Honorable discharge dated 1836 June 15 for Jesse Burditt from Capt. William Kimbro's (Kimbrough) volunteer company

Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. The latter two-thirds are a private diary, but many of the entries are made over printed finance notes, for which the book was originally printed. The initial third have some edits made to the printed sections but do not appear to be used as intended. Entries range from weather reports to crop and garden reports to mentions of Matthews’ medical practice in San Felipe. There are some loose papers in this volume, including one signed, “Miranda Matthews,” regarding a girl named Mary.

Letter from John S. Blair addressed to either William or Michael Reed requesting a load of corn.

Article of agreement in which Sally Macy sells one labor of land to Michael Reed.

Correspondence from David Read to William Crain requesting that Crain transfer a note for nineteen dollars and fifty cents to [Michael Reed].

Power of attorney granted to Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel by John Vanwinkle.

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to A. Lee Cambel in the amount of twenty dollars.

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to P.H. Carraway for four bonds.

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to A.B. Henry in the amount of sixty-four dollars for fees on land.

Record states that Michael Reed attended the Robertson Country District Court for three days as a juror in October 1838.

Correspondence from Isaac Crouch to Captain James Burtison regarding the transfer of notes to Michael Reed.

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to John O[?].D. Smith in the amount of fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents for costs accrued in the District Court.

Receipt of payment for thirty-one dollars paid by Michael Reed to G. Jackson.

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Joseph Welch with witnesses Thomas Williams and William Whitely[?], in the amount of ten thousand dollars for a league of land in the Nashville Colony.

Land grant for one fourth of a league given to Michael Reed on December 8, 1835.

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Lorenzo D. Allen with witness Hardy Huntt[?] in the amount of ten thousand dollars for a league of land in the Nashville colony.

Agreement to pay Michael Reed issued by John Welch with witnesses William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed. Statement on verso of document recording the note's filing with the County of Milam.

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Sarah Welch with witnesses William Whitely and Thomas Williams, in the amount of ten thousand dollars for a league of land in the Nashville Colony.

Record of payment from Michael Reed to Sterling C. Robertson for the commissioner fees on two leagues of land.

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by John Vanwinkle with witnesses James Cook and John W. Holman in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for one league of land in the Nashville colony.

Bill of sale for a woman around 23 years old named Selvy, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by his son Wilson Reed and signed October 26, 1835.

Receipt of Michael Reed's payment issued by J.F.[?] Robertson.

Receipt of payment for Michael Reed issued by W.D. Thomson.

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[?].