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Box 7

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Contains 7 Results:

Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items), 1857-1876

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 28
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: 1857-1876
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7

Note from Amos Clark indemnifying Bennett Blake as a security of Marshal Mayfield's estate, 3/28/1865

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 28, Item: 1
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: 3/28/1865
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7 / Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items)

Receipt from H. C. Hunt at Tyler to Bennett Blake for $6.00 on account of the estate of Hardeman and Barret, 5/4/1864

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 28, Item: 2
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: 5/4/1864
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7 / Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items)

Nacogdoches Co. affidavit from Thomas A. Garrett, probate guardian of G. A. S. Willis and Mary M. Willis, that his promissory note against the estate of Ephraim Coon is legitimate, 11/3/1866

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 28, Item: 3
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: 11/3/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7 / Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items)

Account of the estate of E. P. Gaines for 1855-1856 with John Balch, 1/13/1857

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 28, Item: 4
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: 1/13/1857
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7 / Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items)

Partition of land from the will of H. H. Edwards, 3/25/1872

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 28, 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: 3/25/1872
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7 / Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items)

Proof of an advertisment placed in the London, England 'Daily News' re: the heirs to Helen Blake, 11/29/1876

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 28, Item: 6
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: 11/29/1876
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 7 / Miscellaneous estate papers (6 items)

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