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A gaming table with corner drink holders, a life-sized doll, and hand carved furniture are features of this enclosed country farm house. Children can draw water from the well on the back porch.
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1835 court decision handed down by Judge A. Hotchkiss naming Bailey Anderson, Jr. and Samuel McFadine as "Tutrix" or female guardian of four orphaned minors, Wade H. Shoat, Nancy Shoat, Luiza Shoat and Stoakley Shoat, children of Kit Shoat,...
1835 document acknowledging receipt of a ten dollar donation for the U.S. volunteers, made by William Loyd on behalf of the Committee of Vigilance & Safety, Nacogdoches, Texas. Received by J. Porter and H. H. Edwards.
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.
Carts & wagons; Pack animals; Packtrains; Republic of Texas
1839 receipt to H. J. Offett for the hire of wagon and animals to carry supplies to the Sabine for the army of the Republic of Texas. Signed by John S. Roberts, Quarter Master, and William G. Cook, Quarter Master General.
1839 Republic of Texas deed for land of J. Walling to John Hall, signed by Daniel Lacey, Nacogdoches County Clerk, John Walling, Jesse Walling, Bartlet M. Hall, Claiborne Chisum, Thomas Chisum.
1843 Republic of Texas order for the sheriff of Nacogdoches County, David Rusk, to collect five dollars and fifty cents from Jacob Garrett, Jr., for court costs in San Augustine County. Signed by J. B. Johnson, San Augustine County Clerk.
1843 Republic of Texas order for the sheriff of San Augustine County to summon Joseph Broyles to appear in District Court to give evidence in the case of K. L. Anderson, Custom Collector, vs. B. R. Wallace, et al, signed by J. B. Johnson, Clerk.
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.
Gifts; Horses; Military mobilizations; Republic of Texas; Military exchanges; Horse artillery
An 1838 document acknowledging receipt of a horse, valued at $75, from W. Alexander Grier for the use of the Army of the Republic of Texas. Signed by J. Roberts.
