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[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright] (open access)

[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.
Date: July 1, 1891
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant] (open access)

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bond for Title from W. N. Sneed to W. H. Henderson] (open access)

[Bond for Title from W. N. Sneed to W. H. Henderson]

Handwritten document containing a receipt for the purchase of land from W. N. Sneed by W. H. Henderson, as well as a bond for title of the land.
Date: February 16, 1886
Creator: Sneed, W. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[State of Texas Declaration of Secession] (open access)

[State of Texas Declaration of Secession]

Printed document of the State of Texas' Declaration of Secession from the United States of America. The document contains the reasons for secession laid out by delegates of the people of Texas in Convention, and includes the names of those delegates, with O. M. Roberts, President, at the top of the list.
Date: January 28, 1861
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Document Between W. H. Henderson and W. N. Sneed] (open access)

[Legal Document Between W. H. Henderson and W. N. Sneed]

Legal document concerning a transfer of money between W. N. Sneed and W. H. Henderson.
Date: October 7, 1885
Creator: Sneed, W. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Deed from W. N. Sneed to W. H. Henderson] (open access)

[Land Deed from W. N. Sneed to W. H. Henderson]

Handwritten document containing a receipt for the purchase of land from W. N. Sneed by W. H. Henderson, as well as the deed for the land.
Date: October 5, 1889
Creator: Sneed, W. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Document Between R. Medaris and W. H. Henderson] (open access)

[Legal Document Between R. Medaris and W. H. Henderson]

Legal document between R. Medaris and W. H. Henderson acknowledging the receipt of money and having to do with a transfer of land in Freestone County, Texas.
Date: January 27, 1886
Creator: Medaris, R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warranty Deed: Mrs. A. C. Henderson to H. B. Henderson] (open access)

[Warranty Deed: Mrs. A. C. Henderson to H. B. Henderson]

Warranty deed passing land from Mrs. A. C. Henderson to her son, H. B. Henderson.
Date: April 25, 1929
Creator: Henderson, A. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901] (open access)

[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901]

Petition from residents of Harman School District to the county commissioners of Coryell County, Texas, for the purpose of forming the Padgett School District.
Date: May 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 2, 1901] (open access)

[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 2, 1901]

Petition from residents of Table Rock, Texas, to the county commissioners of Coryell County, Texas, for the purpose of forming the Padgett School District.
Date: May 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Transferal from James and Mary Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, 1855] (open access)

[Land Transferal from James and Mary Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, 1855]

Document transferring land from James and Mary Maxwell to Henry Maxwell.
Date: 1855
Creator: Maxwell, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901] (open access)

[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901]

Petition to the county commissioners of Coryell County, Texas, for the purpose of forming the Padgett School District. Twenty-six signatures have been added to the petition.
Date: May 27, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Promotion for P. Bishop] (open access)

[Certificate of Promotion for P. Bishop]

Certificate promoting P. Bishop to the office of the Chief of the fire department in San Antonio, Texas, signed by Mayor Bryan Callaghan.
Date: May 24, 1911
Creator: Callaghan, Bryan
System: The Portal to Texas History