Box 2
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Letter from E. A. Loyd to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk acknowledging receipt of the six slaves (Louisa, Susan, Eli, John, William, and Mary) he won in judgment from the District Court case of E. A. Loyd, administrator of the estate of William Lloyd vs. William Goyens, 10/18/1841
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
10/18/1841
Writ of possession from E. A. Loyd at Nacogdoches to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk acknowledging receipt of two slaves (Sally/Sarah and her baby) collected by Rusk from William Goyens in San Augustine. The writ was part of the Loyd vs. Goyens judgment in the San Augustine District Court, 11/17/1841*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
11/17/1841*
Letter from Robert W. Smith to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk giving Rusk permission to sell a 320-acre tract of land in the Cherokee Nation to cover the cost of the execution Smith lost in court, 7/13/1843*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
7/13/1843*
Note to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk from lawyers Rusk & Henderson asking the sheriff not to charge their client James Smith with any execution costs while they are his attorneys, 2/6/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
2/6/1844
Letter from Wilson Ewing in Melrose, Texas to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about a subpoena issued to Wilson as well as a 640-acre land transaction with Iredell D. Thomas, 4/3/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
4/3/1844
Note from Allen Whitehead at Marshall to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to serve a subpoena on S. M. Flournoy, 9/16/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
9/16/1844
Letter from W. F. Lacy to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk pleading Rusk not to sell any of Lacy’s land in execution of cases he lost to S. W. Blount and Hayden Edwards until he returns to town, 3/16/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, 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:
3/16/1845
Letter from James H. Durst in Angelina Co. to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about the court execution Durst just lost to Charles Chevaillier. Durst thinks Chevaillier might use the execution to force Durst to sell off some of his land, 4/29/1845*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34, Item: 8
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:
4/29/1845*
Court executions, orders, subpoenas, and related correspondence, 1841-1845
File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
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:
1841-1845
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