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Quarter at #30 Chartres Street, corner of Bienville. I have in my possession an old ledger used in this business, the last entry being dated January 15, 1825. One of his customers was J&dah Touro for whom Touro Infirmary in New Orleans was named.
The land on which Elmwood stands and surrounding lands was purchased by Jesse Cowand in 1826 - 1829 from Melite Lassassier.
It is believed that construction of Elmwood was begun in the early 1800s	and prior	to the War	of 1812 and	completed	by Jesse Cowand
about	1830. This is a two	story brick	building put together with
wooden pegs and situated on the west shore of the Bay of St. Louis, facing east. The bricks of which it is built came to this country as ballast in ships from Spain and Portugal and unloaded in New Orleans in the early 1800s. Clam shells left on the shore of the Bay by Indians were crushed and used in the mortar. The property comprised 553 acres where Sea Island cotton was grown as the principal crop on this plantation.
In 1852 Jesse Cowand died and Elmwood Manor passed by dower rights to his widow, Elizabeth Cowand, and remained in her possession until	her death	in 1862.
On October	26, 1856 "J.V. Toulme,	Alexander	Bookter, and J.A.
Ulman, Commissioners appointed by the Honorable Benjamin Sones,
Judge of the Probate Court of Hancock County, to make partition of and divide a certain tract of land situate, lying and being in said county and described as follows: Bounded on the North by Jourdan River, East by the Bay of St. Louis, South by the Dower of Mrs. Elizabeth Cowand, and West by lands claimed by Hopkins and Miller, into ten equal shares or parts, and to allot the same to the ten heirs of Jesse Cowand, deceased (they being joint tenants of said tract of land) according to the provisions of'an act concerning the partition of lands had by coparcaners, joint tenants, and tenants in common, having at a previous day caused, as directed by said Act, said tract of land to be surveyed and divided into ten shares and parts of two lots each, and a map and Field Book of said survey to be made, specifying the bounds and numbers of each Lot. And having given notice of the time and place in the manner directed by said Act, they then would on this day meet at the office of V.B. Pierce in the City of Shieldsborough in said County and make an allotment by ballot of the several parts or shares aforesaid of said tract of land to said joint tenants, do now hereby certify that pursuant to said notice, we this day assembled at the place aforesaid appointed when and where we proceeded in a public manner to number on said Map and put the same in a box, also to put the names of said joint tenants written on separate tickets into another box; and that James Johnston apointed for that purpose by the undersigndd, proceeded to draw said names and numbers as directed by said Act, and did draw the same as follows, that is to say: