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No. 734*M, Iona Piikoi
N.R. 395v2
To the Honorable Land Commissioners, greetings: I hereby tell you of my claims for my house lots in Honolulu and other places.
Lot 1 is mauka of Keonimana and makai of W. Ladd. This lot was from Kupihe.
Lot 2 is mauka of Kamakahonu, and below Pehu. This lot was from Kamakee.
Lot 3 is makai of Beretane, just mauka of Mr. French. This lot was from Kamakee.
Lot 4 is at Lahaina, between M. Kekauonohi and Z. Kaauwai, and it was from Kamakee.
Lot 5 at Kopoula, between Haaheo and Kaleikini, is from Kamakee.
A leased pond is at Kaneohe, Koolau. Its name is Nuupia. Five years remain from the 6th day of September /on the lease/. I pay $20 a year.
Those are all my claims.
IONA PIIKOI
October 5, 1847, at my residence, Honolulu
F.T. 207-208v2
Claim 734, Jona Piikoi, February 3d [1848]
Consisting of 3 lots in Honolulu, 1 fish pond in Koolau & 2 lots in Lahaina.
1st. A house lot in Honolulu between John Munn's & William Ladd's.
Kauliokanioa, sworn, This is a house lot in Honolulu, bounded:
Ewa by J.H. Wrights
Makai by John Munn's
Waititi by Fort Street
Mauka by Will Ladd's present residence.
It is fenced & has several houses on it occupied by foreigners. Claimant has owned this lot from about 1825 in peace. He received it from Kupihea, his relative, who was lost with Boki. I never heard his title disputed.
Namauu, sworn, and entirely substantiated the previous testimony.
1. House lot residence of claimant
Kauliokamoa, sworn, I know this place, bounded:
Makai by Makahonui's and my own place
Waititi by Pehu's
Mauka by uncultivated land called Peleula
Ewa by Nuuanu Street on a small part.
Claimant owns a strip out from this land to Nuuanu Street, about 5 fathoms wide. I mean this strip runs out to Nuuanu Street where I say it is so bounded. It is fenced & has several houses on it. Claimant has lived on it since 1846 and erected there a new house. He got this lot from Amakoe, Piikoi's wife, who had it from Pehu. I know of no counter claimant.
Keiakapu, Pehu's wife sworn, Piikoi's wife is my da ....
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.... and if this is not so, then that would be the end.
We jointly bind ourselves together with our heirs and our assistants perhaps, for the authenticity of these statements and in performing all of these statements above. We write our signature below on this 6th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
Recorded in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Archipelago.
Kamehameha III, Kekauluohi, Iona Piikoi
Personal Witnesses: Keoni Kiwini (John Stevens), Kauwahi
N.T. 543v2
No. 734, Iona Piikoi, Honolulu, February 13, 1848
I, Kamehameha III convey these two lots, Kapihi's lot in the uplands of Kapoulu and the lot toward the ocean of Pelekane (Beretania) which is Kapihi's place on Oahu. This property is to be for Kamakee and Iona Piikoi and to the assistants for all time.
(My) appreciation to you land commissioners and for the authenticity I therefore pen my signature below here.
Kamehameha
See page 532 and 544
N.T. 532-534v2
No. 734, Iona Piikoi, February 28, from page 543
Kauwahi, sworn by the Bible and stated, "I have seen the land lease document of Kamehameha III and Kekauluohi for the conveyance of Nuupia to Iona Piikoi and I have seen them write their signatures for I had been a witness.
Page 543
N.T. 543v2
No. 734, Iona Piikoi, Honolulu, February 13, 1848
I, Kamehameha III, convey these two lots, Kapihi's lot in the uplands of Kaoulu and the lot toward the ocean of Pelekane (Beretania) which is Kapihi's place on Oahu. This property is to be for Kamakee and Iona Piikoi and to their assistants for all time.
(My) appreciation to you land commissioners and for the authenticity I therefore pen my signature below here. Page 532 and 544
Kamehameha
N.T. 544v2
No. 734, Iona Piikoi, From page 543, February 28
Kauwahi, sworn by the Bible and stated, "I have seen the land lease document of Kamehameha III and Kekauluohi for the conveyance of Nuupia of Iona Piikoi and I have seen them write their signatures for I had been a witness."
Page 543
[No. 734 not awarded on Maui; See 734 on Oahu]