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,...
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.
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.
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...
Government officials; County government; State government
Commission by the governor of Texas, Edmund J. Davis, for A. E. Baker as County Treasurer of San Augustine County and signed by James P. Newcomb, Secretary of State.
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
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.
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....
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.
Payment to G. W. Womac, drawn on the San Augustine County, Texas court as payment for jury duty. Signed by J. Polk for W. H. Crouch, San Augustine County Court Clerk.
Receipt for One-thousand, nine-hundred, thirty-four dollars, paid by Amaziah E. Baker, to S. W. Blount, to pay off a mortgage held by him for a tract of land which was part of the Chireno Grant. Witnessed by Frank B. Sublett and Henry Lewis.
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.
Republic of Texas writ, issued in San Augustine County for Nelson H. Manger, ordering the county sheriff to collect on a judgment against Patrick J. Griffin. Signed by San Augustine court clerk, R. W. Martin.
Law & legal affairs; Judicial proceedings; Trials, litigation, etc.
Republic of Texas, County of San Augustine order to the sheriff, William Kimbro, to summon John Patterson, G. H. Payne, and Thomas Richardson to appear before the Court and give evidence. Issued by J. B. Johnson.
