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Early Texas Jurists, 1837-1881

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Title	Early Texas Jurists, 1837-1881
Subject	Texas; Lawyers
Description	ADAMS, CEPHAS B., Autograph document signed, Galveston, June 1, 1839. AUSTIN, EDWARD TAILER, Autograph document signed, Galveston, February 20, 1867. BALLINGER, WILLIAM PITT, Autograph document signed, Galveston, December 6, 1848. BATTLE, MILLS M., Autograph document signed, Richmond, April 25, 1843. BONNER, MICAJAH HUBBARD, Autograph document signed. County of Cherokee, September Term 1866. BROWN, GEORGE WILLIAM, Document singed, County of Colorado, November 24, 1845 Bill of Exceptions, signed as attorney in the case of Henry Hubbell vs. the estate L.H. Peters. COLLARD, WILLIAM E., Autograph document signed, (Roberston County), February 9, 1881. CROSBY, JOSIAH FRAZIER, Autograph document signed, Washington County, January1, 1842. CULLEN, EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, Autograph document signed, San Augustine, (1839), Signed as attorney. CUMMINGS, JOHN R., Autograph document signed, Washington County, January 30, 1838. DANCY, JOHN WINFIELD SCOTT. Autograph document signed (La Grange) March 26, 1844. DE BLAND, COLIN, Autograph document signed, Colorado County, July 20, 1838. DINSMORE, SILAS, Autograph document signed, Matagorda, November 4, 1839. FARISH, OSCAR, Broadside signed, Galveston, May 20, 1845. FIELDS, SMALLWOOD S.B., Autograph document signed, La Grange, December 30, 1844. GIDDINGS, JABEZ DEMING. GREEN, THOMAS, Autograph document signed, Austin County, July 14, 1848.
Identifier	SHHManuscripts/SHHIV/01/SHHIV_01p1.jpg
Location	SHH\SHHManuscripts\SHHIV
Scope and Content Note	This collection assembles autograph documents of 52 early Texas attorneys and judicial officials. The earliest listed is Cephas Adams in a suit involving Parker vs. Bolin alleging failure to board and clothe a hired slave in Galveston. Another Galveston attorney featured is William Pitt Ballinger whose law firm is still in existence in Galveston and is the oldest west of the Mississippi River. There are petitions, jury charges, bills of exceptions, admiralty suits, judgments, and orders for the sale of land to satisfy the claims against an estate. Counties include Ft. Bend, Colorado, Cherokee, Washington, Austin, and Montgomery in a representative sampling of early Texas.
Size	.25 linear feet, 52 items.
Date	1837-1881
Link	http://www.shsu.edu/~lib_www/

Title	Adams, Cephas B
Description	SHH IV:1 ADAMS, CEPHAS B., Autograph document signed, Galveston, June 1, 1839. Justice Court minutes: William Parker vs. James Bolin. Suit involved failure to board and clothe a hired slave. Judgment was for the plaintiff. Signed by Adams as Justice of the Peace, the first elected to that office in Galveston. 2 pp. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2
Identifier	SHHIV_01p1
Location	SHHIV_01p1
Link	http://www.shsu.edu/~lib_www/

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