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Walter W. Carre’ may have been domiciled in Louisiana at the time of his death, as succession was opened in a New Orleans district court. In the petition of the widow, Elvina A. Carre’, claim was laid to a tract “heretofore known as the Challon tract, and now known as Logtown, which lies south of Bayou Boguehoma and bounded north by said bayou, south by public lands, east by lands owned by Christian Koch and heirs of Asa Hersey <sic> and west by Pearl River, together with all improvements consisting of saw mill, wharves, booms, rolling stock and tools belonging to said mill, dwelling houses, outhouses,” etc., all valued at $3,000.
Elvina was named guardian of their minor children in 1878, and had to post a $6,000 surety bond.101
101	The posting of bond was not unusual, even when the guardian was a parent. Sometimes as many as three different people had to commit to the bond, even though only one was guardian, and often the bonds were for substantial amounts.