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Box 1

 Container

Contains 848 Results:

Letter from John H. Moffett, Nacogdoches Co. member of the Texas House of Representatives, at Washington-on-the-Brazos to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking if he has heard the rumor that the northern part of the county will be annexed to Rusk Co., 12/6/1844

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, 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: 12/6/1844

Nacogdoches Co. deed for 640 acres of land from Bennett Blake to David Rusk, 8/4/1845

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, 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: 8/4/1845

Letter from John H. Conner at Austin to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking Rusk to do him a favor and redeem a piece of Conner’s property in Nacogdoches Co. for him that was sold off for delinquent taxes, 12/25/1846*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, 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: 12/25/1846*

Copy of Nacogdoches Co. patent for 320 acres of land from Governor George W. Wood to David Rusk, 7/10/1848

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41, 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: 7/10/1848

Receipt from J. M. Charlton to David Rusk for 1849 taxes, 9/23/1851

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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: 9/23/1851

Nacogdoches Co. deed for land from Juan Bautista Chirino and Maria Merca Chirino to David Rusk, 6/27/1854

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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: 6/27/1854

Statement by Nacogdoches Co. clerk Oscar L. Holmes certifying John Sparks headright claim to 1,280 acres of land from 1839, 1840 and 1841 Board of Land Commissioner documents. Holmes also certifies transfer of an additional unconditional certificate (class 2, no.130, 9/21/1841, 640 acres) from John Sparks to David Rusk, 11/28/1855

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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: 11/28/1855

Field notes made by A. A. Nelson for David Rusk before his purchase of 250 acres in Nacogdoches Co. from Maria Merca Chirino, 1/22/1857*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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: 1/22/1857*

Nacogdoches Co. deed from Maria Merca Chirino to David Rusk for 250 acres, 1/29/1857*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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: 1/29/1857*

Nacogdoches Co. deed for land from Jose Maria Chirino, Felipe Procela, Tomasa Procela, Concession Y’Barbo, and Maria Antonia Cordova to David Rusk, 2/2/1857

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42, 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: 2/2/1857

Agreement between James R. Arnold, William W. Barret and David Rusk that Arnold and Barret will pay half of the war taxes on the Maria Josefa Arriola abstract in Nacogdoches Co. for Rusk with the understanding that if he cannot find the money to pay them back he will deed the land to them, 9/1/1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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: 9/1/1862

Receipt from Ephraim Coon, Nacogdoches Co. tax collector, to David Rusk, trustee for William Old, for Old’s 1862 taxes, 3/21/1863

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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: 3/21/1863

Nacogdoches Co. deed from Ephraim Coon, tax assessor and collector, to David Rusk. Rusk paid $4.27 for 1,440 acres put up for sale at public auction to satisfy delinquent taxes for 1861, 7/29/1863

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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: 7/29/1863

Letter from James F. Starr at Marshall to David Rusk at Nacogdoches about cashing some drafts and paying 1877 taxes. Includes envelope, 4/6/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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: 4/6/1877

Letter from J. L. Childes at San Augustine to David Rusk at Nacogdoches complaining about the lack of land available for sale in the area, Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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: 1860s-1870s

List of land and land value for 16 Nacogdoches Co. property owners, Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 43, 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: 1860s-1870s

Nacogdoches Co. deed for 640 acres (part of the Thomas Stanford league) from Daniel Lacy and David Rusk to Bennett Blake, 2/1/1841

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44, 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: 2/1/1841

Letter from John Simmons, administrator of the estate of Thomas Stanford, at Cypress Creek in Spring Creek Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for the title and any paperwork to the Thomas Stanford League that Rusk and Daniel Lacy located. Spring Creek Co. was abolished in 1842, 6/24/1841*

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44, 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: 6/24/1841*

Certified copy of a 5/15/1837 Nacogdoches Co. deed of conveyance (#216) from Thomas Stanford to David Rusk and Daniel Lacy giving them power of attorney over one league and labor of land and ownership of half of the league and labor, 8/7/1857

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44, 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: 8/7/1857

Certified copy of a 5/15/1837 Nacogdoches Co. deed of conveyance (#217) from Thomas Stanford to David Rusk and Daniel Lacy giving them power of attorney over one league and labor of land and ownership of half of the league and labor, 8/7/1857

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 44, 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: 8/7/1857