1845 St. Helena Parish Slaveholders

Peter a slave were beat in 1860 in Louisiana

St. Helena Parish Courthouse, Bin of Bonds & Oaths

We the undersigned slave holders of the parish of St. Helena deeming it necessary to adopt some regulations for the more strict government of the slaves of the parish do hereby prohibit all persons form purchasing any articles from our slaves without a written license specifying the articles purchased under the penalty of the law which we pledge ourselves to enforce.

And we also authorize any person finding one of our slaves in Greensburg without written pass to take such slave and inflict upon him or her a reasonable punishment not exceeding thirty lashes. It is understood that no person is to purchase of any slaves any articles without, and any us knowing of any infraction of the law upon this point will feel bound to complain of the same. It is further agreed that we will give no permission to one of our slaves to procure liquor for his own use. 4 Jan 1845.

Simpson Hutchinson                                                       
John Hollaway                                                                
W. D. Pearson                                                                 
Abram Womack                                                              
Thomas H. Roddy                                                           
William Dennis, Jr.                                                         
W. K. Davis                                                                    
W.S. Gordon                                                                 
E.H. Bates                                                                   
J.J. Carruth                                                                     
Walthall Burton                                                               
John Houeye                                                                    
Merrit G. Kemp                                                               
WM. G. Wright                                                               
Carter Thompson                                                           
Daniel Miller                                                                    
D.C. Kemp                                                                      
J. H. Wright                                                                      

John Corkern                                                                    
Peter Hutchinson

B. ? Hart

John Boykins

H. Kemp

Jacob Womack

Dan ? Reemes

W.H. Kemp

Thomas Gorman

Daniel Addison

N.? George

W.P. Deane

Henry Leonard

N. Baylis " except the whipping of...."

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T.A. ?

W.M. L. Hutchinson

Joseph Killian, Jr.

Claibourne Newson

Wilford Kemp

B. Weil