J.R. Verret, Recorder of Mortgages in Terrebonne Parish, certified that in his records there were a number of mortgages against the properties of Mathilde Toups, widow of H.C. Thibodaux. She held title in her own right and as natural tutrix of her six children (names given) to the undivided two-thirds of a sugar plantation called Saint Brigitte, situated in Terrebonne Parish, and to the undivided two-thirds of two tracts situated on Grand Coteau, adjoining the aforementioned plantation. Against these properties were registered two judicial mortgages in favor of Jules Levois for the sum of $1,418.24, dating from 1854; a conventional mortgage in favor of Michel Aimé for $37,750.00, dating from 1854; and two conventional mortgages in favor of Messrs. Bellocq, Noblom and Company for $36,316.92 and $ 90,000.00 dating from 1858 and 1860.