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Box 11

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Shelby Co. first-class land grant (vol.5, no.121) from Republic of Texas President Anson Jones to the heirs of William Hamilton for one league and labor, 2/11/1846

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 1, Item: 2
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: 2/11/1846

Robertson and Leon counties land grant (vol.9, no.904) from Texas Governor E. M. Pease to John Reid for 13.553645 labors (certified copy), 7/17/1855

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 2, Item: 2
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: 7/17/1855

Blueprint, Nacogdoches Land Company's map of the Nacogdoches oil field

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 3, Item: 2
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

Nacogdoches Co. power-of-attorney from James H. Cleveland to Bennett Blake giving Blake the right to sell one-third of a league of land, 12/12/1837

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 6, Item: 2
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: 12/12/1837

Blueprint map showing “1280 acres known as McIver Tract, Orange County, Texas,” owned by James Perkins, and surveyed by Sykes and Omohundro, 14.25 x 18”, , 5/14/1901

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 7, Item: 2
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: 5/14/1901