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Box 2

 Container

Contains 815 Results:

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?*

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

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