Spanish papers, land transfers : Cortes ; and Forte to Bowie, 1801-1819.

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Spanish papers, land transfers : Cortes ; and Forte to Bowie, 1801-1819.

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The collection consists of papers for two land grants on the Coneco River in West Florida granted by Folch, the Governor and Commander of West Florida. The first was petitioned for and given to Felipe Cortes, the second was petitioned for and given to Santiago Forte who later assigned it to Rizin Bowie who then assigned it to James Bowie.

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Folch, Vicente

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Cortes, Felipe.

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Forte, Santiago

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Bowie, Rezin, approximately 1762-1821

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Bowie, James, d. 1836

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The son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Bowie, James (Jim) Bowie (1796?-1836) moved around the southern United States in his early life, finally settling on a plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, in around 1809. During the War of 1812, James and his brother Rezin Pleasant Bowie enlisted in the Second Division, Consolidated, of the U.S. Army. After the war, the brothers bought slaves from Jean Laffite and traded them in St. Landry Parish, until raising $65,0000, which James and Rezin ...