Box 2
Contains 54 Results:
Letter from Amory R. Starr at Marshall to Bennett Blake re: early settlers and their locations (typed), 8/28/1891
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.
Letter from Ingraham and Ratcliff at Nacogdoches to Bennett Blake, 12/13/1895
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.
Note from Wettermark at Nacogdoches to Bennett Blake, 2/6/1896
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 to Bennett Blake (includes envelope), 2/23/1904
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 to Bennett Blake
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.
Note from John E. George
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 D. L. Blake to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches, 12/10/1837
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.
Letters (same document) from Abigail Blake Humphrey and Samuel Humphrey to Bennett Blake re: family and challenges of being a parent, 1/14/1839
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 the Blake family at Sutton, Vermont to Bennett Blake re: family affairs, 6/10/1839
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.
Letter from Abigail Blake Humphrey at Sutton, Vermont to her brother Bennett Blake re: missing Blake, that their uncle's wife fell in fire, and local affairs, 4/21/1845
The folder says there are four items. This is either a typo or one item is missing.
Letter from Bennett Blake's brother at Sutton, Vermont to Blake, 5/15/1848
The folder says there are four items. This is either a typo or one item is missing.