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Box 7

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

San Augustine Co. probate inventory for the estate of David Kenley from 11/1840 (includes 17 slaves), 6/22/1859

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 27, 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: 6/22/1859

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

Deed of sale for an enslaved man named Cato from John F. Dorsett to Bennett Blake for $900, 3/22/1844

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12, 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: 3/22/1844