Resource Type
Partner
Dallas Genealogical Society
3,048
Dallas Municipal Archives
1,864
Hardin-Simmons University Library
686
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
449
UNT Libraries Special Collections
427
Henderson County District Clerk's Office
411
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
309
St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
160
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
99
Abilene Public Library
79
65 More
Collection
Dallas County Probate Records
3,048
John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
1,767
John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection
1,767
Abilene Library Consortium
845
Sayles and Sayles Collection
656
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
425
Henderson County District Court cases
411
Texas Cultures Online
347
The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
329
John J. Herrera Papers
302
82 More
Serial/Series Title
Dallas County, Texas Probate Cases: 1846 - Early 1900s
3,048
2005 BRAC Commission
425
The Levi Perryman Collection, 1873-1921
204
Michael Reed Papers
70
Charles B. Moore Family papers, 1832-1917
66
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
64
Hamilton K. Redway Family papers, 1825-1916
52
Huth (Ferdinand Louis) Papers
42
Jack Ruby Trial Transcripts at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
38
The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein Alias Jack Ruby
37
92 More
Country
States
Decade
Month
[Deed of Property]
Copy of Deed of partition of Seward's land.
Date:
May 29, 1899
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seward Papers
Court summons to Seward by J.G. James.
Date:
November 10, 1875
Creator:
Hunt, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Writ of Garnishment]
Writ of garnishment concerning a note for $890.25 executed by D.G. Gregory to Roberts & Co. dated April 1, 1858, and transferred to Wal[?]ron Paige & Co. of New York
Date:
October 31, 1864
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Labor contract between Seward and several workers]
Labor contract between Seward and several workers, specifying provisions that Seward will provide and monthly payment to Anderson Elliot and family: Roxana, Benjamin, Anderson, Absalom, Monroe Moore, Dorlas Greer, Tilda Thompson, Ruth Elliot.
Date:
1869
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Trust transferring livestock to M. Kennard]
Deed of Trust transferring livestock to M. Kennard.
Date:
May 25, 1869
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Labor contract]
Labor contract for freedman Frank Seward. He was to be a farm tenant for John H. Seward.
Date:
February 7, 1867
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of trust transferring property in Navasota to M. Kennard]
Deed of trust transferring property in Navasota to M. Kennard
Date:
April 16, 1869
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Independence of Texas
Report from Committee on Foreign Affairs stating that the U.S. government should recognize the independence of Texas.
Date:
February 18, 1837
Creator:
United States. Congress. House.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston vs. James F. Perry, Executor]
Legal case of Sam Houston, Apellant, vs. James F. Perry, Executor.
Date:
December 14, 1837
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
First mortgage bond
$500 mortgage bond for real estate in Vera Cruz from J. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna issued from New York
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bond
Printed bond on real estate mortgage for $500 (2 copies); Santa Anna to bearer, New York, for $500 payable in land and palaces
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Texian Loan of One Million Dollars"
Bond issued for $1000 to C.H. Randolph by the State of Texas
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"D. Joaquin de Arrendondo Miono Pelegrin"
Handbill signed in Monterrey, Mexico concerning the importance of the Constitution
Date:
1850~/1900~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Register of marriages of Montgomery County
15 pages of license records
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement by Shubael Marsh]
Sworn statement of Shubael Marsh, signed by James Pope Cole, Chief Justice.
Date:
May 18, 1837
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of Sale for Slave]
Bill of sale of 45 year old slave woman (Cate) to James S. Hanna at auction at Brenham court house. Text of document: The State of Texas, Washington County April 5th A.D. 1852 Know all men by these presents, that whereas on the 16th day of November A.D. 1849, Davis [...] Recovered & obtained a judgment against Charles J. C. Lockhart, R. Autrey and A. B. [...]lurey for the sum of three hundred and seven[ty] seven dollars & twenty eight cents, together with Cost of suit, on which judgment an execution was issued on the 22nd day of March 1852, and come to hand the same day and by the power and authority vested in m[e] I proceeded to Levey on a certain negro woman by the name of Cate about forty five years old, more or less and being regularly advertised according to law to be sold on the fifth day of April A.D. 1852, at the court house door in th[e] town of Brenham at public out cry upon which James S. Hanna became the purchaser he being the highest and best bidder, for the sume of two hundred and sixty dollars. I John H. Day shirriff [sic] …
Date:
April 5, 1852
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abstract of Title for land purchased by Johnson Moorhead in Pratt County, Kansas]
Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Abstract of Title for land purchased by Johnson Moorhead in Pratt County, Kansas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Summons for John M. Brown]
Court summons for John M. Brown to appear in Union Bank of Mississippi vs. John M. Brown case.
Date:
March 4, 1843
Creator:
Washington County (Tex.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land]
Document describing the repayment of a loan to the Provisional Governement of Texas in land. Two loans were made to Texas via Branch T. Archer, William H. Wharton, and Stephen F. Austin for $250,000, and is being paid off in land scrip.
Date:
April 1, 1836
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Police Commissioner Appointment Certificate]
This is a certificate from the State of Texas. It declares that Dan F. Sullivan is Police Commissioner of Dallas, Texas. It is signed by Joseph D. Sayers, Governor of Texas, and John G. Toc, Secretary of State. There is a gold seal in the lower left corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of Mrs. E. D. Butler vs. Murphy & Wood, cause no. 103, 1879
Documents relating to the suit of Mrs. E. D. Butler vs. Murphy & Wood include the commission to take depositions of J. M. Smith, the list of interrogatories prepared and agreed upon by the attorneys, and the certification of the transcript as submitted to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas and received by the District Clerk on December 11, 1879.
Date:
December 11, 1879
Creator:
Reed, W. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of Murchison & Coleman vs. G. W. Ray Et Al., cause no. 1306, 1884
Documents relating to the debt case of Murchison & Coleman vs. G. W. Ray Et Al. include the original petition submitted by the plaintiffs' attorney to the District Court of Henderson County and received by the District Clerk on January 9, 1884, a sworn statement by Mr. Murchison, a citation to summon persons to court, and a citation by publication, affixed to which is a sworn statement that items had been printed in a local newspaper and two news clippings with the case description and citation to summon G. W. Ray to court.
Date:
January 1884
Creator:
Collins, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of Mills & Jackush vs. Almyra Walton, cause no. 136, 1855
Documents relating to the right to property case of Mills & Jackush vs. Almyra Walton include several copies of mark and brand records used by Mr. and Mrs. Walton, as well as documents from the trial which include, but are not limited to: interrogatories to be propounded to Henry Harris with a copy, a citation for Almyra Walton, a subpoena to summon Tandy Howeth, a statement by attorneys about the trial to right of property, exceptions for plaintiff, interrogatories and cross interrogatories to be propounded to Thomas J. Walton, a copy of interrogatories and commissions, a notice from the attorneys of the defendent, statements from two different juries, and the facts, exceptions and rulings judge as well as a statement certifying that the property was not delivered as ruled. Documents were submitted to the District Court of Henderson County and filed by the Clerk.
Date:
1854-09-17/1859-05-19
Creator:
Gray, W. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of Howeth vs. Mills, et al., cause no. 132, 1855-1856
Documents pertaining to the case of Howeth vs. Mills, et al. include copies of the initial judgement in the case of Mills & Jockush vs. Walton & Tuggle which took place in Galveston County as well as the motion for a new trial. The documents pertaining to the resulting case in Henderson County include (but are not limited to) subpoenas and citations for summons of persons involved on both sides of the case, exceptions and answers from the defendant (and a later, amended answer), writs of injunction, bonds, a motion to perpetrate injunction, a motion to instruct the jury, a motion to enter evidence for the plaintiff, and a statement to the jury. Documents were submitted to the District Court of Henderson County and filed by the clerk.
Date:
1855-05-14/1856-11-11
Creator:
Gray, W. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History