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Box 9

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Receipt from Conway and Buckelew at Shreveport, 12/8/1871

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 6, Item: 4
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: 12/8/1871

Receipt from general merchandise dealer A. P. Stephens at Black Jack in Nacogdoches Co. to James McKnight, 12/23/1897

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 7, Item: 4
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: 12/23/1897

Orange Co. oil, gas and mineral lease from W. B. McKnight and M. A. L. McKnight to Richard Yett for 640 acres, 10/11/1937

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 20, Item: 4
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: 10/11/1937

Employment contract between James McKnight and Tobe Rhodes to hire Rhodes, 11/14/1885

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 22, Item: 4
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 11/14/1885