Book A, page 3, "Notices and Evidences in Cosby Settlement Claims" in St. Tammany Parish courthouse
To James O. Cosby, Esqr.
Commissioner of Land Claims
Sir:
Take Notice that I claim six hundred and forty acres of land lying on the east
side of Tanchipaho, which I improved and settled in August 1806, and which has
been in actual cultivation and inhabitation ever since by me.