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Box 4

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Promissory notes (three on the same page) from Henry W. Supriest to Bennett Blake for $100, 10/20/1858

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 4, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the File:

August 12, 1852, Moses Damuson January 12, 1854, Samuel Hunter October 20, 1858, Henry W. Supriest (3 notes) August 19, 1858, John B. Hardeman February 27, 1858, Perry G. Nichols April 1, 1859, J. W. McKnight November 29, 1859, S. Cave March 5, 1860, James R. Arriolo January 25, 1860, J. W. House January 28, 1862, Antonio Laflore November 29, 1867, L. W. Millsap November 29, 1867, L. W. Millsap

Dates: 10/20/1858

Bond no.8200 from the Confederate depository at Jefferson, TX to Bennett Blake for $100, 6/28/1864

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 8, 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: 6/28/1864

Receipt from J. H. Muckleroy to Bennett Blake for $15 gold, 10/21/1868

 Item — Box: 4, 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: 10/21/1868