Dumonchel, E., St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1847 April 27

The petition of Henry Guillaume de Bouteiller of Nantes, Charles Guillaume Marie de Bouteiller of Chateaubriand, Angelique Eleanore de Bouteiller of Nantes, Henry Francois de Bouteiller of Dinan, herein represented by Lubin Garnier of New Orleans; and also the petition of Miss Camfrancq of New Orleans shows that by his will the late Hiligsberg made to the late Charles Francois de Bouteiller and Miss Camfrancq and others, legacies amounting to $37,000 and the legacy to the late Bouteiller is of $30,000 to one-fifth of which each of the others above are entitled; the legacy of Miss Camfrancq is of $2000. The legacies were made payable 3 years after the death of the testator. The testator directed that his plantation and slaves should not be sold for 7 years after his death and that the property over and above the plantation will shortly be sold and the proceeds absorbed by the debts and winding up of the estate. There remains the following property to be sold incumbered with 451 shares of the Citizen's Bank of Louisiana on which $14,984 are due for stock loans and which are at 10% below par viz: the houses and lots are listed here. The petitioners pray that Louis Pilie and E. Leon Bernard as testamentary executors, Lucien Heimann as agent of Mrs. Favre, one of the heirs, P. Amedee Bernard as agent of Auguste R. Hiligsberg and of Mrs. B. Marie Hiligsberg, two of the heirs, and Rodolphe Rousseau as attorney for the absent heirs be cited and that said legacies be paid. Copy S. :: V-5-g A. Citation S., Copy S. 4pp. folio 12mo. 19