Resource Type

[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land] (open access)

[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land]

Document describing the repayment of a loan to the Provisional Governement of Texas in land. Two loans were made to Texas via Branch T. Archer, William H. Wharton, and Stephen F. Austin for $250,000, and is being paid off in land scrip.
Date: April 1, 1836
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Summons for John M. Brown] (open access)

[Summons for John M. Brown]

Court summons for John M. Brown to appear in Union Bank of Mississippi vs. John M. Brown case.
Date: March 4, 1843
Creator: Washington County (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abstract of Title for land purchased by Johnson Moorhead in Pratt County, Kansas] (open access)

[Abstract of Title for land purchased by Johnson Moorhead in Pratt County, Kansas]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Abstract of Title for land purchased by Johnson Moorhead in Pratt County, Kansas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of Sale for Slave] (open access)

[Legal Statement of Sale for Slave]

Bill of sale of 45 year old slave woman (Cate) to James S. Hanna at auction at Brenham court house. Text of document: The State of Texas, Washington County April 5th A.D. 1852 Know all men by these presents, that whereas on the 16th day of November A.D. 1849, Davis [...] Recovered & obtained a judgment against Charles J. C. Lockhart, R. Autrey and A. B. [...]lurey for the sum of three hundred and seven[ty] seven dollars & twenty eight cents, together with Cost of suit, on which judgment an execution was issued on the 22nd day of March 1852, and come to hand the same day and by the power and authority vested in m[e] I proceeded to Levey on a certain negro woman by the name of Cate about forty five years old, more or less and being regularly advertised according to law to be sold on the fifth day of April A.D. 1852, at the court house door in th[e] town of Brenham at public out cry upon which James S. Hanna became the purchaser he being the highest and best bidder, for the sume of two hundred and sixty dollars. I John H. Day shirriff [sic] …
Date: April 5, 1852
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement by Shubael Marsh] (open access)

[Legal Statement by Shubael Marsh]

Sworn statement of Shubael Marsh, signed by James Pope Cole, Chief Justice.
Date: May 18, 1837
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Register of marriages of Montgomery County (open access)

Register of marriages of Montgomery County

15 pages of license records
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
"D. Joaquin de Arrendondo Miono Pelegrin" (open access)

"D. Joaquin de Arrendondo Miono Pelegrin"

Handbill signed in Monterrey, Mexico concerning the importance of the Constitution
Date: 1850~/1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Texian Loan of One Million Dollars" (open access)

"Texian Loan of One Million Dollars"

Bond issued for $1000 to C.H. Randolph by the State of Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bond (open access)

Bond

Printed bond on real estate mortgage for $500 (2 copies); Santa Anna to bearer, New York, for $500 payable in land and palaces
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
First mortgage bond (open access)

First mortgage bond

$500 mortgage bond for real estate in Vera Cruz from J. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna issued from New York
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston vs. James F. Perry, Executor] (open access)

[Sam Houston vs. James F. Perry, Executor]

Legal case of Sam Houston, Apellant, vs. James F. Perry, Executor.
Date: December 14, 1837
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Independence of Texas (open access)

Independence of Texas

Report from Committee on Foreign Affairs stating that the U.S. government should recognize the independence of Texas.
Date: February 18, 1837
Creator: United States. Congress. House.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of trust transferring property in Navasota to M. Kennard] (open access)

[Deed of trust transferring property in Navasota to M. Kennard]

Deed of trust transferring property in Navasota to M. Kennard
Date: April 16, 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Labor contract] (open access)

[Labor contract]

Labor contract for freedman Frank Seward. He was to be a farm tenant for John H. Seward.
Date: February 7, 1867
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Trust transferring livestock to M. Kennard] (open access)

[Deed of Trust transferring livestock to M. Kennard]

Deed of Trust transferring livestock to M. Kennard.
Date: May 25, 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Labor contract between Seward and several workers] (open access)

[Labor contract between Seward and several workers]

Labor contract between Seward and several workers, specifying provisions that Seward will provide and monthly payment to Anderson Elliot and family: Roxana, Benjamin, Anderson, Absalom, Monroe Moore, Dorlas Greer, Tilda Thompson, Ruth Elliot.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Writ of Garnishment] (open access)

[Writ of Garnishment]

Writ of garnishment concerning a note for $890.25 executed by D.G. Gregory to Roberts & Co. dated April 1, 1858, and transferred to Wal[?]ron Paige & Co. of New York
Date: October 31, 1864
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seward Papers (open access)

Seward Papers

Court summons to Seward by J.G. James.
Date: November 10, 1875
Creator: Hunt, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Property] (open access)

[Deed of Property]

Copy of Deed of partition of Seward's land.
Date: May 29, 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Sale] (open access)

[Deed of Sale]

Deed of sale of Anna Seward's interest in Seward estate.
Date: April 23, 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Sale] (open access)

[Deed of Sale]

Deed of land sale by Seward heirs to F. W. Wood.
Date: February 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Sale] (open access)

[Deed of Sale]

Deed of sale of land detailing the size and extent of the property and the process of the sale.
Date: March 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas (open access)

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas

First page of a newsprint handbill detailing membership information for White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas including the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Election.
Date: unknown
Creator: White Man's Union Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas (open access)

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Election of the White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas

First page of a newsprint handbill detailing membership information for White Man's Union Association of Grimes County, Texas including the Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Election.
Date: unknown
Creator: White Man's Union Association
System: The Portal to Texas History