[Clipping: Notice] (open access)

[Clipping: Notice]

Newspaper clipping providing notice that Mrs. Bobbie Terry, guardian of the estate of Norma Terry, Leone Terry, Suler Terry, Eunice Terry, and Lee Edwin Terry, is seeking the court's permission to lease the oil and gas interests of her minor wards' land in Erath County, Texas to A. J. Mercer.
Date: December 2, 1918
Creator: McEntire & Jones
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Perry Sayles to B. I. Terry, January 3, 1919] (open access)

[Letter from Perry Sayles to B. I. Terry, January 3, 1919]

Letter from Perry Sayles to B. I. Terry discussing royalties on land owned by Terry. There are few objections on the abstract to the title of the land. Reaves will be able to meet with Terry to clear up the objections soon.
Date: January 3, 1919
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Grisham Brothers to C. E. Logan, February 20, 1919] (open access)

[Letter from Grisham Brothers to C. E. Logan, February 20, 1919]

Letter from Grisham Brothers to C. E. Logan discussing exceptions to Sayles' royalties. Shuler and B. I. Terry's wives claim they purchased the land separately. They also need to determine if the land in question is in Erath or Comanche County, or both.
Date: February 20, 1919
Creator: Grisham Brothers
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cause No. 11551: Plaintiff's Petition] (open access)

Cause No. 11551: Plaintiff's Petition]

Document in cause no. 11551, Tomlinson, Paschall & Colvin vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, detailing the complaints of Mollie Lee Tomlinson, W. R. Tomlinson, Crigler Paschall, and J. D. Colvin against the Independent Torpedo Company. The plaintiffs seek recourse for damage to their oil well in Erath County, Texas by the shooting done by the Independent Torpedo Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chastain & Judkins
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Release of Vendor Lien] (open access)

[Release of Vendor Lien]

Statement in which Mary E. Sayles releases a vendor from their lien contract originally formed with Mary and her mother, Emily B. Gillespie.
Date: December 1910
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mineral Deed, Amos K. Bass to Perry Sayles] (open access)

[Mineral Deed, Amos K. Bass to Perry Sayles]

Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 3/512 interest in and to the oil, gas, and minerals in and under a tract of land in Eastland and Erath Counties, Texas from Amos K. Bass to Perry Sayles.
Date: August 12, 1933
Creator: Bass, Amos K.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 5641: Statement of Facts] (open access)

[Cause No. 5641: Statement of Facts]

Document in the cause no. 5641, L. W. Hilgenburg vs. Independent Torpedo Company, including the "Statement of the Plaintiff's Cause of Action in the Cause," and the testimony of L. W. Hilgenburg. The case relates to damage following shooting the oil wells of Hilgenburg.
Date: February 11, 1926
Creator: Ward, J. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Don King to John Sayles, December 8, 1910] (open access)

[Letter from Don King to John Sayles, December 8, 1910]

Letter from Don King to John Sayles discussing releases to William Allen in Erath County. Also delivered is a deed to be executed by Sayles' mother. King also requests the bill be forwarded for the work.
Date: December 8, 1910
Creator: King, Don
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R. H. Reaves, January 1, 1919] (open access)

[Letter to R. H. Reaves, January 1, 1919]

Letter to R. H. Reaves discussing land in the survey of J. T. Carruth and the abstract examined for the land. The letter discusses legal documents relevant to the ownership of the land.
Date: January 1, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Opened Envelope with Notes] (open access)

[Opened Envelope with Notes]

Fully opened envelope with handwritten names, "Mrs. M. E. Sayles" and "Henry Sayles". The original typed name in the upper left address field reads, "King and King, [paper torn] ds, Abstracts, & Loans, Stevenville, Texas".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lien Release] (open access)

[Lien Release]

Document releasing Eleander Strawn from a lien contract with Mary E. Sayles. The document is unsigned and not notarized.
Date: October 1913
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sayles and Sayles to R. H. Reaves, January 1, 1919] (open access)

[Letter from Sayles and Sayles to R. H. Reaves, January 1, 1919]

Letter from Sayles & Sayles to R. H. Reaves discussing a 40 acre tract of land in Comanche County as described in a deed from Sarah K. Shuler to B. I. Terry. The abstract is enclosed and the letter discusses the contents of the abstract.
Date: January 1, 1919
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Transfer Confirmation] (open access)

[Land Transfer Confirmation]

Notarized document confirming the finalization of a transfer of land from E. B. Gillespie, Mrs. M. E. Sayles, and John Sayles to Eleander Strawn.
Date: 1881~
Creator: King, Bingham
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History