PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY
HENRY COOPER, SENR.
DONATION
TO WILLIAM COOPER
HENRY COOPER &
MARY COOPER
Be it known and remembered that on the twenty-first day of July in the year of out Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty five(July 21, 1825) and in the year of the Independence of the United States of America, the fiftieth, before me, Jesse R. Jones, judge of said Parish, duly authorized by law to exercise the powers of Notary Publec, therein personally came and appeared Henry Cooper Senr of the said Parish and State did declare and pay that on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen (July 20, 1813), he together with his late wife, Elizabeth Cooper, by deed of gift conveyed to their three children, William Cooper, Henry Cooper, and Mary Cooper, certain property therein mentioned which property was then delivered to his said children who recieved but never made any act expressly accepting of the same wherefore the said Henry Cooper Senr. declares that in furtherance of and in consideration of said deed of gift he does hereby for
and in consideration of his son, William Cooper, give, grant, transfer and convey to him and his heirs and assigns forever one negro boy named Monday, one Negro Girl names Rachel and one Negro Girl named Peggy valued together at the sum of Twelve (Paraphed Ne Varietur, John R. Mortee, Recorder) Hundred Dollars; also the one undivided Third of the tract on which he now resides, adjoining the plantation of General David B. Morgan, valued at one Thousand Dollars; also the one third of the stock of cattle as they were delivered on the said sixteenth of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen (July 16, 1813)
valued at one hundred dollars
and in consideration of the good will and affection which he leaves his son, Henry Cooper, Junior, he does hereby give, grant, transfer, and convey to him and his heirs and assigns forever one Negro girl named Seeby, one boy named Tom and a woman named Sue valued together at the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars. The one undivided third of the same plantation valued at one thousand Dollars and the one third of the stock of cattle valued at one hundred dollars
and to his daughter Mary Cooper, now Mary Edwards for and in consideration of the good will and affection which he bears for her he does hereby give, grant, transfer, and convey to her and to her heirs and assigns forever one negro woman named Iris, with her two children, Zabel and George and one Negro girl named Mary valued together at twelve hundred dollars and the one undivided third of the aforesaid plantation valued at One Thousand dollars and the one third of the stock of cattle valued at one hundred dollars. Then appeared Daniel Edwards, husband of the aforesaid Mary Cooper and produced a power of attorney from his said wife and declared that in said power of attorney he does hereby accept of the said donatiion in the name of his said wife hereby authorizing of which they have hereunto set their names in presence of David S. Mccay and Thomas J. Montee, witnesses who have also signed their names together with me the Judge aforesaid.
His
Henry X Cooper,
Mark
Daniel Edwards,
WITNESSES:
THOS. J. MONTEE,
DAVID S. McCAY
On the sixteenth of August one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five (Aug. 16, 1825)
William Cooper appeared and declared that he does hereby accept of the above donation and has signed his name hereto in presence of Davis S. McCay and Joseph Setchwarth, witnesses who have also signed together with me the Judge aforesaid, William Cooper, Joseph Setchwarth, David S. McCay, on the Twelfth of October One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five (Oct. 12,1825)
Henry Cooper, Senr. appeared and declared that he does by these presents accept of this donation and has signed his name in presence of Syman Briggs and Jonathon Gilmore, witnesses who have also signed together with me the Judge aforesaid.
Henry Cooper
Witnesses; Symon Briggs, Jno. Gillmore, Jesse R. Jones, Parish Judgee, State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Tammany. I certify the foregoing to be truly recorded on the notorial Record Book Page 78 In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and offer the seal of Office this 12th day of October, 1825
Jesse R. Jones
Parish Judge.
Truly Recorded this 12th day of October, 1825
Jesse R. Jones, Register
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A true copy of the original as it appears in St. Tammany Transcript No. 1., page 287.
Signed by Clerk of Court
Stamped 1929