Resource Type

[Affidavit] (open access)

[Affidavit]

Affidavit sworn by Michael Reed before Gideon Walker stating that Reed paid Moses Cummings in advance for surveying services that were never fulfilled.
Date: March 7, 1842
Creator: Reed, Michael & Walker, Gideon
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Thomas Duncan] (open access)

[Affidavit of Thomas Duncan]

Affidavit sworn by Thomas Duncan to J.C. Caddel to claim payment from the estate of Michael Reed.
Date: June 24, 1861
Creator: Duncan, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Article of Agreement Between John Droddy and John R. Cummings (open access)

Article of Agreement Between John Droddy and John R. Cummings

Article of agreement between John Droddy (also spelled as Drowdy) and John R. Cummings for a partnership to locate land.
Date: July 24, 1840
Creator: Droddy, John & Cummins, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article of Agreement between William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed] (open access)

[Article of Agreement between William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed]

Article of agreement between William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed for the transfer of three hundred acres of land. Statement on verso recording the filing of the article with Brazos County on December 2, 1844.
Date: December 8, 1839
Creator: Sparks, William C. & Reed, Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bond Stafford Selman (open access)

Bond Stafford Selman

Promissory note for Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel issued by Stafford Selman with witnesses John West and Eli M. Thomason in the amount of ten thousand dollars for one league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: unknown
Creator: Selman, Stafford
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business contract and power of attorney] (open access)

[Business contract and power of attorney]

Article of agreement between Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel to enter into business together, signed by witnesses Sam T. Allen and Sam Smith. On page [3], additional contract by Z.N. Morrell granting power of attorney to Michael Reed. Both dated January 9, 1836.
Date: January 9, 1836
Creator: Reed, Michael & Morrell, Z.N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Claim petition filed by Wilson T. Davidson against the estate of Michael Reed] (open access)

[Claim petition filed by Wilson T. Davidson against the estate of Michael Reed]

Copy of petition filed by Wilson T. Davidson against the estate of Michael Reed (managed by William Reed) claiming $243.33 from the deceased Michael Reed.
Date: 1859-03-26~
Creator: Richard, A.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confederate travel pass for William Reed] (open access)

[Confederate travel pass for William Reed]

Travel pass granted to Michael Reed by the Confederate States of America to visit Bell County from Harris County.
Date: June 19, 1862
Creator: Frazer, G.W.[?]
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Danly and Lambert's petition against the estate of Michael Reed] (open access)

[Copy of Danly and Lambert's petition against the estate of Michael Reed]

Copy of petition of John Danly and James Lambert against the estate of Michael Reed, to be provided to William Reed.
Date: March 26, 1861
Creator: Caddel, J.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Michael Reed Deed] (open access)

[Copy of Michael Reed Deed]

Copy[?] of Michael Reed's deed written in Spanish and signed by Guillermo H. Steele. On verso of page one is statement by W.D. Thomson certifying the record of the deed in Milam County, signed August 21, 1837.
Date: June 10, 1835
Creator: Steele, Guillermo H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Michael Reed's deed] (open access)

[Copy of Michael Reed's deed]

Copy of Michael Reed's deed. On verso of page one there are two separate statements towards the bottom of the page; the first, dated August 21, 1837, was made by W.D. Thompson stating that the original deed was ordered by the court to be recorded. The second statement, dated October 1, 1856, was made my Stroud Melton, clerk of the county court of Milam County certifying that the deed copy is correct.
Date: unknown
Creator: Steele, Guillermo H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Rebecca Reed's petition against the family of Michael Reed] (open access)

[Copy of Rebecca Reed's petition against the family of Michael Reed]

Copy of petition of Rebecca Reed against the heirs of Michael Reed, claiming that she had been the wife of Michael Reed and had lawful claim to his estate.
Date: July 9, 1860
Creator: Richard, A.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the complaint of J.W. Nowlan and Marcus D. Hering.
Date: March 16, 1861
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the complaint of Thomas Barker.
Date: December 3, 1860
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the complaint of C. Raymond.
Date: December 3, 1860
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the motion of Marcus D. Jering and J.W. Nowlin[?].
Date: May 7, 1861
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the petition of Danly and Lambert.
Date: March 27, 1861
Creator: Caddel, J.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the petition of W.T. Davidson.
Date: May 2, 1861
Creator: Caddel, J.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the complaint of Francis J. Duffow.
Date: December 3, 1860
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons] (open access)

[Court summons]

Court summons for Michael Reed to answer the petition of Josiah J. Crosby.
Date: March 2, 1839
Creator: Shepard, Thomas P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons for William Reed] (open access)

[Court summons for William Reed]

Court summons for William Reed to answer the petition of Rebecca Reed.
Date: July 9, 1860
Creator: Richard, A.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court summons for William Reed] (open access)

[Court summons for William Reed]

Court summons for William Reed, acting as administrator for the estate of Michael Reed, to answer the petition of Wilson T. Davidson.
Date: July 7, 1860
Creator: Richard, A.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Michael Reed] (open access)

[Deed for Michael Reed]

Deed for Michael Reed written and signed by Guillermo H. Steele. On verso of second page, W.D. Thomson, clerk for Milam County, certifies that he has received the deed as of August 21, 1837; Levi Pennington, clerk for Williamson Country, certifies that the deed was filed in his office as of April 4, 1857[?].
Date: December 29, 1834
Creator: Steele, Guillermo H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Einwanderungs Vertrag (open access)

Einwanderungs Vertrag

Immigration contract between the Adelsverein and Johann Christoph Schumann, dated October 6, 1845.
Date: October 6, 1845
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History