Box 8
Contains 71 Results:
Freemasonry papers Bennett Blake (3 items), 1841-1894
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.
Political broadsides for Bennett Blake's election to Chief Justice of Nacogdoches Co. (3 items), 1856
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.
Texas Veteran Association papers of Bennett Blake (5 items), 1870-1886
Includes certificates, Letters
Eastern Texas Railroad Company papers of Bennett Blake (8 items), 1860-1871
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.
Miscellaneous papers of Bennett Blake and family (4 items), 1864-1874
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.
Texas Constitutional Convention papers of Bennett Blake (5 items), 1875, undated
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.
Nacogdoches University papers of Bennett Blake (5 items), 1845-1846
Blake served as treasurer and as a trustee of Nacogdoches University.
Nacogdoches University papers of Bennett Blake (resolution, deed, receipts) (4 items), 1847-1884
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.
School fund papers of Bennett Blake (6 items), 1857-1/5/1858
Includes letters from teachers.
School fund papers of Bennett Blake (9 items), 1858
Includes correspondence from teachers and a contract.
School fund papers of Bennett Blake (7 items), 1859
Includes correspondence from teachers and a receipt.
Letters to the McKnight family (8 items), 1870-1899
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.
Letters from George F. Ingraham to Addie McKnight and W. B. McKnight re: Bennett Blake's estate (12 items), 1896-1905
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.
McKnight family letters re: legal and financial concerns (4 items), 1900-1901
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.
Letters from James I. Blake and Myrta Blake Perkins to W. B. McKnight re: land and financial concerns (3 items), 1901-1903
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.
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
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.
W. B. McKnight family letters re: Wettermark Bank failure, family matters, financial concerns, and timber thieves (8 items), 1903
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.
Letters from Ed Pierson to W. B. McKnight re: land in Falls County (includes field notes and plats) (8 items), 1904
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.
Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items), 1904-1905
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.
Letters of W. B. McKnight re: timber and the McIver tract (5 items), 1/1906-2/1906
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.