alfred Thurston

(signed) Thos. Witshells Just - (signed) Edward T. Thurston

of Peaee

The foregoing power of attorney ce r t i f i ed and signed in

pressnod of the nstary and witnesses under t o be annexed t o - the ae t of sale passed before than on this twenty fourth day of

April i n the year of our Lord one thousand e igh t hundred and

th i r teen and i n the t h i r t y seventh of Amerioan independenoe, a t

New Orleans.

(signed) Felix De Amas (signed) Nathan Morse

(signed) Fourisy

(signed) Miahel de Armas

Nbte Pub*

Enow a l l men by these presents t h a t we Charles EB. Thurston and

Henry Daingerfield of the Mississippi Territory for and i n conside-

rat ion of the t r u s t and oonfidenee by us and eaeh of us reposed

i n Samuel Croudson, esq.-of the City of New Orleans i n the

Terr i tory of Orleans, and divers other good causes and considerati-

ens 1x8 and eaoh of us %hereunto moving have named, aonstituted and

appsiated and by these presents do narae cronstitute and appoint

the sa id S m e l Croudson esq* our t rue and lawful attorney f o r us

and @ash of us i n sur and each of our n a e s t o aoeept of a oonvey-

anoe from Thomas He Williams errqs af a plantation or t r a e t of

land as deeeribed in the a r t i e l e s of agreement a oopy of rhioh i s

hereunto annexed, acteording t o t h e tenor and effeot of the said

artislass of agreement3 and fo r us and eaeh of us, i n our and eaoh

of OW names, t o omsent to, sign and aoknowledge aloy aot or ins-

truement of m i t i n g sontaining a l l . and singular the obligations,

aonditions, covenants and agreements s e c i f i e d and oontained i n

the a r t i c l e s of agreement aforesaid a oopy of whioh i s annexed t o

t h i s power of Attorney -* And we Che said Charles M e Thurston and

Henry Daingerfield do hereby authorize and empower the said Samuel

Croudson esq. t o sign our md eaoh of our names t o any notar ia l

aot or instrument of writ ing which i n h i s judgment sha l l seem neces-

sary, lega l and proper t o effeet the objects of the aforesaid ann-

exed a r t i o l e s of agreement, and which sha l l be within the meaning,

s p i r i t and intention of the said a r t i c l e s of agreement -- Hereby

r a t i f y ing and confirming whatever may be done by the sa id Samuel

Croudson our sa id a t torney i n t he premises, touohing t h e conveyance

of the s a i d planta t ion o r t r a c t of land t o - and the obligations,

oonditions, oovenants and agreements on whioh t he sa id conveyance

s h a l l be made, as f i l l y and i n as ample measures, t o a l l i n t en t s

and purposes as if we ourselves and each of us were personally

present r a t i f y i n g and o o n f i d n g the same.

I n witness whereof we have hereunto s e t our hands and

sea l s t h i s 1st day of June 1811. - Signed, sea led and (signed) C, M. Thurston ( L S)

aoknowledged in presenoe of ( signed) Henry Daingerf i e l d (Ls)

Be it known That on the Day of t h e Date hereof, before

me J&n Gnderson Notary Public f o r t he Mississippi Territory,

residing i n the City of Natchec by lawful au thor i ty duly oonrmis-

sioned and sworn Personally oame Charles M. Thurston and Henry

Daingerfield whose Names a re eubstribed and Seals aff ixed t o t h e

foregoing Le t t e r or Power of Attorney and aoknowlsdged the same

t o be t h e i r A c t and Deed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto

s e t my Hand and a f f i ~ e d my Notarial

Seal a t Natchez aforesaid the t h i r d

Day of June 1811

( si wed) John Ifende rson

Not. Pub.

David Holmes, Governor of the

Mississippi Territory,

To a l l who sha l l see these presentst Be it known tha t

John Henderson was on the 3rd day of June 1811, and s t i l l i s

Notary Publia f o r the Mississippi Territory

duly oomissisned and sworn and +hat h i s (-1

aots as such a re en t i t l ed t o a l l due

( i l leg ib le) and oredit.

Given under my hand and the sea l of the

said Territory, at Washington, 5th June

1811

(Signed) David Holmes

Articles of Agreement made and concluded th i s 1st day of

June, i n the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ele-

ven, by and between Philip Grgmes esq, of the City of New Orleans,

agent f o r the United States of America, of the one part, and

Charles M, Thurston and Henry Daingerfield esq - of the Kssissi-

ppi Territory of the other part , a s Followeth:

First: The said FkiXp Grymes, in h i s capacity aforesaid, f o r and

i n consideration of the sun of Forty four thousand dollars, lawful

money of the United States, t o be paid as is hereinafter mentioned

and agreed, doth covenant and agree with the said Charles M, Thurs-

ton and Henry Daingerfield tha t he the said Pfiilip Grymes, in h i s

sa id capacity of agent, ell cause and procure Thomas H. Williams

of the City of N e w Orleans, by a good and suff icient deed or

instrument, in writing, duly made and executed according t o law,

t o grant, convey and confirm f r e e from a l l - incumbrances, and

possession of the premises t o deliver immediately thereafter, when-

ever the same sha l l be required, unto the said Charles M, Thurston

and Henry Daingerfield, t h e i r heirs or assigns, a certain planta-

t ioner t r a c t of land, situated one French league and an half from

and below the said City of New Orleans, and on the same side of

the River Mississippi with the said City, having a f ront of

sixteen arpens, eleven toises and three feet , and extending back

xi ."' ' -. Y

f r m the said Mver t o the usual depth of

a double concession, the boundary

or limits of which sa id plantation o r t r a c t of land a r e described

and delineated in a p l o t t thereof u d e by Bartholomew Lafon of

t he aforesaid c i t y and now i n t h e posaession of John R. Grpes ,

whieh s a i d p l o t t i s hereby agreed t o be given by t h e sa id Ph i l ip

Grpes,. and received by the sa id Henry Daingerfield and Charles M.

Thurston a s a t r u e description of the s a id plantation.

Serrendly- And the sa id Charles M. Thurston and H ~ r y Daingerfield,

f o r theniselves Ctaeir he i r s Executors and administrators, hereby

oovenant and promise on t h e i r pa r t that they w i l l by a regular and

lawf'ully exeouted deed or Power of Attorney appoint S m e l Croudson

ef t he sta3.d Ci ty sf New Orleans t h e i r agent f o r them and esoh of

theon, f o r them and in t h e i r names, ferth w i t h t o aeaept of sa id

eonveymae so as aforeeaid covenanted by t h e s a i d Ph i l i p Grymes, as

agent as aforesaid , t o be made and delivered by t h e sa id Thomas H.

Willims, and t h a t they the sa id Charles M. Thurston and Henry

Daingerfield w i l l a l s o by t h e said deed o r Power of Attorney auth-

or ize t h e s a id Samuel Croudson f o r them and i n t h e i r names t o

aoknowledge a l l and singular t h e obligations, conditions, covenants

and agreaments herein specif ied and contained. And they t he sa id

Charles A. Thurston and H ~ r y Daingerfield do fu r the r aovenant and

agree t o pay o r cause t o be paid i n t o t h e t reasury of t h e United

States, o r t o t h e agent of t he TJnited Sta tes , duly empowered t o

receive it, t h e d o r e s a i d pr incipal sum of f o m four thousand dol- V

l a r s , in four equal instalments, and t o execute t he several notes

( 94)

f o r the same, t o be drawn by one of the said Charles M. Thurston

and Henry Daingerfield or by the other, and t o be made payable a t

the ( i l l eg ib le ) following, Vie The f i r s t instalment f o r the

sum of eleven thousand t o be made payable on the f i r s t day of Janu-

ary i n the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen,

the second instalment f o r the l ike sum to be made payable on the

f i r s t day of January i n the year one thousand eight hundred and

f i f teen , t he th i rd i n s t a h e n t for the l i k e sum t o be made payable

on the f i r s t day of January i n the year one thousand eight hundred

and sixteen and the fourth instalment f o r the l i k e sum t o be made

payable on the f i r s t day of January in the year one thousand eight

hundred and seventeen. And they the said Charles Y. Thurston and

Henry Daingerfield on t h e i r part fur ther eovenant and agree t o pay

as aforesaid one years in t e res t on the said f i r s t and fourth in-

stalments a t t h e r a t e of six per eentum per annun, and a lso t o

give t h e i r notes f o r the same in the same manner as before speoifi-

ed f o r the payment of the principal sums and to make the said notes

payable a t the same periods atwhioh the said f i r s t and fourth

i n s t a h e n t s are made payable -- And t o seoure the punctual payment

of a l l the said several notes herein mentioned the said Charles

M. Thurston and Henry Daingerf'ield further oovenant and agree tha t

a special mortgage sha l l be given by them or the i r attorney afore-

said i n the aforesaid Deed of conveyance, upon the said plantation

and a l s o upon Twenty f ive negroes of the following names, t o wit,

Planter, Lucy, Cate, Wanqy, Cyrus, Spencer, John, Andrew, Anthony,

Jane, Amy, Betsey, Charles, Flora, Toni, B a e , Spencer, Darby,

Hester, Peter, Ned, Sarah, Sal ly , Burtus, -- Pegg.

Thirdly-: Whereas, it i s dated and represented by the s a id Phi l ip

Grygles esq. t h a t there a r e on record i n t h e public

o f f ices i n t h e s a i d of New Orleans several o ld mortgages

upon t h i s sa id planta t ion o r t r a c t of land, which a r e believed by

him t o be paid and s a t i s f i ed , bu t which according t o t he laws and

usages ex i s t ing and prevai l ing i n t h e sa id Ter r i to ry of Orleans

must be no'tidtid and rec i ted by the Notary Public i n t h e aforesaid

deed t o be made by Thomas H. Williams t o t he sa id Charles M.

Thurston and Henry Daingerfield, it i s , therefore, fu r ther coven-

anted and agreed by t h e sa id Ph i l i p Grymes esq. t o and with the

sa id Charles M. Thurston and mry Daingerfield t h e i r he i r s and

assigns, and by him understood cand acknowledged t o be h i s contract,

as agent aforesaid with them, t h a t t he United S ta tes a r e and sha l l

be bound t o warrant and guarantee the sa id p lan ta t ion o r t r a c t of

.land t o t h e sa id Henry Daingerfield and Charles M. Thurston t h e i r

h e i r s and a s s i p s forever against a l l l i e n s whatsoever, including

t h e aforesaid &rtgages, and t ha t t h e acceptance by them of a deed

oontaining t h e r e c i t a l aforesaid or any other, i s n o t t o be deemed

not ice t o them t o t h e i r prejudioe, o r t o operate against t h e i r

claim on the United S ta tes on account of those l i en s or aay other

which may hereaf ter be discovered t o e x i s t on sa id planta t ion o r

t r a c t of land, and t o have been created before the sa l e or delivery

thereof t o the said Charles M. Thurstonand Henry Ddngerfield -- bnd he the said Philip Grymes agent as aforesaid fur ther covenants

and agrees t o and with the said Charles M. Thurston and Henry

Daingerfield t h e i r heirs and assigns t h a t the aforesaid deed t o

be made t o them by the said Thomas He Williams sha l l contain a

general warranty and also a special clause warranting against

a l l l iens tha t sha l l be - reci ted or referred t o i n the said

( i l l eg ib le ) And he ( i l l eg ib le ) ( l i ne t o r n away)

aforesaid fur ther oovenants and agrees t o and w i t h t h e said

Charles Ye Thurston and &nry Daingerfield t h e i r heirs and assigns,

t h a t the aaid plantation or t r a c t of land, and a l l the houses,

buildings and other improvements are t o be and remain a t the risque

and hazard of the United States u n t i l the 26th day of t h i s month

of June 1811, when they the said Charles Me Thurston and Henry

Daingerfield oovensmt and oblige themselves t o reaeive the same,

t o be and remain a t t h e i r risque thereafter.

Fifthly-- The said Charles M. Thurston and Henry Daingerfield

fur ther covenant and agree tha t the mortgage herein before mention-

ed t o be exeouted by them i s t o be s o ( i l leg ib le) and conditioned

as that the United States sha l l not be stopped from proceeding

thereon forthwith on f a i l u r e of punctuality i n the payment of any

one of the instalments aforesaid.

Now t o the t rue and f a i th fu l performance of the several

coven&nts and agreements aforesaid the part ies aforesaid do hereby

respectively bind themselves and t h e i r respective heirs, Executors

w-d administrators i n the sum of Ten thousand dollars of lawf'ul

money of the United States. In testimony whereof they have here-

unto interchangeably se t t h e i r hand and seals the day and year

f i r s t within written.

The eraeure made i n the 4th l ine from I

the bottcnn of 19 page before signing (signed) P. Grymes Agent f o r the U. States (IS)

( i l l eg ib le ) and interlineation between

the 1st and 2nd l ines i n the 2nd page (signed) C. M. Thurston (LS) - -

a re made before signing ( i l l eg ib le )

Signed asrled and acknowledged in (signed) Henry Dainger- f i e l d

presenoe of

(signed) David Hohes

(signed) John Curtis

(signed) Y. Powell

N. B. It i s understood and agreed by and between the part ies of

the above contract t ha t i f the contraverses respecting the l iens

on the plantation should not have been so f i n a l l y se t t l ed as to

make the within named Thomas H. W i l l i a m s t o make suoh a deed as

i s herein stippilated on the part of the said Phi l ip Grymes t o be

made t h a t it sha l l not operate t o make void t he oontraot or subject

the said Ph i l ip Grymes t o a f o r f e i t u r e of the penalty of t h i s con-

t r a c t provided he conveyances t o be made

within s i x months from t h e date of t h i s agreement.

Signed, sealed and

aoknowledged i n presence of

(signed) David Hohes

(signed) A. H. Holmes

(signed) P. Grymes Agent f o r t h e U. S ta tes (Is)

(signed) C. M. Thurston (LS)

(signed) Henry Daingerf i e l d (Ls)

HENRY DAINGERFIELD, BNNE THURS- CFBDIT SALE TON, widow of Charles Me Thurs- ton, ILLFWD AND EDMOND THURSTON MIC&EL DeARBdBS, Notary Public

DAmD - June 14, '1813

RECORDED -

PARISH OF O R W S

spied from Original Record) STATE OF LOUISIANA Translated from the Frenah

DESCRIPTION: A plantation s i tuated one mile and a half from t h i s City ~n the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River measuring sixteen (16) arpents eleven (11) Toises and three (3) inches ftont en the River by a depth of a double concession, baulided on one side by property of the purshaser and on the other by t h a t of the Sieur Jean Rodriguez according t o R plan drawn by Barthelemy Lafon under date of June thir teenth of .the year eighteen eight, a copy of which plan, oert i f ied by W o n under date of the f i r s t of t h i s current manth and signed and pamphed ne varietur, i s annexed a t t he i r request t o t h i s a c t for reference.

Which plantation i s sold without exception or reserve, together with a l l buildings, appurtenances and improvements thereon, a l l of which are w e l l lcnown t o the purchaser, who declares himself sat isf ied, and requiring no durther des- - cript isn;

ACQUISITION: This plantation belongs t o the vendor through purohase from the United States of America by a c t before the undersigned Notary i n the presence of witnesses, dated l a s t April 24th. As i n t h i s said ac t Nathan Morse had only been given

verbal instruction (power) from the widow Thurston, he has just now handed the undersigned notary a r a t i f i ca t ion of the said sa le by the said Anne Thurston dated l a s t May twenty-seoond and passed before the justice of the peace of A t - tacapas --------.

CONSIDERAT ION: SIXTY-FIVE TEOU'D DOLLARS (#65s000e00)

TERMS% TWO THOUSAND FIVE l3JIDRED DOLLARS ($2,500*00)

CASH - Uiib >MIlvember Purchaser obligates

h h s e l f and promises to pay as follows: Forty-

four thousand dollars i n four equal payments of

eleven thousand eaeh, the f i r s t of which t o f a l l

due on the f i r s t of January of next year (1814);

the seaond of January f i r s t , 1815; the third on

January f i r s t , 1816, the fourth and l a s t on January

f i r s t , 1817; and the eighteen thousand f ive hun-

dred constituting the balance, or the price of

the present sale, i s t o be paid i n Deoember of the

year eighteen twenty. The eighteen thousand f ive

hundred dollars have been divided among seven notes

one of whioh i n the amount of Six thousand dollars,

one of three thousand two hundred f i f t y dollars,

four of two thousand dollars and one of -t;rpelve

hundred f i f t y del lars

Whereas Thomas H. Williams Collector of t h e Po r t of

New Orleans, Did - t h e twenty fourth day of Apri l l a s t , as

agent f o r the United S ta tes exe - a Deed of Cgnveyanoe f o r a

oer ta in Planta t ion (heretofore belong - t o t he United S ta tes

and s i tuated one and a ha l f leagues below New Orleans i n t he of-

f i o e of Miohel deArmas, one of the Notaries of sa id c i ty , t o

Ann Thurston, Alfred Thurston, Edmond T* Thurston and Henry

Daingerf

Ntm Be it known t h a t I do hereby authorize and appeint

N - Morse Esq of t h e sa id City of Nem Orleans my at torney w i t h

f u l l po t o aaoept and reoeive the sa id conveyanoe, hereby - r a t i f y ing and oonf - i ng a l l and every a c t of my sa id a t to rney

t h a t has o r may be dene i n the premises a s f u l l y a s i f I were

personally present - Given under my hand a t the Parish of Sa in t Martin

County of Attalsusas this 22nd day of May 1813

(signed) He East in - L i s t

(signed) Tho. Eastin Terte - (signed) Ann Thurston

S t a t e of Louisiana

Parish of St* Martin -

On t h i s twenty second day of May One Thousand e ight

hundred and t h i r t e en before me the undersigned Judge of t h e

Parish aforesaid personally appeared Mrs. Anna Thurston whose

name i s subsoribed t o t h e foregoing power of a t torney and ac-

knowledged the same a s her a c t and Deed f o r t h e purposes t he r e in

( 102)

contained

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and

affixed the seal of my office the day & date f i r s t af'oresaid

(signed) (not legible) (sane of signature torn away)

CHARLES AWOINE deIZEGGI0 CREDIT SBLE

PIERRE PEDESCLAUX:, Not Pub.

DA'E3D - February 9, 1805

IGNACZ DELINO REG ORDIED

PARISH OF ORLEANS (copied from French Translation of Original A 0 t ) STATE OF LOUISIBEEa

DESCRIPTION: A plantation situated one mile and three quarters from t h i s e i t y on the lower par t of the River and on t h a t same side, oomprising s ix arpents f ront by a depth extending between para l le l l ines t o the lake; adjoining property of the Sieur Antoine Bienvenue on the one side, aud that of Lawent Sigur on the

ACQUISITION: other; said property being sold, belongs t o the vendor through purahase from Dame Francoi8e Delil le de Mandeville widow of Antoine Phillippe Marigny de Mande- vi11e by a c t before Master Fernandez Rodriguez, July 13, 1794 reaorded i n t h a t Notary's Archives o

CONSIDERATIONt Now appear Manuel deLanzos representing Dame

Gertmde Guerrin, h i s wife, and Jean Soulie, agent

of t h i s oity, w i t h power of attorney from Taigner

Roman of the bttacapas, who manuel de Lanzos and

Jean Soulie, have i n t h e i r capacity and i n order

t o f a c i l i t a t e matters and t o oblige the vendor,

granted cancellation pure and simple of the mort-

gage on the said plantation, the Sieur Langlois

f o r securi ty of the obligatory ao t consented t o i n

( 104)

favor of t he sa id "Damen, his wife, before us on

June 4, 1799, sa id obligation amounting to two

thousand two hundred gourde do l la r s ; and the

Sieur Soulie for the s ecu r i t y of a sum of fou r

thousand seven hundred fif t ;y dollars, due the

Sieur Roman by t he Said Sieur deRaggio aooording

t o aot before Apri l twentieth one thousand e igh t

hundred three, des i r ing and understanding, however

the Sieurs Soule and Lanzos t h a t t h e purohasers up-

held the mortgage on t h e planta t ion u n t i l they

be ( f ) of t h e i r oredi t , expressed a charge and

( 1 ) of t h e i r c red i t , expressed a chanrge and (9)

by which t h e above mentioned cancel la t ion was not

granted; t h e desis ion was accepted by the vendor

and purchasers

The present s a l e made and aoaepted between

t he pa r t i e s accoring t o charges ( 1 ) conditions

above mentioned and i n consideration, moreover,

of the sum of Twelve Thousand Gourde Dollars,

which t h e Sieur Delino obligates himself with a l l

h i s wordly goods, movable and real, t o pay t h e

Sieur deRegio i n the f o l f m i n g manner: Three

Thousand do l la r s during t h i s current year; t h r e e

thousand de l la r s one year from t h i s day; t h r e e

thousand dol lars two years from date of these

presents; f i n a l l y threethousand do l la r s on Febru-

a ry ninth, one thousand e igh t hundred eight.

To insure payment on dates determined upon, the

purchaser a f fec t s , mortgages, etc., t h e said plan-

t a t ion , circumstances and dependencies promising

not t o s e l l or a l i ena te before having f i r s t paid

t he sa id twelve thousand do l l a r s or obtained can-

ce l l a t i on (main levee) of t h e s a id mortgage; which

arrangement i s accepted by t h e s a id Sieur deRegio

who delegated t he Sieur Delino t o pay t h e Sieur

Soulie, within the f i r s t term, t h e sum of two

thousand two hundred f i f ty-nine do l la r s and the

Sieur vendor t o pay t h e same t h e amount of two

thousand five hundred do l l a r s within t h e second

tenn whose date due i s one year from t h i s day;

t o (? ) perfect ly the sa id Sieur Soulie ( 4 ) of

the s a i d day, twenty t h i r d of April, one thousand

e ight hundred three; f i n a l l y be delegated (P)

Delino t o pay Sieur DeLanzos t h e sum of two thou-

sand five hundred dol lars , sum f a l l i n g due the sa id

June four th one thousand e igh t hundred ninety-nine

on t h e date t he t h i rd term i s due, on February nin-

t h one thousand e igh t hundred seven:

Which designations t h e Sieurs Soulee

and deLanzos accepted t o await t h e above determined

( 108)

date of payment stipulated, without approaching

either the Sieur de Regio or Sieur Delino for the

amount of the said obligation, even though their

term may be partly overdue.

J. B. Ramiree (signed) (aigned) Charles deReggio

Joaohim Lozano (signed) (signed) Igaaoe Delino

(signed) Pierre Pedesclaux

N. P.

Translatorts Note: means Il legible ($)

ABSTRACTOR'S NOTE

Tfe have made a care fu l search of the records

of the o f f i c e of the Clerk of Court of t h e

C i v i l D i s t r i c t Court and have not been ab le

t o f i nd t h e reoord of P. D, Delaronde vs.

Widow Chalmette, Pierre, Heloise, Viotoire,

Eu la l i e and Zi l i e , heirs of the l a t e Sieur T.

Delino, nor of t he Adjudication made by George

W. Morgan Sheriff of t he Parish of Orleans.

PIERRE DENES de l a ROMlE

TO

HILAIRE AND LOUIS STeIIMBNT

(copied from Original Record i n (orleans Parish, Notarial Archives (French Translation

CREDIT SALE

BdICHEL d e W , NIPe

DATED - Apri l 28, 1817

RECORDED - C.0.B.

PARISH OF ORIJXANS

STATE OF LOUISIANIL

DESCRIPT ION: A cer ta in l o t of ground s i tua ted approximately one mile and a ha l f from t h i s c i t y and below it, on the l e f t bank of the River, measuring twenty-two arpents eleven t o i s e s and three f e e t f r o n t by a depth measuring as follows: - the s ixteen arpents eleven to i see th ree f e e t on the upper s ide being of double concession, and the s i x lower arpents (arpents on t h e lower s ide) extending as f a r as the lake; t h i s land is bounded on the upper s ide by land belonging t o Jean Rodriguee whose land measures one-half arpent f r o n t bounded above by a l i n e l imitrophic with the planta t ion formerly belonging t o t he l a t e Edmond Macarty (which l i n e ) extends nor t hmrd fourteen degrees t h i r t y minutes East, and on the lower s ide by a canal the re s i tuated, which canal extends nor th twenty-three degrees East, t h i s Canal serving a s a boundary between the lands now being sold and t h a t of the Sieur Rodriguez up t o t he point where the l a t t e r piece of land measures two and one-half arpents wide, from which point the l ine separating t he property being sold and t h a t of Sieur Rodriguez runs pa ra l l e l t o t he l i n e separating the Rodriguez land from tha t formerly

ACQUISIT IONt

belonging t o the l a t e Edmond Macarty, t h a t i s t o say i n a nor ther ly di rect ion four teen degrees t h i r t y minutes eas t ; t h i s i s more c l ea r ly shown on a plan drawn June f i r s t of t he year one thousand e igh t hundred t h i r t e en by Barthe- lemy Lafon, surveyor which plan i s annexed t o the ao t of s a l e passed June fourteenth of the year one thousand e igh t hundred th i r t een before the undersigned notary, by Henry Dange r f i l ed , Anne, Widow Charles Me Thurston, and Alfred and Edmond Thurston t o Ignace Delino; the land now being sold i s bounded on the lower s i de by land of Antoine Bienvenue, t h e l i n e separating the two propert ies running e a s t in a s ixteen degree t h i r t y minutes norther- l y di rect ipn; together w i t h a l l buildings and improvements thereon (on t h e land being sold), without l i m i t or reserve, etc. (Purchaser s a t i s f i e d with description)*

The land sold by these presents belongs t o the vendor through adjudication a t a jud ic ia l auction s a l e made by George W. Morgan Sheriff of t he Par ish and of t he City of New Orleans, on t he -t;wentie- t h of l a s t February, following an order of se izure rendered by t h e Honorable f i r s t d i s t r i c t court, i n t h e mat ter of P. D. Delaronde vs. Widow Chalrnette, Pierre, Heloise, Victoire, Eu la l i e and Z i l l i e , he i r s of the l a t e Sieur T o De- l ino o

This land belonged t o t h e l a t e Sieur Ignace Delino as follows: t h e s ixteen arpents eleven t o i s e s and three f e e t on t he upper side through purchase by a c t before the undersigned notary dated June fourteenth one thousand e ight hundred t h i r t e en and s i x arpents on the lower side by means of purchase from Charles Antoine de Regio according t o an a c t of s a l e before P i e r r e Pe- desclaux, then a Notary Public in t h i s

c i ty , which a c t i s dated February ninth of the year one thousand e ight hundred f ive0

CONSIDERATION: FIFTYmFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($55,000e00)

I

TERMS ; SIX NOTES - F i r s t Note $6,000.00 - Second Note I

$6,00Qe00 - Third Note $12,000*00 - 'Fourth Note

1 #12,000~00 - F i f t h Note $12,000*00 - Sixth Note

I $7,000*00o Payable 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 years a f t e r date.

i

WITNESSES 2

(signed) Pierre Cherbonnier

(signed) Benoit P i p o n

(signed) P i e r r e Denis de l a Ronde

(signed) Hi la i re St. Amant

(signed) Louis Stcdmant

(signed) M. DeArmgs Notary Public

HILAIRE ST- A.MANI> & CREDIT SALE

LOUIS ST- W D

PIERRE OSCAR PEYROUX

(copied from French Translation of Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Par ish of Orleans)

CaRLILE POLLOCK, NOTARY PUBLIC

DATED: Apri l lo, 1832

RECORDED :

C-0-Be FOLI 0

PdRISH OF ST- BERNARD

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTIONt A portion of ground forming p a r t of the St . Amand plantation, s i t ua t ed in St. Bernard Parish, approximately f i v e miles below of t h i s e i t y on the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River and designated by the numeral Five on - a plan which t he vendors had Allon d1Hexteoourt draw up dividing the planta t ion i n to l o t s , which plan i s dated March 15, 1832. Said pieae of ground measuring, i n Frenoh measure, one arpent f r o n t on t he River and extending in depeh eighty arpents between pa ra l l e l l ines, bounded above by l o t number Four of t he s m e plan, and below by l o t number Six, such a s t he whole i s designated on the sa id plan.

hc luded in the present s a l e is t h a t port ion of t he bat ture fac ing the sa id l o t of ground and a l l augmentations r e su l t i ng therefrom*

ACQUISITIONt The vendor acquired t h i s land from P ie r r e Denis De La Ronde, as has been stated, by a c t before Michel de h a s , April 28, 1817, vendors revealing t h a t an abs t rac t of prePious t i t l e s to the land i s annexed t o the above- mentioned plane

CONSIDERATION: SIX THOU!UND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($6 ,900~00)

TERMS : This sale i s made according t o terms of the

adjudication at the public sale, for the sum

of s i x thousand nine hundred dollars, three

notes furnished*

(signed) W i l l i a m Lake (signed) Hilaire St. dmand

(sipped) Rene Marohand ( s i p e d ) Louis St. b d

(signed) Pierre Oscar Peyroux

(signed) Carlile Polloek lbt. Pub&

PIERRE OSCMi PEYROUX

CONSTANCE PEYROUX

(Copied from Original Reoord Notarial Archives from the French rans slat ion)

CASH SALE

THEO. SEGEIERS, NOTARY PWLIC

DATED - March 16, 1835

RECORDED

C -0.B

PARISH OF OBLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTIONt A planta t ion o r l o t of ground s i t ua t - ed i n St. Bernard Parish approximately f i v e miles above t h i s c i t y on t h e l e f t bank of t he Mississippi River, neasur- ing one arpent f r o n t on t he River by eighth arpents i n depth3 bounded on the upper s i d e by tbe property of Cantre l le and Villavaso; and on the lower by t ha t of Buy. Chauvin Delery or St. hand , ha8 agents t h i s property being sold i s designated by the number f i v e on a - plan by Allon dlhmeoourt engineer and surveyor, dated Maroh f i f t e e n t h eighteen hundred thirty-two, f i l e d i n t he o f f i c e of Ca r l i l e Pollook, by a c t dated April 10, 1832: Together with the ba t tu re and a l l o ther additions, as well as a l l buildings and dependencies, without reserve t

ACQUISITION: Whioh land belongs t o Vendor through purchase from Louis and Hila i re St. Am- and, by a c t of Apri l 10, 1832, before Ca r l i l e Pollock, Notary.

CONSIDERATIONt EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($18,000.09)

TERMS : CASH

LIWIRRY tNTFRMOUNT4lN CUllURAL RESOURCL CENTER

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

(signed) Lewis Quemper

(signed) Victor Seghers

(signed) P. O* Peyroux

(signed) Constance Peyroux

(signed) Theor Seghers

CITIZENS BANK OF LOUISIANA

vs

CONSTANCE PEYROUX

# 23107

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF ORUANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PETITION

FILED8 FEBRUARY 16, 1844 (SIGNED) P. ~ e ~ l m o , ~ y . ~ l k .

* * * * * *

To the Honble A. M. Buchanan Judge of the Dis t r ic t Court - in and f o r the F i r s t Judicial Dis t r ic t of t h e Sta te of Louisianao

The pe t i t ion of the Citizens Bards of Louisiana, a corpo-

rat ion created by law and located in the City of New Orleans.

Respectfully represents

That Po 0. Peyroux having been declared en t i t l ed t o h e

hundred and thirtyltftro shares of the capi ta l stook of Petit ioners,

Did, On the 11th of October 1834 by aot before Theodore Sighers

notary publio in t h i s c i t y consent in favor of said Bank to secure

said shares and t he loans tha t might be obtained thereon as w e l l

as the eventual i n t e re s t t ha t might accrue on said loans, the whole

according t o the Charter of Petitioners, a mortgage on a planta-

t ion situated in the Parish of St , Bernard, the improvements there-

on, and the batture i n front of it and on ten slaves attached t o

said plantation, the whole of said mortgaged property being f u l l y

described i n said a c t an authentiok copy *hereof i s hereto annexed - for reference@

That afterwards t o w i t : On the 16th day of March 1835, by

ac t of same date before the aforesaid notary, the said P. 0.

Peyroux, Did s e l l and t ransfer a l l the above mentioned property

as well as the said One hundred and thirty-two shares of Stock

t o Constance Peyroux, who, accepted the said sale, assumed the

sion of the mortgage consented in savor of Petit ioners as - aforesaid and put herself in the place any of the said

P. 0. Peyroux f o r a l l the obligations by him contracted i n favor

of PeiAtioners i n the said a e t of the 11th of October 1834 as the

whole w i l l f u l l y appear from an authentick copy of the a c t of the

16th of h r o h 1839 aforesaid, hereto annexed f o r reference.

That afterwards t o 8igt On the 20th of May 1837 the

said Constance Peyroux, using her c redi t as stockholder afore-

said, Did obtain from Pet i t ioners a loan of three thousand and

three hundred dollars, being one half of said credi t ; f o r which

sum, she subscribed i n favor of said bank, her stock-note Dated

the said 20th of May 1837, and payable a t the Banking-House of

. Petit ioners i n New Orleans, on the f i r s t of May 1838, fined or

able according t o the provisions of the Charter of said r en

Bankp which stock-note was duly paraphed ne varietur by the said

notary to ident i fy it with the aforepmentioned two ac ts of mort-

gage and of sale and assumption of mortgage; t h a t by f i v e subsequ-

ent instalments amounting together to three hundred and t h i r t y

dollars paid on the said stock-note; the same was reduced t o

twenty-nine hundred and seventy dollars, due on the 30th of April

1842, a s the whole w i l l more f u l l y appear from the sa id o r i g ' h a l

stock-note hereto annexed f o r reference*

That on t he 26th of May 1839, the sa id Constance Peyroux

obtained from Pet i t ioners , an addi t ional loan of Eighteen hundred

and s i x t y one 20/100 do l l a r s being f i f t e e n do l la r s per share,

l e s s th ree instal lments of her c r ed i t as stockholder aforesaid

f o r which sum she, on the same day, subsoribed her stock-note

which she promised t o pay a t t he Banking-House of Pe t i t ioners i n

New Orleans, on t h e f i rs t of May 1840, f ined o r renew according

t o t he provisions of the char te r of Pet i t ioners ; which stock-note

was duly paraphed ne var ie tuer by the aforesaid notary t o identi-

f y it with the above mentioned two acts ; t h a t by two subsequent

instal lments, amounting together t o seventy-nine do l la r s and

seventy eents, paid on t h e s a i d stock-note, the s m e was cur ta i l ed

and reduced to Seventeen hundred and Eighty-two Dollars due on

the s a id 30th of April 1842 as the whole w i l l more f u l l y appear

from the sa id o r ig ina l stock-note hereto annexed f o r referenee*

That on t he sa id 30th of April 1842, a t maturity,

n e i t h e r of sa id stock-notes was e i t h e r paid or renewed; bu t t h a t

they were both protested, a f t e r the l ega l demand made a t the

domicil e lected on the faces of sa id stock-notes as w i l l f u l l y

appear by reference t o t he autkentick copies of p ro tes t s thereof

hereto annexed0

That, since, the said Constanae Peyroux although there-

unto amicably requested, has always refused o r negleoted t o pay

or a u r t a i l e i ther of said stoek-notes.

Wherefore your Petit ioners pray t h a t the said Constance

Peyroux, who i s a resident of the City of New Orleans, be c i ted t o

answer t h i s petition, and tha t a f t e r due proczeedings had, judg-

ment be rendered against her i n favor of Petitioners, f o r the sum

of f m r thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars being the

aggregate a3no\.urt due on the said two stock-nates, with in t e res t

*&ereen a t the r a t e of ten per cent, a year from the said 30th of

April 1842 up t o the 11th of April 1843; and fromthence u n t i l

paid a s fellows; en two hundred and eleven 20/100 dollars and t h e

note of ten per cent aforesaid; and on four thousand f i v e hundred

and f o r t y 80/100 dmllars and the note of s i x and a half per cent

a year; d t h f ive del lars costs of protests and costs of s u i t ;

and t h a t Petit ioners be decreed t o have privilege, fo r the amount

of .the judgnent demanded, on the proceeds of sa id mortgaged

property and of said shares of stock, and Petit ioners fur ther pray

f o r a l l such other and fur ther re l ie f as the nature of the case

may require and the law w i l l permit; And as i n duty bound e t co

( ~ i g n e d ) Mrs R. Demisset

( I l leg ib le)


vs

CONSTBNCE m o m

#z 3107


PARISB OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITATION

STATE OF LOUISIANA

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.

Mrs. Constuae Peyroux o f the City of N e w Orleans

YOU bRE HEREBY SUJdMOlED, t o comply w i t h the delaand csn-

tained i n the Petit ion, of whioh a aopy ao~dmpanies t h i s Citation,

ar deliver your answer t o the same i n the Office of the Clerk of

the F i r s t Judicial Dis t r ic t Court, i n the City of New Orleans, i n

ten days a f t e r the service hereof*

WITNESS, the Honorable A. M. Buchanan Judge of the aaid

Court, the 16th day of February i n the year of our Lord 1844*

Citizens Bank of Louisiana

V8

Constance Peyroux

Received 17th February 1844 and on the 20 of the same

month l e f t a oopy of petitioners aitation for defendant in the

English & Frenoh - languages at her domicil Burgundy S t o w i t h her

brother Pierre Peyroux a free person over 14 years of age residing

in the s m e house. Returned 24 February 1844.

(signed) B. 3. Lervel

-By. Sheriff

CITIZENS BANK OF LOUISIAM

VS

CONSTANCE PEYROUX

#23107


PARISH OF ORIJUNS

STATE OF MUISWA

CONFESSION QF JUDGMENT

* * * * *

In answer t o Plaintiff's pet i t ion i n this Case Defend-

an% appears and >does by these presents Confess Judgment acoording

to the prayer of said Petit ion.


CONSTANCE PEYROUX

#23107

FIRST JUDICZILL DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF ORLElLNS

STA'fE OF LOUIS=

m m m * * * * *

On motion of Denis P i to t espueir s f Counsel f o r P l i f f . - and on producing & fil 'Ping the Confession of the Def'tr, the Court

eonsidering the same, it i s adjudged and deoreed t h a t the Citizens

B a n k of Louisiana recover of the Defendant Constance Peyroux

the sum of Four thousand seven hundred & f i f t y two Dollars with

in te res t thereon a t the r a t e pf ten per cent per annm from 30th

April, 1842 till 11th April 1843, and from thence u n t i l paid

as f o l l m s , on #211 20/100 a t the ra te of ten per aent .aforesaid

and on $4640 80/100 a t the ra te of s ix and a half per cent per

annm w i t h f ive de l la rs costs of Protest and Costs of sa id with

privileges and Bdortgage on the property & bank stock described

i n the Petition*

Judpent rendered 4th March 1844*

Signed 5th March 1844.

(si wed) A m i t Buchanon

Judge

CONSTANCE PEYl$OUX

#23107


PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

MONITION

* * * * *

Joseph Ootave Chalon being duly morn, says; t h a t the

k n i t i o n obtained by Mary Aimee Caraby wife of P ie i re Osoar

Peyroux frm the Court aforesaid, Extracts of which are hereunto

annexed, was duly published i n the f rench & english languages i n

'the Prew Orleans Bee ", a newspaper published i n the City of

Mew Orleans, on the following days, t o w i t : the 16th & 20th

June 1846; and the 2nd July of the same year*

(signed) Jo 0, Chalen

Sworn t o & subscribed before m e

t h i s 21st July 18460

(signed) P. LeB1a.c

Clko


VS

CONSTANCE PEYROUX

# 23107


PARISH OF ORLEAIS

STATE OF LOUIS-

JUDGMENT

* * * * *

This day Pierre Oscar Peyroux, in behalf of Marie Almie

Caraby, h is Kife, who has beome the purchaser of cer tain property

sold i n th i s Case by the Sheriff of the Parish of St. Bernard,

and who has obtained a Monition pursuant t o the provisions an

ac t of the Legislature of t h i s State, entit led: "An ac t for the

fur ther assurance of t i t l e s t o purchasers of judicial sales, ap-

proved 10th Maroh 1834." moved the Court f o r the homolagation of

the same; & the Court, being sa t i s f ied from inspeetion of the

reoord, and the evidenae adduced, tha t a l l the formalit ies of the

law have been complied w i t h , t ha t the advertisements required by

law have been inserted & published i n the newspaper f o r the spaae

of time i% i n the manner pointed out by law, tha t the property has

been aer ree t ly discribed, and the priee, a t which it was purchas-

ed, t r u l y s tated; and no opposition being made t o the olagation: Bb It i s theref ore adjudged -& decreed, t ha t said Sheriff 9s sa le be &

the same i s hereby confirmed & homolagated according t o lawo

Jud@ent rendered 23 July 1846

Signed 12th August 1846.

(signed) A. M. Buchanon Judge

(129

ABSTRACTOR'S NOTE

The Sheriff 's Sale by Gustave Ducros then

Sheriff of the Parish of St, Bernard dated

the 6th day of July, 1844 resul t ing from a

writ of F ie r i Facias i n the s u i t Citizens

Bank of Louisiana vs. Constance Peyroux, Nolr

23107 of the docket of the F i r s t Judicial

Diatr ic t Court of the State of Louisiana, has

been destroyed by f i r e and consequently tould

not be included i n t h i s abstract.

W E - MARIE AIMEX C W Y CREDIT SPLLE PEYRoUlE (Marital Status not known) ADOLPH BOUDOUSQUIE , No P.

DbTEDx MARCH 31, 1853

RECORDED :

MICHEL MARTIN VILUVASO Moo-BI "3", FOLIO 161

PARISH OF ST a BERNARD

(copied from Original Record STATE OF LOUISIANA i n Notarial Arehives Orleans Parish)

DESCRIFTION: F i r s t t A oer tain t r a c t of land s i tua t - ed i n the parish of St, Bernard a t about f i v e miles below t h i s c i t y on the l e f t banlc of the MississippY r ive r having one arpent f ron t on said r ive r by eighty arpents i n depth; botmded on the upper l i ne by the property of the present purchaser and on the lower l i n e by the property now o r late%$ belonging t o RI, C. Delery, said l o t designated by the No. Five on a plan drawn by Allou It (Heme- - oourt, Civi l engineer i n the 15th day of Maroh 1832 and depoTited i n the of- f i c e of Car l i le Pollock, Notary on the tenth day of April 1832. Together w i t h the buildings & improvements thereen, t he r igh t t o the batture and other rights, ways, actions, and privileges thereunto belonging or i n any manner appertaining*

ACQUISITIONx n i c h said property lawfully belong t o the said vendor & were purchased by her a t a public sa le made thereof on t h e s ixth day of July 1844, by Gustave Duc- ros, then sheriff of the parish of St. Bernard of t h i s s ta te , by v i r tue of a writ of F ie r i Facias t o him directed by the Dis t r ic t Court, of the F i r s t Jud- i c i a l D i s t r i c t of t h i s s t a t e , i n the s u i t of the Citizens Bank of Lguisiana mi. Constance Peyroux, Noo 23107 of the docket of said Court.

CONSIDERBTIONr THREE T H O W D FITlE HUM)RED & NINETY & 40/100 DOLLARS ($3,590~40)

TERMS : ASSUMPTION

(signed) John Oscnard

(signed) Aimee Peyroux

authorized by me

T- 0- Peyroux

(signed) Guy Duplantier

(signed) Josephine Villavaso

(signed) Mh. Villavaso

(signed) (not legible)

(signed) Adc Boudousquie

Not . Pubo

H I U I R E ST* BB6AM> & CREDIT SBLE

LOUIS ST, dMllND CAIiLILE POLLOCK , NOTARY PUBLIC


RECOXDEDI

MICHEL BERNARD CANTBELLE C .O*B. FOLIO

(Copied from French t rans la t ion PARISH OF ST* BERNARD of Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Par i sh of Orleans) STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTIONI 'i'wo oer ta in l o t s of ground forming pa r t of a sugar plantat ion situated in St. Bernard Parish, approximately f i v e miles from t h i s c i ty , on the l e f t bank of t he Mississippi and designated by Three and Four on a plan of t h e i r plantat ion made on t h e order o f the vendors, which plan divides the property i n to l o t s and was drawn by Allon dlHemecourt surveyor-engineer and dated March 15th, 1832, f i l e d in of f ioe of Ca r l i l e Pollock.

According t o French measurements 1. Lot number TEIREE measures one arpent f ron t on t he River and extends i n depth eighty arpents between pa ra l l e l l ines , and i s bounded above pa r t l y by the l i m i t of l o t number !€WO which i t adjoins up t o point D, and from thence t o t h e limit of its depth by the l i n e l imi t ing t he Prevost plantat ion; on i t s lower s ide it i s bounded by l o t number FOUR such a s the whole i s designated on t he s a id plan. 2, Lot number FOUR measures one arpent f ron t and extends i n depth eighty arpents between p a r a l l e l l ines , and i s bounded above by the l i n e ( l im i t ) of the l o t designated number. Three on the same plan, which l o t it adjoins throughout i t s extent, and on t h e lower s ide by the l i m i t of the l o t designated by the number f i v e on the same plan, such a s the whole i s designated.

ACQUISITION: The land belongs t o vendors through purchase from Pie r re Denis De Laronde by a c t before de Armas Apr i l 28, 1817.

The vendors s t a t e t h a t an a b s t r a c t of previous t i t l e i s annexed t o the above plan f o r reference by in teres ted par t i es .

B.ONSI~TION: SETEN THOUSAND THRJ3E W R E D (#74 300e00) DOLLARS

FOR LOT NUMBER THREE BND SEVEN THOUSAND N I N E

KUNDRE:D ($7,900.00) DOLLARS FOR LOT MWBER FOUR.

TERBdS : SIX NOTES FURNISHED.

(signed) William Lake

(signed) R a e Marchand

(signed) H i l a i r e St . h a a d

(signed) Louis St. h d

(signed) Bdichel Bernard Can- t r e l l e

(signed) Car l i l e Pollock N o t . Pub.

SUCCESSION OF SALE

MICEEL BERNARD CrnTRELLE &

JOSEPH CBIJTREZLE

YICHEL MARTIN V I U V A S O

'JEAN J. ROMAN, JUDGE

MTEDt JUNE 24, 1845

RECORDED :

PARISH OF ST. BERMRD

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Notet

The record of the above s a l e has been destroyed by f i r e .

The following notation,,was found i n an a a t before Chas. Boudousque,

Notary h b l i c , dated Dec. 30, 1846.

'IRhich appearers ( pa r t i e s ) have deposed t h a t according

t o an a c t before Jean Jacques Roman, then Judge and ex-offioio

notary i n and f o r t h e Parish of St. James i n t h i s Sta te , dated

June 24, 1845, Michel Martin Villavaso acquired from the succes-

s ion of Michel Bernard Cantrel le and of Joseph Cantrel le confor-

mable t o t h e adjudication granted him, possession of ce r ta in pro-

pe r t i e s , c e r t a in slaves and Bank shares, which are more f u l l y

described i n t he sa id act , and of which he was already undivided

owner of one quarter , etc."

ABSTRACTOR'S NOTE

The proceedings entitled Succession of

Marie Josephine Cantrelle deceased wife of

Michel Martin Villavaso No, 584 of the dooket

of the Second Judicial District Court of said

Parish on the 21st day of March 1868, as well

as the Sheriff's Sale growing out of said

sucession proceedings have been destroyed by

fire and consequently have not been included in

this abs traot .

CHhRLES G- DhLHGREN (Marital Sta tus no t shown)

CREDIT SALE

JAMES STRANBRIDGE, N. Pa

DATED: JUNE 26, 1868

RECORDED: BaRS MARY A- C . PACKWOOD

M. 0. B. "5", FOLIO 237

(copied from Original Record STATE OF LOUISIANA In Orleans Parish, Notarial Archives)

* * * * *

DESCRIPTIONt A l l t h a t property hown as t h e "Batt le Ground Saw M i l l " together with Five hundred and Seventy Two Shares of Stock of t h e Ci t izens Bank of Louisiana, reduced t o Five hundred and Thirty four shares of s a id Bank, which s a id property i s s i t u a t - ed a t about f i v e miles f r o m t h e City of New Orleans on the l e f t bank of t he t h e - Mississippi r ive r , i n block and composed of three l o t s of ground having in a l l t h r ee arpents f ron t on t h e r iver , The f i r s t l o t No. 3 measuring one arpent bounded on t he upper l i n e by l o t No. 2 t o which it i s contiguous a s far a s l e t - t e r D and from there u n t i l i t s depth i s l imi ted by t h e l i n e of t h e Provost plant- a t ion according t o a plan drawn by Allou d'Hemecourt Surveyor and deposited on t h e 10th of April 1832 a t t h e o f f i c e of Car- l i s l e Pollock then a Notary Public a t New Orleans. The second l o t numbered 4 contiguous t o the above described l o t No 3 and having t he same measure. The t h i r d l o t No 5 contiguous t o l o t No 4 and having the same measure as No 4 and bounded on the lower l i n e by t he property formerly belonging t o R. C, Delery, which sa id three arpents measure e ighty arpents i n depth between p a r a l l e l l ines according t o t he afore- sa id plan together with a l l the r ights, ways, pr ivi leges and advantages thereunto belonging or i n any wise appert- a ining t he buildings and improvements thereon consist ing of a * * *etc.

ACQUISITION: 'Illhioh property i s the same proper ty aoquired by t h e Vendor herein at the sucoession s a l e made by t he Sheriff of t h e Par ish of S t r Bernard i n t he sue- cession of Marie Josephine Cantrel le de- oeased wife of Bdichel Martin Villavaso No 584 of the docket of t he 2nd Jud ic ia l D i s t r i c t Court of sa id Parish on t h e 21st day of Mareh 1868.

CONSIDEXAT ION: THIRTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED $30,800a00) DOLLARS

TERM§: EIGET THOWAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY T H R E D O W AND SLXlTY FOUR CENTS ($8,453.64) Cash

BALANCE2 Assumption of Mortgage, eto.

. REBdaRICS: Charles G* Dalhgren separate i n proper ty from h i s wife Mary E. Vannoy by de- _ Cree of t he Honorable Judge Edgar Famer o f ' t h e D i s t r i c t Court i n and f o r the Pa- r i s h of Tensas i n t h i s S t a t e dated

(signed) Fc R r Southmayd (signed) C. G. Dahlgren

(signed) Charles Pelaee (signed) M. A. C1 Packwood

(signed) James Strawbridge, Notary Public

I

NB - MARY A- C PACKWOOD D O W I O N (Marital Status not shown)

J m S STFUWBRIDGE, N- PI

TO WED: JUNE 26, 1868

R l i ; C O r n D : MRS. SBRAH AINSlWORTH PACKWOOD d f e of DR. RICHARD F- PdCKlROOD MeOrB. "5," FOLIO 237

PARISH OF ST* BERNBRD

(copied from Original Reoord) STME OF LOUISIANA ( i n Notarial brahives, ) (Orleans Parish)

l B 6 C R I P T I O N 2 A l l t ha t eer tain pieae s f property known as the "Battle Ground Saw M i l l " together with Five hundred and Seventy two Shares of Stack of the Citizens Bank of Lsuisiana reduoed t o Five hundred and Thirty four Shares of sa id B a n k Which said prsperty i s s i tuated ab about f ive miles from the City of New Orleans on the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River, i n bleck and composed of three l o t s of Ground having i n a l l three Arpents f ront en the river,

The f i r s t lo t , No w3U measuring one arpent bounded on the upper l i n e by l o t No "2" t o which it i s contiguous as f a r as l e t t e r "Dn and from there u n t i l i t s depth i s limited by the l i n e of the Pro- vost plantation according t o a plan drawn by Allou dtHemeeourt Surveyor and deposited on the 10th of April 1832 a t the office of Carl is le Fslliock then a Rotary Public a t NE% Orleans*

The Second l o t numbered "4", contiguous t o the above described l o t No "3" and having the seme measure. The th i rd l a t numbered "5" Contiguous t o l o t No 34" and having the same measure as No "4" and bounded on the other lower l ine by the property formerly belsnging t o Rs CO Delery, Which said th ree arpents measure eighty arpents in depth between paral le l l ines according t o the agore- said plan, together with a l l rights, ways, privileges, and advantages thereunto belonging or i n any wise appert-

aining, the buildings and improvements thereon consisting of a large, etc .

ACQUISITION: Whioh property is the same property acquired by the donor herein by Act before James Strawbridge Notary Public for the Parish of Orleans of even date herewith from Charles G. Dalhgren of the Parish of St. Bernard.

TERMS : DONATION

REMARKS :

(signed) F. R. Southmayd

(signed) Charles Pelaez

(signed) M. A. C. Packwood

(signed) L. A. Packwood

(signed) James Strawbridge

MRS. SARAH AINSWORTH PACKWOOD CREDIT SALE (Marital Sta tus not shown)

OCTAVE MOREL, NOTARY PUBLIC

TO DATED: J-Y 28, 1871

MRS. MBRY A?2RINs LYNCH RECORDED :

C.0.B- "ll", FOLIO 60

M.O.Bo " 6", FOLIO 157

(copied from Original Reeord) STATe OF LOUISIBLN% ( i n Notarial Archives, ) (orleans Parish) * * * * *

DESCRIPTION: A l l t h a t c e r t a i n piece of property knom, as t he Bat t le Ground Saw M i l l , together with Five hundred and Seventy two shares of Stook of the Citizens Bank of Louisi- ana,reduoed t o Five hundred th i r ty-four Shares - which s a i d property is s i tua ted a t about f i v e miles from the e i t y of New Orleans, i n t h e l e f t bank of t he Missis- s ipp i r i v e r i n block, and composed of three l o t s of ground, having i n a l l t h r e e arpents f r o n t on t he r iver .

The f irst l o t no. Three meaeuring one arpent bounded on t he upper l i n e by l o t No. Two t o which it i s contiguous as f a r as l e t t e r D and from there u n t i l i t s depth i s l imi ted by the l i n e of t he Provost plantat ion, acaording t o a plan d r a m by Allou dtHemecourt Surveyor and deposited i n t he 10" of April 1832, a t t h e offiae-of Ca r l i l e Pollock, then a notary public a t New Orleans*

The Seaond l o t noo Four oontiguous t o t he Lot above described No. Three and having same measure.

The t h i r d l o t No* Five contiguous t o t h e Noo Four and having t he same measure as No. Four and bounded on t he oth- e r lower l i n e by t he property formerly belonging t o R. C. Ilelery, which sa id th ree arpents measure eighty arpents i n

depth between p a r a l l e l l ines , according t o the aforesaid plan, together w i t h a l l

( 13 7 )

r igh t s , ways, pr ivi leges and advantages, thereunto, belonging o r i n anywise appertaining* Together w i t h a l l the buildings and improvements thereon*

ACQUISITIONt Said piece of property belongs t o t h e Vend- or, aaoording t o an a c t of Donation by Mrs. M. A- C a Packwood t o her, t h e sa id vendor, passed before Jas* Strawbridge notary on the 26 June 1868.

CONsIDERbTION: rnEITY-TIRO THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDrnD DOUlLRS

($22,500*00)

(signed)

FIVE RED DOUBRS (asmom) CASE - THREE PROMISSORY NOTES, TWO FOR TBREE THOUSANII

D O L W EACH AND ONE FOR THREE THOUSILND, TWO

HUNDRED AND FIFTY NIm 65/100 WLLARS PBYBBIX

FIRST, TENTH AND FIFTEEWH OF FEBRUARY, 1872.

(signed) Mary Atkins m c h

(signed) John Lynch

(signed) Sarah Be Packwood

(signed) E. Gay Fellowes

(signed) Albert Gail laid

(signed) John G. Oanius P N

(signed) John Denneny - (signed) Ootave Morel

Noto P ~ b o

RegTd Parish 8t0 Bernard.

MBS. MARY IITKINS, wife of CREDIT SALJ3 JOHN LYNCH

d o IBFtO, J R o No Po

TO DATED: MARCH 30, 1875

RECORDED t BOlLRD OF CONTROL OF THE LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL AJID Mo Oo B e "7", FOLIO 134 MEC HlLNICAL OOLLEGE

PARISH OF ST. BERNdRD

(copied from Original Record STATE OF LOUISIANA i n Notarial Arohives Orleans Parish)

DESCRIPTION: A l l and singular t h a t aer ta in t r a o t or paroel of laud, together w i t h t he buildings and improvements thereon, and a l l r ights, ways, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, s i tua te i n the Parish of Ste Bernard i n t h i s State, a t about f ive miles below the City of New Orleans, on the l e f t Bank of the Mis- s i ss ippi River, and measuring three arpents f ron t on the Mississippi River, by Eighty arpents i n depth between para l le l l ines - WbWh said t r a c t of land i s known and hs ignated as the Battle Ground Saw Mill, and i s omposed of those three oer- t a i n t r a c t s of land designated by the numbers Three, Four and Five on a plan drawn by Allou dtIIemecourt, Surveyor, and deposited f o r reference i n the off ice of Carl i le Pollock, formerly a notary i n t h i s City, each of whioh have one arpent f ron t on said River, and t h a t numbered Three i s bounded on the upper side l i n e by l o t No Two, t o whioh it i s contiguous as f a r as the point marked l e t t e r D, and from thenoe u u t i l i t s depth i s limited by the l ine of the Provost plantation and below it i s bounded by l o t No* Four; and t h a t numbered Five i s bounded on the upper side l i n e by said Tract Noo Four and on the lower side l i n e by property formerly belonging t o Ro C o Delery.

ACQUISITIONt Which said property was acquired by the present Vendor, by purchase from

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Mrs. Sarah Packwood, by an Act passed before Ootave Morel, a Notary i n t h i s City, on the twentieth day of January, Eighteen hundred and Seventy, and it was aoquired by said, W s * Sarah Pack- mod, by an Act passed before James Strawbridge, a Notary i n t h i s City, on the Twenty Sixth day of June, Eighteen hundred and Sixty eight from Mary A. CO packwood who purohased the same fraan CI GI Dahlgreen, by an Bat passed be- fo re the same natary, on the same day; and said Dahlgreen acquired the same a t a publia sa le thereof made by the Sheriff of St* Bernard Parish, on Maroh 21, 18680

CONSIIJERBTION: TllOENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY

FIVE DOLLARS ($20,555,08) *

FOUR PROMISSORY NOTES, ONE: FOR TBREE THOUSAND

DOLLARS PAYABLE MARCH 30, 1876 AND THREE FCB TWO 1

THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH PAYMU MARCH 30, 1808, 1878

lLND 1879 RESPECTIVELY.

(signed) P. A, Conrad (signed) Mary Atkins Lynch

(signed) Geo. Cenas (signed) Alfred Shaw

Vice President f o r Board of Control La. & Mech. College

(signed) Jno. GO G d u s

(signed) John Qnch

(signed) Andrew Hero, Jr. Noto P ~ b r

C I T I Z E N S BANX OF LOUISIANA

AGRICULTURBL & MECH4NICAL C O I U G E OF L O U I S I A N A

Nor

22nd JUDICIlLL DISTRICT COURT


ST- OF L O U I S I d M a

( signed) Filed:

We have made a oareful search and have not been able

t o locate the reeord of this suit in the office of the Clerk of

Court for the 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St . Bernardo

Said sui t has apparentaly been lost*

The Abstractor

Tm CITIZENS RANK OF LOUISIANA

CREDIT SALE

LYCURGUS HOLD WOOTON

(~mpied from Original Record i n Notarial h a h i v e s Orleans par ish)

D A m r NOVEMBER 30, 1881

RECORDED: MAY 13, 1884

C.0.B. "16", FOLIO 108

PaRISH OF ST* B WNARD

mSCRIPT ION: A l l and singular, t h a t c e r t a in t r a c t of land, together with t h e buildings & im- provesiente thereon, and all t he r ights , ways, privi leges and appurtenances thereunto belonging s i tuated i n t h e Parish of Stp Bernard in t h i s State, a t about f i v e miles below the City of New Orleans, on t h e l e f t bank of the Mississippi River, and measuring Three arpents f r o n t on t h e Mississippi River by Eighty arpents i n depth, between pa ra l l e l l ines , which s a i d t r a c t of land is known and design- a t ed as t h e Ba t t l e Ground Saw Mills, and i s composed of those Three ce r t a in t r a c t s of land designated by the Numbers Three, Four and Five, on a plan drawn by Allou d 1 Hemecourt surveyor, and deposited f o r reference in t h e o f f i c e of Car- l i l e Pollock, fonnerly a notary publ ic in t h i s Ci ty of New Orleans, each of which have one arpent f r o n t on said River, and t ha t numbered Three i s bounded on t h e upper l i n e by l o t No. 2 t o which it i s contiguous a s f a r as t he point, marked D, and from theme u n t i l i t s depth i s l imited by the l i n e of the Provost Plan- t a t ion , and below it i s bounded by l o t No. 4, and t ha t numbered Five i s bounded on the upper l i n e by sa id t r a c t No. 4, and on the lower s ide l i n e by property formerly belonging t o R* C. Delerye

ACQUISITIONS Being the same property Pvhich was acquired by t he sa id Citizens Bank of Louisiana a t a public s a l e made by the Sheriff of t he Parish of St. Bernard, i n t h i s s ta te , on t h e F i r s t day of October eighteen hundred and eighty one, a t t he s u i t of s a i d Cit izens Bank of Louisiana vs. The Board of Control of Agricultural & Mechanical College, No. 75 of the Docket of the Twenty-fourth Judic ia l D i s t r i c t Court of Louisiana i n and f o r the Par ish of St. Bernard aforesaid.

CONSIDERATIONt TEN THOUSAM1 ($10,000~00) DOLLARS

TERMS t TWO THOUSAM) FIVE HUNDRED ($2500.00) DOLLARS CASH, THREE PROMISSORY NOTES FOR TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH DUE NOVEMBER 30th 1882, 1883, 1884, RESPECTIVELY.

(signed) C. M a Carriere

(signed) H. V. Garidel

(signed) E. La Carr iere Pres o

(signed) L. Be Wooton

(signed) 11. P i t o t J r* Not. Pub,

LYCURGUS HOLT WOOTON (Marital S ta tus not shown)

W e PAMELA Eo =ODES nee Rentrop, wife of DR. JOHN RHODES

(copied f ram Conveyance Records, St. Bernard Parish, Checked from Original Records in Notarial Archives, New Orleans, La*)

CASH SALE

JOEN G o EUSTIS, NOTAFtY PUBLIC

DATED - June 26, 1885

RECORDED - June 27, 1885

Co0.B- "16", FOLIO 239

PARISH OF ST* BEFUURD

STATE OF LOUISUH6

DESCRIPT IONz A l l and Singular - t h a t c e r t a i n t r a c t of land together with a l l t h e Buildings & improvements thereon, and a l l t h e r igh t s ways, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging o r i n any wise appertaining si tua- t ed i n the Parish of St . Bernard i n t h e S t a t e of Louisiana a t about f i v e miles below the City of New Orleans on t h e l e f t bank of the Mississippi River & measuring three arpents f r o n t on the Mississippi River by e igh ty arpents in depth between p a r a l l e l l ines which sa id t r a c t of land i s known and designated a s the *Battle Ground Saw M i l l n and is composed of those three ce r t a in t r a c t s of land designated by t he nunrbers three , four and f i v e on a plan drawn by Allou D'Heme- court, Surveyor, and deposited f o r reference i n t he Office of C a r l i l l e Pollock formerly a notary public i n New Orleans, each of which have one arpent f r o n t on s a id River and t h a t numbered three i s bounded on t h e upper l i n e by l o t No. 2 t o which it i s contiguous as f a r as the point marked D and from thenoe u n t i l i t s depth, i s bounded by the l i n e of t he Provost plantat ion and below it i s bounded by l o t NO* 4 and t h a t numbered f i v e i s bounded on the upper l i n e by said t r a c t No. 4 and on the lower s i de l i n e by property

formerly belonging t o R. C. Delerye

ACQUISITION: Being t h e same property acquired by the present vendor by purchase from t h e C i t i - zens Bank of Louisiana, as per a c t of s a l e passed before A. P i t o t Jr. a notary pub- l i c in the City of New Orleans Dated Now ember 13th 1881, and t i t l e regis tered i n t he o f f i c e of t h e Clerk of Court of s a id Par ish of St. Bernard in book of Conveyan- ces NO. 15r foe 91 and seqb

CONSIDERATION TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS (#10~000a00)

TERMS$ CASH

l3EMARKS: 1* Mrs. Pamela E. Rhodes and Dr. John IUlodes were separated in property by judgment 0f t h e D i s t r i c t Court Parish of Sto Mary, signed on October 25, 1873, i n matter ent i - tled Mrs. Pamela E. Rendrop, wife Vso Drr John Rhodes, #6857 of the docket of s a id Court.

2 a H. A. Lessassier, Vice President of Cit izens Bank of Louisiana intervened t o c e r t i f y payment of note f o r #2500.00 and t o authorize cancel la t ion of mortgage and ven- d o r t s lien.

(signed) H. M. 3yanis

(signed) Win. L. Wooton

(signed) Pamela E. Rhodes nee Rentrop

(signed) H. A. LeSassier - Vice- President

(signed) Dr. John Rhodes

(signed) 3. G. Eust is Notary Public

Recorded June 27th 1885 in book of Conveyances Noo 16 foe 239-242

i n the Clerk's Office Parish of St. Bernard.

(signed) J. R. Ducros

dy clk Ex Off Recorder

PBMEU RBODES wife of DR. JOHN RHODES

&

DR. JOHN RHODES

NEW ORLEZBNS & WESTERN RAILROAD

(copied from Conveyance Record)

RIGHT OF WAY

MARCEL T* DUCNOS, NOTARY PUBLIC

DATED: August 1, 1895

RECORDED* August 12, 1895

C- 0. 8. "18", FOLIO 384

PARISH OF ST- BERNARD

STATE OF LOUISIANA

I3ESCRIF'T ION: A l l and singular a r igh t of way, h e hunchred f e e t wide and Five Hundred and Seventy Seven f e e t long, through and across t he land belonging t o sa id Mr, and Mrs. Rhodes s i t u a t e d i n t h e Parish of St. Bernard in t h i s S t a t e a t about One mile below the buildings of the Crescent Ci ty Live Stock Landing and Slaughter House Company on the l e f t bank of t h e Mississippi River measuring Three Arpents more or l e s s f r o n t of sa id Missi- s s ipp i River by a l l the depth of sa id Land. bounded above by lands of R. T. Beauregard and below by lands of 3. M e Conger.

#

ACQUISITION:

The sa id r i gh t of way i s t o be taken in t h e swampside of the present r i gh t of way of t he New Orleans and Southern R a i l Road the centre of the r i gh t of way herein granted being h e Hundred f e e t fro= the centre of t he t rack of the present New Orleans, and Southern Ra i l Road a s more par- t i c u l a r l y appears by a p l o t signed by A. Swanitz Chief Engineer and hereto annexed and made par t of t h i s Act f o r referenoe and proof Said r i g h t of way i s herein granted for t h e purpose of building constructing and operating a l i n e of R a i l Road on t he same and in so doing t h e sa id New Orleans and Western R a i l Road Co+

None shown*

CONSIDERhTIONr ON3 HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS (#130a00)

TERMS 8 CASH

CAPTAIN LaFAYETTE JACKS

VS.

DR. JOHN RHODES

Fi led t May 7, 1896

CBND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF .ST BERNARD

STATE OF LOUISIhEZa

PET I T I O N

(signed) Jasb D o StAlexandre Clerk of Court

TO THE HONORABLE TEDE !IWNTY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

COURT OF THE STATE OF LO'IGIAM, I N AND FOR TME PARISH OF ST.

BEmARD

The pe t i t i on of Captain LaFglyette Jacks, who res ides

i n the Parish of Plaquemines,

Respectfully represents,

I

That Doctor John Rhodes, who resides in t he s a id Parish

of St. Bernard i s j u s t l y and t r u l y indebted t o your pe t i t i one r i n

the f u l l sum of s i x thousand two hundred and twenty4 i v e 98/100

do l la r s ($6225.98) is t h e r igh t per cent i n t e r e s t on s ix thou-

sand do l la r s ($6000 00/100), from the 15th df March 1893, and on

two hundred and twenty f i v e 98/100 do l la r s (8225.98) from the 14

of June 1895, f i v e per cent a t torneyst f ee s on the amount herein

sued for , and costs of s u i t f o r t h i s to-witt t h a t your pe t i t i one r

i s holder & owner of s i x ce r t a in promissory notes f o r one t h o w

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sand do l l a r s (#lo00 00/100) each, dated Parish of St. Bernard,

March 15th, 1893, drawn by t he sa id Dr. John Rhodes t o h i s own

order and by him endorsed, bearing e ight per cent i n t e r e s t from

t h e i r date, and payable i n three se r ies of two each, one, two

and three years a f t e r date, respectively, and of a tax rece ip t f o r

the taxes of 1894, amounting t o the aforesaid sum of two hundred

and twenty f i v e 98/100 do l l a r s ($226.98), paid by your pe t i t ioner

f o r aocount of the s a id Dr. John Rhodes and according t o l a w on

t h e 14th of June 1895 aforesaid; t h a t the payment of s a i d pro-

missory notes, and taxes, with t he i n t e r e s t , a t to rneys t f e e s and 4

costs aforesaid, i s secured by a spec ia l mortgage and pr iv i lege

on a lUs ingu la r t ha t - oer ta in t r a c t of land together w i t h a l l t he buildings and improvements thereon, excepting t h e r igh t s of way of the New Orleans & Southern Rail Road Company, and of the New Orleans and Western Rail Road Company, s i t u a t e i n t he sa id Parish of St. Bernard about f i v e miles below the c i t y of New Orleans on the l e f t bank of the Miss- i s s i p p i River measuring three arpents f r o n t on the sa id Mississippi River, by e ighty arpents in depth, between p a r a l l e l l i ne s which said t r a c t of land i s lmown as t he Bat t le Ground Saw Mills and i s composed of those three ce r ta in t r a c t s of land, designated by t he numbers Three, Four and Five on a plan drawn by Allon d(Hemecourt, l a t e surveyor, and deposited f o r reference, i n t h e o f f i c e of Car l i s le Pollock, formerly a notary public i n New Orleans, each of wfiioh has one arpent f r o n t on s a id r i ve r ; t h a t numbered three being bounded on t h e upper l i n e by Lot No. Two, t o which it i s contiguous a s f a r as t h e point marked "Dn, and thence t o i t s r e a r l i n e by the l i n e of the l a t e

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Provost plantat ion, now owned by R. T, Beauregard, and below by s a id l o t No* FIur and t h a t numbered Five, being bounded on t he upper l i n e by sa id Tract No* Four, and on the lower l i n e by t h e property f o m e r l y belonging t o R. C. D e b r y , and now by Faeende Lane, and by the property of J. Me Couget; the whole being t h e same property which was aoquired by Mrs. Pamela E, Rhodes, wife of the sa id Dro John Rhodes, i n he r own nazne, by a o t passed before Jr Gw Eustis , a notary publio of the City of New Or- leans, on t h e 26th of June 1885, and deelared t o be t h e property of t h e somaunity ex is t ing between the sa id Mr. and Mrs* John Rhodes, on the 24th of March 1893, by a judgment rendered in t h e s u i t of Mrs. John Rhodes vs. John Yf. Leon known by the number 400 i n the dooket of t h i s Honorable Court; as t h e whole does more f u l l y appear, together w i t h a l l other neoessary par- t i ~ u l a r s from t h e aforesaid six promissory notes, and tax receipt , and a duly c e r t i f i e d oopy of the act of =or- tgage aforesaid, executed before James D StAlexandre, a notary public of t h i s Parish, on the 8 t h day of Apri l 1893, a l l of which documents a r e hereto annexed & made par t of t h i s pe t i t ion , and t h a t although amicably demanded, the sa id Dra John Rhodes, defendant herein, has heretofore f a i l e d and neglected t o pay said debror any p a r t thereof.

Wherefore your pe t i t ioner respecgfully prays that t he sa id defendant may be c i t ed t o appear and answer t h i s pe t i t ion ;

and that a f t e r due proaeedings had, t he r e be judgment i n favor

of your pe t i t ioner and against s a id defendant f o r t h e aforesaid

sum of s i x thousand two hundred and twenty f i v e 95/100 do l l a r s

$6225.98) w i t h eikht per cent i n t e r e s t on s i x thousand d o l l a r s

($6,000) from Bdarch 15th, 1893, and on two hundred and twenty

f ive 98b00 dollars ($225.98) from June 14th, 1895, until paid

five per cent attorneys' fees on the amount herein sued for, and

eosts, w i t h a speoial mortgage and privilege on the property here-

inabove described; and your petitiener prays for general relief

& as in duty bound &co

(signed) Sambela & Dtloros

of wunsel

NOTE:

Copy of Mortgage axid notes mentioned herein were annex-

ed to this petitiono

CAPTAIN LBFABTTE JACKS NO* 453

22ND JDDICIBL DISTRICT COURT

PdRISH OF S T . BERNARD

Mi. JOHN FtHODES STAm OF LOUISIANA

Filedr June loth, 1896 ( signed) Jas . D e StAlexandre

Clerk of Court

And now into Court oomes defendant, through his under-

signed counsel, and for answer t o the demand of plaintiff herein,

plead a general denial.

Wherefore defendant prays that Plaintiffs su i t be

henoe dismissed with cost.

(signed) Henry 3. Rhodes

Atty

CdPTAIN WAYETTE JACKS Nos 453

22nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF ST BERNARD

DR. JOHN F2HODES STAm OF LOUISIANA

Filed: May 27, 1896

CITATION

TO 36Re DOCTOR JOHN RHODES - Of the Parish of' St0 Bernard

( signed) Jas . D. S t 4lexandre Clerk of Court

You are hereby Summoned t o omp ply w i t h the dgmand oonn

tained i n the pet i t ion of which a t rue cepy acoompanies t h i s

Citation, o r deliver your am- t o t h e same, i n the off ice of

the Clerk of the Twenty 2d Judicial Dis t r io t Court of Louisiana

i n and f o r the Parish of S t r Bernard, within ten days a f t e r the

service hereof, adding one day for every ten miles distaaoe

from your plaee of residence t o the Court House of t h i s Parish,

and i f you f a i l herein judgment by default w i l l be entered again-

s t you*

Witness the Honorable A o Ee LIVAUDAIS, Judge of the

said Court, t h i s 7th day of May, AeDa 1896.

(signed) Jas. Da StAlexandre Clerk,,

CAPTAIN LaFdYETTE JACKS

VS.

DR. JOHN RHO=

Filed: June 10, 1896

NO* 453

22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PBRISH OF ST. BERNMU)

STATE OF IiQuISIBNCL

m m T

(signed) Jas. D. Stdlexandre Clerk of Court

This ease came on t h i s day f o r t r i a l ,

Present Sambela & Ducros f o r p l a in t i f f ,

Henry J a Rhodes, for defendant,

When, a f t e r hearing evidence and counsel, and the law

and the evidence being dearly in favor of the p l a in t i f f and

against the defendant.

It is therefore, ordered, adjudged and deereed, that

the p l a in t i f f , Captain LaFayette Jacks, do have and reeover of

the defendant, Drr John Rhodes, the sum of s i x thousand two

hundred and twenty f ive 98/100 d l l l a r s ($6,225.98), with eight

per cent in t e re s t on six thousand dollars from Maroh 15th, 1893,

and on 'tpro hundred & twenty f ive 98/100 dol lars , from June 14th,

1895, u n t i l paid, f ive per cent attorneyst fees on the amount

sued for, and costs of su i t , with privilege and special mort-

gage on the property described i n the p la in t i f f *s pet i t ion*

Judgment rendered & signed in open Court this 10th day of June

AaDa 1896, the last day of our present term of Court.

(signed) Robert Hingle

Judge o

Recorded MOB 15 fo . 3049

DR. JOHN RHODES

CAPTUN LaFAYETTE JACKS

SIIERIFF 'S SALE

Eo NUNEZ - Sheriff

DA!PED - November 14, 1896

RECORDED - November 19, 1896

C.O.B. "19', Folio 72

PARISH OF ST- BHZNARD

(copied f ran Conveyaxme Reoord) STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: A Certain t r ac t of land Known as the Battle Ground Saw Mills together with a l l t he buildings & improve~ients thereon, situated i n t h e Parish of St. Bernard in this State, on the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River at about 3/48 of a mile below the City of Near Orleans, measuring Three Brpents f ront on said r iver by eighty arpents in depth between pa ra l l e l l ines and canposed of three l o t s designated by the Hose 3-4 & 5 on a plan drawn by A. D Hemecourt, l a t e Survey - or deposited f o r reference i n the of- f i c e of Carl i le Pollock formerly a Notary Public of the City of Hew O r leans, each of which has One arpent f ron t on the said . River; Lot Noo 3 being bounded on the upper s ide by l o t Ho* 2, nuw the property of Ro F* Beauregard, and t o which it i s contiguous as f a r as the point marked "D" on said plan, and thence t o i t s rear l i n e by the Provost Plantatiiin, now owned by the S ta te of Louisiana and known as the Chalmette Monument property, and below by l o t Nee 4 & l o t No. 5 being bounded on the upper s ide by l o t N O ~ 4 and on the lower s ide by the property formerly belonging t o R. C. De lery, and now by Fazende Lane, and the property now owned by Jean Marie Cougot, subjeet t o the respective r igh t s of way of

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of the New Orleans & Southern & West- ern R a i l Road C O S ~

ACQUISIT IONa None Shown

COBIDERBTIONr S?3VZN THOUWID DOLLARS ($7000*00)

TERMS : FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-S&VEN DOUBRS AND SIXTY CENTS ($557*60) CASH

SIX T H Q W D FOUR IIUMDRED FORTY TWO D O G LARS AND FORTY CENTS ($6442.40) retained by Captain LeLFayette Jacks for papent of 1895 Taxes and in satisfaation of the Judgment rendered herein.

WITNESSES :

Henry S;. Wrales

Biotor M. Gutierrez

El E o Nurmez Sheriff of the Parish of St* Bernard

RBBdbRKS: NONE

MRS. W MC LEAN NO* - 400

22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF ST, BERNARD

MRS. PAblEL6 RENTHORP STdTE OF LOUISIANA wife of JOHN RHODES

JUDGmNf FILEI) :

( s i i ~ l e d ) (COPIED FROM MORT GAGE REC ORTS)

This cause having been t r i e d i n Chambers and having

been submitted t o the Court f o r adjudication, i n Chambers upon

the evidsnee adduoed a l l under agreement by the parties, during

- vaoation, the Court oonsidering t h e law and evidenoe t o be i n

favor of defendant i n injunotion, and against the p l a in t i f f

therein, and f o r the reasons o ra l ly assigned

It i s Ordered, adjudged and deoreed, t ha t there be

judgment i n favor of said defendant i n injunction Mrs. Sarah

McLean and against &-so Pamela Renthorp Fthodes, wife of John

Rhodes, dismissing said injunction a t her p l a in t i f f ' s cost and it

i f fur ther ordered t h a t the property the seizure and sale of which,

has been hi ther to enjoined herein, v i e ;

A l l and singular t h a t cert* t r a c t of land together with the buildings and improvements thereon, and a l l t h e ways, r ights , privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or i n anywise appertaining, s i tuated i n the Parish of St. Bernard, i n the State of Louisiana,

a t about 5 miles below the City of New Orleans on t he l e f t bank of the Mississi- ppi River, and measuring 3 arpents f r o n t on the BIississippi River by 80 arpents i n depth between p a r a l l e l l i ne s which sa id t r a c t of ground i s known as the Bat t le Ground Saw M i l l , and i s composed of those three Certain t r a c t s of land designated by t he Nos. 3, 4 & 5 on a plan drawn by Allen d'Hemecourt, Surveyor and deposited f o r reference i n t h e Office of Ca r l i s l e Pollock f onderly Notary Public i n N. 0.; Each of which have 1 arpent f ron t on sa id River and t h a t numbered 3 i s bounded on t h e upper l i n e by l o t No. 2 t o which it i s contiguous as f a r a s the point marked D and thence unt i l i t s depth i s bounded by the l i ne of the Provost Planta- t ion and below by l o t No* 4 and t ha t numbered 5 i s bounded on the upper l i n e by sa id t r a c t numbered 4 and on t h e lower s ide l i n e by property formerly belonging t o Re C. Delery; sa id property acquired by Pamela R. Phodes from S. H. Wooton June 26th 1885 by aot be- f o r e J. G. Eust is N. P. be and the same i s hereby deolared t o be the property of t h e Community ex i s t i ng between t he sa id Pamela R. Rhodes and John Rhodes her husband, and a s such subjected t o t h e payment of the Judgment of Mrs. Sarah McLean defendant i n in junct ion herein

Judgment rendered and signed t h i s 24th day of March

1893

S i ~ e d : A. E. Livaudais

Judge 22nd Judic ia l D i s t r i c t Court

Duly Recorded a t the Parish of St . Bernard t h i s 19th

day of May 1893.

(Signed) Jas. D. St. Alexandre

Clerk Ex o f f i c io Recorder

Cancelled, erased and annulled by virtue of an order

of Release from the Sheriff of the Parish of St. Bernard, t o be

found i n a Deed of Sale by said Sheriff dated NOV. 14th, 1896,

of the property of John Rhodes t o Capto LerFayette Jacks f u l l y in-

scribed i n CIB. 19 fo* 72 e t deg.

Clerk's off ice Nova 19th 1896 (signed) Jas. D. St* Alexandre

Clerk Ex off icio Recorder

Reaorded i n CeO*B. 19, folio 61

and in M.OoBe 14, f o l i o 410

CAPJ!AIN LaFAYETTE JACKS DONhTION (Marital Status not shown)

GUSTIVE LaGbRDEUR, N.P.

TO DATED - June 23, 1899

MRS. AHNa JANE McE~II;LIIIJ, FtECORDED - June 23, 1899 born Anna Jane Jacks wife of J M S bl. lWDU1IlJ CoOoB* *19", Folio 384

(Copied from Conveyance Reaords, PUISH OF ST. BERNARD St* Bernard Parish, Checked from Original Records i n Notarial Ar- S'EICTE OF LOUISI,UA chives, New Orleans, Louisiana)

DESCRIF'TIONt A Certain t r a e t of land, known as the "Battle Ground Saw Xillsu together r i th a l l the buildings and improvements thereon, si tuated i n the Parish of St. Bernard, t h i s Sta te on the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River, a t about 3/4 three fourths of a d l e b e l m the City of New Orleans measuring Three Arpents f ron t on said River by Eighty (80) brpents i n depth between pa ra l l e l l ines , and composed of three l o t s designated by the Nos. 3 & 4 & 5, on a plan drawn by Allon D 'Hemeeourt, l a t e Surveyor, deposited i n the Office of Charles Pollock l a t e Notary of t h i s City, each of which said lo t s have One Arpent f r o n t on said River Mississippi Lot No. 3 being bounded on the upper l i n e by l o t No. 2, now -be property of R o To Beauregard, t o which it is contiguous as f a r as the point marked "Dn on said plan, and thence t o i t s r ea r l ine by the P r o d s t Plantation now owned by the S ta te of Louisiana, & known as the "Chalmette Monument Property", and below by l o t No* 4; and l o t No. 5 being bounded on the upper s ide by l o t No* 4; and on the low-

s ide by the property formerly belonging t o H. C O Delery and Knom as Fazende Lane, and the property now owned by Jean Marie Cougot; Subject t o the res- peative r ights of way of the New Orleans & Southern of Mew Orleans & Western Railroad Companies.

ACQUISIT ION2 The said above described t r a c t of land herein donated was acquired by the said Captain LaFayette Jacks by purohase a t the public sale made by E. E. Nunez, Sheriff of the Parish of St. ~ e r n a r d , by v i r tue of a w r i t of F ie r i Faaias t o him directed by the HOP* the 22d Judioial Dis t r ic t Csurt of the Sta te of La. f o r the Parish of St. Ber- nard a t the Sui t of Capt. LaFayette J a ~ k s vs. Dr. Jehn Rhodes Number 453 of the docket of said Court, as will appear by t h e said Sheriff ' s deed of sa le t o said Captain Jacks, dated Nova 14th, 1896 registered i n the Sheriff ' s Offioe, i n Boek of Sheriff's Sales f a l i o s 299 t o 245, & i n Conveyanoe Office Book 19 foe 272 e t seq. & i n Boek o f Sheriffs Sales i n the ~ ' l k r k s Office, of said Court Noc 2 foe 238 e t seqr

RElmXs: NONE

(signed) PI J. Le Gardeur

(signed) Ao Ge La Rice

(signed) Le Fe Jacks

(signed) Anna J* BBcMillan

To ortherize my wife - (signed) J+ M. McNillan

(signed) G. LeGardeur, Jr* Notary Public

Duly registered at the Parish of St. Bernard on the 23rd day of

June AeDo 1899 i n Conveyance Book No* 19 f o l i o 384 e t seq. and on

the same day and i n the same month and year duly recorded at the

Parish of St* Bernard in Mortgage Book No* 16 fo l io 31 e t seq4

(signed) Jas. D* St, Alexandre

Clerk ex-officio Recorder

NEB ORLEWS TEMINBL COMF'ANY NO. 601

29TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT


MRS. ANN4 J. MC MIW, ET AL STATE OF LOUISIANA

FILED: November 21st, ,1903 PET I T I O N

(COPIED FROM ORIGINAL RECORD) (signed) Jas. Do S t o Alexandre

TO THE HONORABIZ ROBERT HINGLE, JUDGE OF THE TIRENTY-

NINTH JTJDICIAL DISTRICT COURT I N AND FOR THE PmISH OF ST l BWNARD:

The p e t i t i o n of t h e New Orleans Terminal C~mpany, here-

i n appearing through Louis SO Berg, i t s President, r espec t fu l ly

represents 8

That your pe t i t i one r i s a ra i l road oorporation organ-

ized under the laws of t he S t a t e of Louisiana and domiciled i n t h e

City of New Orleans, a s w i l l more f u l l y appear by reference t o

i t s o r ig ina l Charter, a c e r t i f i e d copy of which hereto annexed;

That your pe t i t ioner has resolved t o bu i ld an extensive

terminal f o r t he handling of i t s export and import business i n

sa id Parish of S t o Bernard, extending from the lower s i de of t h e

New Orleans B e l t & Terminal Company, known a s "Chalmette", t o the

lower l im i t s of t h e City of New Orleans;

That Mrso Anna JO McMillan, wife of James Me McMillan,

appears upon t he public records as the owner of t h e following

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described property s i tua ted i n t h e Par ish of S t o Bernard and with-

i n t he l o c a l i t y above desoribed as; t h a t needed f o r the terminal

of your pe t i t ioner , t o wit:-

'A ce r t a in t r a c t of land known as the ' ~ a t t l e Ground Saw Mills" together with a l l t he buildings and improvements thereon and a l l t he r ights, ways, pr ivi leges , and appur- tenanoes thereunto belonging o r i n any wise appertaining, s i t ua t ed i n t h e sa id Parish of St. Bernard, i n t h i s S ta te , on the l e f t bank of t h e Mississippi R i v e r a t about three-fourths (3/4) of a mile below t h e Ci ty of New Orleans, measuring Three (3) arpents f r o n t on sa id Mis- s i s s i p p i River by Eighty (80) appents i n depth, between p a r a l l e l l ines , and composed of th ree l o t s designated by t h e Nos. Three (3) Four (4) and Five (5) on a plan drawn by A. DtHeme- court, l a t e surveyor deposited i n t h e o f f i c e of Ca r l i s l e Pollock, l a t e notary i n t h i s c i ty , each of which sa id l o t s has One (1) arpent f r o n t on sa id Mississippi River; l o t No0 Three (3) being bounded on t he upper l i n e by l o t No. !two ( Z ) , now the property of R. T a Beauregard, t o which it is contiguous as f a r a s t h e point marked "Dn on s a i d plan, and thence t o i t s r e a r l i n e by t h e Provost Plan- t a t ion , now owned by t he S t a t e of Louisiana and known as "Chalm-ette Monument Property", and below by l o t No. Four (4); and l o t No. Five (5) being bounded on the upper s ide by l o t No. Four (4) and on t h e lower s ide by the property formerly belonging t o H e C o Delery and now t o Fatende Lane and t h e property now owned by Jean Marie Cougot, subject t o t he respective r igh t s of way of t h e New Orleans and Southern and New Orleans and Western Rail- road Companies ."

That from the sa id records it appears t h a t t h e said

property was acquired by the sa id Mrs. Anna J. McMillan, wife of

James M. McMillan, from Captain Lafayette Jack, her fa ther , by

donation In te r Vivos, and t h a t the sa id Captain Lafayette Jack i s

now l iv ing; t h a t he has other presumptive he i r s , and the sa id

Captain Lafayekte Jack i s a necessary par ty t o t h i s s u i t ;

That sa id property i s necessary t o your pe t i t i one r f o r

ra i l road purposest

That pe t i t i one r hereto annexes a plan of sa id property

as required by law; f

That t h e improvements on sa id property cons i s t of a

frame building together with ce r t a in out-houses of small value;

That pe t i t i one r cannot agree with t he owners of sa id

property a s t o t he p r ioe t o be paid f o r t h e purchase thsreof, and

t h e sa id Mrs. Anna J. McMillan cannot m&e t i t l e the re to on

account of t h e dangers r e su l t i ng from the possible revendication

of t h i s sa id donation a t t h e death of t h e donor;

Pe t i t i one r fu r the r represents t h a t t he property sought

t o be expropriated here in i s t h e land and buildings thereon to-

gether with t h e r igh t s , ways, privileges, and appurtenances there-

unto belonging o r i n any wise appertaining, and spec ia l ly exeepts

a l l crops, cha t t e l s , or immovables by dest inat ion on t h e sa id

property*

Wherefore pe t i t i one r prays t h a t a f t e r due proceedings

had, t he sa id property may be adjudged t o your pe t i t i one r upon t h e

payment t o the owners of a l l such damages as they may susta in i n

consequence of t h e expropriation of the same for ra i l road purpo-

S%S r

Pet i t ioner fu r ther prays t h a t a l l costs i n t h i s pro-

wed ing be adjudged aga ins t it as wel l a s t he taxes f o r t h e pro-

pe r ty f o r 1903. And pe t i t ioner prays f o r general r e l i e f .

(signed) Far ra r Jonas & Kruttschmitt

Dtrfour & Duf'eur, Attys. of

Pe t i t i one r

Service accepted of c i t a t i o n waived

N.0. November 25th 1903

(signed) PI A. Sucroz

of counsel f o r d e f t s

O R D E R . ----- The foregoing pe t i t i on and Seotion 1481 of the Revised

S t a tu t e s considered, and considering t h e acoeptance of service by

the s a i d Mrs. Anna J. McMillan, wife of James M. McMillan, James

M. McBllillan, her husband, t o authorize her, and Captain Lafayette

Jack, by t h e i r attorney, P. A. Ducros,

I T IS ORDERED, That the Clerk of t he Court &d Sher i f f

draw and summon a jury of freeholders, as provided by Seotion

1481 of the Revised Statutes for the 5th day of December, 1903,

at twelve otclookr

Parish of St. Bernard - Nov. 21st 1903

(Signed) Robert Hingle

Judge

A 1 filed i n evidence by plaintiff Dee* 5/03

(signed) Jo D. St. Alexandre

Clerk

PlElR ORLEANS TERMINAL COWANY NO. 601

MRS. ANNA J. MC MILLAN, ET AL STATE OF LOUIS-

FILED: November 21st, 1903 1W-

(COPIED FROM ORIGINAL RECORD) (SIGNED) Jas. D. Std l exand re

* * * * *

NOW I N T O COURT comes CAPTAIN LAF'AXETTE JACK, herein - made defendant, and f o r answer t o the pe t i t i on herein f i l e d

denies a l l and s ingular t he a l l ega t ions thereof, except i n so far

as may be hereinafte; spec ia l ly admitted.

Answering fu r ther , respondent admits t h a t t h e property

sought t o be expropriated herein was donated by him t o h i s

daughter, Mrs. Anna Jo MoMillan, wife of James Id. PlIoBdjlllan.

Further answering, respondent avers t ha t t h e sa id prs-

pe r ty i s well worth t h e sum of Twenty-seven thousand f i v e hundred

Dollars ($27,500~00) and prays t h a t i n event of a judgment expro-

p r ia t ing the sa id property the sa id amount of Twenty-seven thous-

and five hundred Dollars (827,500.00) be assessed as damages*

(signed) P. A. Ducros

of counsel

IEW ORLWS TERMINAL COWANY NO. 601

29TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT


MRS. ANNA J o MC MILLAN* ET AL STATE OF LOUISIANA

FILED: November 21st, 1903 ANSWER

(COPIED FROM ORIGINAL RECORD) (SIGNED) Jas* D. St. Alexandre

NOW INTO COURT comes MRS. ANNA J- MC MILLAN, W e of ---- JBMES M. MCMIUBN, and J M S M. MCMILLAN, defendants herein, -- --- through t h e i r counsel, and f o r answer t o the pe t i t ion herein

f i l e d denies a l l and s ingular the a l legat ions thereof except as

may be here inaf te r speoia l ly admitted*

Further answering, respondent admits t h a t she i s the

owner of t h e sa id property and appears as such upon t h e public

records; t h a t t h e sa id property was acquired by her by donation

from her fa ther , Captain Laf'ayette Jack, by a c t before Gustave

Legardeur, Notary Public in the City of New Orleans* on t he 23rd - day of June 1899. -

For fu r the r answer, respondent avers t h a t t h e land and

buildings together with a l l r ights , ways, privileges, and appur-

tenances thereunto belonging o r i n any wise appertaining i s well

worth the sum of Twenty-seven thousand f i v e hundred Dollars

($27,500.00) and she prays t h a t the re be judgment i n her favor

assess ing the value of the property a t Twenty-seven thousand f i v e

hundred Dollars ($27,500*00) together with costs ,

(signed) PI A. Ducros

of counsel

NEW OluJUNS TERMINAL COMPANY NO* 601

29th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

PBRISH OF S T BERIiARD

W e ANNA Je MC MILLAN STATE OF MUISIAW

FILED: December 5th, 1903 JUDGMENT

(COPIB FROM ORIGINAL RECORD) (SIGNED) Jas D. St. Alexandre

The verdic t of t h e jury rendered t h i s day being consi-

dered, and t h e law and t h e evidence being i n favor of P l a i n t i f f

and against the defendants

It i s Ordered Adjudged and Decreed t h a t the re be

judgment i n favor of the New Orleans Terminal Co, and against t h e

defendants Mrs. Anna JI Jacks wife of Jas+ M. McMillan and

Captain Lafayette Jacks expropriat ing and adjudging unto t he sa id

New Orleans Terminal Company upon t he payment t o t h e defendants

t h e sum of Twenty seven thousand f i v e hundred dollars, the

following property t o w i t *

A ce r t a in t r a c t of land lmown a s the "Battle Ground Saw ldil lsn together with a l l t h e buildings and improvements thereon and a1 1 the r ights , ways, p r iv i l eges and appurtenances therewith belonging o r i n any wise appertaining s i tua ted in the sa id Par ish of St. Bernard i n t h i s s t a t e on t h e l e f t bank of the Missi- s s ipp i River a t about t h r ee four ths 3/4 of a mile below t h e City of New Orleans measuring th ree ( 3 ) arpents f r o n t on s a i d Mississippi River by eighty (80) arpents in depth between

p a r a l l e l l i ne s and composed of three l o t s designated by &s. th ree (3 ) Four (4) and Five (5) on a plan drawn by A, DtHemicourt, l a t e surveyor, deposited in t he o f f ice of Oar l i s le Pollock l a t e notary in t h i s City, Each of which s a id l o t s has one (1) arpent f r o n t on s a id Mississippi River; Lot No* Three (3) being bounded on t he upper l i n e by lot No* Two ( 2 ) now the property of R. T. Beauregard t o which it i s contiguous a s f a r a s the point marked "D" on sa id plan, and thence t o i t s r ea r l i n e by t he Provovost Plan* t a t i o n now owned by the Stake of Louisiana and h o r n a s "Chahe t te Monument Property" and below by l o t No. Four (4) and l o t No. Five (5 ) being bounded on t he upper s ide by l o t Nor Four (4) and on t h e lower s ide by the property formerly belonging t o HI C. Delery and

, now t o Fazende Lane and t he property now owned by Jean &r i e Cougot subject t o the respective r i gh t s of way of the new Orleans and Southern and New Orleans and Western R a i 1 road Campanie s

It i s f u r the r ordered t ha t t he p l a i n t i f f pay a l l costs

of these proceedings* This done and signed i n open court on

t h i s f i f t y day of December 1903,

(signed) Robert Hingle

Judge

CAPTAIN LBFABTTE JACKS, RECEIPT MRS* ANNA JACKS MOMILLAN (Ahri ta l Sta tus not known) H. GEIIERES DUF'OUR, N o P

DATED: DECEMBER 7,. 1903

RECORDED :

IEW O R W S TERMINAL COMPANY C O O O B I " 2 0 " ~ FOLIO 241

PARISH OF ST* BERNBRD

(Copied from Original Record STATE OF LOUISIAU i n Notarial Archives Orleans Par ish)

DESCRIPTION: '!A cer ta in t r a c t of l a d known a s t h e " ~ a t t l e Ground Saw Millsn together w i t h a11 the buildings and improvements thereon and a l l the r ights, ways, priv- i leges , and appurtenances thereunto belonging o r in any wise appertaining, s i tua ted i n t h e sa id Par ish of St. Ber- nard i n t h i s State, on the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River a t about three- four ths (3/4) of a mile below %he City of New Orleans, measuring t h r ee (3) arpents f r o n t on sa id Mississippi River by eighty (80) arpents i n depth, between pa ra l l e l l ines , and composed of t h r ee l o t s designated by the Nos. Three (31, Four (4), and Five (5) on a plan drawn by A. D'Hemeoourt, l a t e surveyor, deposited i n the o f f i c e of Car l i s le Pollock, l a t e notary i n t h i s c i ty , each of which said l o t s has one (1) arpent f r o n t on said Mississippi River; l o t No. Three (3 ) being bounded on t h e upper l i n e by l o t No. Two (2 ) now the property of R. T. Beauregard, t o whioh it i s contiguous as far a s t h e point marked "D" on said plan, and thence to i t s r e a r l i n e by the Provost Planta- t ion , now owned by the s t a t e of Louis- iana and known as "~ha lme t t e Monument Property", and below by l o t No. Four (4) ; and l o t No. Five (5) being bounded on t h e upper side by Lot No. Four (4) and on the lower s ide by the property

(176)

formerly belonging t o HI C. Delery and now t o Fazende Love. and kho nrnnnrhr

now owned by Jean Marie Cougot, subject to the respective r ights of wa3r of the New Orleans and Southern and New Orleans and Western Railroad Companies."

CONS IDERhTIONz TWENTYISEVEN 'IXOUSBnD AND FIHE HlTNDrCED DOLLARS ($27,500.00)

'I:ERbBr AWlLRD UNDER JWBBENT

REMARKS The sum of #27,500,00 being t h e amount awarded t h e sa id Captain Lafayette Jacks and Mrs. Anna Jacks McMillan under t he judgment of the Twenty-ninth Jud i c i a l D i s t r i c t Court i n and f o r t h e Par ish of St. Bernard i n the s u i t en t i t l ed , "New Orleans Terminal Company vs. Anna Jacks, wife of J. M. McMillan, and Cap- tain Lafayette Jacks, No. 601 of the docket of the sa id court,

(signed), James Harvey

(signed) Win. C. Dufour

(signed) h a J. McMillan

(signed) J. M. McMillan

(signed) L. F. Jacks

(signed.$ 3. Generes Dufour

Notary Public

Copy of judgment and copy of foregoing a c t reg i s te red i n Parish

of St. %rnard i n Conveyance Book 20 f o l i o s 241 e t seq.

(signed) U.G.D.

((177)

I-'

NEW ORLEANS TERPVlINAL COMPANY LEASE

DATED: December 20, 1903

RECORDED: January 30,. 1904

VINCENT & PAUL GUERRB C-O.B. "20n, FOLIO 280

PARISH OF ST. BEBNARD

(copied from Conveyance Recmd) STATE OF LOUISIAN4

STATE OF LOUISIAI'?A

Par ish of Orleans :

The New Orleans Terminal Company, herein appearing by

Louis S. Berg, President, hereby leases t o Vincent & Paul Guerra

f o r one year from January lst, 1904 t o Jaauary l s t , 1905, Sixteen

(16) acres of land out of t h e Hey* T. Beauregard property i n t h i s

Par ish of St . Bernard, being t he ou te r south portion of s a i d pro-

perty, beginning a t the fence i n t h e rea r of the house and

running back to cross fence; upon following terms and conditions

1. The Lessees pay t o t h e l e s so r t h e sum of $96.00 Cash, rece ip t

of which i s acknowledgedo 2. The Lessees a re prohibited from

making any sub-lease of t h e premises o r t o make any t r a n s f e r of t h i s

lease , 3, The Lessees during the whole of the lease a r e t o a c t

as care takers of the whole HI T. Beauregard place t o see t h a t

no depredation, or t respasses a r e Committed on the premises, and

t o exclude a l l persons from sa id premises except upon the wr i t t en

order of L, S, Berg. 4, a t any time during t h i s lease, i n giving

30 days no t ice t h e l essor sha l l have t he r i g h t - t o l ay one or more

ra i l road t racks across t he leased port ion of t h e premises, without

Compensation t o t h e lesseesa. 5. Lessees s h a l l have t h e r ight t o

occupy f r e e of oharge, t he oabins now ocoupied by them on said

Ha Fa Beauregard premises. Thus Done and .signed i n duplicated

t h i s 30th day of Deoember 1903a

Signed t New Orleans Terminal Cepany by L. S. Berg, Pres i - dent

Bdr. Vinoent Guerra Mr. Paul Guerra, Lessess

Attest: G. P6c.D. Nathan

Duly reoorded a t the Parish of St. Bernard on the 30th day of

January 8.1)- 1904.

(signed$ Jas. D. St, Alexandre

Clerk, Ex Officio Recorder

HIUIRE ST. AMAND & CREDIT S W

LOUIS ST U T D CARLILE POLLOCK, NOTARY PUBLIC

DATED: Apri l 10, 1832

WCORDED 8

ALEXANDRE BARON C e0.B FOLIO

(copied from French Translation PARISH OF' ST. BERNARD of Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Parish of Orleans) STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: A ce r t a in l o t of ground, par t of t h e i r p lan ta t ion i n St. BBrnard Parish s i t u a t e d approximately f i v e miles below t L i s c i t y on the &eft bank of the Mississippi River and designated by t he number Two on a plan which the vendors had made by Allon dvHeme- court under date of March 5, 1832e

Dinensions and l im i t s t Two hundred fou r f e e t s i x inches f r o n t on the River on t h e l i n e marked A B on the sa id plan, and extending in depth between two s t r a igh t l i n e s meeting a t D. Two thousand seven hundred f o r t y e i & t f e e t , nine inches on the l i n e of the upper boundary, and two thousand e igh t hundred t h i r t y f o u r fee t , s i x inches on t h e lower boundary l i ne ; sa id l o t being bounded on the upper s ide by a l o t designated on the same plan by number One, and on t h e lower s ide by l o t number Three, both l o t s running the f u l l length of number Two and adjoining it on e i t h e r side.

Included i n t h i s s a l e i s t h a t port ion of t he bat ture facing t h e sa id l o t of ground and any accumulation thereon which may occur subsequently i n any manner whatsoever.

ACQUISITION: The land sold belongs t o the vendors through purchase from Pie r re Denis Delaronde, April

p

10, 1832, by a c t before Miohel de Amas, notary, April 28, 1817. Abstract o f t i t les preceding t h i s annexed t o above plan.

CONSIDERATIONt TTlREE THOUSW SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($3,700.00)

TERMS : THREE NOTES FURHISHED

(signed) William Lake

(s igned) Rene Marchand

(signed) Hi la ire S t . Amand

(signed) Louis S t . h a n d

(signed) Alexandre Baron

(s igned) Carl i le Pollock Not. Pub.

ABSTRACTOR 'S NOTE

We have made a care fu l search of the records

of t h e Notarial Acts of Wjlliam Boswell and

nowhere can we f i nd an Aot of Sale from Alex-

andre Baron t o Widow Guillaimne Malus t o which

t h e following a c t refers . Nor have we bean

able t o f i n d t h e Succession of Widow Guillaimne

Malus in the records of the Office of t he Clerk

of Court of t h e Civi l D i s t r i c t Court of t h e -

Par ish of Orleans. The ,records of the Clerk

of Court f o r t he Parish of St . Bernard f o r

t h a t period were destroyed by f i r e .

DONATION ANNETTE MALUS, widow of ALEXAXDEB BlLRON

LUCIEN MALTIG

(COPIED FROM OR1 GINAL RECORD)

LUCIEN HEZlbWN, NOTARY PUBLIC

DATED: SEPTEMBER 29, 1848

RECORDED :

C.0.B. "48", FOLIO 221

PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: The undivided half or rnorety of a ce r t a in Port ion of Ground making pa r t of the Sugar Planta t ion heretofore belonging t o Hi la i re St . Brmant and Louis S t . Armant, f r e e people of c ~ l o r , and i s s i t u a t e i n t h e Parish of Saint Bernard aforesaid, on t he l e f t bank of t h e River Mississippi, about f i v e miles below t h i s c i ty , deai gnated as Number Two on t h e Plan made by the s a i d Hi la i re and Louis S t . h a n t of the sa id Planta t ion which they oaused t o be subdivided i n to Lots by Allon drEemeoourt, Deputy City Surveyor, dated t he Fif- teenth of March Eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and deposited i n t he o f f i c e of the l a t e Ca r l i l e Pollook, then notary public i n t h i s c i t y , on t he Tenth day of April f o l l d n g , The s a id Port ion of ground having, french measure, !Two hundred and four f e e t & ten inches i n f r o n t on t h e River Bdjssissippi on the l i n e A B on s a i d Plan, and running f o r depth between two l i n e s and c los ing a t the l e t t e r D, Two thousand Seven hundred and f o r t y e igh t f e e t , nine inches on t h e upper l i m i t where it i s bounded by Lot Number one, and two thousand e ight hundred and t h i r t y four f e e t & s ix inches on the lower l i m i t where it i s bounded by t he Lot Number Three; Together w i t h t h e one undivided half or morety, of and i n and t o a l l and s ingular the Buildings and improvements thereon erected, & r igh t s , ways, servitudes, priv- i l eges and advantages thereunto belonging, and port ion of the Batture already formed o r hereaf ter t o be formed i n f ron t thereof by a l luvion o r otherwise; 6-383 )

ACQUISITION: "The above described Property whereof the one undivided half i s hereby donated belongs t o the sa id Donor and t o Francois Malus, each i n the proportion of one undivided half by inheri tance from t h e i r Mother the l a t e Widow Guillanmie bfalus who acquired t h e same from Alexander Baron by an a c t passed before W i l l i a m Boswell, l a t e notary i n t h i s c i ty , the Eighteenth of May Eighteen hundred and t h i r t y three.

TEREBS: Donat ion

(signed) Armand P i to t , Jr. (signed) A. Baron

(signed) C. La Bedajere Kernion (signed) Lucien Malus

(signed) Lucien Hermann Notary Public

I, Register of Conveyances, c e r t i f y t h a t t h e foregoing a c t has been

the day recorded i n my o f f i ce i n Book No. 48 fo. 221.

New Orleans t h i s 22nd day of November 1848.

(signed) Bernard J. ldarigny

LIBRARY IWIFRMOI~NTAIN CULTURAL RESOURCE CENTfff

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

CREDIT SALE

LUCIEN MAWS ( ~ a r i t a l Status not shown)

CAROLINE FABRE, widow of MICHEL BERNARD CANTRELLE

(Copied from French traris l a t ion of Original Record i n Notar ia l Archives, New Orleans, La.)

AMEDEE DUCATEL, N o P.


RECORDED :

C.0.B. FOLI O


STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: A ce r t a in piece of ground s i tua ted i n S t . Bernard Parish, i n this State , l e f t bank of the M i s s i - s s i pp i River forming pa r t of the former H i l a i r e and Louis St . Armant plantat ion, approximately f i v e miles from and below t h i s c i ty , designated number Two on a plan by Allou dlHemecourt, surveyor, dated March 15, 1832, and f i l e d i n the of f i ce of Ca r l i l e Pollock, Notary i n t h i s c i ty , April 11, 1832. The sa id port ion of ground, or l o t , measuring i n French f e e t , two hundred four f e e t t en inches f ron t on the Mis- s i s s ipp i on t h e l i n e A B of t h e above-mentioned plan and extending i n depth, between two l i n e s meeting a t a point l e t t e r ed D, two thousand seven hundred f o r t y e igh t f e e t nine inches on t he upper l i m i t where t he s a id land i s bounded by Number One and two thousand e igh t hundred t h i r t y four f e e t s i x inches on t he l m e r l i n e dvhere the land i s bounded by l o t numbered Three. Together wi th a l l etc.

ACQUISITION: This property belongs t o t h e vendors i n t he following manner: To Francois Blus through inheri tance con- j o in t l y with h i s s i s t e r Annette Malus, widow Alexandre Baron, from t h e i r mother Widow Guillaume Malus who hersel f had purchased the property from Alexandre Baron by a c t of May 18,

1833 before William Boswell, notary i n t h i s c i t y ; and t o Lucien k l u s through donation from Widow A. Baron (of her half i n the Pro- perty, or s a id land) by a c t of September 9, 1848, before Lucien Herman, notary i n t h i s c i ty .

CONSIDERATI ON: SIX THOUSAND T H m HUNDRED DOLLARS ($6,300.00)

TERMS : TIIREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED ($3,300.00) DOLLARS

CASH, NOTE FOR THREE THOUSAND (#3,000.00) DOUARS

Dm APRIL 11, 1857.

REMARKS: Acts of Rat i f ica t ion and Renunciation passed

i n St. James and St . Charles Parish furnished

by Francois Malus ' wife and Lucien Malus ' wife

a r e annexed t o th i s ac t .

(signed) Ernest Ducatel (signed) Me B. Cantrel le

(signed) Ernest Morel (signed) Frs. Malus

(signed) Lucien Malus

(signed) Amedee Ducatel

Not. Pub.

MR§, CAROLINE FABRE, widow of MIDUL BlZRMRD CANTRELLE

MR. J. A* FERMANDEZ y LINEROS

CREDIT SALE

AMEDIE DUCATEL

DATED - July 5, 1865

RECORDED - C.O.B. "9", Folio 180

(Copied from French Translation PARISH OF ORLEANS of Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Mew Orleans, La.) STATE OF LOUISIANA

PESCRIPTION: A piece of ground s i t ua t ed i n St . Bernard Parish, i n t M s S ta te , l e f t bank of t h e Mississippi River and forming par t of the former p lan ta t ion of H i l a i r e and Louis St . Amant, approximately f i v e miles from t h e c i t y of New Orleans, designated a s Number 2 on a plan by Allon d'IIemecourt dated March 15, 1832, f i l e d i n t h e o f f i c e of Ca r l i l e Pollock N, P., then a not- a r y i n t h i s c i ty , by a c t of April 11, 18322 Said piece of ground measures in French f ee t , .bo hundred fou r f e e t t e n inches f r o n t on t h e Mississippi River on t h e l i n e AB of t h e s a i d plan arid extending i n depth between two l i n e s meeting a t a point marked D; two thousand seven hundred f o r t y e igh t f e e t nine inches on t h e upper l i n e where the sa id land i s bounded by t h e l o t numbered One, and two thousand e ight hundred thir ty-four f e e t s i x inches on the lower l i m i t of t h e s a i d land where i s bounded by t he l o t numbered Three.

ACQUISITION: This property belongs t o t h e Widow Cantre l le by purchase from Francis and Lucien h l u s by a c t before t h e undersigned Notary, dated April 11, 1856.

CONSIDEUTION~ EIGIiT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($8,000000)

TERNS : TIIREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,000000) CASH

TWO NOTES I N T3B SUM OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED

($2,500.00) EACH

WITNESSES :

(signed) w r y Ducatel

(signed) A. Pelaune

(signed) J. A. Fernandez

( s i p e d ) Ve M.B. Cantrelle

(signed) &edest Ducatel

NO t Pub.

MRS- CARME24 LESSEPS, wife of JOSEPH ANTONIA FERNANDEZ Y LINEROS

RErn T. BEAUREGARD, ESQUIRE (Marital S ta tus not shown)

(Copied from Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Parish of 0rlecms)

CREDIT SALE

J&BS FABEY, NOTARY PUBLIC

DATED: June 4th, 1880

RECORDED:

C-0-B. FOLIO

PARISH OF ST. BERNA'RD

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: A oer ta in t r a c t of laud, s i t u a t e i n t h e Parish of St . Bernard, i n t h i s S ta te , on the l e f t bank of t h e Mississippi River at about Ope mile below t h e City of New Orleans, lmown a s t he Buen Retiro Place, and measuring acoording t o the hereto annexed sketch, made by A- Toledano and which i s a copy of F. TT. Tourners plan, dated 15th Jany. 1876. Two hundred and fou r fee t , t e n inches f r o n t on the Public Road, with ba t tu re r i gh t s , on the Mississippi River, by a depth of twenty eight hundred and t h i r t y four f e e t s i x inches on the lower s ide dividing it from t h e S t a t e Bgricul- t u r a l College, and Twenty Seven hundred and f o r t y e igh t f e e t nine inches on the upper s ide dividing it from the property of A. Lesseps; the width i s i r regu la r converging t o a point.

Together with a l l and s ingular the buildings and improvements thereon and t h e appurtenances thereof, r igh t s , ways, servitudes, privileges and advantages thereunto belonging, o r i n any wise appertaining, without exception or reser- vation whatsoever.

ACQUISITION: Acquired by said vendor by purchase a t a s a l e made by Albert Estopinal Sher i f f of t h e Parish of St . Bernard on the 1st July 1876, by v i r tue of a w r i t of f r . fa. t o him d i rec ted by the

Honorable the Second Jud ic ia l D i s t r i c t Court of Louisiana i n and f o r the Par i sh of St. Bernard, in the s u i t e n t i t l e d Mrs. Carmen Lesseps, wife of 3. A. Fernandez Her Husband No. 743 of the docket of s a i d cour t i n which sa id s u i t judgment was rendered by sa id court on 24th and signed 28th April, 1876, ordering t h a t the community of property then exis t ing between sa id plain- t i f f and defendant be dissolved; and f o r which sa id Sheriff granted unto sa id Mrs. Carmen Fernandez, a deed of s a l e dated 3rd July 1876, recorded i n t he Clerk's Office of sa id Court i n Deed bk. of She r i f f ' s Sales pages 230 t o 234, and reg i s te red i n the recorder 's o f f ice of sa id par ish of St. Bernard, i n Bk. 13, page 57 e t sequatur.

CONSIDERATION: FORTY ONE HUNDIZED D O L W S (#4100.00)

TERMS : THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX 66/100 2/;5

DOLLARS ($1366.66) CASH: TWO NOTES FOR

THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX 46/100

($1366.66) DOLLARS U C H DUE APRIL 3, 1881

( s i g e d ) J. W. Oglesby Received

(signed) A. Baldwin

(signed) Carmen FernanPez

(signed) To authorize my wife

3. S. Fernandez

(signed) Michel V. Defan

(signed). Paul Maspero (signed) R. T. Beauregard

(signed) Jas. Fahey Noto Pub.

New Orleans, May 31, 1880

I hereby agree t o accept t he adjudication made t o IViirs.

Widow Geo. E. Fors ta l l on t he 3d of April 1880 of the Bueno

Retire Property & sold by C. E. Girardez, Auctioner & on the

pr ice & sum & on the conditions f u l l y s e t f o r t h i n h i s proces

verbal before G. L. Gardeaz, Esq. Notary Public

(signed) R. T. Beauregard.

S t a t e of Louisiana

City of New Orleans

Know a l l men by these presents t h a t I h i l i e Morris,

Widow of the l a t e Geo. E. Fo r s t a l l of t h i s City, do hereby Re-

nounce i n favor of R. T. Beauregard a l s o of t h i s c i t y , the adju-

d icat ion made t o me on the 3d. of A p r i l 1880 of the property

herein above mentioned, made by C. Em Girardez on s a id date.

In f a i t h whereof I have hereunto s e t my hand on t h i s

31st day of May A. D. 1880.

(signed) hhe. Geo. E. Fors ta l l

RENE TOUTANT BEAUREGARD (Marital Status no t shown)

NEW ORLEBNS TERMINAL CO-

(Copied from Original Record, i n Notarial Archives, Orleans par ish) * * * + *

CASH SALE

H a GENERES DUFOUR, N-Pa

DATED: November 28, 1904

RECORDED: January 27, 1905

C. 0. B. R 0 " , FOLIO 451


STATE OF LOUISIW

DESCRIPTION : A ce r t a in t r a c t of land s i tua ted i n the Par ish of St. Bernard, i n the S t a t e of Louisiana, on t h e l e f t bank of the Mississippi River, about one m i l e below the City of New Orleans, known as the Buen Retiro Place, and measuring according t o a sketch annexed t o an a c t of s a l e by Mrs. Carmen Fernan- dez t o t h e present vendor before James Fahey, Notary Publip, June 4th, 1880, Two hundred and four fee*, ten inches (204' 10") f r o n t on t he public road with bat ture r ights on the bfississippi River, by a depth of Two thousand e igh t hundred and thi r ty-four f ee t , s i x inches (2834' 6") on the lower s i de l i n e dividing it from the S t a t e Agricul tura l College, and Two thousand seven hundred and forty-eight f ee t , nine inches (2748' 9") on the upper s ide l i n e dividing it from the property of A. Lesseps, the width being i r regu la r and converging t o a point; together w i l l a l l and s ingular the buildings and improvements thereon and a l l appurtenances, r ights , ways, privileges, and servitudes thereunto belonging o r i n any wise appertaining,,

ACQUISITION: Being t h e same property acquired by the present vendor from Mrs. Carmen Fernandez by a c t before James Fahey, Notary Public f o r the Par ish of Orleans, dated June 4th, 1880, regis tered i n t he Par ish of St . Bernard in Conveyance Book #14, f o l i o #230.

CONSIDERATION: EIGH!J!EEN THOUSAND DOLLARS (#18,000+00)

TERMS : CASH

(signed) Rene T o u t a n t Beauregard

(signed) %no C. D u f o u r

(signed) Go T . Beauregard

(signed) L. S. Berg

(signed) Ha Generes Dufour Notary Public

Registered Parish of S t * Bernard

CcOaBa #ZO foo 461 et seqo

Jan 27/05

HILAIRE ST. AMILND &

LOUIS ST. W

TEEOPHILE WILTZ

(copied from French Translation of Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Parish of Orleans)

DESCRIPTION:

ACQUISITION:

CREDIT S U

CARLIU POLLOCK, NOTARY PUBLIl


RECORDED:

c10.B. FOLIO


STATE OF LOUISIBNA

A ce r t a in l o t of ground, par t of a sugar planta t ion i n St . Bernard Parish, approximately f i v e miles below t h i s o i t y on t he l e f t s ide of t h e E s s i s s i p p i River designated Number One on a plan which the aendors had made by d l l on d'Hemecourt under da te of March 5, 1832.

According t o French measure, t h e s a id l o t i s of t h e following dimensions: Front on t h e River, two hundred four& f e e t s ix inches, on t h e l i n e A B of sa id plan, and extends i n depth between two s t r a i g h t l i n e s meeting a t a point marked D, s i x thousand s i x hundred seventy s i x f e e t on the l i n e of the upper l im i t A D; and two thousand seven hundred f o r t y e igh t f e e t nine inches on t he lower l imi t ing l i ne ; sa id l o t bounded on the upper s i de by t he Prevost plantat ion and below by t h e . lo t designated by the number Two of t h e above mentioned plan. And included i n t h e present s a l e i s t h a t portion of t h e ba t tu re fac ing t h e sa id l o t of ground and any accumulation {hereon formed subsequently i n any manner whatsoever.

Vendors acquired the plantation from which t h i s l o t i s carved, from Pie r re Denis Dela- ronde by a c t before Michel de Armas, Notary, April 28, 1817a Abstract of t i t l e s preceding t h i s annexed to above planr

C OMS IDEZAT I ON: T W E THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS (83,700.00)

TERB(LS: THREE NOTES FURNISH?3D.

(s igaed) William Lake

(signed) Rene Marchand

(s igned) Hilaire St . Amand

(s igned) Louis S t e Amand

(s igned) Theophile Wiltz

(s igned) C a r l i l e Pollock Not* Pub*

TEEOPHILE KILTZ CREDIT S D

PRIVATE ACT

DATEDa January 12, 1833

AUGUSTE HOUETTE & RECORDED :

ETIENNE VILLAVASO C .O.B. "lln, FOLIO 340

(copied from French Translation taken from Conveyance Reaords Parish of ~ r l e a n s )

PARISH OF ORLEBNS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: A ce r t a in portion of ground s i t ua t ed i n said St. Bernard Parish, approximately f i v e miles from and below t h e c i t y on the l e f t bank of t h e Mississippi, designated a s One on a plan drawn, a t t he request of the St. Amants, by k l lon d tHemecowrt, engineer- surveyor deputy overseer f o r the City, dated March 15, 1832, and f i l e d i n the o f f i c e of Ca r l i l e Pollock, notary* Said port ion of ground measures, French measure, f r o n t on t h e River, two hundred four f e e t s i x inches on the l i n e A B of sa id plan, and extends i n depth between s t r a igh t l i n e s meeting a t a point D, two thousand six hundred seventy s i x on t h e upper l i n e or l i m i t A D and two thousand seven hundred f o r t y e i g h t f e e t nine inohes on t he lower l i n e o r l imi t ; sa id l o t number h e being bounded on the upper s ide by t he Prevost p lanta t ion and on t he lower by t h e l o t designated Number Two on the above- mentioned plan, and ( is sold w i t h ) a l l improvements thereon plus t h a t port ion of the bat ture facing t he said l o t and any accumulation resul- t i n g thereon*

ACQUISITION: None shown*

CONSIDERATION: T m E THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED ($3,900800) DOLLARS

THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH; FOR THE BALANCE,

TWO NOTES GIVEN-

(signed) Antonio Ducros

Register of Conveyances

ABSTRACTOR 'S NOTE

We have made a ca r e fu l search of the records

of t h e o f f ice of t h e Register of Conveyances

f o r the Parish of Orleans a s well as the

ac t s of the various no ta r ies who apparently

had dealings concerning t h e property i n t h i s

loca le and have not been able t o f ind where

Auguste Houette and Etienne Villavaso ever

disposed of Lot One, nor have we been able t o

f ind where Mrs. Celeste Cantre l le ever acquired

sa id Lot One. The a c t s of Phi l l ippe ~ o c a ,

Recorder i n and f o r the Parish of St. Bernard

f o r t he year 1866 have been destroyed by f i r e @

J* A* FERNANDEZ LINEROS (Marital Sta tus not shown)

MRS. CARMEN RIBAS, wife separated i n property of AUGUSTE LESSEFS

(copied from Original Record)

CREDIT SALE

GUSTAVE LE GARDEUR, NoP.

DATED: February 27, 1873

RECORDED:

C. 0. Be " " , FOLIO

PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION: One l o t of ground s i t u a t e i n the Parish of St. Bernard i n t h i s State, aT about f i v e miles below t h e Ci ty of New Orleans, on the l e f t bank of the Bdjssissippi River, designated a s l o t No. One on a plan drawn on the 15th day of March 1832 by A. DiHemioourt Deputy Surveyor, and deposited i n the o f f ice of Car l i s le Pollock, l a t e notary public i n t h i s City* Said l o t measures i n French measure Two hundred and e ighty f e e t s i x inches f ron t on sa id r i v e r on a l i n e A. Be from s a i d r iver t o the r ea r between s t r a igh t l i ne s d o s i n g a t point D, measuring two thousand s i x hundred and seventy s i x f e e t on the upper l i n e A. D. and Two thousand seven hundred and fo- r ty-e ight f ee t nine inches on the lower l i n e bounded on the lower l i m i t by the l o t designated on sa id plan by t h e No. Two and on the upper l i m i t by t he property of Provost o r h i s he i r s , together with a l l the buildings and improvements thereon,

ACQUISITION: being the same property which t he present vendor acquired by purchase from Octave Cantrel le administrator of the Succession of t he l a t e Mrs. Celeste Cantrel le by a c t passed before Philippe Toca, Recorder i n and f o r the Parish of Sto Bernard, on the 24th day of September 1866.

COliSIDERATION: FOUR THOUSAND D O U S ($4,000.00)

TERMS : $1,000*00 CASH, T m E NOTES FOR #1,000*00 EACH

DUE FEBRUARY 27TH, 1874, 1875, and 1876, RESPEC&

TIVELY

(signed) A. Pitot, Jr* (signed) h r . Lesseps

(signed) A. Go La Pice (signed) Carmen Ribas

(signed) J. 4. Fernandee

(signed) J, M e Villavase

(signed) G. L e Gardeur Not. Pub,

Parish of St. B e r n a r d

COO. Vol 12 fola 54 to 57

M.O.Bo NO. 6 folios 412

MRS. C-J RIBAS, wife separated i n property of AUGUSTE LESSEPS

AUGUSTE LESSEPS JR. (hfarital S ta tus not shown)


* * * * *

CREDIT SALE

GUSTAVE LF: GAEIBUR, NOTPLRY WB- LIC

DATED2 April 13, 1875

RECORDED :

PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF L0UISIA.U

DESCRIPTION: One l o t of ground s i t ua t ed i n t h e Parish of S t o Bernard i n t h i s Sta te , a t about f i v e miles below t h e City of New Orleans, on the l e f t bank of t he Mississippi River, designated a s l o t No. One on a plan drawn on the 15th of Maroh 1832 by A. DtHemeoourt, deputy surveyor, and deposited i n t h e o f f ice of C a r l i s l e Pollock, l a t e a notary public i n t h i s c i t y* Said l o t measures in Frenoh measure Two hundred e igh ty f e e t s i x inches f r o n t on said r i ve r on a l i n e AoBe from said r i ve r t o t he rear between s t r a i g h t l i ne s closing a t point D measuring Two thousand s i x hundred and seventy s i x f e e t on the upper l i n e A4D. and Two thousand seven hundred and for ty-e ight f e e t nine inches on the lower l ine , bounded on the lower l i m i t by t he l o t designated on s a id plan by the No0 Two and on t he upper l i m i t by the property of Provost o r h i s heairs; together with a l l the buildings and improvements t he reon, being

ACQUISITION: t he same property aoquired by sa id vendor by purchase from I. A. Fernandez Liveros by a c t pass-

ed before t h e undersigned Notary on the Twenty- seventh day of February 1873,

CONSIDERIIT ION: FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS (#4,000~00)

$2,000a00 CASH, TWO NOTES FOR #1,000,00 U C H

DUE FEBRUARY 27TH, 1875 and 1876

(signed) A. Pitot, Jra

(signed) A. G. La Pice

te ( s igned) Aug-- Lesseps, Jro

( s igned) f i e Lesseps

(signed) C, R. Lesseps

AUGUSTE LESSEPS JR- (Marital Sta tus Not Shown)

ALBERT E- LIVBmlAIS (Marital Sta tus Not Shorn)

CREDIT SAIJ3

GUSTAVE LE GARDEUR JR., N.P.

DATED: June 25, 1884

RECORDED: July 7, 1884

C.O.Bo "16", FOLIO 138

Mo0.B. "12", FOLIO 229

PARISH OF ST. BERMARD

(Copied from Conveyance Record) STdTE OF LOUISIANA

DESCRIPTION:

ACQUISITION:

One l o t of ground S i tua ted i n the Parish of St. Bernard i n t h i s S t a t e a t about f i v e miles below the City of New Orleans, on t he l e f t bank of the Bdississippi River designated a s l o t No. One on a plan drawn on the 15th day of March 1832 by A* DIHemecourt deputy Surveyor ahd deposited i n the Office of Car l i s le Pollock l a t e a notary public i n t h i s City sa id l o t measures i n French Measure Two hundred and Eighty f e e t and s i x inches f r o n t on said River on a l i n e AeB. from said River t o the r ea r between s t r a i g h t l i n e s olosing a t point D measuring 2676 f e e t on the upper l i n e A D and 2748 f e e t 9 inches on t h e lower l i n e bounded on t he lower l i m i t by t h e l o t designated on the above mentioned plan by t h e Noo 2 and on the upper l i m i t by t he property of Provost o r h i s he i r s together with a l l t h e buildings and improvements thereon and

being the same property aequired by t he vendor herein by purchase from Mrs. Carmen Ribas, of lawful age wife separated i n property of Auguste Lesseps by Act passed before t he undersigned Notary on the 13th day of April 1875*

CONS1 DERAT ION: IWEIVTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,500*00)

$625.00 CASH, THREE NOTES FOR $625.00 EACH

DUE JUNE 25th, 1885, 1886, AMD 1887, RESPECTIVELY.

The following insc r ip t ion i s marked across face of MeOeBe 12 f o l i o 230:

Erased, cancelled and annulled Fina l l y under au thor i ty of an a c t of canoellat ion dated Septm- ber 24th, 1888 sipped by E* A. Peyroux notary i n New Orleans, now on f i l e and of reeord i n my offioe, Par ish of St* Bernard Sept. 25th 1888.

(signed) J* Re Duoros Clerk Ex O f f Recorder

ALBERT E LIVAUDAIS CREDIT SALE ( ~ a r i t a l Sta tus not shown)

PAUL A. CONAND, NOTARY PUBLIC

TO DATED: June 26, 1885

RECORDED: December 28th, 1885 OCTAVE TOCA (Marital Sta tus not shown) C -0-B. 1116tt , FOLIO 303


(Copied from Conveyance ~ e o o r d ) STATE OF LOIJISIANA

DESCRIPTION: One l o t of ground s i t u a t e in the Par ish of St* Bernard i n t h i s S t a t e at-about f i v e miles below the City of New Orleans, on the l e f t bank of t h e Mississippi River, designated a t Jo t No. One on a plan drawn on t h e 15th day of March 1832 by Ja A. D'Hemecourt deputy surveyor and deposited i n the Offioe of Ca r l i s l e Pollock l a t e a Notary Public i n t h i s City sa id l o t measures i n French Measure Two hundred and e ighty f e e t and s i x inches f r o n t on sa id River on a l i n e A B from sa id r i ve r t o t h e r ea r between s t r a igh t l ines closing a t point D.Measuring Two thousand s i x hundred and seventy s i x f e e t on t he upper l i n e A*D. and two thousand seven hundred and f o r t y e ight f e e t , n ine inches on the lower l ine , bounded on t h e lower l i m i t by the l o t designated on t h e above mentioned plan by t he Number two and on t he upper l i m i t by t h e property of Provost or h i s he i r s together with a l l the buildings and improvements thereon and a l l the r igh t s , ways, pr ivi leges and appurtenances thereto belonging.

ACQUISITION: Being t h e same property which t h e present vendor acquired by purohase from Auguste Lesseps Jr. as per a c t passed before Gustave Le Gardeur J r o a notary public i n New Orleans, en the 25th day of June 1884.1

CONsIDERllrION: TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (Qb2500r00)

TERMS t #1250*00 CASH, TWO NOTES FOR 8625r00 W H , DUE

June 25, 1886 and 1887.

MRS. ALICE CENAS wife of RENE TOUTMT BEAUREGARD

CASH SALE

H. GENERES DUFOUR, NOTARY PUBLIC

DATED: November 28, 1904

RECORDED: January 25, 1905 NEW OR- TERMINBZ, COMPANY

C-0.B. "2On, FOLIO 452

PARISH OF ST. BERNPLRD . (copies from Original Record i n Notarial Archives, Orleans STATE OF LOUISIANA par ish) * + * * *

DESCRIPTION: A ce r t a in l o t of ground s i t ua t ed i n the Parish of S t r Bernard i n t he S t a t e of Louisiana, about f i v e miles below the City of New Orleans, on the l e f t bank of the Mississippi River, designated as l o t No, One on a plan drawn on t he 15th day of March, 1832, by A. D 'Hemicourt, Deputy Surveyor, and deposited i n the Office of Ca r l i s l e Pollock, l a t e a Notary i n t h i s c i ty . Said l o t measures i n French measure Two hundred and e igh ty f ee t , s i x inches (280' 6") f r o n t on t h e Mississippi River, on a l i n e A B drawn from sa id River t o the rear between the s t r a igh t l i n e c los ing a t t h e point D, measuring Two thousand s i x hundred and seventy- s i x f e e t on the upper l i n e A D, and Two thousand seven hundred and f orty-eight f e e t , nine inches (2748' 9") on the lower l i ne , and bounded on the lower l i m i t by the l o t designated on the above mentfoned plan by t h e No. 2, and on t h e upper l i m i t by t he property formerly belonging t o the h e i r s of Provost,; together with a l l t h e buildings and improvements thereon and a l l t h e r igh t s , ways, pr ivi leges , appurtenances, and advantages, including bat ture r igh t s thereunto belonging or i n any wise appertaining.

ACQUISITION: Being the same property acquired by t he present vendor from Octave Toca by a c t before Botary, dated September 24th, 1888, recorded i n t he Parish of St. Bernard i n Conveyance Book #17, f o l i o #192.

COmJslIDERaTION: NIME THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($9,500*00)

REMARKS r The sa id &s. Alioe Cenas, wife of Rene Toutant Beauregard, and her said husband, Rene Toutant Beauregard, do by these presents declare tha t the property sold i s the separate paraphernal property of the said Mrs. Alice Cenas Beauregard acquired by her with her separate paraphernal funds .

(signed) Alice Cenas Beauregard

(signed) Rene Toutant Beauregard

(signed) Illhn. Dufour

(signed) G+ 1, Beauregard

(signed) L o S I Berg

(signed) He Generes Dufour Notary Publicr

Registered Parish of St. Bernard

C.0.B. #20 Foe #52

Jan. 27/05

CFtEDIT SALE

MRS. ALICE CENS, wife of mNE TOUTANT BEAUREGARD

El A. PEYROUS, NOTBRY PUBLIC

DATED: September 24, 1888

RECORDED: September 25, 1888

C0O.B. "17', FOLIO 192


(cOF'IED FROM CONVEYANCE RECORD) STATE OF LOUISULNb

DESCRIETION: A oertkhn l o t or portion of ground together with a l l the buildings and improvments thereon and appurtenances thereof, rights, ways, pr iv i l - eges, servitudes and dependencies thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, s i tua te i n the Parish of St. Bernard i n t h i s State, at-about f ive miles below t h e City of New Orleans on the l e f t bank of the adississippi River designated as l o t No* 1 on a plan drawn on the 15th day of Maroh 1832 by A. DpHemecourt, deputy surveyor and deposited i n t h e Office of Carl is le Pollock, l a t e a Notary Public i n this City, said l o t measures i n french measure 280 f e e t 6 inches front on said River, on a l ine A B; from said r iver t o the rear between s traight l ines closing a t point D measuring 2676 f e e t on the upper l i n e A.D. and 2748 f e e t 9 inches on the lower l ine; bounded on the lower l imi t by the l o t designated on the above mentioned plan by the NO* 2 and on the upper l i m i t by the property of Provost or h i s heirs.

Acquired by said present vendor from Albert E. Livaudais as per a c t of P. A* Conand, Notary i n th i s City dated June 26th 1885 Registered i n boek 16 of Conveyances f o l i o 303

CONSIDERATION: THWZ THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,000.00)

#2,500,00 CASH, NOTE FOR $500,00 DUE SEPTEMBER

24TH, 1889s

CERTIFICATE

The foregoing Briefed Abstract of Ti t le

contains a complete and accurate abstract

i n brief of a l l of the records affecting

the land described i n the caption hereof

t o which we have been referred by the indices

of the of f ice of the Clerk of Court and

Ex-Officio Recorder of Conveyances and Mart-

gages f o r the Parish of St. Bernard, S ta te of

Louisiana, from the Government D i v e s t i t e e

t o date hereof.

This c e r t i f i c a t e as t o General and Judicial

Mortgages i s l i a i t e d t o uncancelled mortgages

against persons whose names are disolosed by

t h i s Abstract of T i t l e as having an i n t e r e s t i n

the lands described herein within the l a s t t e n

years; and does not cover search fo r l iens

or judgments of the Federal Courts unless

they are recorded in the Office of the

Reaorder of Mortgages for the Parish of

St. Bernard.

In Witness Whereof this certificate is

signed this 4th day of May 1948.

SCHOENBERGER A B S T W T COMPANY

BY (signed) Sidney G. Sohoenberger,

The Schoenberger Abstract Campany c e r t i f i e s

tha t Page b, which is an addition t o the caption

of th i s briefed abstract contains the correct des-

cription of the property and the t i t l e t o sa id

property which has been added on sa id page 4a i s

abstracted i n br ief i n the foregoing abs t rac t contain

ing 4 9 pages numbered from 1 t o 4 8 inclusive,

Signed th i s 29th day of June, 1948, a t

New Orleans, La.

SCHOENBERGER ABSTRACT C O W A N Y

BY: (Signed) Sidney G o Schoenberger

SUPPLEMENTAL BBSTRACT OF T I T U

ON THE P R O r n T Y OF

- FOR -

WATTS K. LEVERICH

SCHOENBERGER A B S T W T COMPANY N E ~ R ORUWS, mms-

C A P T I O N

BEGINMNG a t a point i n the south- e r l y boundary of r ight of way of Louis- iana Seuthern Railmy which i s the north- eas t corner of said property of the United States of America known as Chalmette National Historical Park and the northwest corner of property of New Orleans Terminal Company, said point being fif ' ty (50) f e e t d is tan t southwardly (measured radial ly) from center l i n e of Louisiana Southern Railwa main track; and running B t h e n ~ e South 25 30' West, along easter ly boundary of said Chalmette National H i s - t o r i c a l Park (passing through ooncrete monuments at distances of 69+95 fee t , 1784r17 f e e t and 238ge05 f e e t from be- ginnirgpoint), a t o t a l distance of two thousand s h e n hundred th i r ty - s i r and four tenths (2736r4) fee t , more or less , t o a point in the mean low water contour on t h e l e f t (or north) descending b e of the Mississippi River as located i n February, 1948; thenoe South 60' !32t East, along said mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) desoending bank of the Mississippi River, a distanoe of f i v e hundred sixty-seven and ninety-seven hundredths (567.97) fee t , more or less, t o interseotion with a l i n e running paral le l t o and f ive hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundred- th s (566.83) f e e t eas tmrdly (measured a t a r ight angle) from f i r s t mentioned course 06 the projection thereof; thence North 25 30t East, para l le l t o and f ive hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) f e e t d is tan t eastward- l y (measured a t r ight angles) from f i r s t mentioned course and the projection thereof, a distance of two thousand eight hundred f i f t y t h r e e and thir teen hundredths (2853.13) f ee t , more or less, t o intersection with said southerly

boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence North 72' 40' West, along s a id southerly boundary of r i gh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, paaal le l t o and f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t an t southwardly from center l i n e of main t r a c t of sa id Louisiana Southern Railway, a d is tance of f i v e hundred twenty-three and ninety-nine hundredths (523.99) f e e t t o po in t of curve; thence along a l i n e curving t o the r i gh t having a radius of one thousand nine hundred s i x t y and e igh t hundredths (1960.08) f e e t and being subtended by a chord bearing North 71' 57k' West and having a length of forty-eight and fif ty-seven hundredths (48.57) f ee t , a distance of fo r ty - e igh t and sixty-five hundredths (48.65) f e e t , more or less , t o t he point or place of beginning; containing 36-4/11 acres; and being shown i n red ou t l ine on bluepr int of Drawing NO* 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared i n the o f f i c e of Chief Engineer MR&S of New Orleans Terminal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio, which i s hereunto annexed and made a par t hereof;

A41 t ha t ce r ta in t r ac t , piece or parcel of land s i tuated i n t he Par ish of S t * Bernard, i n the S t a t e of Louisiana, ly ing next west of Fazendeville Lane and extending from the southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway t o t he Mississippi River, more pa r t i cu l a r l y described as followst

Beginning a t a poic t where t he west property l i n e of Fazendeville Land ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t i n width) in te r sec t s the souther ly boundary of r igh t of way of Louisiena Southern R a i l - way, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t southwardly (measured a t a r i g h t angle) from the center l i ne of main t rack of s a id Louisiana Southgrn Railway; and running thence South 17 33' West, along t h e

west property l ine of Fazendeville Lane ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t i n width), a distance of two thousand nine hundred two and seventy-two hundredths (2902.72) feet, more or less, t o a point i n the mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the biississippi River as located i n February, 1948; thence Morthwestwardly, along said mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River, g distance of four hundred thirty-seven and nineteen hundredths (437.19) fee t , more o r less, t o intersection with a l i n e running para l le l t o and f i v e hundred sixty- s ix and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) f e e t east (measured a t a r i g h t angle) of the eas te r ly boundary of Chalmette National Historical Parkoor the same projected; thencze North 25 30' East, along a l i n e running para l le l t o and f i v e hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundre&ths (666.83) f e e t dis tant eastwardly (measured a t r i g h t angles) from said eas te r ly boundary of Chalmette National Histor ical Park as the same was located i n February, 1948, and the projection thereof, a distance of two thousand eight hundred f i f ty- three and th i r t een hundredths (2853.13) f ee t , more or less , t o intersection with the southerly boundary of r igh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence South 72O 40' East, aleng said southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway,pprallel t o and f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t ~ i s o u t h w a r d l y from center l i ne of main track of said Railway, a distance of thirty-five and seven-tenths (35*7) feet , more or less, t o the point or place of beginning; containing 15* acres, more o r less; and being shown (corners marked A-B-C-D-) on blueprint of sa id Drawing Noo 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared i n the of f ice of Chief Engineer MJ&S of New Orleans Terminal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio.

INDEX

PAGE GRANTOR GRANTEE 1 N S T R ~ N T

1 TITLEPAGE

2. CAPTION

6. IEWORLE&EaSTER.MINAL STATEPBRRSCOWISSION CASH SALE COWANY OF LOUISIAU

CERTIFICATE

NEW ORLEANS TERMINAL COMPANY

STATE PARKS CODaBiIISSION OF LOUISIANA


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

STATE OF LOUISIANB

PARISH OF ORLE-

CASH SALE

DATED: March 14, 1949

RECORDED: March 14, 1949

Ce0.B. "52", FOLIO 459

PARISH OF S T - BERNARD

STATE OF LOUISIANA

BE I T K N m t h a t on t h i s 14th day of March, i n the year

of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Kine,

BEFORE ME,

W A T T S K. L E V E R I C H

a Notary Public duly commissioned and qual i f ied , i n and f o r the

City of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, therein residing, and i n the

presence of t h e witnesses hereinaf ter named and undersigned,

PERSONALLY CAME AND APEARED,

N E B ORLEAS TEWINAL COWANY, a corporation organized

and ex i s t i ng under and by vi r tue of the laws of t he S ta te of

Louisiana, he re in appearing through W. T. Turner, i t s duly author-

ized Vice President, by v i r tue of resolut ions adopted a t a meet-

ing of t he Board of Directors of s a i d Corporation i n t he City

of New Olreans, Louisiana, on the 9th day of February, 1948, a

c e r t i f i e d copy of which i s hereto annexed,

WE0 DECLARED t h a t f o r the consideration hereinaf ter s e t

for th , he does by these presents, and on behalf of sa id Vendor

corporation, grant, bargain, s e l l , convey, t r ans f e r , assign, s e t

over, abandon and del iver , with a l l l ega l warranties and with

f u l l subst i tu t ion and subrogation i n and t o a l l t he r i g h t s and

actions of warranty which the sa id NEW ORLEANS T E F U I N a COWANY

may have against a l l preceding owners and vendors, UNTO

Tm STATE PARKS COIJNISSION OF LOUISIANA, i n t h e name of

t h e S ta te of Louisiana and f o r and on i t s behalf, herein represent-

ed by Ernest S. Clements, i t s duly appointed Commissioner and

qual i f ied Chairman, a s authorized by a resolut ion of t h e S t a t e

Parks Commission, a c e r t i f i e d copy of which i s annexed hereto and

made a par t hereof,

HERJZ PRESENT, and accepting and purchasing, i n t he name of

the S ta te of Louisiana and f o r and on i t s behalf, and i t s suaces-

sors and assigns, and acknowledging due del ivery and possession

thereof,

AU AND SINGULAR the following described property:

A 1 1 t h a t c e r t a in t r a c t , piece or parcel of land s i t u a t e i n t h e Parish of St. Bernard, i n t h e S t a t e of Louisiana, and ly ing ea s t of and contiguous t o property of t h e United Sta tes of America known as C h a h e t t e National His- t o r i c a l Park and extending from the souther ly boundary of r igh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway t o t he Mississippi River, more particu- l a r l y described as follows:

BEGINNING a t a point i n t he southerly boundary of r i gh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway which i s the northeast corner of sa id property of t he United S ta tes of America known a s Chalmette National His to r ica l Park and the northwest corner of property of New Orleans ~ e r m i n a l Company, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t a n t southwardly (measured r ad i a l l y ) from center l i n e of Louisiana Southern Railway main t rack; and running then South 25' 30' West, along eas te r ly boundary of sa id Chalmette National His- t o r i c a l Park (passing through concrete monuments a t d is tance of 69rp95 fee t , 1784*17 f e e t and 238gm09 f e e t from beginning point), a t o t a l distance of two thousand seven hundred th i r ty -s ix and four tenths (2736.4) f e e t , more o r l e s s , t o a point i n t h e mean low water contour on the l e f t (o r nor th) descending bank of the Mississippi River as located i n February, 1948; thence South 60' 52' East, along sa id mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River, a d is tance of f i v e hundred sixty-seven and ninety-seven hundredths (567097) f e e t , more o r less , t o in te r sec t ion wi th a l i n e running pa ra l l e l t o and f i v e hundred s ixty-s ix and eighty-three hundredths (566r83) f ee t eastwardly (measured a t a r i gh t angle) from f i r s t mentioned oourse o r t h e projeo- t i o n thereof; thence North 25' 30' East, pa r a l l e l t o and f i v e hundred s ixty-s ix and eighty-three hundredths (566*83) f e e t d i s t an t eastwardly (measured a t r i g h t angles) from f i r s t mentioned course and t he projeo- t ion thereof, a d is tance of two thousand e ight hundred f i f ty - th ree and t h i r t e en hundredths (2853.13) f e e t , more o r less , t o in te r sec t ion w i t h sa id southerly boundary of ri@t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence North 72' 40 * West, along sa id southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, p a r a l l e l t o and f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t a n t southwardly from center l i n e of main t r ack of sa id Louisiana Southern Railway, a dis tance of f i v e hundred twenty-three and ninety--nine hundredths (523.99) f e e t t o point of curve; thence

(Z2l)

along a l i n e curving t o t he r i g h t having a radius of one thousand nine hundred s i x t y and e igh t hundredths (1960408) f e e t and being subtended by a chord bearing North 71' 57%' West and having a length of forty-eight and fif ty-seven hundredths (48.57) f e e t , a distance of for ty-e ight and s ixty-f ive hundredths (48r65) f ee t , more o r less , t o the point or place of beginning; containing 36-4/11 acres; and being shown i n red ou t l ine on blue- p r i n t of Drawing N O ~ 25292, dated Marah 3, 1948, prepared i n the o f f i a e of Chief Engineer M&S of New Orleans Terminal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio, which i s hereunto annexed and made a part hereof;

T i t l e t o sa id t r a c t or parcel of land

having been acquired by New Orleans Terminal

Company (a) from Mrs Alioe Cenas, wife of

Rene Toutant Beauregard, by Act of Sale passed

before M r Generes Dufour, a Notary Public f o r the

Parish s f Orleans on t he 28th day of November,

1904, recorded i n the Par ish of St . Bernard i n C. 0. B.

20, f o l i o 452; (b) from Rene Toutant Beauregard by

Act of Sale passed before H. Generes Dufour, Notary

Public f o r the Parish of Orleans on t he 28th day

of November, 1904, recorded i n the Parish of St .

Bernard in C. 0. B. 20, f o l i o 451; and ( c ) from

Lafayette Jacks and Mrs. Anna Jacks McMillan by Act

of Sale passed before H. Generes Dufour, Notary

Public f o r t h e Parish of Orleans, on t h e 7 th day

of December, 1903, recorded i n S t . Bernard Parish

ic C. 0. B. 20, f o l i o 241. (222 1

T O HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described property unto

t h e sa id Purchaser, STATE PARKS COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA, and i t s

successors and assigns, forever.

THIS SALE i s made and accepted fo r and i n consideration

of t h e p r ice or sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (~100,000.00)

.cash, which the Purchaser has w e l l and t r u l y paid, i n ready and

current money, t o t h e sa id Vendor, who hereby acknowledges t he

rece ip t thereof, and grants f u l l acquittance and discharge there-

fo r .

AU Sta t e and Parish taxes, including the taxes due and

exigible f o r the year 1949 a r e paid, a s appears from t h e c e r t i -

f i c a t e of proper S t a t e and Citg o f f i ce r s hereto annexed. Taxes

on t h e property hereby sold f o r t he year 1948 a r e t o be prorated

between Vendor and Purchaser as of t h e date of passage 09 t h i s

Act of Sale.

By reference t o t h e Cer t i f i ca te of t h e Clerk of t h e United

S ta tes D i s t r i c t Court f o r the Eastern D i s t r i c t of Louisiana, here-

t o annexed, it appears t h a t the re a r e no unsa t i s f i ed judgments

against t h e Vendor e i t h e r i n t h e United S ta tes D i s t r i c t Court or

i n the l a t e United S ta tes Ci rcu i t Court f o r the Eastern D i s t r i c t

of Louisiana.

By reference to t h e c e r t i f i c a t e of t h e Register of Con-

veyances and Recorder of Mortgages i n and f o r t h e Par ish of S t .

Bernard, it does not appear t h a t t h e sa id property has heretofore

(223 1

been a l ienated by t h e Vendor, o r t h a t it i s subject t o any encum-

brance whatever, EXCEPT the Mortgage granted by New Orleans Termi-

nal Company i n favor of t h e Standard Trust Company of New York (now

Guaranty Trust Company of New York), Trustee, dated July 1, 1903,

regis tered i n t he Par ish of St . Bernard, i n Book 16, f o l i o 284,

on the 26th day of December, 1903, and F i r s t Supplement t o sa id

F i r s t Mortgage dated June 14, 1909, regis tered i n sa id Par ish

i n Book 17, f o l i o 216, on the 25th day of July, 1909, t o secure

bonds issued and t o be issued i n a sum not exceeding Fif teen

Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00)~

AND sa id W. T. TURNER, on behalf of s a id Vendor Corpo-

ra t ion , i n oonsideration of s a i d purchase p r ice hereinbefore

stated, does fu r ther , by these presents, give and grant unto s a i d

STATE PARKS COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA t he r i gh t or option, l imi ted t o

expire on t h e 1 s t day of February, 1951, t o purohase a t and f o r

the p r ice or sum of TWO THOUSAM) SEXEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLIARS

($2,750.00) per acre the land and property described as follows:

ALL t h a t c e r t a in t r a c t , piece or parcel of l m d s i t u a t e i n t h e Par ish of St . Bernard, i n t h e S ta te of Louisiana, ly ing next west of FazBndevile Land and extending from the southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway t o the Missis- s i pp i River, more pa r t i cu l a r l y described a s follows:

BEGINNING a t a point where the west property l i n e of Fazendeville Lane ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t i n width) i n t e r s e c t s the southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t southwardly (measured a t a r i g h t angle) from the cen te r

l i n e of main track of sa id Louisiana Southern Railway; and running thence South 17' 33' West, along t h e west property l i n e of Fazendeville Lane ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t i n width), a distance of two thousand nine hundred - b o and seventy-two hundredths (2902.72) f ee t , more or l e s s , t o a point i n t h e mean low water contour on the l e f t ( o r north) desoending bank of the Missis s ippi River as located i n February, 1948; thence Northwestwardly, along sa id mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of t he Mississ$ppi River, a distance of four hundred thirty-seven and nineteen hundredths (437s19) f ee t , more o r less , t o in te r sec t ion with a l i n e running p a r a l l e l t o and f i v e hundred s ixty-s ix and eighty-three hundredths (566~83) f e e t e a s t (measured a t a r igh t angle) of t h e ea s t e r l y boundary of Chalmette National His to r ica l Park o r t h e same projected; thence North 25' 30' East, along a l i n e running pa ra l l e l t o and f i v e hundred

, sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566e83) f e e t d i s t a n t westwardly (measured a t r i g h t angles) from said ea s t e r l y boundary of Chalmette National His tor ical Park as the same was located i n February, 1948, and t h e project ion thereof, a d is tance of two thousand e ight hundred f i f t y - t h r ee and t h i r t e en hundredths (2853.13) f e e t , more or l e s s , t o in te r sec t ion with t h e southerly boundary of r i gh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence South 72' 40' East, along said southerly boundary of r i gh t of way of Louisiana Southern Rail- way; pa r a l l e l to and f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t a n t southwardly from center l i n e of main t rack of sa id Railway, a d is tance of th i r ty-f ive and seven-tenths (35*7) f ee t , more or l ess , t o the o in t or place P of beginning; containing 152 acres, more or l e s s ; and being shown (corners marked A-B-C-D) on bluepr int of sa id Drawing No. 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared i n the o f f ice of Chief Engineer BbYO&S of New OrleansTerminal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio.

AND N q TO TElESE PRESENTS PERSONALLY CAME AhD APPEARED

( 22s )

L. VI De GRUY, herein intervening a s the Agent of GUARANTY

TRUST COMPAEY OF REN YORK (successor t o the sa id The Standard

Trust Company of New York, as Trustee under t h e sa id F i r s t Mort-

gage of New Orleans-Terminal Company t o The Standard Trust Company

of New York Trustee, dated July 1, 1903, and under the F i r s t Sup-

plement thereto dated June 14, 1909, by v i r t u e of a Power of

Attorney, dated a t New York, Ne Ye, on the 22nd day of April, 1948,

and acknowledged on t h a t date before YYm. J. Burnham, a Notary

Public f o r the County of New York, i n the S t a t e of New York, and

hereunto annexed,

WHO DECLARES tha t , i n consideration of the sum of ONE

HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000r00) paid t o sa id New Orleans

Terminal Company by t he sa id Purchaser hereinbefore named, and t o

be applied by the sa id New Orleans Terminal Company i n accordance w i t h

the provisions of t he sa id F i r s t Mortgage, he, t h e sa id appearer,

one behalf of the sa id GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEN YORK, Trustee,

as aforesaid, does by these presents re lease from the l i e n and

operation of the sa id F i r s t Mortgage of Mew Orleans Terminal Com-

pany t o the sa id The Standard Trust Company of New Pork, Trustee,

dated July 1, 1903, and regis tered i n the Mortgage Office of t he

Parish of St. Bernard, i n Book No. 16, a t f o l i o 294, and from the

l i e n and operation of the said F i r s t Supplement the re to dated

June 14, 1909, and registered i n the sa id Mortgage Office of the

Parish of St. Bernard i n Book No* 17 a t f o l i o 216, ALL AND SINGUWLR

the property f i r s t hereinbefore described (36-4/11 acre t r a c t )

AND NO OTHER.

AND t h e sa id appearer, i n h i s capaoity as the authorized

Agent of said Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee, does

hereby authorize and require t h e Recorder of &rtgages f o r the

Parish of S t r Bernard t o cancel and erase from the books and

records of h i s o f f i c e t he sa id F i r s t Mortgage of July 1, 1903, h d r.

said F i r s t Supplement the re to of June 14, 1909, i n so f a r as the

sa id Mortgage and Supplement a f f ec t and operate upon the property

f i r s t hereinbefore described (36-4/11 acre t r a c t ) and NO FURTHER.

THUS DONE AND PASSED, I N DUPLICATE, I N MY OFFICE, i n

New Orleans, Louisiana, on the day, month and year f i r s t above

writ ten, i n the presence of N. Dillon and William W. Wells, com-

petent witnesses, who have signed these presents, together with the

said appearers, and me, Notary, a f t e r due reading of the whole.

L4 S* NEAT ORLEANS TERMINAL COMPANY

ATTEST: By (signed) W. T I Turner

Vice President

(Signed) Ifr A. Marioneaux

Assistant Secretary (corporate s ea l )

YIYI T NESSES :

(signed) Me Dillon (signed) La V. DeGruy

s (signed) Nilliam Wa Wells Agent of Guaranty Trust Company

(227) of New York, Trustee*

STATE PARKS CO~ISSI ON OF

LOUISIANA

By (signed) Ernest S. Clements

Chairman

(signed) Ratts K e Leverich (SEAL)

Notary Publio

Excerpt from minutes of t h e Board of Directors of New

Orleans Terminal Company held, pursuant t o due notice, a t t he

off ice of the company, Terminal Stat ion, New Orleans, Louisiana,

on Monday, February 9, 1948, a t which meeting a quorum of the

Board was present and voted:.

RESOLVED, That the President or any Vioe President of

t h i s Company be, and hereby he i s , authorized to nego-

t i a t e fo r the s a l e of, and - t o s e l 1 , ' a s an e n t i r e t y

or i n parcels, the following described land and property

of t he Company which i s no t now and w i l l not i n the

future be needed by t h e Company f o r the purposes of i t s

business, a t and f o r such pr ice or prices a s may i n t he

judgment of such of f ice r represent the f u l l and f a i r

value of the property and t o such purchaser or purchasers

and upon such terms as may be agreed t o or approved by

such off icer , sa id property being described a s follows:

ALL t r a o t or portion of ground s i t u a t e a t or near For t Chalmette, i n t h e Parish of St. Bernard and S t a t e of Louisiana, bounded on t he north by the right of way of t he Louisiana Southern Railroad, on the ea s t by the United

Sta tes National Cemetery, on the south by the Mississippi River and on the west by t he Chalmette Monument property, containing 98 acres, more or less , together with any improvements thereon;

RESOLVED, t h a t the o f f ice rs of t h i s Company be, and

hereby they are, authorized t o make appl icat ion t o Guaran-

t y Trust Company of New York, now Trustee, under the

F i r s t Mortgage of New Orleans Terminal Company dated

July 1, 1903, which i s a l i e n upon sa id land, f o r the

re lease of sa id property or any port ion thereof so sold

or contracted t o be sold from the l i e n of s a id mortgage;

and sa id Trustee i s hereby requested t o re lease sa id

land and premises from the l i e n of sa id mortgage;

RESOLVED, t h a t t h e proceeds of any such s a l e or sales,

l e s s the expense thereof, when received by t h e Terminal

Company, s h a l l be by it s e t apar t and applied, with the

approval of sa id Trustee, t o the purchase of United Sta tes

Government Bonds, t o be deposited with s a id Trustee, or

otherwise i n acoordanoe with t he provisions of sa id

mortgage ;

RESOLVED, t h a t any sa le o r sa les so made a r e hereby

approved and confirmed, and the o f f i c e r s of t h i s Company

a r e hereby authorized t o make qnd exeoute a l l such ac t s

of sa le , deeds, p p e r s o r instruments of wri t ing, and t o

take a l l such s teps and proceedings, a s may be necessary

t o give e f f ec t t o the foregoing resolutionso

I, J. J. Maher, Secretary of New Orleans Terminal

Company, hereby c e r t i f y t h a t the foregoing resolutions

(230)

were adopted by t h e votes of a l l of t h e Di rec to r s present a t

t h e meeting of t h e Board of Directors of New Orleans

Terminal Company h e l d i n New Orleans, Louisiana, on

February 9, 1948, such Direc tors c o n s t i t u t i n g a quorum

of the e n t i r e Board*

(s igned) J. J. Maher

Sec re ta ry

NTiV ORLEANS TERMINAL COWANY

EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WETING

OF TIlE STATE PARKS CObMISSION, HELD I N BATON ROUGE,

FEBRUARY 10, 1949

"Miss Grace therefore made a motion t o adapt t h e

following resolution. It was seconded by Mr. Leveson,

put t o a vote and unanimously carr ied*

RESOLUT I O N

'%HEREAS t he S ta te Parks Commission was authorized and

directed by Act Nor 138 of the Regular Session of t he

Louisiana Legislature of 1946 t o purchase addit ional

lands, s i tua ted i n S to Bernard Parish, on which was

located the l i ne of defense of General Andrew Jaokson

i n t h e Ba t t l e of New Orleans, and such adjaoent lands

t he r e to as may be needed f o r the enlargement of the

Chalmette National His to r ica l Park, and

"WHEREBS t he Special Committee, composed of General L.

Kemper Williams, General Raymond HI Fleming, Arthur de a1

Houssaye, Dr. JI C. Menendez and C e L. S t i f f e l l , appoint-

ed by t he Governor t o a s s i s t the S t a t e Parks Commission

i n aoquiring the land, recommended t ha t an offer t o

purchase th i r ty -s ix acres a t the p r ice of $2,758.00

per acre be made t o the owners, the Southern Railway

System, and

"RHFXQS t he o f fe r was based on an o f f i c i a l appraisal

made by M r o Poche Waguespack, M r . George Danzieger and

M r . ~ o s e p h Blum, representing the Real Es ta te Board of

New Orleans, and

'%HERBAS t he Southern Railway System ac t ing through t h e i r

agent Mr . W. T. Turner, Vice President of t h e New Orleans

Terminal Company, has accepted t h e offer ,

"THE3EFORE BE I T RESOLVED t h a t the S t a t e Parks Comrnis-

sion authorizes and d i r ec t s Mr. Ernest S. Clements,

Chairman of the S ta te Parks Conrmission, t o accept t i t l e

of t he property fo r the S t a t e Parks Commission i n the

name of t h e S ta te of Louisiana and f o r m d on i t s behalf,

"BE I T FURTmR RESOLVED THAT t h e S t a t e Parks Commission

pay t o the vendor the amount of $100,000~00 as t h e

purchase p r ice of th i r ty -s ix and four-elevenths acres,

nBE I T FURTIER RESOLVED t h a t t h e t i t l e t o t h e property

and the l e g a l i t y of the act ion be approved by t he Attor-

ney General of Louisiana before t i t l e i s taken by the

S t a t e Parks Commission."

I hereby c e r t i f y t h a t the above resolut ion i s a

t r ue and correct excerpt from the minutes of

the State Parks Commission meeting held in -Baton

Rouge, February 10, 1949s

(signed) William W. Wells

William W. Wells, Assistant

Director State Parks Commis-

sion.

(~orporate Seal)

STATE OF NEW YORK, ) 1

COUNTY OF m YORR )

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT

WHEREAS, Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee

under t h e F i r s t Mortgage of New Orleans Terminal Company t o The

Standard Trust Company of New York ( thereaf te r merged pursuant t o

t h e laws of t h e S t a t e of New York with sa id Guaranty Trust Com-

pany of New ~ o r k ) , Trustee, dated Ju ly 1, 1903, has been duly

requested, i n writ ing, i n pursuance of t h e provisions of Art ic le

Four of sa id F i r s t k r t g a g e , t o re lease from the l i e n and opera-

t i o n of sa id F i r s t Mortgage, and of t h e F i r s t Supplement thereto

dated Ju ly 14, 1909, t h e property hereinaf ter par t i cu la r ly describ-

ed, and t o t h a t end t o join with New Orleans T e d n a l Company,

in t h e execution of an Act of Sale and Conveyance by sa id New

Orleans Terminal Company t o S t a t e Parks Commission of Louisiana

(hereinaf ter ref erred t o as Purchaser) of sa id property which

New Orleans Terminal Company has contracted t o s e l l t o sa id Pur-

chaser: t o w i t ,

ALL t h a t ce r ta in t r a c t , piece or parcel of land s i t u a t e i n the Parish of St. Bernard, i n the Sta te of Louisiana, and lying ea s t of an contiguous t o property of the United S ta tes of America known as Chalmette National His tor ical Park and extending &om t h e southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway to the Mississippi River, more par t i cu la r ly described as follows:

(ess)

BEGINNING a t a point i n the southerly boundary of r igh t of way of Louisiana Southern Rail- way which i s the northeast corner of sa id property of the United States of America known a s Chalmette National Histor ical Park and the Northwest corner of property of New Orleans Terminal Company, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t an t soutkrwardly (measured radial ly) f ran center l i ne of Louisiana Southern Railway main track; and running thence South 25' 30' West, along easter ly boundary of s a i d Chalmette National Historical Park (passing through concrete monuments a t distances of 69.95 fee t , 1784.17 f e e t and 2389.05 f e e t frcm beginning point), a t o t a l distance of two thousand seven hundred thir ty-s ix and four tenths (2736.4) f ee t , more or less , t o a poin t in the mean low water contour on t h e l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Bdissis- s ippi River a s located i n February, 1948; thence South 60° 52 East, along sa id mean law water contour on the l e f t (or north) dkscending bank of the Mississippi River, a distance of f ive hundred sixty-seven and ninety-seven hundredths (567.97 ) f e e t more or l e s s , t o intersect ion with a l i n e running para l l e l t o and f i v e hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) f e e t eastwardly (measured a t a r ight angle) from first mentioned coursg o r the projection thereof; thence north 25 301 East, p a r a l l e l t o and f ive hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) f e e t d is tan t eastmardly (measured a t r ight angles) frcm f i r s t mentioned course or -the projectLon thereof, a distance of two thousand eight hundred fifty-three and thir teen hundredths (2853.13) fee t , more or l e s s , t o intersect ion w i t h said southerly boundary of r ight of m y of Logsiana Southern Railmay; thence North 72 40' West, along sa id southerly boundary of right of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, pa ra l l e l t o and f i f t y (50) f e e t d is tan t southwardly frcan center l i n e of main t rack of sa id Louisiana Southern Railway,

a distance of f i v e hundred twenty-three and ninety-nine hundredths (523.99) f e e t t o point of curve; thence along a l i n e curving t o t h e r i gh t having a radius of one thousand nine hundred s i x t y and e igh t hundredths (1960.08) f e e t and being subtended by a chord-bearing North 71 57*' West and having a Length of forty-eight and f i f ty-seven hundredths (48e57) f eef, a distanoe of fo r ty -e igh t and sixty-five hundredths (48065) f e e t , more or less , t o t he point o r l ace of beginning; con- ta ining 36-4 7 11 acres;

and

T?MEREAS, t h e s a l e by t h e sa id New Orleans Terminal Com-

pany of t h e sa id above described property, and application t o the

said Trustee under sa id F i r s t Mortgage and sa id F i r s t Supplement

thereto, f o r the re lease thereof from t h e l i e n and operation of

t h e s a id F i r s t Mortgage and F i r s t Supplement, have been authorized

and approved by a resolution of the Board of Directors of New

Orleans Terminal Company, a t a meeting duly cal led and held i n t he

City of New Orleans, Louisiana, on t h e 9th day of February, 1948, a

c e r t i f i e d minute of which i s on f i l e i n the archives of t h e

Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee + i n the City of New

York, Ns Yo, and t he provisions of Ar t i c l e Four'. of s a id F i r s t

Mortgahe have been complied with; i n consideration whereof sa id

Trustee has agreed t o join i n s a id s a l e and release; and

WBEREAS, it i s necessary t h a t an agent of Guaranty Trust

Company of New York, Trustee, a s aforesaid, do appear i n New

Orleans, Louisiana, i n i t s behalf, and intervene i n the Notarial

Act of Sale and Conveyance by New Orleans Terminal Company to t h e

sa id above named Purchaser of the above described property, f o r

t he purpose of joining with the said Terminal Company i n the sa id

sale, and re leas ing t he sa id property from the l i e n and operation

of the sa id F i r s t Mortgahe of July 1, 1903, and the sa id F i r s t

Supplement the re to of 'June 14, 1909, i n order t h a t good t i t l e

may be passed t o the sa id Purchaser;

NOW, TlBIIEFORE, i n consideraaon of the premises, the

sa id GUARAXFY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, through i t s undersigned

duly authorized off ioers , does hereby nominate, cons t i tu te and

appoint L. V. DE Gruy of New Orleans, Louisiana, i t s agent, and

does hereby authorize, empower and d i r ec t him to oarry out the sa id

agreement of Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee, t o

intervene i n t he Notarial Act of Sale and Conveyanoe from t h e sa id

I New Orleans Terminal Company t o t he sa id above described

Purchaser, and t o jo in i n t h e sa id conveyance by the execution,

on behalf of the sa id Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee,

of the sa id instrument, and t o release from the l i e n and opera-

t ion of t h e sa id F i r s t Mortgage of July 1, 1903, and the sa id

F i r s t Supplement the re to of June 14, 1909, and of the bonds

issued and t o be issued thereunder, the property hereinbefore

par t i cu la r ly described, BUT NO OTH?3R, and t o spec i f i c a l l y author-

i z e the cancellat ion of the sa id F i r s t Mortgage of July 1, 1903,

and of the said F i r s t Supplement thereto of June 14, 1909, from

the books of the Wrtgage Office of St . Bernard Parish, Louisiana,

( a s s )

pa r t i cu l a r l y Book 16, f o l i o 294 and Book 17, f o l i o 216, i n

so f a r a s t he sa id F i r s t Mortgage and sa id F i r s t Supplement a f f e c t

t h e above described property BUT NO FURTHER.

I N WITNESS 'IAIIEREOF, t h e sa id Guaranty Trust Company of

New York, Trustee, has caused these presents t o be subscribed,

and i t s corporate s e a l t o be hereunto aff ixed and a t t es ted , by

i t s proper o f f ice rs thereunto duly authorized, a t t he City of

New York, No YSJ, t h i s 22nd day of April, 1948.

G U M Y TRUST COMPA.NY OF

NEX YORK, TRUSTEE,

By (signed) Arthur El Burke

Vice President.

La SI

AT TEST :

(signed) J. C. Buttery

Assistant Secretary (corporate Seal)

WITNESSES I

(signed) CS T S Beat t ie

(signed) Ha Gould.

STATE OF NEW YORK, ) )

COUNTY OF Nm YORK- )

Before me, the undersigned authori ty, a Notary Public

i n and f o r the County and S ta te aforesaid, personally came and

appeared ARTHUR El BUIlKE AND J. C. BUTTERY, t o me wel l known

and known t o me t o be respectively the Vice President and Assist-

an t Secretary of Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee,

who signed the foregoing document i n my presence, and i n t he

presence of the subscribing witnesses, a f f i x ing there to t he

signature, Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Trustee, by ARTHUR

E. BURKE, Vice President and Je C. BUTTERY, Assis tant Secretary,

and who thereupon acknowledged, under oath, i n my presence, and

i n t he presence of t he sa id witnesses, t h a t they had signed the

same a s t h e i r f r e e ao t and deed, f o r t h e objects and purposes

there in s e t fo r th*

I N TESTIBlIONY WHEREOF, they have hereunto subsdribed t h e i r

names, together with me, Notary, and the same two subscribing

witnesses, t h i s 22nd day of April, 1948.

(signed) Arthur Ee Burke

(signed) Je Ce Buttery

WITNESSES :

(signed) Ce To Beat t ie

(signed) H. Gould

(signed) % n e Je Burnham

Notary Public ( SEAL)

J. B U R W Notary Public, S t a t e of New York Or ig ina l ly q u a l i f i e d i n Westchester County C e r t i f i c a t e f i l e d i n New York Coq&y No Y. Coo Clk l s No. 1144, Reg. No. 543-B-0 Commission Expires March 30, 1950.

No. 52, F o l i o 459, of t h i s Parish, t h e s a l e by New Orleans

Terminal Company t o S t a t e Parks Commission of Louisiana.

As per a c t executed before Watts 8. Leverich, a Notary

Publ ic f o r t h e Pa r i sh of Orleans, on t h e 14th day of March 1949*

Given under my hand and s e a l of o f f i c e a t S t , Bernard,

Louisiana, t h i s 14th day of March, 19490

Par ish of S t , Berngrd

I, the undersigned Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio

Recorder of Mortgages and Register of Conveyances i n and f o r

t h i s P a r i s h and S t a t e , do hereby c e r t i f y t h a t I have on t h i s

14th day of March, 1949, duly recorded, Conveyance Office Book

(s igned) Mary N. Simon

Dyr Clerk of Court and Ex-

O f f i c i o Recorder

CEZT IFICATE

SCHOENBERGER ABSTRACT COWANY, cer- 4

t i f i e s t ha t the foregoing Supplemental

Abstract of T i t l e consis t ing of 30

pages i s a t r ue and correct abs t r ac t of

a l l of t he instruments, documents, or

other papers affect ing t h e t i t l e t o t he

property described i n the caption hereof

t o which we have been re fe r red by t he

Conveyance, Mortgage and S u i t Indices

of t h e Office of the Clerk of Court in

t h e Parish of St. Bernard, S t a t e of Louis-

iana, from May 4, 1948 t o date

of t h i s ce r t i f i ca te .

This c e r t i f i c a t e does no t cover

any judgments of t he Federal Courts un-

l e s s they a re recorded i n t h e Office of

t he Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of

k r t g a g e s fo r the Parish of St . Bernard,

S t a t e of Louisiana.

WTNESS OUR BAND at New Orleans,

Louisiana, t h i s 4th day of April, 1949r

SCHOENBERGER AB STMC T COMPANY

BY ( ~ ~ d . 1 Sidney C. Schoenberger

SIDNEY C SCHOENBERGER Abstracter

SUPPlXIkIENTAL ABSTRACT OF TITLE

ON THE PROPERTY OF

STATE PARKS COIVIMISSION OF LOUISIANA

ST. BERNARD PARISH, LOUISIANA

- FOR -

STATE PARKS COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA

SCKOENBERGER ABSTRACT COMPANY NElR ORLEAEJS, LOUISIANA

C A P T I O N

BEGINNING a t a point i n the south- e r l y boundary of r igh t of way of Louis- iana Southern Railway which i s the north- e a s t corner of sa id property of the United S ta tes of h e r i c a known as Chalmette National historical Park and the northwest corner of property of New Orleans Terminal Company, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t a n t southwardly (measured r ad i a l l y ) from center l i n e of Louisiana Southern Railwa main track; and running x thence South 25 30' Nest, along ea s t e r l y boundary of sa id Chalmettg National His- t o r i c a l Park (passing through concrete monuments a t distances of 69.95 f ee t , 1784-17 f e e t and 2389005 f e e t from beginning point) , a t o t a l distance of two thousand seven hundred t h i r t y - s ix and four tenths (2736.4) f e e t , more o r l e s s , t o apoint i n the mean low water contour on the l e f t (o r nor th) descending bank of the Mississippi River as located i n Bebruary, 1948; thenee South 60' 52' East, along sa id mean low water con- t o u r on the l e f t (o r nor th) descending bank of the Mississippi River, a distance of f i v e hundred sixty-seven and ninety-seven hundredths (567.97) f ee t , more o r less , t o in te r sec t ion with a l i n e running p a r a l l e l t o and f i ve hundred s ixty-s ix and eighty-three hundred- t h s (566.83) f e e t eastwardly (measured a t a r igh t angle) from f i r s t mentioned course on the projection thereof; thence north 25' 30 l East, p a r a l l e l to and f i v e hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566*83) f e e t d i s t an t eastward- l y (measured a t r i gh t angles) from f i r s t mentioned course and t he projection thereof, a distance of two thousand e ight hundred f i f t y - t h r ee and th i r t een hundredths (2853a13) f e e t , more or l ess , t o in te r sec t ion with s a i d southerly

boundary of r i gh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence North 72' 40' West, along said souther ly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, pa r a l l e l t o and f i f t y (50) f e e t d i s t a n t southwardly from center l i n e of main t r a c t of sa id Louisiana

. Southern Railway, a distance of f i v e hundred twenty-three and ninety-nine hundredths (523.99) f e e t t o point of curve; thence along a l i n e curving t o t he r i gh t having a radius of one thousand nine hundred s i x t y and e igh t hundredths (1960.08) f e e t and being subtended by a chord bearing North 71' 57s' West and having a length of forty-eight and fif'ty-seven hundredths (48a57) f ee t , a distance of for ty- e igh t and sixty-five hundredths (48.65) fee t , more o r l ess , t o the point or place of beginning; containing 36-4/11 acres; and being shown i n red ou t l ine on bluepr int of Drawing No,, 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared i n t h e o f f i c e of Chief Engineer blf&S of New Orleans Terminal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio, which i s hereunto annexed and made a pa r t hereof;

A l l t h a t ce r ta in t r a c t , piece o r ' pa r ee l of land s i tua ted i n t h e Parish of St, Bernard, i n the S t a t e of Louisiana, ly ing next west of Fazendeville Land and extending from t h e southerly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway t o t he Mississippi River, more par t i cu la r ly deseribed as follows:

Beginning a t a point where the west property l i n e of Fazendeville Land ( t h i r t y (30) f e e t i n width) in te r sec t s the southerly boundary of r i gh t of way of Louisiana Southern Rail- way, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t southwardly (measured a t a' r i gh t angle) from the center l i n e of main t r a c t of sa id Louisiana Southern Railway ; and running thence South 17' 33' West, along t he

west property l ine of Fazendeville Lane ( th i r ty (30) f ee t i n width), a distance of two thousand nine hundred two and seventy-two hundredths (2902.72 ) feet , more or less, t o a point i n the mean l aw water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River a s located i n Februasy, 1948; thence Northwesterly, along said mean lm water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River, a distance of four hundred thirty-seven and nineteen hundredths (437.19) feet, more or less , t o intersection with a l i n e running paral le l to and five hundred sixty- s i x and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) f ee t east (measured a t a right angle) of the easterly boundary of Chalmette National Historical Park or the same projected; thence North 25' 301 East, along a l ine running paral le l t o and f ive hundred sixty-six and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) fee t distant eastwardly (measured a t r ight angles) frm said easterly boun- d a r y of Chalmette National Historical Park a s the same was located i n February, 1948, and the projection thereof, a distance of two thousand eight hundred fifty-three and thirteen hundredths (2853.13) feet , more or less , t o intersection with the southerly boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence South 72' 40' East, along said southerly boundary of r ight of way of ~ouis iana Southern Railway, paral lel to and f i f t y (50) f ee t distant southwardly f r m center line of main track of said Railway, a distance of thirty-five and seven-tenths (35.7) feet, more or less, t o the point or place of beginning; containing 15% acres, more or less; and being shown (corners marked A-B-C-D-) on blueprint of said Drawing No, 25292, dated March 3, 1948, prepared in the office of Chief Ehgineer MW&S of New Orleans Tenninal Company a t Cincinnati, Ohio,

INDEX

PAGE GRlLNTOR GRANTEE I BTRUMENT

6. STATl3PARKSCOMMISSION OF LOUISIANA

160 NEWORUANSTEtRMlEEBL CO.

1 7r CERT IF ICATE

UNITED STATES OF A~ILERICA CASH SALE

TAX CERTIFICATE

STATE PARKS CWISSION OF LOUISIANA

SAIJE

P o Mo FLANAGAN, No P o

DATED: November 28* 1949.

RECORDED : UNITED STATES OF ILMERICA -

C o0.B-

PARISH OF ST l BERNBRD

(Copied from Original Record) STBlX OF LOUISULNB

UNITED STA.TE3 OF AkIGRICA )

STATE OF LOUISIBNB 1

PILRISH OF ) 1

BE IT KNW that on this 28th day of November, in the year

of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fortynine,

BEFORE *bB,

P. M a FUNbGAEJ

A Notary Publio duly commissioned and qualified, in and for the

Parish of Orleans, therein residing, and in the presence of the

witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned,

FERSONALLY CAME AND bPF'EARED,

STAm PARKS COB(IBrlISS1ON OF LOUISIU, in the name of the \

State of Louisiana and for and on its b M , herein

represented by Ernest S. Clements, its duly appointed

Commissioner and qualified Chairman, as authorized

by a resolution of the State Parks Commission, a

certified copy of which is annexed hereto and made

a p a r t hereof, and a t t he d i r ec t i on of Ear l K.

, Long, Governor of t he S t a t e of h u i s i a n a ,

WHO DECIARED t h a t f o r the consideration he re ina f t e r s e t

fo r th , it does by these presents grant, convey, t rans fe r , assign,

s e t over, abandon and del iver , with a l l l ega l warranties and with -

f u l l subs t i tu t ion and subrogation i n and t o a l l the r i g h t s and

actions of warranty which t he said STATE PARKS CObMISSION OF

LOUISIANA may have against a l l preceding owners and vendors, UNTO

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, appearing herein through

the Secretary of the Inter ior , a l l as provided by

Public Law #368 - 76th Congress, approved August

HEZE PRESENT, and accepting i n behalf of the United S ta tes

of America, and acknowledging delivery and possession thereof,

ALL lLND SINGULAR the following described property:

ALL t h a t c e r t a in t rac t , piece o r par'cel of land s i t ua t ed i n the Parish of S t * Bernard, i n the Sta t e of Louisiana, and ly ing e a s t of and contiguous t o property of t h e United S ta tes of America known as Chalmette National Histor- i c a l Park and extending f romthe sou ther ly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway t o t he blississippi River, more par t i - c u l a r l y described as follows:

BEGINNING a t a point in the souther ly boundary of r i g h t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway which i s t h e northeast corner of sa id property of t h e United States of America known a s Chalmette National His tor ical Park and t he northwest corner of property of New Orleans Terminal Company, sa id point being f i f t y (50) f e e t

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distant southwardly (measured radically) from center l i n e of Louisiana Southern Rail- way main track; and running thence South 25' 30' West? along eas ter ly boundary of sa id Chalmette National Histor ical Park (passing through concrete monuments a t distances of 69.95 fee t , 1784.17 f e e t and 2389.05 f e e t fran b e g i ~ i n e , point), a t o t a l distance of two thousand seven hundred thir ty-s ix and four tenths (2736.4) f ee t , more o r less , t o a point i n the mean low water contour on the l e f t (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River a s located i n Februaq, 1948; thence South 60' 521 East, along sa id mean low water contour on the (or north) descending bank of the Mississippi River,

, a distance of f i v e hundred sixty-seven and ninety- seven hundredths (567.97) fee t , more o r less , t o intersect ion with a l i n e running p a r a l l e l t o and f i v e hundred sixty- six and eighty-three hundredths (566.83) f ee t eastwardly (Measured a t a r ight angle) frun f i r s t mentioned course o r the projection thereof; thence North 25O 301 East, p a r a l l e l t o and five hundred sixty-six and eighty- three hundredths (566.83) f e e t distand eastwardly (measured a t r igh t angles )-f ram f i r s t mentioned course and the projection thereof, a distance of two thousand e ight hundred f i f ty- three and thir teen hundredths (2853.13) f ee t , more o r less , t o intersect ion w i t h sa id southerly boundary of r ight of way of Louisiana Southern Railway; thence North 72°40' West, along s a i d southerly boundary of r igh t of way of Louisiana Southern Railway, para l le l t o and f i f t y (50 ) f e e t d is tan t south- m r d l y from center l i n e of main track of said Louisiana Southern Railway, a distance of f ive hundred twenty-three and ninety-nine hundredths (523.99) f e e t t o point of curve; thence along a l i n e curving t o the r ight having a radius of m e thousand nine hundred s ix ty and eight hundredths (1960.08) f e e t %d being subtended by a chord bearing North 71 5721 West and having a length o f forty-eight and f i f ty-seven hundredths (48.57) feet , a distance of forty-eight and sixty-five hundredths (48.65) f e e t , more o r less , t o the point o r place of beginning; containing 36-4/11 acres; and being shown i n red outline on blue-print of &awing No. 25292,

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dated March 3, 1948, prepared i n the off icd of Chief Engineer MW&S of New Orleans Terminal Company at Cincinnati, Ohio, which i s hereunto annexed and made a p a r t hereof;

T i t l e t o said t r a c t or parcel of land having been acquired by New Orleans Terminal Company ( a ) from Mrs. Alice Cenas, wife of Rene Toutant Beauregard, by Act of Sale passed before H. Generes Dufour, a Notary Public f o r t he Parish of Orleans on t h e 28th day of November, 1904, recorded i n the Parish of St. Bernard i n C.O.B. 20, f o l i o 452; (2) from Rene Toutant Beauregard by Act of Sale passed bdfore H. Generes Dufour, Notary Public f o r the Parish of Orleans on the 28th day of November, 1904, recorded i n t he Parish of St. Bernard i n C.01B. 20, f o l i o 451; and (c ) frem Lafayette Jacks and Mrs. Anna Jacks McMillan by Act of Sale passed before H. Generes Dufour, Notary Publ ic f o r t he Parish of Orleans, on the 7th day of December 1903, recorded i n St. Bernard Par ish i n COOIB. 20, fhl&o 241. T i t l e of sa id t r a c t o r pareel of land having been acquired by t h e S t a t e Parks Commission of Louisiana from the New Orleans Terminal Coapany by Act of S P e passed before Watts K. Leverich, a H&ary Public f o r the Parish of Orleans on the 14th day of March 1949g recorded i n t h e Parish of S t o Bernard i n C.O.Bo 52, f o l i o 45g0

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD TKE above described property unto t h e

sa id UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS TRUlSFER FB made pursuant t o author izat ion contained

i n Act 138 of t he Legislature of Louisiana f o r the year 1946,

and sa id public law #368 - 76th Congress, approved August 10, 1939,

which provides f o r the establishment of Chalmette National

His to r ica l Park i n t he S ta te of Louisiana and f o r the vesting of

t i t l e i n t h e United S ta tes of America of t he above described

lands, t h e condit ion being tha t the National Park Service of t he

Department of the In t e r i o r , on recommendation of t h e S t a t e Parks

Commission of Louisiana, w i l l properly develop and enhance t h i s

important b a t t l e f i e l d , and i n order t o insure the establishment

of a National His to r ica l Park by t he Federal Government on t h e

sa id lands*

THUS DONE AND PASSED, IN DUPLICATE, I N MY OFFICE a t New

Orleans, Louisiana, on t he day, month and year f i r s t above wr i t t en

i n t h e presence of Magda M. Cire and Doris Page, competent witnesses,

who have signed these presents, together with t h e sa id appearers,

and me, Notary, a f t e r due reading of the whole.

STBTE PARKS COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA

WITNESSES : By (signed) ERNEST S. CLEMENTS

(Signed) Edagda M. Cire

(Signed) Doris Page (Signed) EARL K. LONG

Governor of Louisiana

(signed) PI M. FLANAGAN

NOTARY PUBLIC

I hereby c e r t i f y t ha t Ernest S. Clements i s the duly

appointed Commissioner and qual i f ied Chairman of t h e S t a t e Parks

Commission of Louisiana and t h a t h i s signature t o t he wi thin and

foregoing instrument i s t rue and genuine, and duly authorized by

resolut ion of t he S t a t e Parks Commission of Louisiana, a c e r t i f i e d

copy of which i s annexed t o sa id instrumento

(signed) WILLIAM W. WELLS

Assistant Director and Secretary

State Parks Colmnission of Louisiana

EXCERPT FROM TFB M I NVTES OF Tm REGULAR MEETING OF T HE

STATE PARKS COWSSION, HELD I N BATON ROUGE, FEBRUARY 10,

1949

"Miss Grace there fore made a motion t o adopt t he fsl lowing

resolution* It was seconded by M r . Leveson, put t o a vote and

unanimously carried*

ReSOLDTION

"WEREAS t he S t a t e Parks Commission was authorized and

directed by Act No* 138 of the Regular Session of t h e Louisiana

Legislature of 1946 t o purchase addi t ional lands, s i tua ted i n St.

Bernard Parish, on which was located the l i n e of defense of

General Andrew Jackson i n t h e Ba t t l e of New Orleans, and such

adjacent lands there to a s may be needed for t he enlargement of t he

Chalmette National His to r ica l Park, and

rrWBEREdS t h e Speoial Committee, compibsed of General L.

Kemper W i l l i a m s , General Raymond If. Fleming, Arthur de la Houssaye,

Dr. J. C. Menendez and C. L.- S t i f f e l l , appointed by t h e Governor

'

t o a s s i s t the S t a t e Parks Commission i n acquiring t he land,

recommended t h a t an o f f e r to purchase th i r ty -s ix acres a t the

pr ice of #2,750,00 per acre be made t o the owners, the Southern

Railway System, and

t he o f f e r was based on an o f f i c i a l appraisa l made

by Mr. Poche Waguespack, Mr. George Danzieger and Mr. Joseph Blum,

representing t he Real Es ta te Board o f New Orleans, and

"YED~REAs t h e Southern Railway System ac t ing through t h e i r

agent Mr. Wr T. Turner, Vice President of t he New Orleans Terminal

Company, has accepted t he offer ,

THEREFORE BE I T RESOLVED t h a t t he S t a t e Parks Commission

authorizes and d i r e c t s BOr. Ernest S. Clements, Chairman of the

S t a t e Parks Commissien, t o accept t i t l e of t h e property f o r the

S t a t e Parks Commission i n t he name of t he S t a t e of Louisiana and

f o r and on i t s behalf*

"BE I T FURTHER RESOLVED THBT t he S t a t e Parks Commission

pay t o t h e vendor t h e amount of #100,000.00 a s t he purchase price

of th i r ty -s ix and four-elevenths acreso

"BE I T FUR!EBR RESOLVED THAT t h e t i t l e t o t he property

and the l e g a l i t y of the ac t ion be approved by t h e Attorney General

of Louisiana before t i t l e i s taken by the S t a t e Parks C~rnmission*~

I hereby c e r t i f y t h a t t h e above

reso lu t ion i s a t r u e and cor rec t

exceppt from t h e minutes of the

S t a t e Parks Commission meeting .

held i n Baton Rouge, February 10, 1349.

/s/ WILLIAM W. FiZLLS

William We Wells, Assistant Director

S t a t e Parks Commission

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ABSTRACTER 'S NOTE

The foregoing Act has been found i n

the o f f i c e of t h e Clerk of Court and Recorder

f o r t he Parish of S t* Bernard but it has

never been reoorded and t h e r e i s no nota t ion

on t he face of the instrument as t o what

date it was f i l e d f o r recordation, however,

on t h e face of t h e envelope from P. M.

Flanagan, Attorney-at-Law, addressed t o

Mro Anthony B. Nunee, Clerk of Court,

i n which sa id document was enclosed

there was a typewrit ten statement

'Paid $2*50 Rec 12-5-49"

Co Fo RCWIUY Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector

PARISH OF ST. BEFSJA.?.? C W T T E , 'LA.

This is to certify that all taxes due and exigible up to and including

the year 1948 - have been paid on prsperty assessed in the name of New Orleans Terminal Cor on the 194 - 8 rolls

of the Parish of St* Bernard v i e :

HsT. Beauregard tract meas, 3 arpts. front on Public road

depth of 900 fta to River

HIT. & R-T. Beauregard Tract; from Public Road to River

Capt. Jack (Mrs. Anne McMillan) tract. 3 arpents front

depth of 2600 ft. towards the River*

C. F- Rowley-Sheriff & Ex-Officio Tax Collector

BY (signed) D. S. Harris Clerk & Deputy

BY (signed) Sidney C. Schoenberger SIDNEY Co SCHOENBERGER

Abstractor

SCHOENBERGER ABSTRACT COMPANY, cer-

tifies that the foregeing Supplemental

Abstract of Title consisting of 17

pages is a true and correct abstract of

all of the instruments, documents, or

other papers affecting the title to the

pr@perty described in the caption thereof

to which we have been referred by the Conveyance,

, Mortgage and Suit Indices of the Office of

-the Clerk of Court in the Parish of St+

Be~nsrd, State of Louisiana, from

April 4, 1949 to da%e of this certificate.

This certif icafcdoes not cover

any judpents of the Federal Courts un-

less they are recorded in the Offioe of

the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Reoorder

of Mortgages for the Parish of St* Bernard,

State of Louisiana*

WITNESS OUR HAND at New Orleans,

Louisiana, this 12th day of December, 1949.

SC HOENBERGER ABSTRBC T C OWANY

BY (signed) Sidney C. Schoenberger SIDNEY C SCHOENBERGER

Abstractor

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