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Box 8

 Container

Contains 71 Results:

School fund papers of Bennett Blake (9 items), 1858

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from teachers and a contract.

Dates: 1858

School fund papers of Bennett Blake (7 items), 1859

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from teachers and a receipt.

Dates: 1859

Letters to the McKnight family (8 items), 1870-1899

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

The letters are about financial concerns, family matters, horses, land, and an estate settlement. The correspondence includes the names James McKnight, Mary Addie L. Blake Bowler McKnight, and William Bonaparte McKnight [2nd husband of Mary Addie Blake]. One letter from 3/14/1876 is about horses, measurement in hands, and the desire to trade for cattle and sheep near Melrose, Texas.

Dates: 1870-1899

Letters from George F. Ingraham to Addie McKnight and W. B. McKnight re: Bennett Blake's estate (12 items), 1896-1905

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 13
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: 1896-1905

McKnight family letters re: legal and financial concerns (4 items), 1900-1901

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
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: 1900-1901

Letters from James I. Blake and Myrta Blake Perkins to W. B. McKnight re: land and financial concerns (3 items), 1901-1903

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
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: 1901-1903

Letters from J. L. M. Pirtle to W. B. McKnight re: insurance, timber rights, a dispute over the Bennett Blake league, and oil near Conroe (6 items), 1901-1908

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
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: 1901-1908

W. B. McKnight family letters re: Wettermark Bank failure, family matters, financial concerns, and timber thieves (8 items), 1903

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
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: 1903

Letters from Ed Pierson to W. B. McKnight re: land in Falls County (includes field notes and plats) (8 items), 1904

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18
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: 1904

Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items), 1904-1905

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 19
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: 1904-1905

Letters of W. B. McKnight re: timber and the McIver tract (5 items), 1/1906-2/1906

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 20
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: 1/1906-2/1906

Letters of W. B. McKnight, et al. re: timber, McIver tract and oil (5 items), 3/1906-7/1906

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 21
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: 3/1906-7/1906

Letters of W. B. McKnight and the Blake family re: land, private investigation, timber, McIver tract, and family matters (8 items), 8/1906-12/1906

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Land, private investigation, timber, McIver tract, family matters

Dates: 8/1906-12/1906

Letters of W. B. McKnight re: land, financial concerns, family matters, and timber (8 items), 1908

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

The folder includes plat and field notes.

Dates: 1908

Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 items), 1909-1910

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 24
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: 1909-1910

Letters of W. B. McKnight re: Blake heirs, land, family concerns, and oil (6 items), 1911-1929

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 25
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: 1911-1929

Letters of W. B. McKnight re: cotton acreage allotments, soil depleting acreage allotments and cotton tax exemption (21 items), 1934-1941

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 26
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: 1934-1941

Letters of W. B. McKnight re: oil leases and family matters (7 items), 1930-1933

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 27
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: 1930-1933

Letters from R. H. Gamble Co. to W. B. McKnight re: A and P store lease (5 items), 1932-1937

 File — Box: 8, 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: 1932-1937

Letters from the U. S. Department of Commerce to W. B. McKnight re: telephone line (7 items), 1932-1938

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 29
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: 1932-1938