Transportation; Military mobilizations; Republic of Texas
An 1836 receipt of a loan for $25, from Joseph Rowe to the Texas Republic, to be used in transporting military volunteers to headquarters. Signed by D. Watson, Asst. Quarter Master, San Augustine, Texas, July 24, 1836.
Republic of Texas property tax listing for 320 acres of land in Nacogdoches County and 73 head of horses and livestock for B.C. Walters and W. Zachanah Bottom, valued at $820.00.
Receipt in San Augustine, Texas, of a horse from William Anderson, valued at two-hundred dollars, for the use of the Republic of Texas. Signed by Martin Parmer, Agent for Texas.
Order requesting that William Smith forward lead and gunpowder to the Texas Rangers under the command of Captain Silas and charge the cost to the government of Texas. Signed by Henry Millard, Committee Chair, San Felipe, Texas.
Order to pay D. F. Ford for 30.5 gallons of whiskey, destroyed on the orders of H. McLeod, Adjutant General, signed by Major J. S. Roberts, Quarter Master.
Money; Business & finance; Debt; Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas promissory notes for two, three, and four, issued by Kelsey H. Douglass, a wealthy Nacogdoches County merchant. Decorated with agricultural, industrial, and Native American scenes.
Militias; Military officers; Political elections; Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas document signed by Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County, Charles S. Taylor, authorizing Judge William Roark to hold elections for a captain and two lieutenants for the local militia.
Militias; Military officers; Frontier & pioneer life
1839 letter from K. H. Douglass to Captain William Logan discussing Douglass' nomination for Major General of the Militia, and the need for regular protection of the frontier.
Honorable Discharge, given to Shelby County resident Rolly Reigns, from the Company of Volunteers of Mounted Gunmen in the Third Company of the Third Regiment, Third Brigade of Texas Militia. Signed by Capt. George W. Hanks and Lieut. Col. Moses...
Certification of honorable discharge for Raburn Haley, of Shelby County, Texas, from the Mounted Gunmen, 2nd Company of the 3rd Regiment, 3rd Brigade of the Texas Militia. Signed by Captain G. W. Hooper and Colonel N. H. Landrum.
Receipt of payment from John M.Henrie to H. A. Johnston & W. H. English for purchase made for the use of volunteers in the Texas Army. Signed by H. Henderson.
Order to Major Arthur Henrie, Department of Nacogdoches Collector of Public Monies, to pay $250.00 of public funds to Lt. Col. Henry Millard for use of the Recruiting Service.
Marriage license issued to Benjamine Thomas and Martha Engledone, sworn to by Rev. Littleton Fowler, Minister of the Gospel of the Methodist Episcopal Church, filed January 17, 1839.
