Resource Type

[War Department School Contract] (open access)

[War Department School Contract]

A contract drawn up between the United States Department of War and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy for flying training.
Date: February 26, 1943
Creator: United States Department of War
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Grand Jury Decision, January 19, 1943] (open access)

[Transcript of Grand Jury Decision, January 19, 1943]

Statement of Grand Jurors impaneled in the District Court of the United States Northern District of Texas regarding their decision on indictments against eleven defendants accused of fraudulent representation to agents of the Defense Plant Corporation. In the decision, the jurors find that the defendants did commit "unlawful conspiracy" with an outline of sixteen instances and pieces of evidence of relation to the case.
Date: February 4, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fence Border Stipulations for Land Purchase] (open access)

[Fence Border Stipulations for Land Purchase]

Description of how fences are to be moved on the land purchased by C. E. Jones from Mary E. Sayles. The document is signed by C. E. Jones and by John Sayles on behalf of Mary E. Sayles.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Jones, C. E.; Sayles, Mary E. & Sayles, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Sale from J. H. Bradshaw to Mac Sayles] (open access)

[Land Sale from J. H. Bradshaw to Mac Sayles]

Contract certifying the sale of land and interests in Taylor County, Texas from H. J. Bradshaw to Mac Sayles, and cancelling all debts owed from Bradshaw to Mac and John Sayles.
Date: February 17, 1913
Creator: Bradshaw, J. H.; Sayles, McAlpine (Mac) & Sayles, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[L. C. Wise vs. M. E. Sayles: Complaint of Plaintiff] (open access)

[L. C. Wise vs. M. E. Sayles: Complaint of Plaintiff]

List of complaints made by the plaintiff, L. C. Wise, against the defendant, Mary E. Sayles, in the land dispute court case of L. C. Wise vs. M. E. Sayles.
Date: February 1904
Creator: Bowyer and Tillett
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr.] (open access)

[Contract Between W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr.]

Contract between W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr. which corrects an earlier deed for land in El Paso County, Texas between the two parties. This document is unsigned.
Date: February 2, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' First Motion for Continuance] (open access)

[Cause No. 6080-A: Defendants' First Motion for Continuance]

Document in cause no. 6080-A, A. D. Fulton vs. Gulf Pipe Line Company et al., requesting a continuance of the trial due to the illness of James E. Gardner, a witness for the defendant.
Date: February 17, 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement From C. F. Petet, February 10, 1926] (open access)

[Statement From C. F. Petet, February 10, 1926]

Document certifying that the copy of a log of Root, Huff & Duff well number two on the C. U. Connellee lease in Eastland County in accurate.
Date: February 10, 1926
Creator: Petet, C. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release of Vendor's Lien, Alfred Fasshauer et al. to Henry Sayles, Jr.] (open access)

[Release of Vendor's Lien, Alfred Fasshauer et al. to Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Document which releases Henry Sayles' from the vendor's lien held by Alfred and Mary Fasshauer. The lien related to Lot 6 of the Alfred and May Fasshauer Subdivision of Survey 65, Blind Asylum land in Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1929
Creator: Fasshauer, Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note From Perry Sayles to Farmers and Merchants National Bank, February 13, 1936] (open access)

[Promissory Note From Perry Sayles to Farmers and Merchants National Bank, February 13, 1936]

Promissory note from Perry Sayles to the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene, Texas in the amount $48.50 with an interest rate of ten percent until the note is paid. There is text on the back stating $10.00 had been paid June 4, 1936 and a stamp on the front reading "Paid" and dated June 6, 1936.
Date: February 13, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Three Tracts of Land Owned by Perry Sayles] (open access)

[Deed for Three Tracts of Land Owned by Perry Sayles]

Deed for three tracts in Block 96 of the Public Free School Grant in El Paso County, Texas owned by Perry Sayles. The deed doesn't have the purchaser's name filled in and the document is unsigned.
Date: February 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release of Vendor's Lien From Alfred and Mary Fasshauer to Henry Sayles, Jr.] (open access)

[Release of Vendor's Lien From Alfred and Mary Fasshauer to Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Document certifying that Henry Sayles, Jr. paid five promissory notes to Alfred and Mary Fasshauer specified in the vendor's lien on the property, lot 5 of the Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision of Survey 65, Blind Asylum Land in Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1929
Creator: Fasshauer, Alfred & Fasshauer, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Case No. 12, 096. Copy of Petition for Removal (open access)

Case No. 12, 096. Copy of Petition for Removal

Copy of the petition for removal in the case, O. M. England et. al. vs. Edwin B. Cox et. al., concerning the pipe lines owned by the Chestnut & Smith Corporation on land owned by O. M. England.
Date: February 27, 1926
Creator: Allison, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Vendor's Lien to Ed. S. Hughes] (open access)

[Vendor's Lien to Ed. S. Hughes]

Vnedor's lien contract in which a tract of land in Abilene is be sold from Henry Sayles to Ed. S. Hughes.
Date: February 27, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Renewal of Vendors' Liens Executed by Dana E. Sammons and C. E. Sammons] (open access)

[Renewal of Vendors' Liens Executed by Dana E. Sammons and C. E. Sammons]

Document certifying the renewal of liens on a property owned by Dana E. Sammons and C. E. Sammons.
Date: February 25, 1933
Creator: Sayles, Henry, Jr.; Sammons, C. E. & Sammons, Dana E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 5641: Statement of Facts] (open access)

[Cause No. 5641: Statement of Facts]

Document in the cause no. 5641, L. W. Hilgenburg vs. Independent Torpedo Company, including the "Statement of the Plaintiff's Cause of Action in the Cause," and the testimony of L. W. Hilgenburg. The case relates to damage following shooting the oil wells of Hilgenburg.
Date: February 11, 1926
Creator: Ward, J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer of Mechanics Lien Contracts] (open access)

[Transfer of Mechanics Lien Contracts]

Record of the transfer of two mechanics lien originally between John and Frances Sayles and George A. Owens over to J. G. Dodge and extending the dates by which payments are due.
Date: February 23, 1930
Creator: Sayles, John; Sayles, Frances & Dodge, J. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed From W. C. Cargill to J. A. Martin, Jr.] (open access)

[Deed From W. C. Cargill to J. A. Martin, Jr.]

Deed from W. C. Cargill to J. A. Martin, Jr. which describes the vendor's liens and payment schedule for lands which are not specified. The document appears damaged and is missing a large block of text on the bottom half of the first page.
Date: February 2, 1911
Creator: Cargill, W. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr.] (open access)

[Contract Between W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr.]

Contract between W. C. Cargill and J. A. Martin, Jr. which corrects an earlier deed for land in El Paso County, Texas between the two parties. This document is unsigned.
Date: February 2, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 12096: Plea of Privilege of Defendant John Sayles] (open access)

[Cause No. 12096: Plea of Privilege of Defendant John Sayles]

Document in cause no. 12096, C. M. England et al. vs. Edwin B. Cox et al., in which John Sayles asserts he is not a resident of Eastland County, Texas and pleads his privilege to be sued in the court of his county of residence, Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1926
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lizzie C. Moody's Acknowledgement of Receiving Inheritance] (open access)

[Lizzie C. Moody's Acknowledgement of Receiving Inheritance]

Document stating that Lizzie C. Moody has received his share of the inheritance from Dugald McAlpine and that she believes the minor children of Sarah R. Gouldman should receive their mother's share of the same inheritance. The paper lists the names of Sarah R. Gouldman's children and the word "will" underneath their names.
Date: February 2, 1900
Creator: Moody, Lizzie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Sale Memorandum] (open access)

[Land Sale Memorandum]

Memorandum stating all the contractual terms for the sale of subdivision #32 of the Austin and Williams League # 340 from Mary E. Sayles to C. E. Jones. The document is signed by C. E. Jones and by John Sayles on behalf of Mary E. Sayles.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Sayles, Mary E. & Jones, C. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 4035: Defendant's Bill of Exceptions] (open access)

[Cause No. 4035: Defendant's Bill of Exceptions]

Document in the cause no. 4035, W. O. Rainwater et al. vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. It contains two bills of exceptions for the defendant, Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, which detail two witnesses, W. M. Greer and Johnnie White, and their testimonies.
Date: February 6, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915] (open access)

[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915]

Document in which Henry Sayles and Hattie M. Sayles distribute an amount of $7866.97 amidst their children and relatives, declaring Henry Sayles Jr. to be in charge of the funds.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie)
System: The Portal to Texas History