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:...
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...
Statement of account owed for medical care to Samuel Overton by the Estate of Elizabeth Engledow, deceased, Smith County, Texas, October 29, 1853. Signed by J. W. Peay, Justice of the Peace, N. C. Henry, Justice County Court, J. W. Engledow,...
Writ of Sequestration signed by G. W. Banton, Walker County Clerk, ordering Sheriff William Reeves to find and hold slaves in the possession of Stephen G. McClenny.
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.
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.
San Augustine County document regarding testimony given by A. E. Baker about a promissory note against Sarah Goodwyn, deceased, for the sum of Thirty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. Signed by S. W. Blount, Justice of the Peace.
Document stating Mrs. Finetta M. Baker, wife of A. E. Baker, appeared before S. W. Blount, Notary Public in the county of San Augustine, for the purpose of reviewing a deed.
Document reviewing account owed to Amaziah E Baker & Son by the deceased, Miss Leannah Horton, for purchases of soap and fabric, in the amount of two dollars in San Augustine County. S. W. Blount, Notary Public
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.
An 1860 deed of transfer for a tract of land in Stanford Connecticut and two slave children (George and Eliza), between Joseph F. Palmer and Fenetta M. Baker, wife of Ameziah E. Baker. Witnessed by J. J. Roberts and S. W. Blount, Notary Public, San...
An 1838 warranty deed, conveying land along Kings Highway in Nacogdoches County from Jose Ma. Mora to John Walling. Signed by Jesse Walling, John Pattillo; George Humphries; Jose Ma. Mora and O. L. Holmes, December 8, 1838.
Letter to Messrs. Fowler & Wells regarding a publication, from Thomas J. Rusk, while in Washington on the Brazos. For more info. on Orson Squire Fowler visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Squire_Fowler
Nacogdoches District Court case 440, Alexander Phillips vs. J. S. Roberts, Frederick T. Phillips and George Allen, judgment recorded by Richard Parmalee, County Clerk
Nacogdoches District Court case 439, Alexander Phillips vs. . S. Roberts, Frederick T. Phillips and George Allen, judgment recorded by Richard Parmalee, County Clerk and B. R. Hotchkiss, Deputy.
Letter from Rufus Doak, Lebanon, TN, to Dr. Alex Dients, Temple, TX, re: original logs from 1818 Sam Houston law office in Lebanon for sale. Typewritten on Hudson Insurance Company letterhead.
