Land; Land grants; Trials, litigation, etc.; Law & legal affairs
Description of lands in a lawsuit, once held by Robert A. Irion and passed to Austin Closs. Names mentioned include: Mosley Baker, Gibson Kuykendall, Radford Berry (Alcalde of Nacogdoches), Charles Gill, Vital Flores (Constitutional Alcalde of...
An 1865 inventory and appraisal of property belonging to Henry C. Hancock (Confederate Captain killed in 1864), includes lands, buildings, slaves, furniture and household items, books, and personal possessions. Filed on January 19, 1865. Signed...
Committees; Meetings; Grand juries; Judicial proceedings; Sectionalism (United States); Politics & government; State rights;
Printed invitation to attend a Public Dinner, in Columbus Georgia, to discuss "mode and measure of redress" in reaction to the Federal government's treatment of Southern states. August 15, 1832. Names of senders: James W. Fannin, Jr., Nicholas...
Law & legal affairs; Witnesses; Judicial proceedings
Summons for Alexander Loyd and A. F. Gray to appear and give evidence in the case of Charles Richards vs. Edmond Hyde and James Perkins. Signed by C. Deen, San Augustine County District Clerk.
Record of Interrogatory for a trial regarding bales of cotton, from Galveston County, Texas, District Court, in the case of Arnold Thomason versus Henry M. Smyth, to be answered before the Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County. Names included are:...
Treasuries; Money; Wages; Indians of North America; Republic of Texas
Treasury warrant in the amount of $86.25, payable to G. H. Williams for his service as Indian Commissioner. Signed by Charles Mason, Auditor, and Samuel B. Shank, Comptroller.
Record of Interrogatory for a trial regarding bales of cotton, from Galveston County, Texas District Court, in the case of Arnold Thomason versus Henry M. Smyth, to be answered before the Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County. Names included are:...
Order for the Sheriff of San Augustine County to execute a judgment in the case of Edmond Hyde and James Perkins versus James S. Richards, administrator for the Estate of Charles Richards. Signed by J. B. Johnson, District Court Clerk, and T....
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.
An 1844 warranty deed transferring land ownership from Byrd L. Hanks to Matthew Cartwright, San Augustine, Texas. Signed by witnesses H. M. Kinsey and Charles Epps.
