Stirpes, Volume 14, Number 1, March 1974 Page: 6
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6 STIRPE VOL X --'IV No 1.- 1974'
And in order that it be certain, extending these presents,
which he signed, Don William Barr and Don Manuel Bustamente, citizens
of this place, being witnesses.
Village of Nacogdoches, July 19, 1809
Witness: Dennis Quinelty
W. Barr
Manuel Bustamente
19 July 1809, Timothy Barnett, a native of the Province of
Leister, in Ireland, from whence he went out at the age of sixteen
years, after his father died, and sailed in an Irish ship, in which
he went to the city of Lisbon, in which city he did not make a considerable
stop because, since he was in the occupation of a sailor,
he continued his journey in said sailing for the space of twelve
years, making voyages to various ports of Spain, and in Spanish
vessels, and finally he went to the city of Philadelphia, of the
United States of America, where he was living five years, working
in the occupation of farmer; afterwards he came to Natchez, where
he was only two years, and from this said post he transported himself
with a passport which the Senor Captain Don Manuel Vidal,
Spanish Commandant of the Post of Concordia gave him; with which
passport he came to this village of Nacogdoches, where he has been
living since the year 1803 in this part, continuing in the occupation
of farmer, with which he is supporting himself. His condition
is unmarried, and of the Apostolic Roman Catholic religion. He
does not have any documents to accompany his statement, and that
which he explained is the truth, on which it is affirmed and ratified.
He declares he is forty-seven years of age. And because it
may be certain, he extends these presents which he signed; Don Jose
de la Bega and Don Manuel Bustamente, citizens of this place,being
witnesses of it.
Village of Nacogdoches, July 19, 1809.
Timothy Barnett
Witness:
Jose Luis de la Bega
Manuel Bustamente
19 July 1809. Jean Sarnac, a native of the Province of Canton
in Rochelle, from whence I left at the age of thirty-two years,
some time after his parents having died in his said country. He
embarked in a French ship, in which he went to the town of New
Orleans, Province of Louisiana, where he supported himself for the
space of two years, making voyages in the same vessel, and with the
rank of captain of it. From said town, in the year 1767, he went
as a trader to the Post of Natchitoches, where he was living for
the space of five years, and having had the misfortune of having
lost all his few goods that he had, he went to the Post of Orcoquisa
as a trader to the Indian Nations, and by an order of the
Commandant of the Post of Natchitoches, in said Orcoquisa he was
living for the time of two years and a half, and from this he went
to the Post of Trinidad, where he was for the space of four years.
Afterwards he returned to the town of New Orleans, where he did not
stay for any considerable time, because in a short time he went6
STIRKES VOL, XI\/- Nn- 1- 1974
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