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Reports of receipts and disbursements of various county officials submitted for approval to commissioners' court, including accounts of treasurer, sheriff, estray, justice of peace, tax collector, indebtedness, and miscellaneous. Shows date of entry, amount, by whom paid, purpose, date of credit, character of credit allowed, and receipt or license number. Arranged by office and there under chronologically by date of entry. Handwritten; SPF-handwritten. Not indexed. [McDonald #202]

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Docket of civil cases filed in justice court, judgments, and accounts of fees due thereon, showing case number, name of plaintiff, name of defendant, names of attorneys, court term, cause of action, filing date, account of fees earned, judgment of court, disposition of case, and signature of justice. Arranged chronologically by date filed. Handwritten; SPF-handwritten. Indexed. [McDonald #275]

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Sheriff's docket and fee book recording services rendered in civil cases heard in County Court and fees due thereon, showing docket number, style of case, process, name of officer, date received, when executed, when returned, items and amounts of cost, remarks, and receipts. Arranged chronologically by date received. SPF-handwritten. Indexed. [McDonald #139]

Scope and Contents Census of inhabitants of Nacogdoches County in 1847, showing name of head of household, number of qualified electors, number of persons between 18 and 45 years of age, number under 18 years of age, number years over 45 years of age, number of females, number of slaves, number of freed negroes, and recapitulation in each category. Also divided into rural and town residents. No obvious arrangement. Handwritten. Not indexed. [Note: Transcribed copy by Carolyn Ericson in the Reading Room's...

Scope and Contents Clerk's copy of county superintendent's record of receipts and disbursements of funds for the various common school districts in Nacogdoches County, showing name of school district, number of district, funds received, amount, from what source, funds disbursed, amount, to what source, and balances in each school district fund. Also includes name and address of trustees, name of teachers, date of qualification, expiration of term, and remarks. Arranged chronologically by school year. [McDonald...

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Record of proceedings in civil cases in county court, showing in some cases the term of court, date, names of plaintiff and defendant, offense, judgment, court orders, names of attorneys, name of presiding judge, name of sheriff, and signature of county clerk. Partial volume. Handwritten. [McDonald #132b]

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Direct and reverse indexes to Deed Books, showing name of grantor, name of grantee, kind of instrument, date filed, and book and page number where recorded. Arranged alphabetically by names of both grantor and grantee.

Scope and Contents Copies of deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting title to real and personal property, showing number of instrument, name of grantor, name of grantee, amount of principal, amount of interest, description of property, date filed, date recorded, notarization, and signature of county clerk. Also contain copies of sheriffs' deeds, administrators' deeds, bonds for titles and executory contracts for sale of land, judgments affecting land titles, and powers of attorney. Arranged...

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Clerk's record of deeds, mortgages, chattel mortgages, and other instruments filed for record, showing names of grantor and grantee, nature of instrument, date of instrument, date filed, to whom delivered, date delivered, and remarks. Early volumes arranged alphabetically by name of grantor; remaining volumes arranged chronologically by date filed. Indexed. [McDonald #6]

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Surveyor’s record of field notes of property surveyed in Nacogdoches County, showing number of acres, name of grantee of original survey, certificate number, description of land, date surveyed, names of chain carriers, and certification of authenticity by county surveyor. Hand-written. Indexed.