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Box 7

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Nacogdoches Co. certification of a notice for final settlement by Benjamin A. Vansickle, administrator of the estate of Joseph Buffington, deceased, in the 'Nacogdoches Chronicle', 9/18/1852

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 27, 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: 9/18/1852

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

Promissory note for 4 enslaved people named Ann, Rose, Harriet, Chapley from John S. Thorn to Bennett Blake for $336, 1/16/1854

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12, 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: 1/16/1854