Photo caption for group photo:
Dyer family in front of home of James Olin Dyer. (Photo courtesy of Claudette Turner Bowen of Hobbs, NM). Circa 1917 ?
L to R: Josephine (Heath) Dyer, Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer mother in law, Oliver Weldon Turner, wife Ola Lou (Dyer) Turner, daughter Oma Faye Turner (standing front of Ola), next not identified woman, James Olin Dyer, Olin Welburn Dyer, Earl Jackson Dyer and farmhand Joe 'Bailey' Hardin son of Josephine's sister Martha Louise (Heath) Ince.
Daughter of John Bilbo (8 May 1806-22 May 1845) and wife Jane Ann Stevenson (2 Dec 1811-before 1850) from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana who were both deceased by 1854. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married first March 24, 1851 in Union Co Arkansas, Major James Thomas Dyer, a much older gentleman and the guardian of her and her two sisters after their parents death. They were married in Arkansas by her uncle, Rev James Porter Stevenson. James Dyer was not unknown to her. He was a relative. He was the widower of her mother's (Jane Ann Stevenson) sister Mary 'Polly' (Stevenson) Dyer. An uncle by marriage.
The couple James Dyer and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer left Louisiana and moved to Hill County, Texas in the early 1860's. They had six sons before his death Aug 26, 1872 in Hill Co TX.
The sons from her first marriage to James Dyer were:
William S. Dyer born 1852
James Olin Dyer born July 8, 1855 d. 8 Oct 1920 Hill Co TX
John Caldwell Calhoun Dyer b. Aug 6, 1859 d. 1951
Stonewall Jackson Dyer b. 1862
Charles Andrew Dyer b. Jan 11, 1864 d. 11 Sept 1939
Benjamin Franklin Dyer b. Aug 23, 1869 d. 14 Feb 1956
She married 2nd on 26 Oct 1876 to Daniel Coker Dyer (the son of Abraham Dyer). At the time he was a widower having lost his first wife Frances 'Fannie' Heath on 7 Feb 1875. This 2nd marriage produced no children and they divorced. Each remarried. Daniel Coker Dyer went on to marry 3rd Margaret Cason, and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married third in 1883, Andrew Jackson Pierce (1815-1892), another elderly widower. This third marriage did not produce children. He died May 20, 1892 and was buried in Cleburne, Johnson County, TX. His first wife had been Nancy Abercrombie Pierce (1820-1878).
Her fourth and last marriage was to Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer in 1892. He had first married in 1853, Eva Toamer who died Jan 11 1892. (This date in newspaper article although other researchers say he and Sarah (Bilbo) (Dyer) Pearce married Apr 8, 1894 in Hill Co TX.) He was born Jan 13, 1831 in Smith County TN. He served in Co 14, Mounted Rifles under Capt R.P. Parkes, CSA as an army surgeon. An old newspaper interview with her stated that she credited Dr. A.J. Dyer with saving her life from 'brain fever' when everyone else had given up on her. No issue from this marriage. It was a third marriage for him. He died March 14, 1912 Hill Co. TX. Sarah completed a 'Widows Application for a Pension Nov 1913 and started drawing his pension March 1, 1914. It stated Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer had served June 9, 1861 to close of war 1865 and was a member of Co H, 1st Ark. Mounted Rifles, later transferred to Medical Department. Unit: Cavalary.
The mortuary warrant signed by her son James Olin Dyer stated she was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hill Co. TX.
Sarah's uncle Rev. James Porter Stevenson b. May 2 1808 TN died 10 July 1885 Breckenridge, Stephens Co TX is buried in Breckenridge Cemtery. Find a Grave memorial #33609786
This old documents attests to the death of both her parents and the sale of lands and subsequent guardianship of her two sisters Mary Jane Bilbo and Mary 'Polly'Bilbo. Mary Polly Bilbo married 1 Oct 1865 in Claiborne Parish, LA, Moses Stephen Goodson and had Eddie Goodson born 1868. (She may have died or divorced because husband Moses Goodson remarried Catherine 'Kate' Russell 2 Jan 1872 in Bienville Parish, LA and Polly Bilbo Goodwin's son Eddie was in their 1880 household.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
Public in and for said Parish and State duly commissioned and qualified as such to
convoke and hold a family meeting composed of the relations and friends of Mary Jane
and Polly Dyer Heirs of John BILBO Deceased and issues of his marriage with Jane Ann
STEVENSON also deceased to deliberate and consult-as to the best interest of said
minors and particularily as to the propriety of John Bilbo
Authorising the sale of the interest of said minors in a certain tract of Land lying
and being situated in the Parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana said
Land being situated on Lake Charles in said Parish and it being the same Land on
which the parish Site of said Parish of Calcasieu is partly situated. The
Family Meeting having been set to be holde__ on the Tenth day of March Instant.
But in consequence of the absences of two of the members composing said family
meeting to wit: James DYER and M. P. BARNETT Said family meeting was adjourned until the 17th Instant as aforesaid at which time I said Recorder proceeded to convoke and assemble a family Meeting composed of James P. STEVENSON, James DYER, James A.MILLICAN, Thomas BILBO and M. P. BARNETT Relatives and friends of said minors residing in the Parish and State aforesaid. Who after being by me first duly sworn
according to Law to inquire and deliberate as to the propriety of recommending the
Sale of the interest of Said minors in the aforesaid described Land. And after due
deliberation of the members composing said Family Meeting they believe it to be to
interest of the aforesaid and recommend that their interest in the aforesaid
described Land should be sold and that the Administrator of the Estate of Thomas
Bilbo Deceased be authorized to Sell the interest of Said Minors in Said Land
according to Law either a credit or for cash. If said Land Should be sold on a
credit the said Adminstrator Shall take notes payble to James DYER under Tutor of
said minors for the amount of their interest in said Land bearing 8 per sent interest
from the day of Sale said sale being recommended upon these conditions that if Mrs.
Ann BILBO, wife of Thomas BILBO, decd. Consent to said Sale upon the above
conditions. And there being no other business necessary for consulation relative to
the interest of said minors the deliverations of this Family Meeting Closed.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
Proceedings of a Family Meeting held at my office in the Town of Homer on the
Day and date above written.
Given under by Hand & Seal of Office
This 17th day of March A. D. 1854
Signed: J. W. HARRISON Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public
Dyer family in front of home of James Olin Dyer. (Photo courtesy of Claudette Turner Bowen of Hobbs, NM). Circa 1917 ?
L to R: Josephine (Heath) Dyer, Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer mother in law, Oliver Weldon Turner, wife Ola Lou (Dyer) Turner, daughter Oma Faye Turner (standing front of Ola), next not identified woman, James Olin Dyer, Olin Welburn Dyer, Earl Jackson Dyer and farmhand Joe 'Bailey' Hardin son of Josephine's sister Martha Louise (Heath) Ince.
Daughter of John Bilbo (8 May 1806-22 May 1845) and wife Jane Ann Stevenson (2 Dec 1811-before 1850) from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana who were both deceased by 1854. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married first March 24, 1851 in Union Co Arkansas, Major James Thomas Dyer, a much older gentleman and the guardian of her and her two sisters after their parents death. They were married in Arkansas by her uncle, Rev James Porter Stevenson. James Dyer was not unknown to her. He was a relative. He was the widower of her mother's (Jane Ann Stevenson) sister Mary 'Polly' (Stevenson) Dyer. An uncle by marriage.
The couple James Dyer and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer left Louisiana and moved to Hill County, Texas in the early 1860's. They had six sons before his death Aug 26, 1872 in Hill Co TX.
The sons from her first marriage to James Dyer were:
William S. Dyer born 1852
James Olin Dyer born July 8, 1855 d. 8 Oct 1920 Hill Co TX
John Caldwell Calhoun Dyer b. Aug 6, 1859 d. 1951
Stonewall Jackson Dyer b. 1862
Charles Andrew Dyer b. Jan 11, 1864 d. 11 Sept 1939
Benjamin Franklin Dyer b. Aug 23, 1869 d. 14 Feb 1956
She married 2nd on 26 Oct 1876 to Daniel Coker Dyer (the son of Abraham Dyer). At the time he was a widower having lost his first wife Frances 'Fannie' Heath on 7 Feb 1875. This 2nd marriage produced no children and they divorced. Each remarried. Daniel Coker Dyer went on to marry 3rd Margaret Cason, and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married third in 1883, Andrew Jackson Pierce (1815-1892), another elderly widower. This third marriage did not produce children. He died May 20, 1892 and was buried in Cleburne, Johnson County, TX. His first wife had been Nancy Abercrombie Pierce (1820-1878).
Her fourth and last marriage was to Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer in 1892. He had first married in 1853, Eva Toamer who died Jan 11 1892. (This date in newspaper article although other researchers say he and Sarah (Bilbo) (Dyer) Pearce married Apr 8, 1894 in Hill Co TX.) He was born Jan 13, 1831 in Smith County TN. He served in Co 14, Mounted Rifles under Capt R.P. Parkes, CSA as an army surgeon. An old newspaper interview with her stated that she credited Dr. A.J. Dyer with saving her life from 'brain fever' when everyone else had given up on her. No issue from this marriage. It was a third marriage for him. He died March 14, 1912 Hill Co. TX. Sarah completed a 'Widows Application for a Pension Nov 1913 and started drawing his pension March 1, 1914. It stated Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer had served June 9, 1861 to close of war 1865 and was a member of Co H, 1st Ark. Mounted Rifles, later transferred to Medical Department. Unit: Cavalary.
The mortuary warrant signed by her son James Olin Dyer stated she was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hill Co. TX.
Sarah's uncle Rev. James Porter Stevenson b. May 2 1808 TN died 10 July 1885 Breckenridge, Stephens Co TX is buried in Breckenridge Cemtery. Find a Grave memorial #33609786
This old documents attests to the death of both her parents and the sale of lands and subsequent guardianship of her two sisters Mary Jane Bilbo and Mary 'Polly'Bilbo. Mary Polly Bilbo married 1 Oct 1865 in Claiborne Parish, LA, Moses Stephen Goodson and had Eddie Goodson born 1868. (She may have died or divorced because husband Moses Goodson remarried Catherine 'Kate' Russell 2 Jan 1872 in Bienville Parish, LA and Polly Bilbo Goodwin's son Eddie was in their 1880 household.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
Public in and for said Parish and State duly commissioned and qualified as such to
convoke and hold a family meeting composed of the relations and friends of Mary Jane
and Polly Dyer Heirs of John BILBO Deceased and issues of his marriage with Jane Ann
STEVENSON also deceased to deliberate and consult-as to the best interest of said
minors and particularily as to the propriety of John Bilbo
Authorising the sale of the interest of said minors in a certain tract of Land lying
and being situated in the Parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana said
Land being situated on Lake Charles in said Parish and it being the same Land on
which the parish Site of said Parish of Calcasieu is partly situated. The
Family Meeting having been set to be holde__ on the Tenth day of March Instant.
But in consequence of the absences of two of the members composing said family
meeting to wit: James DYER and M. P. BARNETT Said family meeting was adjourned until the 17th Instant as aforesaid at which time I said Recorder proceeded to convoke and assemble a family Meeting composed of James P. STEVENSON, James DYER, James A.MILLICAN, Thomas BILBO and M. P. BARNETT Relatives and friends of said minors residing in the Parish and State aforesaid. Who after being by me first duly sworn
according to Law to inquire and deliberate as to the propriety of recommending the
Sale of the interest of Said minors in the aforesaid described Land. And after due
deliberation of the members composing said Family Meeting they believe it to be to
interest of the aforesaid and recommend that their interest in the aforesaid
described Land should be sold and that the Administrator of the Estate of Thomas
Bilbo Deceased be authorized to Sell the interest of Said Minors in Said Land
according to Law either a credit or for cash. If said Land Should be sold on a
credit the said Adminstrator Shall take notes payble to James DYER under Tutor of
said minors for the amount of their interest in said Land bearing 8 per sent interest
from the day of Sale said sale being recommended upon these conditions that if Mrs.
Ann BILBO, wife of Thomas BILBO, decd. Consent to said Sale upon the above
conditions. And there being no other business necessary for consulation relative to
the interest of said minors the deliverations of this Family Meeting Closed.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
Proceedings of a Family Meeting held at my office in the Town of Homer on the
Day and date above written.
Given under by Hand & Seal of Office
This 17th day of March A. D. 1854
Signed: J. W. HARRISON Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public
Photo caption for group photo:
Dyer family in front of home of James Olin Dyer. (Photo courtesy of Claudette Turner Bowen of Hobbs, NM). Circa 1917 ?
L to R: Josephine (Heath) Dyer, Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer mother in law, Oliver Weldon Turner, wife Ola Lou (Dyer) Turner, daughter Oma Faye Turner (standing front of Ola), next not identified woman, James Olin Dyer, Olin Welburn Dyer, Earl Jackson Dyer and farmhand Joe 'Bailey' Hardin son of Josephine's sister Martha Louise (Heath) Ince.
Daughter of John Bilbo (8 May 1806-22 May 1845) and wife Jane Ann Stevenson (2 Dec 1811-before 1850) from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana who were both deceased by 1854. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married first March 24, 1851 in Union Co Arkansas, Major James Thomas Dyer, a much older gentleman and the guardian of her and her two sisters after their parents death. They were married in Arkansas by her uncle, Rev James Porter Stevenson. James Dyer was not unknown to her. He was a relative. He was the widower of her mother's (Jane Ann Stevenson) sister Mary 'Polly' (Stevenson) Dyer. An uncle by marriage.
The couple James Dyer and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer left Louisiana and moved to Hill County, Texas in the early 1860's. They had six sons before his death Aug 26, 1872 in Hill Co TX.
The sons from her first marriage to James Dyer were:
William S. Dyer born 1852
James Olin Dyer born July 8, 1855 d. 8 Oct 1920 Hill Co TX
John Caldwell Calhoun Dyer b. Aug 6, 1859 d. 1951
Stonewall Jackson Dyer b. 1862
Charles Andrew Dyer b. Jan 11, 1864 d. 11 Sept 1939
Benjamin Franklin Dyer b. Aug 23, 1869 d. 14 Feb 1956
She married 2nd on 26 Oct 1876 to Daniel Coker Dyer (the son of Abraham Dyer). At the time he was a widower having lost his first wife Frances 'Fannie' Heath on 7 Feb 1875. This 2nd marriage produced no children and they divorced. Each remarried. Daniel Coker Dyer went on to marry 3rd Margaret Cason, and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married third in 1883, Andrew Jackson Pierce (1815-1892), another elderly widower. This third marriage did not produce children. He died May 20, 1892 and was buried in Cleburne, Johnson County, TX. His first wife had been Nancy Abercrombie Pierce (1820-1878).
Her fourth and last marriage was to Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer in 1892. He had first married in 1853, Eva Toamer who died Jan 11 1892. (This date in newspaper article although other researchers say he and Sarah (Bilbo) (Dyer) Pearce married Apr 8, 1894 in Hill Co TX.) He was born Jan 13, 1831 in Smith County TN. He served in Co 14, Mounted Rifles under Capt R.P. Parkes, CSA as an army surgeon. An old newspaper interview with her stated that she credited Dr. A.J. Dyer with saving her life from 'brain fever' when everyone else had given up on her. No issue from this marriage. It was a third marriage for him. He died March 14, 1912 Hill Co. TX. Sarah completed a 'Widows Application for a Pension Nov 1913 and started drawing his pension March 1, 1914. It stated Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer had served June 9, 1861 to close of war 1865 and was a member of Co H, 1st Ark. Mounted Rifles, later transferred to Medical Department. Unit: Cavalary.
The mortuary warrant signed by her son James Olin Dyer stated she was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hill Co. TX.
Sarah's uncle Rev. James Porter Stevenson b. May 2 1808 TN died 10 July 1885 Breckenridge, Stephens Co TX is buried in Breckenridge Cemtery. Find a Grave memorial #33609786
This old documents attests to the death of both her parents and the sale of lands and subsequent guardianship of her two sisters Mary Jane Bilbo and Mary 'Polly'Bilbo. Mary Polly Bilbo married 1 Oct 1865 in Claiborne Parish, LA, Moses Stephen Goodson and had Eddie Goodson born 1868. (She may have died or divorced because husband Moses Goodson remarried Catherine 'Kate' Russell 2 Jan 1872 in Bienville Parish, LA and Polly Bilbo Goodwin's son Eddie was in their 1880 household.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
Public in and for said Parish and State duly commissioned and qualified as such to
convoke and hold a family meeting composed of the relations and friends of Mary Jane
and Polly Dyer Heirs of John BILBO Deceased and issues of his marriage with Jane Ann
STEVENSON also deceased to deliberate and consult-as to the best interest of said
minors and particularily as to the propriety of John Bilbo
Authorising the sale of the interest of said minors in a certain tract of Land lying
and being situated in the Parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana said
Land being situated on Lake Charles in said Parish and it being the same Land on
which the parish Site of said Parish of Calcasieu is partly situated. The
Family Meeting having been set to be holde__ on the Tenth day of March Instant.
But in consequence of the absences of two of the members composing said family
meeting to wit: James DYER and M. P. BARNETT Said family meeting was adjourned until the 17th Instant as aforesaid at which time I said Recorder proceeded to convoke and assemble a family Meeting composed of James P. STEVENSON, James DYER, James A.MILLICAN, Thomas BILBO and M. P. BARNETT Relatives and friends of said minors residing in the Parish and State aforesaid. Who after being by me first duly sworn
according to Law to inquire and deliberate as to the propriety of recommending the
Sale of the interest of Said minors in the aforesaid described Land. And after due
deliberation of the members composing said Family Meeting they believe it to be to
interest of the aforesaid and recommend that their interest in the aforesaid
described Land should be sold and that the Administrator of the Estate of Thomas
Bilbo Deceased be authorized to Sell the interest of Said Minors in Said Land
according to Law either a credit or for cash. If said Land Should be sold on a
credit the said Adminstrator Shall take notes payble to James DYER under Tutor of
said minors for the amount of their interest in said Land bearing 8 per sent interest
from the day of Sale said sale being recommended upon these conditions that if Mrs.
Ann BILBO, wife of Thomas BILBO, decd. Consent to said Sale upon the above
conditions. And there being no other business necessary for consulation relative to
the interest of said minors the deliverations of this Family Meeting Closed.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
Proceedings of a Family Meeting held at my office in the Town of Homer on the
Day and date above written.
Given under by Hand & Seal of Office
This 17th day of March A. D. 1854
Signed: J. W. HARRISON Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public
Dyer family in front of home of James Olin Dyer. (Photo courtesy of Claudette Turner Bowen of Hobbs, NM). Circa 1917 ?
L to R: Josephine (Heath) Dyer, Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer mother in law, Oliver Weldon Turner, wife Ola Lou (Dyer) Turner, daughter Oma Faye Turner (standing front of Ola), next not identified woman, James Olin Dyer, Olin Welburn Dyer, Earl Jackson Dyer and farmhand Joe 'Bailey' Hardin son of Josephine's sister Martha Louise (Heath) Ince.
Daughter of John Bilbo (8 May 1806-22 May 1845) and wife Jane Ann Stevenson (2 Dec 1811-before 1850) from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana who were both deceased by 1854. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married first March 24, 1851 in Union Co Arkansas, Major James Thomas Dyer, a much older gentleman and the guardian of her and her two sisters after their parents death. They were married in Arkansas by her uncle, Rev James Porter Stevenson. James Dyer was not unknown to her. He was a relative. He was the widower of her mother's (Jane Ann Stevenson) sister Mary 'Polly' (Stevenson) Dyer. An uncle by marriage.
The couple James Dyer and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Bilbo) Dyer left Louisiana and moved to Hill County, Texas in the early 1860's. They had six sons before his death Aug 26, 1872 in Hill Co TX.
The sons from her first marriage to James Dyer were:
William S. Dyer born 1852
James Olin Dyer born July 8, 1855 d. 8 Oct 1920 Hill Co TX
John Caldwell Calhoun Dyer b. Aug 6, 1859 d. 1951
Stonewall Jackson Dyer b. 1862
Charles Andrew Dyer b. Jan 11, 1864 d. 11 Sept 1939
Benjamin Franklin Dyer b. Aug 23, 1869 d. 14 Feb 1956
She married 2nd on 26 Oct 1876 to Daniel Coker Dyer (the son of Abraham Dyer). At the time he was a widower having lost his first wife Frances 'Fannie' Heath on 7 Feb 1875. This 2nd marriage produced no children and they divorced. Each remarried. Daniel Coker Dyer went on to marry 3rd Margaret Cason, and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bilbo married third in 1883, Andrew Jackson Pierce (1815-1892), another elderly widower. This third marriage did not produce children. He died May 20, 1892 and was buried in Cleburne, Johnson County, TX. His first wife had been Nancy Abercrombie Pierce (1820-1878).
Her fourth and last marriage was to Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer in 1892. He had first married in 1853, Eva Toamer who died Jan 11 1892. (This date in newspaper article although other researchers say he and Sarah (Bilbo) (Dyer) Pearce married Apr 8, 1894 in Hill Co TX.) He was born Jan 13, 1831 in Smith County TN. He served in Co 14, Mounted Rifles under Capt R.P. Parkes, CSA as an army surgeon. An old newspaper interview with her stated that she credited Dr. A.J. Dyer with saving her life from 'brain fever' when everyone else had given up on her. No issue from this marriage. It was a third marriage for him. He died March 14, 1912 Hill Co. TX. Sarah completed a 'Widows Application for a Pension Nov 1913 and started drawing his pension March 1, 1914. It stated Dr. Andrew Jackson Dyer had served June 9, 1861 to close of war 1865 and was a member of Co H, 1st Ark. Mounted Rifles, later transferred to Medical Department. Unit: Cavalary.
The mortuary warrant signed by her son James Olin Dyer stated she was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hill Co. TX.
Sarah's uncle Rev. James Porter Stevenson b. May 2 1808 TN died 10 July 1885 Breckenridge, Stephens Co TX is buried in Breckenridge Cemtery. Find a Grave memorial #33609786
This old documents attests to the death of both her parents and the sale of lands and subsequent guardianship of her two sisters Mary Jane Bilbo and Mary 'Polly'Bilbo. Mary Polly Bilbo married 1 Oct 1865 in Claiborne Parish, LA, Moses Stephen Goodson and had Eddie Goodson born 1868. (She may have died or divorced because husband Moses Goodson remarried Catherine 'Kate' Russell 2 Jan 1872 in Bienville Parish, LA and Polly Bilbo Goodwin's son Eddie was in their 1880 household.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
Public in and for said Parish and State duly commissioned and qualified as such to
convoke and hold a family meeting composed of the relations and friends of Mary Jane
and Polly Dyer Heirs of John BILBO Deceased and issues of his marriage with Jane Ann
STEVENSON also deceased to deliberate and consult-as to the best interest of said
minors and particularily as to the propriety of John Bilbo
Authorising the sale of the interest of said minors in a certain tract of Land lying
and being situated in the Parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana said
Land being situated on Lake Charles in said Parish and it being the same Land on
which the parish Site of said Parish of Calcasieu is partly situated. The
Family Meeting having been set to be holde__ on the Tenth day of March Instant.
But in consequence of the absences of two of the members composing said family
meeting to wit: James DYER and M. P. BARNETT Said family meeting was adjourned until the 17th Instant as aforesaid at which time I said Recorder proceeded to convoke and assemble a family Meeting composed of James P. STEVENSON, James DYER, James A.MILLICAN, Thomas BILBO and M. P. BARNETT Relatives and friends of said minors residing in the Parish and State aforesaid. Who after being by me first duly sworn
according to Law to inquire and deliberate as to the propriety of recommending the
Sale of the interest of Said minors in the aforesaid described Land. And after due
deliberation of the members composing said Family Meeting they believe it to be to
interest of the aforesaid and recommend that their interest in the aforesaid
described Land should be sold and that the Administrator of the Estate of Thomas
Bilbo Deceased be authorized to Sell the interest of Said Minors in Said Land
according to Law either a credit or for cash. If said Land Should be sold on a
credit the said Adminstrator Shall take notes payble to James DYER under Tutor of
said minors for the amount of their interest in said Land bearing 8 per sent interest
from the day of Sale said sale being recommended upon these conditions that if Mrs.
Ann BILBO, wife of Thomas BILBO, decd. Consent to said Sale upon the above
conditions. And there being no other business necessary for consulation relative to
the interest of said minors the deliverations of this Family Meeting Closed.
State of Louisiana
Parish of Claiborne
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
Proceedings of a Family Meeting held at my office in the Town of Homer on the
Day and date above written.
Given under by Hand & Seal of Office
This 17th day of March A. D. 1854
Signed: J. W. HARRISON Recorder and Ex Officio Notary Public
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