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[Draft of Document Prepared by Sayles & Sayles] (open access)

[Draft of Document Prepared by Sayles & Sayles]

Draft of a document discussing a suit against Jones and "defendant Railway Company" for breach of contract. The document has pencil corrections and is printed on Sayles & Sayles stationary.
Date: 1910
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of B. I. Terry] (open access)

[Affidavit of B. I. Terry]

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry, attesting to the circumstances under which she acquired her property in Comanche County, Texas. This affidavit is unsigned.
Date: January 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mineral Deed, R. H. Reaves to L. E. Adrian and C. T. Beckham] (open access)

[Mineral Deed, R. H. Reaves to L. E. Adrian and C. T. Beckham]

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/64 and 1/128 undivided interests in and to all oil, gas, and minerals in, under, and upon a tract of land in Comanche County, Texas. The interests are subject to the oil and gas lease made by B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett. This document has corrections made in pencil and is unsigned.
Date: January 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit Regarding Bobbie I. Terry's Land Purchase in Comanche County, Texas] (open access)

[Affidavit Regarding Bobbie I. Terry's Land Purchase in Comanche County, Texas]

Document certifying that Bobbie I. Terry purchased 40 acres in the J. T. Carruth Survey in Comanche County, Texas from S. K. Schuler after the death of her husband in 1915.
Date: January 9, 1919
Creator: Terry, Bobbie I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mineral Deed, B. I. Terry to R. H. Reaves] (open access)

[Mineral Deed, B. I. Terry to R. H. Reaves]

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/8 interest in and to all oil, gas, and minerals in, under, and upon a tract of land in Comanche County, Texas. The deed also states that Reaves 1/8 interest is subject to the oil and gas lease made by B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett for the same property.
Date: January 9, 1919
Creator: Terry, Bobbie I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Mineral Deed, R. H. Reaves to Perry Sayles] (open access)

[Draft of Mineral Deed, R. H. Reaves to Perry Sayles]

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/16 interest in the oil, gas, and minerals of a tract of land in Comanche County, Texas from R. H. Reaves to Perry Sayles. This document has correction in red pencil.
Date: January 11, 1919
Creator: Reaves, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mineral Deed, R. H. Reaves to Perry Sayles] (open access)

[Mineral Deed, R. H. Reaves to Perry Sayles]

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 1/16 interest in the oil, gas and minerals on or under a tract of land in Comanche County. Sayles' 1/16 interest is subject to the terms of the oil and gas lease made from B. I. Terry to W. T. Garrett for the same property.
Date: January 11, 1919
Creator: Reaves, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note From R. H. Reaves and Perry Sayles to The City National Bank, January 11, 1919] (open access)

[Promissory Note From R. H. Reaves and Perry Sayles to The City National Bank, January 11, 1919]

Promissory note from R. H. Reaves and Perry Sayles to The City National Bank in Eastland, Texas, in the amount of $1000.00 with an interest rate of ten percent until the note is paid. A handwritten note on the front reads, "Paid 4/11/19 [..]."
Date: January 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of B. I. Terry] (open access)

[Affidavit of B. I. Terry]

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry stating the circumstances under which she purchased her property in Comanche County, Texas. This document is unsigned.
Date: May 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of B. I. Terry] (open access)

[Affidavit of B. I. Terry]

Affidavit sworn by B. I. Terry stating the circumstances under which she purchased her property in Comanche County, Texas. This document is unsigned and has corrections to the text in pencil.
Date: May 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of Title to Lot 14 Block "C" Connellee Place Addition to the Town of Eastland, Eastland County, Texas (open access)

Abstract of Title to Lot 14 Block "C" Connellee Place Addition to the Town of Eastland, Eastland County, Texas

Abstract of title for Lot 14, Block C of the Connellee Addition to Eastland, Texas. The abstract includes a map and all the documents related to the history of the property, including the original grant for the land, deeds, court records, and liens.
Date: May 16, 1919
Creator: Eastland County Abstract Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 11687: Plaintiff's Second Original Petition] (open access)

[Cause No. 11687: Plaintiff's Second Original Petition]

Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon, Jr. and Frank R. Ellis vs. United States Torpedo Company, describing Hamon and Ellis's complaints of the torpedo company and listing the damages they claim they are entitled to. The suit regards damage to Hamon's and Ellis's oil well in Eastland County, Texas caused by a representative of the United States Torpedo Company.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Warranty Deed, From W. L. Morris and Mrs. W. L. Morris to Perry Sayles (open access)

Warranty Deed, From W. L. Morris and Mrs. W. L. Morris to Perry Sayles

Warranty Deed transferring vendor's liens from W. L. Morris and Mrs. W. L. Morris to Perry Sayles, relating to land in Eastland, Texas.
Date: October 1925
Creator: Morris, W. L. & Morris, Mrs. W. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 11687: Deposition of J. H. Rapp] (open access)

[Cause No. 11687: Deposition of J. H. Rapp]

Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company, transcribing the deposition of Jack H. Rapp. Rapp's testimony discusses his association with the United States Torpedo Company and his shooting of an oil well in Eastland County, Texas.
Date: October 16, 1925
Creator: Cunningham, Tom J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 11687: Oral Deposition of B. C. McDonald, October 17, 1925] (open access)

[Cause No. 11687: Oral Deposition of B. C. McDonald, October 17, 1925]

Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company, transcribing the deposition of B. C. McDonald. McDonald recounts his recollections regarding the shooting of an oil well by J. H. Rapp in Eastland County, Texas. There is a receipt from the United States Torpedo Company included in the document.
Date: October 17, 1925
Creator: Cunningham, Tom J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Well and Formation Record for Well No. 2] (open access)

[Well and Formation Record for Well No. 2]

Document listing the details and history of well no. 2 on C. U. Connellee's land.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Fetty, C. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement From C. F. Petet, February 10, 1926] (open access)

[Statement From C. F. Petet, February 10, 1926]

Document certifying that the copy of a log of Root, Huff & Duff well number two on the C. U. Connellee lease in Eastland County in accurate.
Date: February 10, 1926
Creator: Petet, C. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Case No. 12, 096. Copy of Petition for Removal (open access)

Case No. 12, 096. Copy of Petition for Removal

Copy of the petition for removal in the case, O. M. England et. al. vs. Edwin B. Cox et. al., concerning the pipe lines owned by the Chestnut & Smith Corporation on land owned by O. M. England.
Date: February 27, 1926
Creator: Allison, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 12096: Plea of Privilege of Defendant John Sayles] (open access)

[Cause No. 12096: Plea of Privilege of Defendant John Sayles]

Document in cause no. 12096, C. M. England et al. vs. Edwin B. Cox et al., in which John Sayles asserts he is not a resident of Eastland County, Texas and pleads his privilege to be sued in the court of his county of residence, Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1926
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 12096: Original Answer of Defendant, W. Parmill] (open access)

[Cause No. 12096: Original Answer of Defendant, W. Parmill]

Document in cause no. 12096, O. M. England et al. vs. Edwin B. Cox et al., detailing W. Parmill's answer to the plaintiff's petition. The answer denies the alleged trespass and states that the plaintiff's complaint is regarding events more than two years previous to the filing of the suit.
Date: March 2, 1926
Creator: Stringer, S. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cause No. 10940-Sheriff's Sale, September 14, 1926 (open access)

Cause No. 10940-Sheriff's Sale, September 14, 1926

Document certifying a sheriff's sale in Eastland, Texas. The sale is part of the judgement cause no. 10940, J. L. Chapman, commissioner vs. W. L. Morris and Mrs. W. L. Morris.
Date: September 14, 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Hattie M. Sayles, November 30, 1927] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Hattie M. Sayles, November 30, 1927]

Last will and testament of Hattie M. Sayles, in which she bequeaths much of her property to her children, of whom she names the three oldest as the executors of the will.
Date: November 30, 1927
Creator: Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of the Petition From Juanita Sayles] (open access)

[Copy of the Petition From Juanita Sayles]

Copy of the petition in the case Juanita Sayles vs. Perry Sayles, detailing her desire for a divorce and listing the reasons she believes she is entitled to one. The document has "(copy)" printed at the top and is undated and unsigned.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Granting Property to Perry Sayles and Juanita Sayles] (open access)

[Document Granting Property to Perry Sayles and Juanita Sayles]

Document granting property to Juanita Sayles and Perry Sayles by trustees in their divorce settlement.
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History