Box 2
Container
Contains 814 Results:
Letter from James Morrison to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk explaining to Rusk that he thinks there has been a “great mistake” on his tax assessment and requesting that Rusk fix it before he pay any taxes, 1/19/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
1/19/1846
Letter from Rusk Co. Deputy Sheriff Eli F. Graham at Henderson to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk explaining the enclosed $6.9375 of Mark Stroud’s delinquent Nacogdoches Co. taxes for 1844 (money not included), 4/15/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
4/15/1846
Letter from William C. Ellis at Washington-on-the-Brazos to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. asking the sheriff to tell him if any land from surveys 30, 32, 36 or 220 were sold to pay delinquent taxes. If not, Ellis asks the sheriff to relay the amount of overdue taxes so that he can pay them, 11/15/1865
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 28, 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:
11/15/1865
Letter written by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to Robert Rose letting Rose know how much in delinquent taxes General John T. Mason owed the Republic of Texas, 2/4/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29, 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:
2/4/1845
Instructions written by Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to Joseph Hoya for collecting General John T. Mason’s delinquent taxes, 2/4/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29, 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:
2/4/1845
List from David Rusk of taxes and execution costs owed by John T. Mason for 1837-1843, Undated
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 29, 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:
1845
Petition signed by 60 male citizens of Douglass for Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk to appoint M. F. Reinhardt as a Deputy Sheriff for their neighborhood of the county, 10/19/1844
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30, 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:
10/19/1844
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Deputations
Appointment of Hugh McKaughan as Nacogdoches Co. deputy sheriff by Sheriff David Rusk, 10/30/1844*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30, 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:
10/30/1844*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Deputations
Letter from Samuel M. Flournoy to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking for him to deputize Carroll Bearfield to help police his neighborhood, which does not have a constable, 10/24/184?*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30, 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:
10/24/184?*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Deputations
Letter from Jno. A. Winn at Melrose to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk about $15 in counterfeit money that Winn received, 4/27/1843
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31, 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:
4/27/1843
Letter from C. A. Yarborough in Cherokee Co. to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk providing a description of a fugitive man that Rusk requested (not a runaway slave). Includes envelope, 7/31/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31, 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:
7/31/1845
Letter from Haden H. Edwards to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to assist Edwards in providing security for a Mrs. Cordero. She claims that Delores Cortinez had someone attack her son’s horse to settle a debt owed by Vicente Cordero to Juan de los Santos Coy, 8/14/1845*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31, 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:
8/14/1845*
Letter from Charles Chevaillier and James K. Arnold to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk notifying him that he will be making a motion for a ruling against Rusk in the Nacogdoches Co. District Court case of Charles Chevaillier vs. Robert F. Millard and John S. Roberts, 11/20/1845*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31, 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:
11/20/1845*
Letter from Charles S. Mariner, Acting Secretary of State, writing for Governor J. Pinckney Henderson, informing the Nacogdoches Co. District Clerk that the appeal of William G. Lewis, convicted of assault on William Hart, will not be vacated by the Governor, 3/17/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31, 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:
3/17/1846
Letter from the Nacogdoches Co. District Court to Sheriff David Rusk ordering him to recover funds in the probate case of Isaac Lee, administrator of John Blair vs. John Winsor, 3/23/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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:
3/23/1838
Notice from the Nacogdoches Co. District Court to Sheriff David Rusk ordering him to recover compensation in the debt case of William R. Cook vs. Joseph Beaty, 12/27/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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:
12/27/1838
Note from S. W. Blount at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to handle an execution in the case of Jon¬¬athan Smith vs. George Martin, 1/24/1839*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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:
1/24/1839*
Notice from the Nacogdoches Co. District Court to Sheriff David Rusk ordering him to recover compensation in the debt case of Jonathan Smith vs. George Martin, 1/30/1839
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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:
1/30/1839
Nacogdoches Co. order for the Sheriff to liquidate as many assets as necessary for Charles M. Gould to pay off the debt he owes John R. Clute. The case was adjudicated 2/18/1839 in the County Court. Sheriff David Rusk collected money from Gould and the receipt of this money was acknowledged by Clute the same day, 4/11/1839*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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:
4/11/1839*
Notice from the Nacogdoches Co. District Court to Sheriff David Rusk ordering him to transport accused murderer Jose Antonio Peres (alias Pepe) to San Augustine for an a change of trial venue, 4/27/1839
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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:
4/27/1839
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