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Contains 20 Results:

Box 1

 Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: Event: Donated 2/13/2018

Original land grant documents to William Bean and Colonel Peter Ellis Bean (8 Items) , 1826-1834

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1826-1834

Legal documents of Colonel John D. Dewberry, Jr. (7 items), 1864-1876

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1864-1876

Letters from/to Eddie Smith Loftin (1850-1888); Letters from/to William Pitt Loftin (13 items), 1850-1888

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1850-1888

Legal documents of William Pitt Loftin and Eddie Smith Loftin (11 items), 1882-1886

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1882-1886

Letters to John Dewberry Loftin; son of William Pitt and Eddie Smith Loftin (4 items), 1885

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1885

Legal documents of John Dewberry Loftin including a Bill of Sale on a slave purchase. (9 items), 1836-1891

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1836-1891

Letters to Anne Loftin Witcher, daughter of William Pitt and Eddie Smith Loftin; some letters are courtship in nature. +25 unmatched envelopes. (17 items), 1876

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1876

Letters and legal documents of Emma Loftin Brooks, daughter of William Pitt and Eddie Smith Loftin, married Oden R. Brooks. DAR applications (14 items), 1882

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1882

Captain Oden R. Brooks; Letters, cavalry training schedules (WWI); newspaper clipping (15 items), 1898

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1898

Court summons for Ella Loftin Rhome, daughter of William Pitt and Eddie Smith Loftin, married Gayle Rhome, letters. (4 items), 1845-1891

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1845-1891

Court summons for Lucy Loftin, daughter of William Pitt and Eddie Smith Loftin; DAR application. (2 items), 1891

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1891

Payment receipts from John T. Bonner and A. Olfurbuttel for property in the Edgefield addition in Tyler, Texas. Received by H. Witcher and Charles Cheesborough. (18 items), 1891

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1891

Legal documents of J. S. O. Brooks and his wife, Jane Brooks. (6 items), 1865-1886

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1865-1886

Legal documents of Frost Thorn Estate (2 items), 1858-1859

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1858-1859

Legal documents of other people who purchased land from the Peter Ellis or John Walker Land Grants or the Loftin/Brooks family. (15 items), 1847-1875

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1847-1875

Photos, newspaper clippings, pressed flowers, notes, and letters found inside the family Bible (19 items)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: Event: Donated 2/13/2018

Unmatched envelopes and letter fragments (8 items)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: Event: Donated 2/13/2018

Mr. Loftin’s pocket account notebook. The binding is detached from the leather book cover. (1item), 1882-1883

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: 1882-1883

Family Bible containing newspaper clippings, etc.. ‘The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised’. New York: American Bible Society, 1816. (1 item)

 File — Box: 1, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These documents note the progression of land sales within one family from the time of the mid-1820s under the Mexican Government, to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, through to World War I. This collection provides an overview about the value and social status of owning land and the careful recording of the land sales in county records. Prominent Texas personages include Peter Ellis Bean, Henry Raguet, Thomas Rusk, Hayden H. Edwards, and Jose Mariana Acosta, governor of Coahuila...
Dates: Event: Donated 2/13/2018