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Inventory of county records, Milam County Courthouse, Cameron, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Milam County Courthouse, Cameron, Texas

Inventory of records of Milam County housed in the Milam County Courthouse in Cameron, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk: as Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk: as Recorder, County Clerk: as Reporter for County Court, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, County Treasurer, County Auditor, and County Attorney. Also provides an index.
Date: 1980
Creator: Fortin, Maurice G.; Riney, James E. & Jones, Charles Alan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Milam County, no. 166 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Milam County, no. 166

Inventory of records of Milam County housed in the Milam County Courthouse or storage facilities as of 1937. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, Criminal District Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 11, July 26 through October 14, 1835, Nashville-on-the-Brazos (open access)

Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 11, July 26 through October 14, 1835, Nashville-on-the-Brazos

The papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas include text providing historical context and an overview of events as well as transcriptions of land grant maps and other documentation related to the colony. This volume focuses on the events immediately before the Texas Revolution when the Mexican army moved into parts of Texas and the people living in Sarahville de Viesca (the capital of Robertson's Colony) began to leave the city to live in Nashville-on-the-Brazos, another city within the borders of the colony. Index starts on page 625.
Date: 1984
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas, 1913-
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, July 1987 - April, 1988 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, July 1987 - April, 1988

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 583.
Date: 1987/1988
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 723.
Date: 1994
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 327.
Date: 1927
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farming Someone Else's Land: Farm Tenancy in the Texas Brazos River Valley, 1850-1880 (open access)

Farming Someone Else's Land: Farm Tenancy in the Texas Brazos River Valley, 1850-1880

This dissertation develops and utilizes a methodology for combining data drawn from the manuscript census returns and the county tax rolls to study landless farmers during the period from 1850 until 1880 in three Texas Brazos River Valley counties: Fort Bend, Milam, and Palo Pinto. It focuses in particular on those landless farmers who appear to have had no option other than tenant farming. It concludes that there were such landless farmers throughout the period, although they were a relatively insignificant factor in the agricultural economy before the Civil War. During the Antebellum decade, poor tenant farmers were a higher proportion of the population on the frontier than in the interior, but throughout the period, they were found in higher numbers in the central portion of the river valley. White tenants generally avoided the coastal plantation areas, although by 1880, that pattern seemed to be changing. Emancipation had tremendous impact on both black and white landless farmers. Although both groups were now theoretically competing for the same resource, productive crop land, their reactions during the first fifteen years were so different that it suggests two systems of tenant farming divided by caste. As population expansion put increasing pressure on the …
Date: December 1988
Creator: Harper, Cecil
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 537.
Date: 1952
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 50, July 1946 - April, 1947 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 50, July 1946 - April, 1947

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 533.
Date: 1947
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 325.
Date: 1926
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1915 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 13, 1915
Creator: Cooke, John Esten
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1915 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 10, 1915
Creator: Cooke, John Esten
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1915 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 1915
Creator: Cooke, John Esten
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1907 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 1907
Creator: Kennon, R. W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1915 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 6, 1915
Creator: Cooke, John Esten
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1955 (open access)

The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 7, 1955
Creator: Florida, Peggy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1924 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 11, 1924
Creator: Cooke, John Esten
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1968 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1968

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 8, 1968
Creator: Cooke, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History