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Box 1

 Container

Contains 291 Results:

Certificate from the secretary of Williamsville Lodge No.122 in Georgia that William Brown is a worthy brother and master mason, 1/10/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 1/10/1854

Receipts (one document) from N. W. Crain to L. T. Barret and J. S. Linn for dues to the Nacogdoches chapter (no.13) of an unknown organization, 2/22/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 2/22/1854

Power-of-attorney from Thomas C. Barret to Louis A. Durst to handle a legal dispute with Samuel Needham involving 600 acres of land from the Patrick Mullen league in Angelina Co., 6/8/1850

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 6/8/1850

Letter from Louis A. Durst to Mrs. Barret re: a land dispute, 2/13/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 2/13/1854

Deed from James Jacobs, et al. to David Parish for 500 acres of land in Angelina Co., 6/13/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 6/13/1855

Deed from K. B. Stallings and S. A. Stallings to Peter Burke for lots of land in Melrose, 9/22/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 9/22/1855

Letter from W. W. Barret to his brother re: sale of land to Onofre Flores , 11/20/1861

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 11/20/1861

Nacogdoches Co. deed from James M. Morrison to James R. Arnold for 120 acres, 6/1/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 6/1/1860

Account of James M. Morrison with James R. Arnold, 6/8/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 6/8/1860

Field notes and plat done by C. C. Grayson for L. T. Barret on land from the Flores Grant, 11/21/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 4-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 11/21/1860

Contract from L. T. Barret to J. W. Stuart at Palestine to purchase cotton, 12/21/1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 12/21/1862

Note from S. H. B. Cundiff, publisher of the 'Nacogdoches Chronicle', certifying that he has published a call to creditors to present accounts against the Skillern estate, 1/29/1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 1/29/1862

Account in final settlement of the estates of Elizabeth A. Skillern and James S. Skillern, minors having arrived at ages of majority, 11/4/1861

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 11/4/1861

Note from William S. Thomas at Galveston to L. T. Barret re: need for money, 2/16/1863

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 2/16/1863

Receipt from William S. Thomas to L. T. Barret for payment on note, 4/1/1863

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 4/1/1863

Power-of-attorney from Eli Day and Susan M. Day to Joseph Davis in Hinds Co., MS to handle their interests in the estate of John F. Watson, 1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 1865

Nacogdoches Co. deed from Lyne T. Barret, et al. (for Lucy W. Skillern) to John C. Smith conveying 10 acres of land for $1, 12/1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 12/1865

Receipt from L. T. Barret to Lucy M. Skillern for fees paid as the guardianship of six Skillern children, 11/20/1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 11/20/1865

Letter from A. G. Durkee at Hot Springs, AR to L. T. Barret re: business in Shreveport , 8/9/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 8/9/1868

Account of Durkee and Barret with Shreveport merchants Teah and Reinsch, 12/31/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).

Dates: 12/31/1868