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Box 1

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Note from Nacogdoches Co. Chief Justice Charles S. Taylor authorizing Judge Bennett Blake to give Mrs. Mayfield two bushels of corn, 4/24/1865

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

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 4/24/1865

Letter from Clapp Brothers and Co. at New Orleans to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches re: sale of three bales of cotton, 12/8/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 12/8/1868

Letter from Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches to L. F. Harris at Galveston, 9/2/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 9/2/1869

Receipt from James H. Starr and Son to Bennett Blake for farm rent and fence rails, 12/27/1871

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 12/27/1871

Letter from J. L. Pogue at Quitman to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches, 2/1/1892

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 2/1/1892