Bundle 1
Contains 4 Results:
Commission from Vermont Governor William A. Palmer to Bennett Blake upon being elected as captain of the 6th Company, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of the the state militia (includes Blake's oath of service on the back), 6/30/1834
The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.
Nacogdoches Co. deed of trust from John M. Sparks to Bennett Blake for a city lot to cover a $200 promissory note owed by Sparks to Blake, 12/11/1881
The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.
Plat map showing the land of J. de los Santos Coy (in yellow) on Naconiche Creek and bordered by M. Snyder, Ybarbo, Medino, Jordan, and Samuel Norris, 16 x 20”
The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.
Inventory of property, real and personal, subject to taxation rendered by Bennett Blake for himself and others for the year 1872
The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.