John Catron

“ The heirs of Don Carlos de Vilemont filed their petition in the District Court of Arkansas, to have a confirmation of a grant for two leagues of land front, by one league in depth, lying on the right descending bank of the Mississippi, at a place called the Island del Chico, distant twenty-five leagues below the mouth of the Arkansas River ”

“ We are asked to decree a title, and to award a patent, on the same grounds that the Governor-General of Louisiana, or the Intendent, would have been bound to do, had application for a perfect title been made during the existence of the Spanish colonial government. ”