Box 1
Container
Contains 848 Results:
Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector M. D. Moore to David Rusk for 1867 taxes, 12/21/1868*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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:
12/21/1868*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
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Land papers
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Box 1
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Van Zandt Co.
Letter from Henry C. Hubert at Kemp to David Rusk about inspecting land Rusk owns near Jordan’s Saline in Van Zandt Co. for squatters. Hubert also writes about flooding in Kaufman Co., 2/19/1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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:
2/19/1869
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Receipt from Van Zandt Co. tax collector M. D. Moore to David Rusk for 1868 taxes. Moore seems to have had lost his record of the 1867 tax payment as he threatens to hold Rusk delinquent for that year and sell the land, 3/13/1869*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 54, 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:
3/13/1869*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know there are two squatters on his land cutting timber and putting up cabins, 4/10/1869*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
4/10/1869*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking for power of attorney to sell Rusk’s land there, 11/27/1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
11/27/1869
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know their assessment of the land’s value and how it should be divided, 1/10/1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
1/10/1870
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Letter from King and Milam at Bright Star in Van Zandt Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches complaining about Rusk being unresponsive to their letters and letting him know there is a 27-acre farm on his property that they have rented out, 2/22/1870*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
2/22/1870*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Letter from J. C. Perry at Canton to David Rusk about the condition and potential price per acre of his land in Van Zandt Co., 2/8/1876
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
2/8/1876
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Letter from David Rusk at Nacogdoches to the Van Zandt Co. tax assessor with his assessment of the value ($320) of the 320 acres he owns. Rusk requests that the tax assessor mail him how much tax he owes so that he can send the money, 2/28/1877*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
2/28/1877*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
Certified copy of a grant of 4 labors of land in Van Zandt Co. granted by Texas Governor George T. Wood 12/3/1849 to David Rusk. Recorded in Wood Co. 11/23/1855, 12/17/1879*
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 55, 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:
12/17/1879*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Van Zandt Co.
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
/
Box 1
/
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.
Letter from William L. Alexander at Quitman to David Rusk at Nacogdoches letting Rusk know that there is a man named Chaney who has been living and paying taxes on part of the Thomas Stanford survey, which Rusk owns, for several years, and that unless he acts quickly he may lose this land, 10/30/1868
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 57, 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:
10/30/1868
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 Rusk know that he has started to develop the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co. by giving leases to three men for 100-acres each. Alexander also asks if he can buy 50-acres from Rusk, suggests to Rusk that he file suit to partition the land, and recommends that Rusk give him power of attorney to control Rusk’s land in Wood Co., 12/19/1868
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 57, 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:
12/19/1868
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.
Contract between David Rusk and W. M. Terry for Terry to lease 100 acres on the Jesus Flores survey in Wood Co. for one year, at which time he will pay Rusk $150 or $1.50 per acre, 1/23/1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 57, 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:
1/23/1869
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Land papers
/
Box 1
/
Wood Co.