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Land titles -- Texas -- Nacogdoches

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Holdeman/Holderman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0137
Scope and Contents

This collection has the family bibles of John and Elvira McClean Holdeman and Alma Florence McCasland Holdeman as well as photocopies of Republic of Texas land documents and Confederate military service records of the Nacogdoches family.

Dates: c.1840-1970

J. H. Clifton Land Records

 Collection
Identifier: B-0118
Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of deeds and tax receipts for blocks of land in the City of Nacogdoches, Texas.

Dates: 1900-1974

J. Roy Gray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0152
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of original deeds and other documents relating to the von der Hoya family in Nacogdoches. One item of interest is a conveyance of property in Nacogdoches from Thomas J. Rusk to Bennett Blake which includes the Red House. The Red House was the Old Spanish Barracks until 1832, and in 1845 it became Nacogdoches University.

Dates: 1830-1881; Event: Donated in 1960

John Gurnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0183
Scope and Contents

The letters concern an incomplete Spanish land document for land in Nacogdoches County.

Dates: 1787, 1860; Event: Donated 5/1997

Luther Swift Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0279
Scope and Contents

Legal documents pertaining to Nacogdoches area land transactions make up the bulk of this collection, though there is also some correspondence, an insurance policy for the Swift Bros. livery barn, and a map of land off Bois d'Arc Street.

Dates: 1900-1956

Montes Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0034
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of land transactions and tax receipts conducted by the Montes family in Nacogdoches. There are also receipts for everyday purchases. One correspondence that may seem out of place is a 1917 letter between Charlie Pena and J. P. Pena that probably made its way into the papers when their sister Mary Pena married Joe. S. Montes. The collection tracks land dealings with the Cordova and Pena families of Nacogdoches which members of the Montes...
Dates: 1885-1967

Rusche Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0131
Scope and Contents The collection includes land deeds as well as an original land grant to Nacogdoches University, signed by Governor Elisha M. Pease. Other papers in the collection are the passport of Heinrich Rusche from Oldenburg, naturalization papers of Francis Rusche, correspondence, and financial papers. Other Nacogdoches citizens mentioned in the papers are Bernard Witkorn, Frederick Voigt, Jacob Harlacher, Rinaldo Hotchkiss, and James H. Starr. Land papers of the Cherino and Santos Coy families are...
Dates: 1848-1895, 1987