Jan. 10, 1849.
Chap. XV. — An Act for the Relief of James B. Davenport.
Titles to two tracts of land confirmed to Jas. B. Davenport.
Proviso.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the titles to two tracts of land, situated in the parish of Moorhouse, and State
of Louisiana, one containing three hundred and eighty arpents, being part of a large
tract of land commonly known as the Baron de Bastrop grant, which was assigned and
set off to the said James B. Davenport, in the partition of the real estate of his
father, the late Josiah Davenport, deceased, by deed bearing date the fourth of March,
one thousand eight hundred and ten; the other containing seven hundred and sixty-six
acres of land, being part of a large tract commonly known as "The
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Bell Grove" tract, and which was conveyed by Richard Crampton to the said James B.
Davenport, by deed bearing date the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and forty, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed, so far as the United States
have title thereto, to the said James B. Davenport, his heirs and assigns: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as in any manner to confirm any part of the
said De Bastrop grant, save the said two tracts, or to affect the rights of third
persons in said two tracts hereby confirmed.
Approved, January 10, 1849.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Private Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 752-53