[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank, September 10, 1921] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank, September 10, 1921]

Promissory note created by the Charles Schreiner Bank for W. H. Bonnell acknowledging the arranged payment of $1,000 to Mrs. J. T. Brown "at the office of the Chas. Schreiner Bank."
Date: September 10, 1921
Creator: Charles Schreiner Bank
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank] (open access)

[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank]

Copy of a chattel mortgage agreement made between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank in the amount of $3,200 owed to the bank by Bonnell. The document stipulates the debt be paid by the January 1, 1923; Bonnell is putting up his flock of goats, and sheep along with his stock of cattle as collateral to secure the payment of the debt.
Date: July 17, 1922
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Drafts of a Memorandum of Contract Between Three Couples and Richard Nowlin] (open access)

[Two Drafts of a Memorandum of Contract Between Three Couples and Richard Nowlin]

Memorandum of contract between Mr. and Mrs. Bonnell, Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, and Mr. and Mrs. Liljegren of the first party, and Richard and R. W. Nowlin of the second. The members of the first party "agree to sell and convey unto Richard and R. W. Nowlin the following real estate situated in Kerr County, Texas" including 500 acres from the James E. Bettner survey; in return, Nowlin will pay "twenty four dollars per acre" with one fourth being in cash and the remainder in three promissory notes.
Date: December 7, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Sale Agreement Betwen the Bonnells, Dickeys, and Liljegrens] (open access)

[Land Sale Agreement Betwen the Bonnells, Dickeys, and Liljegrens]

Land sale agreement made for the Bonnells, Dickeys, and Liljegrens for the sum of $10,752.80 to L. Roy Nowlin, "to be paid by L. Roy Nowlin with $3,584.26 cash, and "the following notes "one payable to Allie Bonnel, One note for $500.00 payable to Ethel B. Dickey and one note for $500.00 payable to Helen Bonnell Liljegren." The rest of the document contains information about the land that has been sold to Nowlin.
Date: November 23, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Woman Riding a Horse]

Photograph of a woman wearing a riding outfit and sitting on top of a horse and holding the reins.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from the Kerr County Abstract Company] (open access)

[Receipt from the Kerr County Abstract Company]

Receipt from the Kerr County Abstract Company in accordance with W. H. Bonnell, Ethel Dickey, and Helen Liljegren. This receipt lists out separate documentation including patents, agreements, and abstracts as well as their costs; the total is printed at the bottom of the second page. Also included is the piece of receipt tape with the costs added up to reach the total printed in red.
Date: {1929-01-02..1929-01-21}
Creator: Kerr County Abstract Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank]

Promissory Note from W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner Bank in the amount of $3,000 with a ten percent interest rate per year until paid. The stamp printed on the note acknowledges that this note has been fully paid on February 6, 1929.
Date: May 23, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement Between the Bonnells, Dickeys, and Liljagrens] (open access)

[Agreement Between the Bonnells, Dickeys, and Liljagrens]

Agreement made between members of the Bonnell, Dickey, and Liljegren families regarding the rights and interests on the land owned by the deceased Charlotte Francis Bonnell in Kerr County. This agreement, made on June 17, 1921, divides the land into parts to be owned by each of the members of the family, after W. H. Bonnell "brought a suit in the District Court of Kerr County, Texas" due to his dissatisfaction with Charlotte's will.
Date: November 12, 1928
Creator: McBryde, Mrs. Mark
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release Deed of Trust from Arthur Real to W. H. Bonnell] (open access)

[Release Deed of Trust from Arthur Real to W. H. Bonnell]

Release deed of trust from Arthur Real to W. H. Bonnell and his wife, Allie H. Bonnell, acknowledging the fulfillment of a deed of trust created by the couple in August 1916. According to this deed, the promissory note was worth $1,000 and was due by August 1919, with 8% interest per annum; the last paragraph states that Arthur Real asserts the note had been fulfilled and he releases his claims to the property originally owned by the Bonnells.
Date: September 12, 1921
Creator: Leavell, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank] (open access)

[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank]

Chattel mortgage agreement made between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank in the amount of $3,200 owed to the bank by Bonnell. The document stipulates the debt be paid by the January 1, 1923; Bonnell is putting up his flock of goats, and sheep along with his stock of cattle as collateral to secure the payment of the debt. There is a printed note at the bottom of the page stating that this note "is given in reneal of balance owing by me to said Chas. Schreiner Bank on a certain note of date Dec. 16, 1918." Also attached is a certificate saying that the copy of this document has been filed.
Date: {1922-07-17,1929-02-09}
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell and Charles Schreider Bank] (open access)

[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell and Charles Schreider Bank]

Chattel mortgage agreement between W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank in the total amount of $3,500 to be due on the first of December 1925. In this agreement Bonnell is putting up his flock of goats and sheep, as well as his stock of cattle, as collateral to secure the payment on this note; if the debt is not paid Schreiner has the authority to sell the property. Attached is a certificate acknowledging that the copy of this document has been filed; also there is a statement printed at the bottom stating that this agreement is "given in renewal of balance owing by us to said Chas. Schreiner Bank on a certain note of date the 17th July, 1922."
Date: May 23, 1925
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell and Charles Schreider Bank] (open access)

[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell and Charles Schreider Bank]

Copy of a chattel mortgage agreement between W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner Bank in the total amount of $3,500 to be due on the first of December 1925. In this agreement Bonnell is putting up his flock of goats and sheep, as well as his stock of cattle, as collateral to secure the payment on this note; if the debt is not paid Schreiner has the authority to sell the property. Attached is a certificate acknowledging that this copy has been filed; also there is a statement printed at the bottom stating that this agreement is "given in renewal of balance owing by us to said Chas. Schreiner Bank on a certain note of date the 17th July, 1922."
Date: May 23, 1925
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man Holding a Horse]

Photograph of a man wearing a jeans, a jacket, and a cowboy hat while holding the reins to the horse standing directly next to him.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man Riding a Horse]

Photograph of a man wearing jeans, a jacket, and a cowboy hat while sitting on a horse.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer of Vendor's Lien from W. H. Bonnell to May F. A. Huntoon] (open access)

[Transfer of Vendor's Lien from W. H. Bonnell to May F. A. Huntoon]

Transfer of vendor's lien note from W. H. Bonnell to Miss May F. A. Huntoon; Bonnell sold the note to Huntoon for the sum of $2,000 to be paid "on or before 19th day of September, 1931." According to this document, this transfer is only for note No. 5, which is one of five given by J. R. Logsdon; this note was "in part payment for...800 acres of land out of Survey's Nos. 100 in the names of Geo. Smith..."
Date: February 4, 1929
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and Assignment from Mrs. J. T. Brown to the Federal Land Bank of Houston] (open access)

[Transfer and Assignment from Mrs. J. T. Brown to the Federal Land Bank of Houston]

Transfer and assignment note from Mrs. J. T. Brown to the Federal Land Bank of Houston acknowledging the fact that the bank is buying out a promissory note worth $1,100 in exchange for the land that had been put into a deed of trust executed by W. H. Bonnell the previous year.
Date: October 13, 1922
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release of Vendor's Lien from J. M. Witt to Jay McCoy] (open access)

[Release of Vendor's Lien from J. M. Witt to Jay McCoy]

Release of vendor's lien from J. M. Witt to Jay McCoy acknowledging the satisfactory payment of four promissory notes, each worth $500. J. R. Herndon conveyed to Jay McCoy "a certain lot or parcel of land, situated in, and being in, the L. A. Wyatt Addition to the town of Center Point...Lots Nos. 8 & 11."
Date: June 9, 1924
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Payment Schedule from W. H. and Allie Bonnell to the Federal Land Bank of Houston] (open access)

[Payment Schedule from W. H. and Allie Bonnell to the Federal Land Bank of Houston]

Document outlining the payment schedule from W. H. and Allie Bonnell to the Federal Land Bank of Houston in the total amount of $2,500. According to the document the couple will pay in "sixty-eight equal semi-annual payments of" $81.25 to be paid on the first of April and October; the final payment will be for $81.02 on April 1, 1957. On the back is the table printed with dates and payments from 1923 to 1928 filled in in red ink.
Date: October 3, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release Deed of Trust from C. C. Jones to W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell] (open access)

[Release Deed of Trust from C. C. Jones to W. H. and Allie H. Bonnell]

Release of mortgage from C. C. Jones to W. H. Bonnell and Allie H. Bonnell; the deed acknowledges that W. H. Bonnel and his wife delivered a deed of trust on a piece of real estate in Kerr County back in 1916. This particular deed asserts that the couple has paid of the promissory note worth $800, due on January 17, 1919; C. C. Jones releases his interest and claims to the land described in the original deed of trust.
Date: September 12, 1921
Creator: Leavell, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cemetery Dedication from W. H. Bonnell to his Daughters Helen and Ethel] (open access)

[Cemetery Dedication from W. H. Bonnell to his Daughters Helen and Ethel]

Cemetery dedication from W. H. Bonnell to his daughters Ethel and Helen. According to the document, Bonnell wishes to "have the said plot of ground dedicated by me and set apart for the purposes of a burial ground for the parents of grantor" paid for by Ethel and Helen for $1. He wants to have a plot of one half acre with the graves of his parents placed in the center.
Date: June 17, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Woman Standing by a Horse]

Photograph of a woman wearing a rider's outfit and holding the reins to the horse standing behind her.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Trust from W. H. Bonnell to M. H. Gossett] (open access)

[Deed of Trust from W. H. Bonnell to M. H. Gossett]

Deed of trust from W. H. Bonnell and Allie H. Bonnell to M. H. Gossett with regards to a mortgage; the Bonnell's placed their land into a trust as collateral until they repay the balance of $1,100 on a promissory note for $1,000 "executed by W. H. Bonnell to L. A. Schreiner."
Date: October 13, 1922
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Contract Between Jay McCoy and Miss May F. A. Huntoon] (open access)

[Land Contract Between Jay McCoy and Miss May F. A. Huntoon]

Land contract between Joy McCoy and Miss F. A. Huntoon, in which McCoy agrees to sell "to the party of the second part all that certain tract or parcel of land which the said Jay McCoy purchased from J. R. Herndon." Huntoon agrees to pay $2,800 for the land with $500 in the form of a "Second Liberty Loan Coupon Bond" and the rest when the deed is delivered.
Date: May 8, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History