Description of the final court judgment on the case of J. C. Garthwaite vs.Owen O'Brien.

Official filed record of Sheriff James H. Matthews auctioning off and selling land from the suit of Owen O'Brien vs. Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to the highest bidder, Barry Gillespie.

Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1847. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.

Contract dictating the withdrawal of $200 for Wilhelmine Meyer from the German Emigration and Rail-Road Company.

Letter from Sam Houston to Col. Joseph Ellis discussing a prior letter, Houston's journey, and the many illnesses being suffered by their mutual acquaintances. The outside of the letter contains the postage information.

Travis County election returns dating from February 1847.

Letter from Christopher Chaney to the Legislature of Texas for a land grant and notarized form for Christopher Chaney

A book of illustrations of buildings and scenes from the Texas Hill Country. Each illustration includes a brief history of the building or scene.

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from January 1847 to December 1849, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bultmeyer, Henry (Deceased) and Martin Ballweg (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Kingwell, Wm. (Deceased) and I.B. Webb (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Jester, R.E. (died July 10, 1895) and Josephine Jester (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bethurum, Robt. (died 1846) and R. Hewitt (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Sloan, Sam'l. (Minor) and Robert Sloan (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bowles, William H. (Minor) and R.J. West (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bowles, H. & H.F. (Minors) and S. & A. Elkins (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Cook, W.W. (died January 6, 1848) and Nancy C. Cook (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Cook, Wm. S. (Deceased) and Warren A. Ferris (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Parks, Pat & Susan (Minors) and Crissy Parks (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Cook, J.S.Z. & M. (Minors) and Jno. C. Cook (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Casey, Jno. (died October 1847) and Jno. Casey, Jr. (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Carder, E.S. & C.C. (Deceased) and W.P. Carter (Executor or Guardian)