no date; The petition of Shepherd B. Draughon tutor of his two minor children viz. Catharine Louisa and Millard Fillmore Draughon, a resident of St Helena Parish, represents that he is the natural tutor of said minors who are the issue of his marriage with Mrs. Nancy Draughon alias Nancy Allen now deceased, that his said decd. wife left at her death some landed and personal property in said Parish, and some such property in community with the petitioner, that she also left at her death five children who were equal heirs to her estate, viz. R. Lafayette Draughon, Robert Licurgus Draughon, Amanda M., Catharine L. and Millard F. Draughon, that Amanda M. was emancipated by marriage & has since died without issue leaving her interest in said estate in community with her co-heirs & the petitioner; Further represents that since the death of his said wife one of her children, viz. Rufus L. Draughon applied for and was appointed administrator of her said estate while the said state of Louisiana was in rebellion against the government of the United States and which appointment of administrator was consequently null and void, as your petitioner believes, and expects, on the trial of this suit to prove, that in his said illegal capacity he caused an illegal and fraudulent inventory to be made of said estate, and also caused other personal property to be inventoried as belonging to said estate, knowing at the time that said property did not belong to the estate of his said decd. mother, but that said property belonged to said minor children by gift from their decd. mother and your petitioner, and by inheritance from their decd. brother and sister, Leonidas W. and Mary Susan Draughon; that all said property of the estate of Mrs. Nancy Draughon, Leonidas W., Mary S. and Amanda M. Draughon and also that belonging to said minors, was illegally and unlawfully sold by said R. L. Draughon in his said pretended capacity, and the proceeds used by him contrary to law and greatly to the injury of his co-heirs, and particularly said minors, etc.
