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.
Built as a family home and boarding house in 1837, the hall and parlor Millard-Lee house is a rare East Texas example of the "two-story double house" and is furnished with a widely eclectic collection of 19th century antiques. It also houses an...
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
Letter to Capt. Hamilton, directing him to sell his horse for fifty dollars to Mr. Smith, and charge the amount to the Nacogdoches Committee of Vigilance and Safety. Signed by K. H. Douglass, Henry Raguet and H. Edwards.
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
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,...
