Box 2
Container
Contains 815 Results:
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*
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