Box 2
Container
Contains 815 Results:
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s memorandum of sale record (list) for 14 civil court cases, 6/3/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
6/3/1845
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s memorandum of sale record (list and some details) for 7 civil court cases, 7/1/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
7/1/1845
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s memorandum of sale record (detailed) for 13 civil court cases, 11/4/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
11/4/1845
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s memorandum of sale record (list and details) for 22 civil court cases, 4/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
4/1846
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s memorandum of sale record (details) for 8 civil court cases, 5/5/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
5/5/1846*
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s sale record for four civil court cases, Undated
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.
Nacogdoches Co. sheriff’s sale record for 10 civil court cases, Undated
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
Event: The Thomas J. Rusk Letters (59 originals, 1 photocopy) were loaned from 6/24/1975 to early 2005.; Event: Purchased by the University 9/26/2016.; Event: Purchased materials received by the ETRC 10/10/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 10/24/2016.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 1/23/2017.; Event: Addendum of donated materials received by the ETRC 3/15/2017.
Letter from Sheriff David Rusk to Col. Brayler at Fort Jesup, Louisiana about the lodging of Brayler’s runaway slave Bob in the Nacogdoches Co. jail, 11/16/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
11/16/1838
Letter from B. B. Breazeale at Natchitoches to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to release a jailed runaway slave belonging to Breazeale to the bearer of the letter, William Fordham, 12/5/1838*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
12/5/1838*
Letter from B. B. Breazeale of Pine Woods to Sheriff David Rusk informing him that the runaway slave Mack in the Nacogdoches Co. jail has been sold to R. R. Colffee, 12/30/1838
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
12/30/1838
Letter from Alexander McGahey at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk asking him to be on the lookout for six runaway slaves, 6/20/1845
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
6/20/1845
Affidavit made by Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Bennett Blake to Sheriff David Rusk for the capture of a runaway slave named Tower who belongs to William McK. Ball of Leon Co., 4/16/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
4/16/1846
Affidavit made by Charles F. Harris certifying to Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Bennett Blake that he owns the runaway slave named Arch lodged in the county jail, 6/1/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
6/1/1846*
Judgment by Nacogdoches Co. Justice of the Peace Bennett Blake ordering the Sheriff or Jailor of Nacogdoches Co. to hold a runaway slave named Jim Brown until his owner Charles F. Harris come to claim him from Caddo Parish, LA. Brown was captured in Nacogdoches Co. by Elias N. Eubank, 6/24/1846*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
6/24/1846*
Letter from Vance Wallings at Jacksonville in Cherokee Co. to David Rusk at Nacogdoches asking him to catch a runaway slave named George, who Wallings believes to be in Nacogdoches Co., 7/26/1852*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40, Item: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
7/26/1852*
Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. Treasurer Daniel Lacy to Sheriff David Rusk for the collection of $5 in court fees due from the District Court case of the Republic of Texas vs. Thomas W. Walden, 9/7/1837*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
9/7/1837*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Court fees
Receipt from S. W. Blount at San Augustine to Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk for all costs in the case of Jonathan Smith vs. George Martin, 4/3/1838*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
4/3/1838*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Court fees
Sheriff’s costs in the court case of Nacogdoches Co. vs. Manuel de los Santos, c.1839*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
c.1839*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Court fees
Fragment of Nacogdoches Co. Sheriff David Rusk court fees, 1/1/1844*
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
1/1/1844*
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Court fees
Receipt from Nacogdoches Co. District Clerk R. W. Martin to Sheriff David Rusk for collection of clerk’s fees on two civil court cases, 6/10/1846
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 David Rusk. These touch on a number of national issues including: Texas annexation, Oregon Territory, the Mexican-American War, the Pearl Incident, the Compromise of 1850, and the route of the Transcontinental Railroad....
Dates:
6/10/1846
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
/
The Rusk Family Letters
/
David Rusk
/
Sheriff (law enforcement)
/
Box 2
/
Court fees

