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Box 7

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Rusk Co. final settlement account (table) for Benjamin A. Vansickle, administrator of the estate of Joseph Buffington, deceased, 4/24/1852

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 27, 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: 4/24/1852

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

Deed of sale for an enslaved girl named Emeline from Charles N. Bell to Bennett Blake for $600, 3/5/1858

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 12, 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: 3/5/1858