Box 2
Contains 5 Results:
Letter from John Durst at Marshall to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches, 2/6/1880
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.
Letter from R. R. Chaney at Longview to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches (2 pages), 6/26/1890
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.
Certified copy (one document) showing honorable discharge no.7989 from James Chessher, Captain, Jasper Volunteers, Army of Texas to Olaf Peterson (aka Oliver Peterson), 7/26/1836; the transfer of Texas Revolution bounty land title from Olaf Peterson to John M. Dor for $100, 6/18/1838; authorization for a land certificate on Olaf Peterson's bounty after an audit by Bennett Blake of the discharge, 7/14/1838; and note from William S. Keaghey to Bennett Blake alleging Peterson stole his copy of the discharge and the $100 payment, undated, certified 10/31/1851
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.
Partial letter from Abigail Blake at Boston to her brother, 8/14/1836
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.
Letter from Susan Blake Fielder at Beverly to her brother Bennett Blake, 10/24/1841
The folder says there are four items. This is either a typo or one item is missing.
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