Court petition, 1842

The Republic of Texas County of San Augustine District Court Spring Term AD 1842

To the Honorable the Judge of the 5th Judicial District holding Count in and for said county --

The Petition of Aarow[lear?] of the heirs of William R. Johnson deceased who are William Johnson the father of the said William R. and Mary late the Wife of latter man the Wife of Robert Jantzinger the said Robert here joining and authorizing this suit and the heirs of James Davidson who are his sons William Davidson and Francis Davidson and his daughters who are Ann the Wife of William B. G[?] the said William B. here joining with his wife and authorizing this suit, Elizabeth Wife of John Davidson the said John here joining and authorizing this suit Mary the Wife of Alfred Bludworth who here joins his said Wife and authorizes this suit and a Grandson of the said James Davidson, James S. Cartwright a minor under the age of Twenty one years being the only son and heir at law of Patsy a daughter of the said James Davidson who died the Wife of Thomas Cartwright who is the father of the said James S. Cartwright and his Guardian and by whom the said James S. Cartwright brings and presents this suit, Humbly complaining sheweth Your Honor that one George Teal, a Citizen of the County of San Augustine and Republic of Texas and who joins petitioner George may [be?] made a party defendant to the action did heretofore to wit, on the tenth day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight Hundred and thirty seven and on divers other days and times between that day and the commencement of this suit in the County aforesaid with force and arms break and enter into a certain [clo?] of the said petitioners [?] lying and being in the said County of San Augustine on the [?] river about ten leagues east from the City of N[?] and bounded as follows that is to say Commencing at the place where the main road known as the Old San Antonio road

Crossed the said River Attoyaque on the 30th day of August A D 1827 thence up the said River North Ten thousand [?] to a [?] Witness trees a red Oak and a [?} on which the brand of a certain Francesco Guerrero is cut thence east crossing the Bayou Arengo and the head waters of the [?] fifteen thousand [?] to a [?] witness trees two white oaks and two red oaks all marked with the said Guerreros Branding iron bounded on the east on land [UNFINISHED]