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by fire and the insurance had expired only the day before. It was then that my grandfather decided to move to Bay St. Louis where he owned a tract of land, being his division of the old^plantation, and established a home.
In April of 1889 Helena Dorhauer Cowand, wife of Charles T. Cowand, and Julia Cowand Herrick, wife of Dr. S. S. Herrick "conveyed to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Bay St. Louis a strip of land to be used as a public street, to-wlt:
On the part of Helena D. Cowand, wife of Charles T. Cowand, a strip of land on the south side of land known as front lot No. 7 in the division of the Estate of Jesse Cowand, deceased, said strip of land being 16-2/3 feet wide and running between parallel lines from what Is known as Front Street to Cowand Avenue; and on the part of Julia Cowand, wife of Dr. S. S. Herrick now residing In San Francisco, Calif., a strip of land on the north side of what Is known as front lot No. 6 in the division of the Estate of Jesse CowandJ deceased, said strip of land being 23-1/3 feet wide and running between parallel lines from what Is known as Front Street to Cowand Avenue. These two strips of land to make one street forty feet wide to be known as Julia Street; said Julia Street being in the corporate limits of the City of Bay St. Louis, County of Hancock, State of Mississippi. Said Julia Street is bounded on the East by Front Street, on the North by land of Helena Dorhauer, wife of Charles T. Cowand, on the West by Cowand Avenue, and en the South by land of Julia Cowand, wife of Dr. S. S. Herrick." (Book M, page 512, Hancock County Deed Records.)
As of the present time (January 1980) there is yet a small portion of this old plantation or property of the original Estate of Jesse Cowand, deceased, still in the Cowand Family besides the family cemetery, and that Is Lots 61, 62, and 63. First Ward,
Bay St. Louis and located on Julia Street. These lots are owned by my three brothers, Jessr R.,Cowand, Glen L. Cowand, and Malcolm A. Cowand.
This the 15th day of January, 1980.
Helene Cowand Price