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Box 2

 Container

Contains 814 Results:

Nacogdoches Co. order for the Sheriff to liquidate as many assets as necessary for Absalom Gibson and John H. Durrets to pay off the debt they owe John S. Thorn. The case was adjudicated 4/21/1840 in the County Court, 6/7/1840*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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: 6/7/1840*

Letter from David S. Kaufman and Charles M. Gould at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to pay Charles Chevailler the amount of the judgment in Durand and N. _____ vs. Ambrose Crain, 10/12/1840*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, 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: 10/12/1840*

Nacogdoches Co. order for the Sheriff to liquidate as many assets as necessary for James Eakins to pay off the debt he owes Charles H. Whitaker. The case was adjudicated 4/13/1840 in court, 11/1840*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32, Item: 9
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: 11/1840*

Letter from R. W. Caldwell to Sheriff David Rusk asking him to serve a writ on J. S. Mayfield in Nacogdoches before he leaves for Austin, 1/4/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 1/4/1841

Nacogdoches Co. order for the Sheriff to liquidate as many assets as necessary for Pleasant Venable and Jackson Grayson to pay off the debt they owe Thomas D. Brooks. The case was adjudicated 10/28/1840 in the County Court, 1/10/1841*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 1/10/1841*

Nacogdoches Co. order for the Sheriff to liquidate as many assets as necessary for William C. Sparks to pay off the debt he owes B. C. Watters and A. C. Watters. The case was adjudicated 10/19/1840 in the County Court, 1/16/1841*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 1/16/1841*

Nacogdoches Co. order for the Sheriff to liquidate as many assets as necessary for David S. Kaufman to pay off the debt he owes the town of Nacogdoches. The case was adjudicated in County Court, 2/14/1841*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 2/14/1841*

Letter from Ezekiel W. Cullen in San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to suspend an execution for costs filed by San Augustine Co. in Nacogdoches Co. for 60-days so that he can pay it back in full, 6/30/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 6/30/1841

Letter from E. J. DuBose at Houston to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to sell some of DuBose’s land on the headright of James Hood to settle executions won in court by James Starr, administrator of the estate of D. C. Douglass, and David Muckleroy, administrator of the estate of Hignight, 7/5/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 7/5/1841

Letter from G. M. Gould in San Augustine to Frederick F. Phillips about the execution of a claim against Robert Allen & Co. in the Nacogdoches Co. Court, 7/14/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 7/14/1841

Letter from H. Washington in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to suspend the sale of a piece of land for 30-days until he can come up with the proper funds. Washington was an agent for Dr. and Mrs. Erwin, 7/16/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, 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: 7/16/1841

Letter from John R. Clute at Nacogdoches to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to sell one league of land to satisfy the court execution won by Wells and Phillips, 10/4/1841*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33, Item: 9
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: 10/4/1841*

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*