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Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5756 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5756

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Jurisdiction of the corporation court of the City of Stamford, Texas.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-582 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-582

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can a citizen of Anson hold both the offices of Mayor and Justice of the Peace of Precinct One of Jones County?
Date: April 6, 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-385 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-385

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of an election held in Jones County in 1909 to forbid certain stock running at large.
Date: September 19, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Research Study of Lueders Cemetery] (open access)

[Research Study of Lueders Cemetery]

An essay regarding a research study conducted on Lueders Cemetery in Jones County, Texas.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Felts, Arla G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - September 1, 1944] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - September 1, 1944]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell for work in District 17 (West Texas) conducted between September 1 and September 28, 1944. Approved by L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Chief, Field Division.
Date: September 1, 1944
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narratives About Trail Herding] (open access)

[Personal Narratives About Trail Herding]

Personal narratives written by an unknown author describing describing personal and secondhand accounts of life as a trail herder. Many paragraphs are crossed through, and a few penciled corrections are visible throughout.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Poem: Cowboys' Christmas Carol] (open access)

[Poem: Cowboys' Christmas Carol]

Poem about a dancing party at Christmas in "Anson City".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative about Poisoned Cattle] (open access)

[Narrative about Poisoned Cattle]

Narrative written by an unknown author describing how a large portion of William John Bryan's cattle were poisoned by alkaline creek water during a drought.
Date: February 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minister Tommy Smith] (open access)

[Minister Tommy Smith]

Black and white photograph of exterior of the Church of Christ in Anson, TX. The minister, Tommy Smith, is in the foreground. Across the street is the church building with a car parked by the curb.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Church of Christ in Anson, Texas] (open access)

[Church of Christ in Anson, Texas]

Black and white photograph of the exterior of church building for the Church of Christ in Anson, TX. Photo shows the front and side of the church building, grounds and street, and a distant water tower.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minister Tommy Smith #2] (open access)

[Minister Tommy Smith #2]

Black and white photograph of Tommy Smith, minister at the Anson Church of Christ in Anson, TX, in the foreground and the church building in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes Discussing W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Notes Discussing W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Papers with notes discussing the case, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. There are three titled pages, "Nature and Result of Case," "Ground of Jurisdiction," and "1st Prop. 6th (Pertinent to 1st Assign. of Error)."
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes Related to W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Notes Related to W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Notes relating to the cases, W. O. Rainwater vs Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. The notes are a list of question, which appear to be questions for witnesses or depositions.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of Henry Sayles. Franco Lands. (open access)

Report of Henry Sayles. Franco Lands.

Financial report on the purchase of land from Franco Land Co. over the course of several years.
Date: 1890-05-02/1898-05-02
Creator: Sayles, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill From George O. Harrell, April 16, 1940] (open access)

[Bill From George O. Harrell, April 16, 1940]

Document listing the cost of receiving copies of the proceeding in cause no. 4035, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, requested by Sayles & Sayles. The listed cost of the copies is $2.00.
Date: April 16, 1940
Creator: Harrell, George O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mary E. Sayles vs G. R. Pierce, et al.: Court Log Notes] (open access)

[Mary E. Sayles vs G. R. Pierce, et al.: Court Log Notes]

Notes of questions asked in interrogation of participants in the court case of Mary E. Sayles vs. G. R. Pierce et al.
Date: 1899~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill From George O. Harrell] (open access)

[Bill From George O. Harrell]

Document listing the cost for George O. Harrell, County Court in Jones County, to make a transcript of the case, "I. Territory Illuminating Oil Co. vs. Rainwater" for Sayles and Sayles.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Sayles & Sayles, May 15, 1940] (open access)

[Envelope Addressed to Sayles & Sayles, May 15, 1940]

Envelope addressed to "Sayles & Sayles, Attorneys at Law, Abilene, Texas" and with the return of address, "Gilbert Smith Attorneys at Law, Anson, Texas."
Date: May 15, 1939
Creator: Smith, Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes Discussing Land in Texas] (open access)

[Notes Discussing Land in Texas]

Notes discussing land in Texas, mentioning Stamford, and possibly an oil well or other type of construction.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Notes Mineral Wells to Brownwood] (open access)

[Flight Notes Mineral Wells to Brownwood]

Handwritten travel notes for flying between several Texas towns, with landmarks and distances between them.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Statement of Truett Latimer] (open access)

[Personal Statement of Truett Latimer]

First-person statement made by Truett Latimer summarizing his educational background growing up in Lueders and attending Hardin-Simmons University, describing his career in insurance and tenure as a state legislator, and making a statement about the growth of Abilene and the need for an "educated, thinking populace."
Date: 1952~
Creator: Latimer, Truett
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Western Observer Article on Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Western Observer Article on Blanche Perry]

Newspaper clipping from the Western Observer in Anson, TX entitled "Mural for Church of Christ is Painted This Week By Mrs. Perry." Gives background on Perry's life and church service through her paintings. Gives details on the size and symbols of the baptistry painting done by Perry for the church in Anson, TX.
Date: October 25, 1951
Creator: The Western Observer
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blanche Perry Portrait] (open access)

[Blanche Perry Portrait]

Black and white photograph of Blanche Garrett Perry.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution by the District Convention of the American Legion, Seventeenth District of Texas endorsing the principals of a United Nations Organization.] (open access)

[Resolution by the District Convention of the American Legion, Seventeenth District of Texas endorsing the principals of a United Nations Organization.]

A document containing a resolution by the District Convention of the American Legion, Seventeenth District of Texas: That we endorse the principles of a United Nations Organization.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History