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Box 9

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Contracts of W. B. McKnight, et al. for buildings and bridges (3 items), 1899-1920

 File — Box: 9, 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: 1899-1920

Contract between W. B. McKnight, Nacogdoches County Commissioner of Precinct 1, and B. C. Castleberry for Castleberry to build a bridge over the Fish Pond branch on Douglass Road (typescript), 5/4/1910

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 24, 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: 5/4/1910

Agreement between Mary B. Hayter and W. B. McKnight to share a brick wall on the second story of their adjacent homes on West Main Street in the town of Nacogdoches (typescript), 3/12/1920

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 24, 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: 3/12/1920