Resource Type

[Historic Marker Application: Allcorn-Kokemoor Homestead] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Allcorn-Kokemoor Homestead]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Allcorn-Kokemoor Homestead, in Brenham, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: October 9, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Farmers State Bank and Reinstein Store] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Farmers State Bank and Reinstein Store]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Farmers State Bank and Reinstein Store, in Brenham, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: December 22, 2009
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Burton Public School] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Burton Public School]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Burton Public School, in Burton, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: August 7, 2013
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: July 13, 1974] (open access)

[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: July 13, 1974]

Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on Saturday, July 13, 1974 at the Gay Hill, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order and presided over by President Red, when the meeting was adjourned the members were delighted to a lunch prepared by Mrs. Red.
Date: July 13, 1974
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Stock in Washington County Railroad] (open access)

[Stock in Washington County Railroad]

Stock in Washington County Railroad purchased by Y.S. Veazey. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date: September 1, 1858
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summons for Isaac Mitchell (open access)

Summons for Isaac Mitchell

Summons for Isaac Mitchell to appear before the District Court judge in Washington County regarding petition of H. Chiairs and Samuel P. Baskins. Handwritten in ink.
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7406 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7406

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Chief of Police can be employed by the City of Brenham under a contract that pays him a fixed salary per month, plus such fees as he may earn in criminal cases?
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7298 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7298

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not the Chief of Police of the city of Brenham, Texas, is entitled to collect the fees provided under Article 1065, Code of Criminal Procedure, and especially under Section 5 thereof.
Date: August 8, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for town lot (open access)

Deed for town lot

J.W. Hall deeds to J.J. Wyatt the southern half of a town lot in Washington, Texas for $20.00
Date: January 1871
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commission for Justice of the Peace] (open access)

[Commission for Justice of the Peace]

Commission by A.C. Horton, Governor of Texas, appointing John H. Seward as Justice of the Peace for Washington County.
Date: October 8, 1846
Creator: Horton, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Court Order (open access)

Court Order

James B. Miller, administrator for the estate of William Barret Travis, ordered to collect $13.55 from James H. Holt by the County Court of Washington County
Date: July 1, 1847
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from Simon to Mrs. M.L. Scott, 1873] (open access)

[Promissory Note from Simon to Mrs. M.L. Scott, 1873]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Promissory Note from Simon to Mrs. M.L. Scott for $375 to be paid in 12 months at 12% interest.
Date: October 8, 1873
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Debt Petition by Peter Mercer, October 5, 1837] (open access)

[Debt Petition by Peter Mercer, October 5, 1837]

Petition to court for payment of debts from Peter M. Mercer versus Anderson Buffington, Joseph L. Hood, and William Stark (?).
Date: October 5, 1837
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Membership certificate from Cartmell Lodge of the Odd Fellows in Brenham] (open access)

[Membership certificate from Cartmell Lodge of the Odd Fellows in Brenham]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Membership certificate from Cartmell Lodge of the Odd Fellows in Brenham for Alex Simon granting visitation privileges at any Odd Fellows Lodge for 40 days; impressed stamp; engraved by W.H. Dougal, Georgetown, D.C.
Date: August 1, 1877
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of  Registration registering Alexander Simon as a qualified voter, 1867] (open access)

[Certificate of Registration registering Alexander Simon as a qualified voter, 1867]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Sworn Statement on one side and Certificate of Registration on the other; registers Simon as a qualified voter of Washington County.
Date: June 14, 1867
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Writ requesting Sheriff to summon Andrew Crawford for court appearance to answer petition of Thomas Reed
Date: September 7, 1841
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for Thos. N. Carswell - June 4, 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for Thos. N. Carswell - June 4, 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, C. A. S., dated June 4, 1943, for special work from April 17, 1943 through June 4, 1943, Four pages.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Warren Klein, March 18, 1999

Interview with Warren Klein, a rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Klein discusses his parents' move to the area, his life as a rancher, and several notable events in local history: droughts, the flood of 1932, the establishment of the Divide School building on his family's land, and deadly weather.
Date: March 18, 1999
Creator: Craig, Brenda; Nicholson, Marj & Klein, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Washington County Taxes, 1899] (open access)

[Receipt for Washington County Taxes, 1899]

Receipt for taxes and late fees paid to Washington County by W. K. McAlpine. The receipt includes the assessed value of McAlpine's property in the county and a list of taxes and penalties paid.
Date: February 23, 1900
Creator: Schlenker, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid to Washington County, 1900] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid to Washington County, 1900]

Receipt for property taxes paid to Washington County by W. K. McAlpine for the year 1900. The receipt includes the assessed value of McAlpine's property and list of the taxes paid.
Date: January 30, 1901
Creator: Schlenker, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid to Washington County, 1897] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid to Washington County, 1897]

Receipt for property taxes paid to Washington County by W. K. McAlpine for the year 1897. The receipt includes the assessed value of McAlpine's property and a list of the taxes paid. "Washington Co. Tax for 1897" is written on the back of the receipt.
Date: 1898-uu-15
Creator: Schlenker, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Attorney to Hazel P. Ford] (open access)

[Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Attorney to Hazel P. Ford]

Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Hazel P. Ford's attorney to allow him to receive bounty and law warrants that were due to Ford for military services. At the bottom of the document, a clerk verified that the statement was signed.
Date: November 23, 1854
Creator: Ford, Hazel P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of army orders made by Sam Houston, March 2, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of army orders made by Sam Houston, March 2, 1836]

Copy of transcript for army orders made by Sam Houston stating that independence has been declared and that citizens must march to the aid of the army fighting at Béxar. Also, Houston reports that it is rumored that the Mexican army may be moving to Gonzales.
Date: March 2, 1836
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Supplement to El Nacional, Number 79, March 21, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Supplement to El Nacional, Number 79, March 21, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a supplement to "El Nacional" number 79, which contains the official news of Texas.
Date: March 21, 1836
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History