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Box 2

 Container

Contains 814 Results:

Letter from R. W. Martin at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to file an execution against James H. Starr, administrator of an unnamed estate, with the chief justice, 7/24/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 7/24/1845

Letter from Charles S. Taylor, attorney for John S. Roberts, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk not to sell lands in Red River County until after Roberts’ case in the Nacogdoches Co. District Court is ruled upon, 8/5/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 8/5/1845

Letter from (????) to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to send the court decision (not enclosed) to San Augustine, 9/1/1845*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 9/1/1845*

Nacogdoches Co. courthouse construction document. The two-sided document includes: a bill of costs from J. C. Morrison to Nacogdoches Co. to improve the courthouse for $77.50; order by the chief justice W. W. Wingfield and associate justice Adolphus Sterne to Sheriff David Rusk to pay the contractor; receipt from Deputy Sheriff J. M. Charlton to J. C. Morrison for $10, 8/5/1845; and a receipt from Sheriff David Rusk to J. C. Morrison for $67.50, 1/1/1846*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 1/1/1846*

Letter from O. Fitzallen at Nacogdoches to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk if he can tell him the balance owed by a Mr. Garrett on a recent court execution, 1/22/1846

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 1/22/1846

Receipt from General James Smith to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for $120.65 sheriff’s costs owed on 14 court cases involving Smith, 1/24/1846

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 1/24/1846

Letter from Isaac Parker at Mustang Prairie, writing for Mrs. William F. Allison, to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk explaining that since Allison is in the army he cannot be called to testify in a court case. Parker recommends Rusk secure the testimony of James Hutton in Rusk Co. instead of Allison or that Rusk recommend to the judge that a continuance be issued on the case until the war is over, 8/18/1846

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 8/18/1846

Bill ($17) from Sheriff David Rusk to Nacogdoches Co. Treasurer William Hart for subpoenaing 31 people, Undated*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35, 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: 1845-1846

Appraisal of 1,600 acres of land in Nacogdoches Co. by Peter Mills, John Forsett, J. Stephen Thorne, and the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for the Robinson Co. civil court case of Beden Stroud vs. John S. Roberts, 8/4/1840*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36, 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: 8/4/1840*

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for James S. Mayfield and William C. Duffield to answer a complaint made in the San Augustine Co. District Court by Robert W. Caldwell and John G. Love, administrators of the estate of Harris Tompkins, of outstanding debt, 6/3/1841*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36, 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: 6/3/1841*

Subpoena of George Timbolock from the Victoria, Texas District Court in the case of the Republic vs. Todd, 9/29/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36, 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: 9/29/1841

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for James S. Mayfield and George S. Hyde to testify in the Harrison Co. District Court case of William C. Duffield vs. Samuel M. Parry and Mrs. Parry, 8/25/1843*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36, 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: 8/25/1843*

Cover letter from Samuel M. Parry for a summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. to produce witnesses for a case in Harrison Co., 8/27/1843*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36, 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: 8/27/1843*

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for Jose Maria Mora to testify in the Sabine Co. District Court case of the Heirs of H. H. Russell vs. Harris Vickers. Includes envelope, 2/23/1844

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36, 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: 2/23/1844

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for Isaac C. Skillens to testify in the Harrison Co. District Court case of Henry Whitesides vs. Joseph Fields, 3/18/1844

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37, 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: 3/18/1844

Letter from lawyers Allen and Whitehead at Marshall to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. asking him to serve a subpoena on the court case of Whitesides vs. Joseph Fields, 3/18/1844*

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37, 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: 3/18/1844*

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for Samuel M. Harney to testify in the Harrison Co. District Court case of Union Bank of Mississippi vs. John S. Roland, 9/16/1844

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37, 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: 9/16/1844

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for George Aldrich and Radford Perry to testify in the Harrison Co. District Court case of John H. Walker vs. the Republic of Texas, 9/16/1844

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37, 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: 9/16/1844

Letter from David S. Kaufman to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking Rusk to serve a subpoena on Hawk Sparks for the Sabine Co. District Court, 2/22/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37, 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: 2/22/1845

Summons sent to the Sheriff of Nacogdoches Co. for George Aldrich and James Hawkins Sparks to testify in the Sabine Co. District Court case of Robert H. Smith vs. Green B. Watkins, 2/22/1845

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37, 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: 2/22/1845