Skip to main content

Box 11

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

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)

Certificate of Master Mason’s Widow to Mrs. McKnight from Martinsville Lodge #678, 1/8/1898

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 7, 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: 1/8/1898
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 11 (oversize) / Accounts, maps and a certificate (6 items)

East Texas Research Center
Box 13055, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Phone: (936) 468-4100
Contact Us | Find on Map
Website: https://library.sfasu.edu/etrc

Staff Interface | v3.5.0