TATE PUBLIC LAND CLAIMS IN LOUISIANA

Between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers

Tate, James , of the Parish of Natchitoches, assignee of one Cubaza, filed his notice claiming, by virtue of occupation, habitation and cultivation, a tract of land lying within the late neutral territory, and situated in a Spanish Village about sixteen miles southwest of the Town of Natchitoches, bounded on the southeast by Bodo Flores, west by vacant land, northwest by land of this claimant, and north by a road leading from Natchitoches to the Sabine [River] and containing 640 acres. .......This claim was supported by witnessess Johm Lum and Henry Earles....... that the claimant purchased previous to February 22, 1819.....

Tate, James, of the Parish of Natchitoches, assignee of one Maria Mara [Same as above, with the 640 acres and same witnesses.]

Tate, James, of the Parish of Natchitoches, assignee of one Pablo Liras, [Same as above with 640 acres and same witnesses].

Third Class Claims # 72, 73 and 74.

Abstracted from the House of Representatives Report Number 445, 18th Congress-2nd Session