Box 1
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. tax collector Ephraim Coon to David Rusk for his 1858 Wood Co. taxes, 1/25/1859*
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
1/25/1859*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
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Box 1
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Wood Co.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about the increasing demand for land in Wood Co. and that there is a squatter improving land on Rusk’s property, 11/19/1866*
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
11/19/1866*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches advising that the patent recorded in the Wood Co. courthouse does not mention Jesus Flores or his heirs selling their land to Rusk or Daniel Lacy and that this needs to be immediately addressed. Alexander also writes Rusk letting him know he has given written notice to a squatter to vacate the land, 1/11/1867*
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
1/11/1867*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that he has 20 days to pay his delinquent taxes on the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co. or the land will be sold, 11/26/1867
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
11/26/1867
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co. was sold for failure to pay delinquent taxes, 6/27/1868
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
6/27/1868
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches explaining that he cannot sell land from the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co. for Rusk unless the land is partitioned into 100 or 160-acre tracts. Alexander also discusses redemption options for the land, 8/20/1868
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
8/20/1868
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting him know that there was no tax paid on the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co. in 1867, 8/26/1868*
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
8/26/1868*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Wood Co., 1859-1868
File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The majority of this collection consists of accounts, bills, advertising circulars, county records, correspondence, notes, postcards, promissory notes, and receipts addressed to David Rusk or his son John Rusk.
This collection will have appeal for both the casual observer and the serious historian or researcher. Documents deserving special consideration in the collection include:
• Letters (60) between Texas’ first U.S. Senator, Thomas J. Rusk, and his younger brother...
Dates:
1859-1868
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