Box 8
Contains 71 Results:
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.
Letters of W. B. McKnight, et al. re: timber, McIver tract and oil (5 items), 3/1906-7/1906
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.
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
Land, private investigation, timber, McIver tract, family matters
Letters of W. B. McKnight re: land, financial concerns, family matters, and timber (8 items), 1908
The folder includes plat and field notes.
Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 items), 1909-1910
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: Blake heirs, land, family concerns, and oil (6 items), 1911-1929
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: cotton acreage allotments, soil depleting acreage allotments and cotton tax exemption (21 items), 1934-1941
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: oil leases and family matters (7 items), 1930-1933
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 R. H. Gamble Co. to W. B. McKnight re: A and P store lease (5 items), 1932-1937
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 the U. S. Department of Commerce to W. B. McKnight re: telephone line (7 items), 1932-1938
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.
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