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Box 11

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Deeds and field notes (8 items)

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1826-1942; Event: Donated in 1963
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize)

Nacogdoches Co. deed for a league of land from Nicolas de Nava (by his attorney George A. Nixon) to Bennett Blake for $1500 , 6/20/1837

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5, Items: 1-3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 6/20/1837
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Deeds and field notes (8 items)

Nacogdoches Co. and Rusk Co. affidavits (glued together) from Larkin Caison to the respective county clerks witnessing a 320-acre land deed (not included) from Larkin Caison to S. Caison, 5/10/1843, 5/11/1850

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 5/10/1843, 5/11/1850
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Deeds and field notes (8 items)

Nacogdoches Co. deed of trust from A. B. Ireson to Bennett Blake for 107 acres to cover a $500 debt in gold owed by Ireson and wife to Isaac F. Blake, 1/16/1874

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1/16/1874
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Deeds and field notes (8 items)

Plat of 640-acres of the Isaac Kneeland survey lying in Rains Co.

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1826-1942; Event: Donated in 1963
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Deeds and field notes (8 items)

Nacogdoches Co. field notes and plat for one-third of a league of land belonging to Henry Kraber. Surveyed by Absalom Gibson, Deputy Surveyor, 8/3/1838. Certified by W. A. Ferris, County Surveyor, 12/7/1838

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 12/7/1838
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Deeds and field notes (8 items)

Nacogdoches Co. field notes and platy for eight and one-third labors of land belonging to Henry Kraber. Surveyed by Absalom Gibson, Deputy Surveyor, 8/3/1838. Certified by W. A. Ferris, County Surveyor, 12/10/1838

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 12/10/1838
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Deeds and field notes (8 items)

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