Sunday, May 18, 2014

BUTTER FAMILY - MORE DOCUMENTS

More Documents For the Louisiana Butter Family

     After Henry Butter died in 1880, no succession (probate) was opened for his estate.  Between 1880 and Susan's death in 1908, there are several records that do refer to the parties as the family of Henry Butter and some with Susan as a party to the conveyance.  Some of these are a bit difficult to read as a photograph so those will be extracted or transcribed.  All of these records are from the court house, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

     November 15, 1892 and Filed for Record November 16, 1892.  
     J.C. Chevalier, Husband, et al  to S.F. Butter, wife.  Sale.
     "We the parties and Family of Henry Butter.......have this day subscribed our names to the following agreement........"  They gave to Sarah Frances Butter, wife of J.C. Chevalier cows and calves which she already had in her possession.  The agreement states that this stock is not to be used for any debts belonging to J.C. Chevalier, husband of S.F. Butter nor is he to dispose of them.  J. C. Chevalier agrees to preserve the same for the use of his wife S.F. Butter and her heirs.  Further, it states that the mother of S.F. Butter holds a supervisory control to see that the stock is not sold to the detriment of the interest stated.
The document is signed by: Wm Butter, J.C. Chevallier, Susan E. Butter, Ellen V. Butter, F. Butter and J.H. Butter.
The people mentioned in the preceding document are: William Butter, Ellen Virginia Butter, Sarah Frances Butter and John Henry Butter, all siblings and children of signee Susan E. Butter; J.C. Chevalier is the husband of Sarah Frances Butter)
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     17th day of June, 1912.
     Est of Mrs. S.E. Butters TO Hiram Butters, Tax Sale.
     Filed for record, June 17, 1912
     No. 12857
     This is a piece of property delinquent in taxes for the year 1911.  It was advertised from the 11th day of May, 1912 to the 15 day of June, 1912 in the Daily Town Talk, a newspaper in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.  The property was assessed in the year 1911 in the name of ESTATE OF MRS. S.E. BUTTERS.
The property (40 acres) was assessed for $70.00; the taxes, interest and costs amounted to nine and 04/100 dollars.  Hiram Butters bid for the said property the sum of nine and 04/100 dollars and won the bid.  Interestingly, the taxes are broken down as follows: parish tax, $.70; state tax $.35; Int. on state tax, $.03; Confederate Veteran tax, $.01; Good roads tax, $.02, school tax ward No. 4, $.70, amount cost printing and notice, $2.73; amount cost sale and recording, $4.50, amounting in the aggregate to $9.04.
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    Related to the above transaction is this affidavit filed in court 14 months later.  The document in its entirety appears below. This is not taken from the original document but from the typed copy of the original document in the Conveyances Records in the Court House, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana.  This document is significant because William Butter and his brother John H. Butter, under oath, state that they are the sons of the late Henry and Susan Butter (note that Susan's name is misspelled). Hiram Butter, who purchased this piece of property at the tax sale, is the son of John H. Butter.

      Filed for record August 20, 1:30P.M. 1913
     Affidavit
     Wm. Butter and J.H. Butter

STATE OF LOUISIANA:
PARISH OF RAPIDES

          Before me, E.E. Galligan, a Notary Public, duly commissioned and sworn in and for the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana, personally came and appeared, William Butter and John H. Butter, aged sixty-four and 54 respectively, who being first duly sworn by me, depose and say.
          That they are the oldest heirs and the only sons of the late Henry and Suzane (sic) Butter and they as individuals, represented all the parties in said succession and further
          That said succession was placed and sold on June fifteenth Nineteen Hundred and Twelve (1912) at a tax sale in the town of Alexandria, by the Sheriff of the Parish of Rapides.
     That they received full notice from said Sheriff of the intention of the said Sheriff's selling same for the taxes due thereon.
          That the same was purchased at the sale on above date by Hiram Butter and immediately thereafter on or about June 18th or Twentieth, (20th) 1912 we were duly notified by the said Hiram Butter of the purchase therof, and also the said Hiram Butter to our own knowledge, served notice on the other heirs of the said purchase, at the tax sale on the above date.  And we are thoroughly well aware that all parties interested in said succession had received due notice at least fourteen (14) months prior to this date.
                                       
                                                                                                       Wm. Butter.
                                                                                                        J.H. Butter
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the undersigned authority in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses on this 20th day of A.D. 1913 at Forest Hill, La.

WITNESSES:
   H.O. Ponder                                                                                 E.E. Galligan
   B.F. Carroll                                                                                  NOTARY PUBLIC

A true record, August 20th 1913