The records would not located in the conveyances records. Therefore Vol 5. of the No Land Only Slaves series[ARK-LA-TX] would no help assist in obtaining the inventory of the estate of Edward Means. And Aaron is corret to assume that an inventory of the property would have been taken.

He may want to try looking at surrounding Parishes as well as doing a page by page search of the probate records of De Soto Parish.