Check Row Planter (open access)

Check Row Planter

Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Perkins, Albert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Conductor (open access)

Electric Conductor

Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin, which holds clothes without stretching them and is easily taken on and off with one press of the clamp.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Kitts, William Caluway
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles (open access)

Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles

Patent for apparatus for straightening ax-handles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Sullivan, Stephen Dunkling
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful cloth measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, Ellia Pinkney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CASH REGISTER. (open access)

CASH REGISTER.

Patent for improvements in cash-registers for making change and with a recording mechanism for printing amounts for which change is made, including descriptions of the parts of the mechanism and with illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Woodson, James F. & Lindsay, Oscar L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bat Former and Compressor (open access)

Cotton Bat Former and Compressor

Patent for a combined cotton bat former and compressor. Illustrations included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Raley, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Andiron. (open access)

Andiron.

Patent for improvement in andirons “which is so arranged as to permit ready access to the fireplace for the purpose of cleaning out the ashes and having a removable fender which is capable of being quickly and readily removed or placed in position to retain the fire and prevent the fire from rolling out the fireplace.” (Lines 47-54.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Cox, John Drew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle-Hook. (open access)

Buckle-Hook.

Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Reid, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Fastening. (open access)

Bedstead Fastening.

Patent for connecting legs to side rails of beadsteads.
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Rape, Augustus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Bit. (open access)

Bridle-Bit.

Patent for a bridle bit that holds and manages vicious horses and that can be adjusted to also fit a calf or colt.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Smith, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Couch and Bath-Tub. (open access)

Combined Couch and Bath-Tub.

Patent for a new and useful combined couch and bath tub, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Smith, Samuel Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace For Heel Sweeps (open access)

Brace For Heel Sweeps

Patent for a brace to be used with the class of agricultural implements known as 'heelsweeps'. Illustration included.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Ingram, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Culinary Implement (open access)

Culinary Implement

Patent for a culinary implement for slicing food. Illustrations included.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Wyatt, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Slat Fastener. (open access)

Bed-Slat Fastener.

Patent for an improved construction of a bed-slat fastener, one "adapted to support a bed-slat firmly in position and to prevent the side rails of a bedstead from springing outward" (lines 14-16). There are also "no recesses or crevices for the accumulation of vermin" (lines 19-20) in this design.
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Fielding, Charles S. & Grogan, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Andiron. (open access)

Andiron.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive andiron that can easily be moved and holds the logs in place. "The invention consists of an andiron having two dogs or members connected together and a fender removably connected to the front of said dogs and extending over the intervening space or opening" (lines 9-14).
Date: August 28, 1894
Creator: Grogan, John Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter, Harrow, and Plow (open access)

Combined Seed-Planter, Harrow, and Plow

Patent for "a combined seeder or planter, harrow, and plow, and to simplify the parts, so that they can easily be put together and taken apart and manufactured at little expense" (lines 16-20).
Date: December 17, 1889
Creator: Russell, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back Band. (open access)

Back Band.

Patent for a new and improved back-band. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the back-band, the leather guard secured thereto, and the leather section secured to said band at one end of said guard and provided with loop and buckle, of the protector having slotted ends, and the strap connected with said buckle and having its ends passed through the slotted ends of said protector and under said loop" (lines 65-72).
Date: January 10, 1888
Creator: Helm, Albert Jerome
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3144, Chapter 1156 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3144, Chapter 1156

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a prohibition on hunting on certain parts of Big Sandy Creek in Wood County; providing penalties.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2502, Chapter 1236 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2502, Chapter 1236

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the juvenile boards of Jim Wells and Wood Counties.
Date: 2007-05/2007-06
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3688, Chapter 773 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3688, Chapter 773

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the City of Winnsboro.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7136 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7136

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 H. B. 555, 49th Legislature, is applicable to the 7th Judicial District Court and the Special District Court of Smith and Wood Counties.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7206 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7206

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: Does the Commissioners' Court of Wood County have the authority to appropriate monies for the advancement or aid to a Vocational School for the benefit of ex-service men?
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Franklin County, Index

Index map for Franklin County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:70,736.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History