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Box 9

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Receipt from E. Teah and B. Teah at Shreveport to McKnight for five bales of cotton purchase from McKnightd, 12/7/1871

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 6, 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: 12/7/1871
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 9 / Accounts and bills of James McKnight (6 items)

Account of W. B. McKnight, 1891

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 7, 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: 1891
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 9 / Accounts and bills of James and W. B. McKnight (6 items)

Nacogdoches Co. oil, gas and mineral lease from W. B. McKnight to R. H. Lee and J. H. Robinson for 365 acres, 4/22/1935

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 20, 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: 4/22/1935
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 9 / Oil, gas and mineral leases of W. B. McKnight, et al. (4 items)

Employment contract between James McKnight and Jimmie Young to hire Young, 11/14/1885

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 22, Item: 3
Scope and Contents

Young worked for 10 bushels of corn, 100 pounds of meat and $20.

Dates: 11/14/1885
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 9 / Appointment of James McKnight as overseer for road work; contracts for labor (5 items)

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
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 9 / Contracts of W. B. McKnight, et al. for buildings and bridges (3 items)

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