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[Letter of Standing for Martha Stephenson from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, April, 1849]

Letter of standing for Martha Stephenson from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. The letter stated that Martha was in full standing at their church and was dismissed when she joined another church of the same faith.

Date: April 1849

Creator: Mount Gilead Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

[Letter of Standing for Sarah from Mount Gilead Baptist Church, August 1849]

Letter of standing for Sarah, a "sister of colour," from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. The letter stated that Sarah held full membership with the church and that she would be dismissed when she joined a church of the same faith.

Date: August 1849

Creator: Mount Gilead Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

[Petition Related to the Fisher Estate]

Legal petition related to the estate of minors Alexander P. and Minerva P. Fisher (wards of Austin County) from their trustees, describing costs related to their care and requesting additional funds due to special circumstances (laid out in the text). A statement at the end indicates that the petition was accepted by the Court.

Date: 1851

Item Type: Legal Document

[Letter of Standing for Charlotte Reed from Bethlehem Baptist Church, December, 1852]

Letter of standing for Charlotte Reed from Bethlehem Baptist Church. The letter included some of the beliefs of the church and stated that Charlotte held full membership with the church and that she would be dismissed if she joined a church of the same faith.

Date: December 1852

Creator: Bethlehem Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

[Letter of Standing for Lucinda Mahan from Bethlehem Baptist Church, December, 1852]

Letter of standing for Lucinda Mahan from Bethlehem Baptist Church. The letter included some of the beliefs of the church and stated that Lucinda held full membership with the church and that she would be dismissed if she joined a church of the same faith.

Date: December 1852

Creator: Bethlehem Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

[Letter of Standing for Sarah Brooks from Siloam Baptist Church, November 2, 1853]

Letter of standing for Sarah Brooks from Siloam Baptist Church. The letter stated that Sarah held full membership with the church and that she would be dismissed if she joined a church of the same faith.

Date: November 2, 1853

Creator: Siloam Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1856

Minutes of the annual meeting of the Union Baptist Association in Texas include accounts of proceedings at the session, committee reports, statistics regarding Baptist churches in Texas, and other relevant notes and commentaries.

Date: 1856

Creator: Union Baptist Association (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Christian Union; A Sermon delivered before Union Baptist Association, October 2, 1857, by Horace Clark.

Text of a sermon given by Horace Clark about Christian Union, discussing his understanding of the need for Christian denominations to create a unified Church, based on various scriptural references.

Date: 1857

Creator: Clark, Horace

Item Type: Pamphlet

Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1857

Date: 1857

Creator: Union Baptist Association (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

[Letter of Standing for John Bachman from Carrollton Baptist Church, April, 1857]

Letter of standing for John Bachman from Carrollton Baptist Church. The letter stated that John was a full membership of the church and was dismissed when he joined another church of the same faith.

Date: April 1857

Creator: Carrollton Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

[Letter of Standing for Richard and Nancy Rhoades from Harmony Baptist Church, October, 1857]

Letter of standing for Richard and Nancy Rhoades from Harmony Baptist Church. The letter stated that the Rhoades held full membership with the church and that they would be dismissed when they joined a church of the same faith.

Date: October 1857

Creator: Harmony Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

[Letter of Standing for J. A. Middleton from Beech Grove Baptist Church, October 20, 1857]

Letter of standing for J. A. Middleton from Beech Grove Baptist Church. The letter stated that Middleton was a member in full standing of the church and was dismissed when joining another church of the same faith.

Date: October 20, 1857

Creator: Beech Grove Baptist Church

Item Type: Letter

Minutes of the Nineteenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1858

Date: 1858

Creator: Union Baptist Association (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

[Bellville Town Meeting Minutes, January 18, 1858]

Minutes of the Bellville, Texas Town Meeting on January 18, 1858, which was called in memory of the recently deceased Thomas Bell, "the father of Bellville," who arrived in Texas in 1822 and settled in Austin's Colony and served under Ben Milam during the Texas Revolution.

Date: January 18, 1858

Creator: Fular, A. W.

Item Type: Text

Minutes of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Union Baptist Association, 1859

Date: 1859

Creator: Union Baptist Association (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

[Letter from Ann Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, April 24, 1859]

Letter from Ann Roberts to her sister, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing family news.

Date: April 24, 1859

Creator: Roberts, Ann

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Mary Roberts, June 24, 1859]

Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her sister, Mary Roberts, discussing the death of Mary's husband, the birth of her baby, and other news.

Date: June 24, 1859

Creator: Osterhout, Junia Roberts

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Ann Roberts, September 1, 1859]

Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her sister, Ann Roberts, discussing the possibility of Ann coming to liver with the Osterhouts in Texas. Junia says that she thinks Ann would easily find a husband there.

Date: September 1, 1859

Creator: Osterhout, Junia Roberts

Item Type: Letter

[Letter of Standing for Charles Kavanaugh from Providence Church, May 12, 1860]

Letter of standing for Charles Kavanaugh from Providence Church. The letter stated that Charles was a member in full standing of the church and was dismissed when joining another church of the same faith.

Date: May 12, 1860

Creator: Providence Church

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Lizzie Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 12, 1861]

Letter from Lizzie Roberts to her sister, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing Junia's health, the possibility of war, and other news of family and friends. She says that she has become "dissatisfied" with where she lives and would like to go home to the North.

Date: January 12, 1861

Creator: Roberts, Lizzie

Item Type: Letter

[An Address Delivered by Miss Ett Shanklin on Presentation of a Flag to the Company of Capt. H. M. Bouldin, 1862]

Flag presentation address by Miss Ett Shanklin to the company of Captain H. M. Bouldin. The address was to honor the service of the company and emphasized their youth and bravery.

Date: 1862

Creator: Thanklin, E. H.

Item Type: Text

[The Confederate States Receipt for Time of Service for James L. Cunningham, July, 1862]

The Confederate States of America receipt for time of service for James L. Cunningham. Cunningham served as a lieutenant from May 13 to July 18, 1862. The receipt included the payment he received for his service, his regiment, and a signed statement from Cunningham that verified the information was correct.

Date: 1862-07~

Creator: Confederate States of America

Item Type: Text

[Letter from Private H. C. Denny to Captain H. M. Bouldin, October 13, 1862]

Letter from Private H. C. Denny to Captain H. M. Bouldin. Denny wrote Bouldin about the movement of his group past the Arkansas line. He passed along a message from another soldier to be given to his wife and other small pieces of news, such as the price of corn back home.

Date: October 13, 1862

Creator: Denny, H. C.

Item Type: Letter

[Invoice from S. B. Brush for Captain H. M. Bouldin, July 1863]

Invoice from S. B. Brush for Captain H. M. Bouldin. The invoice listed what purchases Bouldin made including muslin, packs of pins, boxes of caps, and buttons. The purchase was made from a store that dealt in tin ware, stoves, pumps, house furnishing goods, etc.

Date: July 1863

Creator: Brush, S. B.

Item Type: Text

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[Letter of Standing for Martha Stephenson from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, April, 1849]

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[Petition Related to the Fisher Estate]

[Letter of Standing for Charlotte Reed from Bethlehem Baptist Church, December, 1852]

[Letter of Standing for Lucinda Mahan from Bethlehem Baptist Church, December, 1852]

[Letter of Standing for Sarah Brooks from Siloam Baptist Church, November 2, 1853]

Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1856

Christian Union; A Sermon delivered before Union Baptist Association, October 2, 1857, by Horace Clark.

Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1857

[Letter of Standing for John Bachman from Carrollton Baptist Church, April, 1857]

[Letter of Standing for Richard and Nancy Rhoades from Harmony Baptist Church, October, 1857]

[Letter of Standing for J. A. Middleton from Beech Grove Baptist Church, October 20, 1857]

Minutes of the Nineteenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1858

[Bellville Town Meeting Minutes, January 18, 1858]

Minutes of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Union Baptist Association, 1859

[Letter from Ann Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, April 24, 1859]

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Mary Roberts, June 24, 1859]

[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to Ann Roberts, September 1, 1859]

[Letter of Standing for Charles Kavanaugh from Providence Church, May 12, 1860]

[Letter from Lizzie Roberts to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 12, 1861]

[An Address Delivered by Miss Ett Shanklin on Presentation of a Flag to the Company of Capt. H. M. Bouldin, 1862]

[The Confederate States Receipt for Time of Service for James L. Cunningham, July, 1862]

[Letter from Private H. C. Denny to Captain H. M. Bouldin, October 13, 1862]

[Invoice from S. B. Brush for Captain H. M. Bouldin, July 1863]