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Carter, Isaac- [1] Washington Parish Deed Bk 10, 143-4; 7 Aug 1876, Isaac F. Carter of Pike Co, MS to Elizabeth Carter (wife of Israel Carter), for $600, sold S 1/2 of the undivided Section acquired by the vendor and Laborn Carter from I.W. Carter per act before W.C. Harrell and better known as the David Painter land, containing 320 acres, bounded N by Laborn Carter, S by Israel Carter and C.B. Seal, E by G.P. Bankston, W by Jesse Roberts; wit. James Kemp; Copied from the burned records and re-recorded 24 Oct 1905. [2] Deed Bk 10, 144-5; 13 Oct 1905, Joe W. Carter, Ara Carter (wife of Geo. W. Parker, but signed as “George D. Parker”), Martena Carter, wife of William T. Bickham of Pike Co, MS), Cora A. Carter (wife of Willie Parker, of Tangipahoa Par.), May Carter (wife of Jacob Wood, of Tangi. Par.), quit claim unto W.H. Crow an act of their mother’s made to Henry A. Goings “several years ago” to 160 acres in the John Wootan headright (no. 62) in T2S R10E, bounded N by the twp line between twps 1 & 2, E by conditional line; sd W.H. Crow acquired the land from G.H. Crow & J.P. Bulloch per Conveyance Bk 1, p 300 emanating from sale of our mother Mrs. Elizabeth Carter to Henry A. Goings and as legitimate heirs of Israel Carter decd.; wits. H.A. Goings, Leslie Self. There is a similar conveyance on pp 153-4.

Carter, Israel– Washington Parish Deed Bk 8, 470; 6 April 1872, Joseph Kemp to Israel Carter, for $1000, sold 550 acres on Big Silver Creek, bounded N by lands of I.W. Carter & lands of Drucilla Kemp, E by sd creek, S by lands of Needam Alford & Thomas W. Brumfield & Nancy Bankston’s claim and W by the Nancy Bankston claim, being the same land acquired by the vendor from John S. Kemp on 14 May 1866; wits. B.C. Morris, Hardy Richardson; Recorded 20 April 1904 from the burned books.

Chambliss, Peter C.-Cert dated 1 Dec 1848 to the assignees of Peter C. Chambliss (Nathaniel Chambliss, Robert Chambliss, Sarah Chambliss, Martha Chambliss, Mary Chambliss, Robert Chambliss and Samuel Chambliss) for the W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec 19 in T10 R3E, 79 acres. The land was purchased by Peter C. Chambliss of Jefferson County, MS 7 Feb 1818. He executed the following assignment on 26 Feb 1818: Peter C. Chambliss, for “love, regard and friendship for Peter C. Chambliss,” assigned the within, for the sd Peter Chambliss to live on the sd land and keep the benefits of the profits arising from it during his life time, and his wife during her widowhood, and then to be equally divided amongst his heirs viz. Nathaniel, Robert, Sarah, Martha, Mary, Thomas & Samuel when they become of age, the boys at twenty one and the girls at eighteen. (National Archives Building, Washington, DC; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; Washington, MS Land Office, Credit Under #1503).

Clowers, John– Died 1837 intestate in Washington Parish leaving widow Cyrena Clowers who later married William F. Sibley, and children: Elbert Clowers, Cynthia wife of Sherwood C. Statham, Symantha wife of Isaac A. Myles but formerly wife of Thos. A. Bickham, William P. Clowers, Matilda wife of Thos. Donaho…all adults, and Jackson, Peyton L., John, Thomas and Frances Jane Clowers, all infants (Hendrix, Mississippi Court Records From the Files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals 1799-1859, 181, with reference to case Almarine Lacey vs. William A. Gatewood).

Cooper Henry-St Tammany Par Deed Bk A-1, 44; 9 Feb 1813, Amos Duncan, for natural love and affection for “my beloved sons” James H. Duncan & Charles M. Duncan, gave improvement on ES Bogue Chitto “whereon I now live,” and for the natural love & affection for “my three daughters” Bethia W. Duncan, Rebecka O. Duncan & Caroline M. Duncan, gave all household goods, beds &c, and to “my beloved children, that is, the above named five children,” gave stock of cattle, horses & hogs, and sd Duncan has given to each of the girls a bed, and each of the boys a cow & calf; wit. Benjamin Bickham; Acknowledged 18 Feb 1813; Recorded 19 Feb 1813. (abstracted in Creel, St Tammany, 8).

Corkern, Isaac- [1] Deed Bk 11, 437; 1 June 1881, W.F. Varnado to Isaac Corkern sold tract [no description] legible; wits. W.L. Richardson, Evilene Richardson; Re-recorded from the burned records 13 Oct 1906. [2] Deed Bk 11, 437-8; 3 Nov 18-1, Isaac Corkern mortgaged to Samuel E. Felts of St Tammany Par. 800 acres bounded N by lands of Eldridge Mageee, S by lands of Varnado, E by Bogue Chitto River, W by public lands; much of this record is illegible but it appears to name the heirs of Isaac Corkern: those legible including Pheriba Rebecca Corkern, Margaret Corkern, Martha A. Green (wife of Josiah Green), Mrs. Elizabeth Corkern, Fatritah[?] E. Varnado (wife of Franklin Varnado), W. Alexander Corkern, John C. Corkern, Edwin F. Corkern, J. Henry Corkern, Margaret Sharp (wife of George Sharp). Re-recorded from the burned records 13 Oct 1906.

Corkern, Sarah- Washington Parish Deed Bk 9, 196-7; 27 Jan 1905, Amanda Jones wife of Whit Jones, Stacy Corkern, Leona Jones wife of William Jones decd., Ella Smith wife of Thos. Smith, Alma Seal wife of Adolphus Seal, Corine Erwin wife of Eddie Erwin, to J. Henry Corkern, for $204, sold interest to the N 1/4 of the SW 1/4, the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 9 T3S R10E, containing 200 acres, being the land inherited from Mrs. Sarah E. Corkern their mother; wits. M.I. Varnado, J.H. Penny; Recorded 31 Jan 1905.

Corkern, W. A.– Washington Parish Deed Bk 6, 118-20; 30 July 1902, W. A. Corkern, Emma J. (x) Knight wife of M. M. Knight, William N. Corkern, Louise E. Wascom wife of I. B. Wascom, Lenard L. Corkern, Courtney E. (x) Jones and husband N. V. Jones, Maria Thigpen and husband M. Thigpen, Flavius A. Corkern, Rosa C. Tally wife of Theodore Tally, Mary B. Corkern and Edgar M. Corkern, all heirs of “Mary Corkern dec’d wife of W. A. Corkern” to W. A. Corkern, for $1130, sold tract in Washington and St Tammany Parishes, being part of Sec 39 T4S R11E known as William Laurence Headright lying W of a conditional line established by W. A. Corkern and G. C. Hoskins on 17 July 1902, containing 411 acres and being part of lands acquired by vendee from W. A. Hunt; wits. J. W. Valliant, Waldo Alford. Recorded 2 Aug 1902.

Crain, Dennis– St Tammany Parish Deed Bk A-1, 8; 13 Dec 1811, Dennis Crain, Planter, to William Cole of Jefferson County, Mississippi Terr., for $800, sold improvement on ES Bogue Chitto River, improved by Thomas Fluellen and sold by him to John W. Williams
and conveyed by sd Williams to sd Crain, whereon sd Crain “now resides,” adj William Lawrence on NS and Amos Duncan on SS; Acknowledged same date; Recorded 18 Dec 1811 (Bevin Creel, Saint Tammany Parish Louisiana Deeds 1810-1824, 1-2).

Crain, John J.– Deed Bk 5, 366-7; 3 Jan 1902, Charles Crain, W. C. Crain, Cordelia Tullos wife of Joseph Tullos, Salena Breland wife of M. N. Breland, Emily Breland wife of D. L. Breland, William Crain, Anner Elizabeth Stafford wife of A. E. Stafford, Felder and Hardy Thomas issue of the mrg of Press Thomas and Susan Thomas his dec’d wife (and Press Thomas as tutor to minors John, Geneva, Cugels[?] and William Thomas, also issue of his mrg with sd. Susan decd.), Jefferson Kennedy Jr. and H. H. Kennedy issue of mrg between Henry Kennedy and Mary Jane Crain decd., Lucious Strahan issue of mrg between Wiley J. Strahan and Mary J. Crain, all residents of WPL, to W. C. Crain, for $320, sold undivided half interest in NE 1/4 of Sec. 21, T1S R12E, containing 162 acres; grantors were heirs of John J. Crain and his dec’d wife Melvina Crain; wits. J. J. Crain, Edgar Knight; Recorded 20 Jan 1902.

Crain, Warren– [1] Washington Parish Deed Bk 4, 154-5; Warren C. Crain to Warren Tullos, for $300, sold 300 acres…3 acres where church house now stands, 130 1/2 acres being lots 2 and 3 of Sec 12 in T1S R12E and 200 acres being all that part of Dennis Crain Headright north of the road leading from Seals Bridge to S. R. Thomas’ place, the title is made in lieu of the one given by John Crain to W. C. Crain in 1894 and which was destroyed by the burning of the courthouse 17 March 1897; wits. S. D. Simmons, J. S. Knight. [2] Deed Bk 8, 175-6; 4 April 1903, Nathan Tullos, Mrs. Rosa (x) Crain wife of Henry Guy, and Francis Tullos, legal heirs of John Tullos and Elias Crain decd., to W.W. Crain, for $80, sold interest in 160 acres bounded N by lands of W.H.Crain, E by Pushpatappa Creek, S by lands of W.P. Crain, W by lands of John Moore, being the old homestead or home place of Warren Crain Sr. decd.; wits. M.L. Johnson, J.A. Crain; Recorded 19 Dec 1903. [3] Deed Bk 11, 156-7; 14 March 1906, Betsey (x) Bilbo (wife of J.E. Bilbo), John Crain, Nancy Hobgood (wife of Wm. Hobgood), Charles Crain, Emily Crain (wife of Henry Branch), J. Warren Tullos, Wilbur Tullos, Francis Crain (wife of W.W. Crain), Nathan Tullos and Lillie Crain (feme sole), all heirs of Warren Crain decd. acknowledged that on 17 June 1869 sd Warren Crain transferred to W.P. Crain a tract of land, that the description is vague, and to uncloud title they clarify that the land in question is 280 acres in the S. Blackwell headright (no. 38) in T1S R 12E (a lengthy description follows), being the same property acquired by Warren Crain from Franklin Stubbs 18 Nov 1867; also signed by Ophelia Crain, J.O. Martin, “Lillie Martin” [is this “Lillie Crain” feme sole?], W. P. Crain; wits. Charles Thomas, C.E. Bilbo, J.A. Revier, Willis Wood, Bertha Branch, W. P. Thomas, R. Reagan.

Crain, William P.– Washington Parish Deed Bk 9, 380-81; 22 May 1905, H.E. Crain, Wilson Crain, Mrs. Rosa (x) Crain wife of John Moore, J.I. Crain, Mrs. Lona Crain wife of W.W. Warner, W.H. Crain, L.C. Crain, Mrs. Nancy Crain wife of E.L. Knight, Mrs. Isabelle Crain wife of Warren Miller, Martin Crain, and Bessie Crain a minor above age 18, to William P. Crain their father, for $550, gave all right, title, interest as forced heirs of the deceased mother of the first ten vendors Mrs. Nancy Crain and the deceased mother of the last named vendor Mrs. Sarah Crain, to 200 acres of land bounded N by Andrew Seals, S by public lands, E by James B. Kennedy and Pushpatappa Creek, and W by William P. Crain, being a portion of land acquired by James B. Kennedy from Mrs. Nicyan Boone and by James B. Kennedy transferred to William P. Crain in Jan 1880, and 320 acres of land in T1S R12E bounded N by Stubb’s Creek, E by the land above described, S by lands of the purchaser and Wilson Crain, W by Willis Moore, being the same land acquired by William P. Crain from Warren Crain and Mrs. Arcady Thomas his wife on 17 June 1869, and 80 acres of land being the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 in Sec 23 and the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 24 in T1S R12E acquired in 1889 by William P. Crain; Recorded 23 May 1905.

Creel, Burton Albert– Petition of Thos. J. Creel, James Creel, B. Martin Creel, Ancibell Creel, Albert Creel, Mary Creel wife of Noah Strahan . . . Nancy Creel, Holly Ann Creel wife of Edward Bryant . . . Sarah Ann Creel wife of Frank Nobles . . . all of whom are residents of WPL, and of Martha Ann Creel wife of Jno. Bryant . . . residing in Pike Co., MS show that they are owners . . . of an undivided one half interest in . . . the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 21, and N 1/2 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 222, T2S R11E containing 159.91 acres. That their interest in described property is worth $1000.00, they show that they acquired sd land by inheritance from their decd father Albert Creel who died intestate in WPL on or about July 15th, 1897, your petitioners being the sole forced heirs of said decedent and issue of his marriage with Mrs. Elizebeth Creel. Petitioners show that notwithstanding their ownership  aforesaid and to their injury and loss that Nicholas McCain a resident of WPL has taken possession of and now holds in utter disregard of your petitioners rights 120 acres of sd land viz: The N 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Sec 22 and NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 21, T2S R11E. That the Bickham Mercantile Co. at Franklinton, of which C. H. Bickham a resident of St. Tammany Parish, La. is President and Houston D. Bickham a resident of WPL is Secretary, Treasurer and Business manager has taken possession of the remaining forty acres also in disregard to your petitioners ownership, and that sd Defendants refuse to give your petitioners possession of said property although requested to do so. That the above named Defts hold sd land under pretended title as follows: that of Nicholas McCain which is not of record and can be found by your petitioners from Hampton B. Magee of same residence who holds what purports to be a title from Jno. Jordan the latter of whom claims to have purchased said land from Isaac N. Varnado a resident of Pike Co., Miss. That the Bickham Mercantile Co. holds the portion of sd land claimed by them under what purports to be a title from Wiley R. Crocket a resident of WPL who also claims to have purchased said land from Isaac N. Varnado as above. They now show that the basis of all the titles under which said land is claimed and wrongfully withheld from your petitioners is a title alleged to have been made by the decd father of your petitioners Albert Creel in Nov. 1890 to Isaac N. Varnado, and which title after having been destroyed by fire was revived by judgment obtained Dec. 16th 1897, they aver that the title under which Isaac N. Varnado held said land and under which these various transfers have been made was obtained by him from their decd father by fraud, misrepresentation, undue influence and that the same was a pure simulation signed through error both as to law and as to fact and that no part of the pretended consideration has ever been paid or tendered to either your petitioners or their deceased father all of which will be more fully shown upon trial of this case. . .” etc.

30 Sep 1904 deposition of Elizebeth Creel, widow of Albert Creel, summary: Elizebeth (x) Creel age “74 years” deposed that she was married to Albert Creel in 1847 in Mississippi, and that she had fourteen children, “Mary, Ansebelle, James, Nancy, Martin, Thomas J. Creel, Albert, Holly Ann, Sarah Ann, Margrett, Jacob, Johnnie, Martha Ann, one died without being named, there is four dead;” that Albert Creel died 13 July 1896; regarding the land in question, she stated that “We did not have a clear title all that had been done was to send the money together with his application to Homestead the said land and received a receipt there for afterword made his final proof to the said land, and sent the necessary money on to the land office but before the pattent was issued my husband died, and it was after words sent in my husbands name to my son T. J. creel who has it at this time. He never did sell it to any one neither did I nor any of my children. I. N. Varnado and Judge Burris came to my house on a Sunday night in February of 1895 if I remember right, and informed my husband that Buck Jones was going to have everything we had, land and all seized and sold the next day and I. N. Varnado said if he would give him a sham title to his land he could keep Buck Jones from takeing it from him for five years and that would enable him to pay Buck Jones and when he called for the title that I. N. Varnado would give the land back to him and when he called for the title I. N. Varnado would not give him a title back for the land. He never received any money for that sham title we did not owe I. N. Varnado a cent in the world, nobody but me and my daughter Martha Ann, no sir nobody signed it as a witness. I. N. Varnado drew up the title Judge Burris said he could not see how to draw up a deed. He come there to talk to my husband just to undermind him out of his land and he done it. Buck Jones came there in a few days afterwards and toled my husband that he had not said any such thing nor thought any such thing.” (Thomas J. Creel et als vs Nicholas McCain et als, Washington Parish, Louisiana Civil Suit #282).

Crowe, Charles L.- Deed Bk 10, 19-20; 9 Sept 1905, at Aurora, WPL, Charles L. Crow, Mary E. Bickham (wife of A.C. Bickham Jr), Thomas M. Crow, William A. Crow (William H. in the signature section, signed by mark), John E. (x) Crow & George H. (x) Crow (all of full age) and Ludy Louisa (x) Crow (emancipated) and Marion Hennesy (tutor to minors of Fannie Hennessey dec’d: Clarence, Murtie & Elbert), all of these being heirs of Sarah Crow dec’d, for $380, sold to John L. Emerson tract beginning at NW corner of Sec 37 in T3S R9E, containing 30 acres and being part of property acquired by Charles L. Crow from A.P. Stevens per judgment in Conveyance Bk 2, p 298; wits. Magee W. Ott, David E. (x) Bulloch.

Crowe, John– Washington Parish Deed Bk 6, 468-70; no date, J. W. Crow, C. L. Crow, T. H. Crow, Y. J. Crow, Rob. Crow, J. M. Crow, Oscar Crow, Eliza Crow wife of Sol. Strahan, Clarissa Crow wife of A. P. Stevens, Cynthia Crow widow of Geo. H. Crow, all heirs of late John L. Crow, to Rainey H. Baham, for $200, sold right, title & interest to lots 1-3 of Sec 18, T2S R10E, containing 85 acres, being same land acquired by sd. Baham from John L. Crow decd. and by him from W. H. Jones, and by him from Zache Slocum and by him from the U.S.; this title made to take place of one made by sd Crow decd. to sd Bahm, destroyed in 1897 courthouse fire; signers T. H. Crow, R. A. Crow, Mrs. E. L. Strahan, J. N. Crow, C. L. Crow, J. M. Crow, J. H. Penny, Mrs. M. L. Penny, J. O. Crow, Mrs. Clarisa I. Stevens, A. P. Stevens, Cyntha Crow, M. C. Bulloch, J. P. Bulloch, W. H. Crow, Nancy Strahan, J. C. Strahan, Nolie Smith, Modie Strahan, Cynthia C. Goings; wits. A. T. Husser, L. A. St Cyr; Recorded 15 Jan 1903.

Cutrer, Hiram– Washington Parish Deed Bk 9, 344-5; 30 Dec 1904, at Mt Hermon, Alice Theodocia Burch wife of Harrison Burch of Pike Co MS, Isaac Homer (x) Cutrer of Pike Co MS, Emma Mary (x) Huffman wife of Jeptha Y. (x) Hufmann, Marie Bartlette (x) Burch wife of Robert (x) Burch of Pike Co MS, Deza Iona (x) Miller wife of Charles Miller, and Emanuel Arthur (x) Cutrer, all heirs of Hiram Cutrer, to Mrs. Ada D. (x) Cutrer “wife of their father Hiram [x] Cutrer who is now living,” for $600, sold 148 acres bounded N by the MS line, W and S by W.W. Ott, E by W.F. Fortenburry, in the NE 1/4 of Sec 3 and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 2, totaling 188 acres in T1 R9E, the sd property was formerly held in common by their father Hiram Cutrer and their mother Sarah Jane Cutrer, that the property was formerly divided but is still occupied by their father; wits. William W. Ott, Ernest Smith; Recorded 28 April 1905.