[Photostat Copy of Affidavit of Possession of Ellis Locke and Maude B. Johnson] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Affidavit of Possession of Ellis Locke and Maude B. Johnson]

Photostat copy of an affidavit of possession sworn by Ellis Locke which states he is the tenant on land owned by Maude B. Johnson in Hemphill County, Texas and his lease ends on May 1, 1940. The affidavit includes a sworn statement by Maude B. Johnson that states an oil and gas lease has been executed to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company beginning July 29, 1939.
Date: August 8, 1939
Creator: Locke, Ellis & Johnson, Maude B.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Jordon to J. H. Parramore, Ferbuary 8, 1914] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Jordon to J. H. Parramore, Ferbuary 8, 1914]

Letter from J. D. Jordon to J. H. Parramore discussing water producing holes that have been drilled on the Cienega lands and their conditions.
Date: February 8, 1914
Creator: Jordon, J. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Hutson Hotels stationary, discussing flying a Cessna to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, her current layover in Amarillo and pending trip back to Wichita. In postcript, she asks the recipient to send a friend a fruit box.
Date: January 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History