Copy of a land Grant file for land issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company in the Bexar Land District. Includes a folder jacket with table of contents and notes about the land grant (filed July 12, 1928); field notes by M.J. Doyle, Deputy Surveyor, Bexar Land District for Section 21 Block 20 (January 13, 1873); the affidavit of ownership of S.N. Allen (July 12, 1928); and a note by Land Commissioner J.H. Walker indicating that the file has no relation to the O. Henry story of the same name (December 4, 1933). O. Henry’s story tells the tale of a Railroad baron taking a poor homesteader’s land by stealing this file. Walker notes that although the file was missing for a period, due to office procedures the land fraud could not have occurred.

Bill of sale of cattle from Mark L. Kennard to A.D. Kennard.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Adams, S.H. & R.W. (Minors) and R.W. Adams (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Barton, W.W. (died July 26, 1873) and J.W.E. Barton (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Crutchfield, Fannie M. (died November 1873) and R.D. Coughanour (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Davis, Isidore (died January 15, 1873) and B. Davis (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Everett, Sam'l. B. (Minor) and W.C. Hart (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Fender, Jonathan (died May 2, 1873) and J.H. Fender (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ferris, Francis (died 1873) and Thos. J. Nash (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Fryer, F.J. (died May 5, 1874) and M. McComas (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Gray, M.W. & C.W. (Minors) and A.P. Somers (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Gale, Annie R. (Minor) and O.P. Bowser (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hubbard, J.B. (died October 1, 1873) and A.W. Morton (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Johnson, Susie & Mary D. (Minors) and Geo. W. Coats (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Johnson, Mary A. (Minor) and F.H. Johnson (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Keightley, Wm. (died 1873) and Robt. Keightley (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Marshall, Jno. (died May 5, 1873) and A.B. Edgerly (Executor or Guardian). The will mentions brother, Adam Marshall, in Canada West

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Momand, Francis C. (Minor) and - (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Mills, Edward et al (Minors) and Jno. Mills (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Porter, G.F. (Deceased) and M.C. Porter (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Roberts, Willie et al (Minors) and Lucy Roberts (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Sullivan, Rebecca (Deceased) and E.D. Sullivan (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Herring, Wm. E. (died October 13, 1873) and T.B. Drake (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Schmid, Annie (died September 28, 1878) and Henry Schmid (Executor or Guardian)