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First Garza County Court

Description: Photograph of the first Garza County Court. There are several men seated and standing in front of a canvas tent. All of the men are wearing hats and some are wearing neckties and some vests. In the front row, left to right are: S.C. Wilkes, L.F. Barrow, Walter Roy, and a Mr. Davis. In the back row, left to right: W.E. Alexander, Hal Murrey, Bud Boren, B.F. Wilkes and Oscar Kelly. In the middle of the frame is an old automobile with people in it. On the left side of the frame is a covered … more
Date: July 1907
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photographs of Bonnie Bar Interior and Men on Saloon Steps]

Description: Two photographs attached to a piece of paper with information about the photos printed on it. The first photograph depicts the interior of a bar room, where two men stand behind the bar counter and a man stands leaning against the front of the counter. Mirrors, cabinets, bottles, and paintings line the back wall, and a large cabinet sits to the right of the bar. The second photograph depicts four men standing on the steps of a small wood-sided building (situated to the right of another wood-sid… more
Date: 1900~
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Sheriff's Return, Hattie Irvine, Smith Irvine, and Their Unknown Heirs]

Description: Document stating that notice has been given to Hattie Irvine alias Hattie Smith and Smith Irvine alias Irvine Smith by publishing the notice in a Taylor County newspaper for four successive weeks leading up to March 1, 1909. The second part of the return states notice has been given to the unknown heirs of Hattie Irvine alias Hattie Smith and Smith Irvine alias Irvine Smith by publishing the notice in a Taylor County newspaper for eight successive weeks leading up to March 1, 1909.
Date: December 1908
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Original Order and Notice, Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of American at Abilene, Texas]

Description: Document providing notice to the trustees and pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of American at Abilene, Texas of the hearing date for the condemnation proceedings for Lot 4 of Block 96 in Abilene, Texas. The bottom half of the document is the Sheriff's Return, listing the date and time the notice was served to B. F. Jordan, Ed. Henry, Winnie Brown, and J. A. Duncan. The sheriff's return is handwritten and the back of the document lists the name of … more
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Motz, Charles; McDonald, A. F. & McKinney, P. M.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Notice of Filing, Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of American at Abilene, Texas]

Description: Document providing notice to the trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of American at Abilene, Texas that the Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company has filed documents in the condemnation proceeding for Lot 4 of Block 96 in Abilene, Texas. The bottom half of the notice is the Sheriff's Return, listing the time and date the trustees were served. There are handwritten notes listing the costs of the notice and it is signed by the special commissioners, C.… more
Date: December 12, 1908
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Former Sheriffs of Denton County

Description: Groups portrait of all of the ex-sheriffs of Denton County at the time, except W. S. (Bill) Fry, who was not in town at the time. Standing in the top row, from left to right: Sam Hawkings and W. E. (Lish) Durbin. Sitting in the bottom row, from left to right: Charles Alexander "C. A." (Alex) Williams, Christopher Columbus "C. C." (Lum) Daugherty, Walter F. "W. F." Egan, and Captain Robert Harris "R. H." (Bob) Hopkins.
Date: 1905
Partner: Denton Public Library

Former Sheriffs of Denton County

Description: Group portrait of all of the ex-sheriffs of Denton County at the time, except W. S. (Bill) Fry, who was not in town at the time. Standing in the top row, from left to right: Sam Hawkins and Warren Elisha "W. E." (Lish) Durbin. Sitting in the bottom row, from left to right: Charles Alexander "C. A." (Alex) Williams, Christopher Columbus "C. C." (Lum) Daugherty, Walter F. "W. F." Egan, and Captain "Robert Henry "R. H." (Bob) Hopkins.
Date: 1905
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Group of men on horseback, including Sheriff George S. Matthews, in front of Barnes and Company Grocers store]

Description: Photograph of a group of men on horseback in front of Barnes and Company Grocers, including George S. Matthews, who served as Travis County Sheriff from 1902 to 1920. Prior to that Matthews was a deputy sheriff. The men are wearing suits and hats, and some are wearing sashes and ribbons. Horses and buggies are visible behind the men on horseback, just in front of the store. Two women on the store's front porch are wearing long skirts and large hats. The Barnes and Company grocery was a two-stor… more
Date: 1900/1901
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Sheriff M.L. Woolley's children playing on steps of Richmond jail]

Description: Copy print of Sheriff M.L. Woolley's children playing on steps of 1896 Richmond jail. Children are W.P. (Willy) and M. Lafayette (Fay). Woolley's family lived in the jail while he was deputy Sheriff and Sheriff, from about 1904-1914. 2 children were born in the jail. Child on left (in arched entryway of the jail building) is sitting with hands behind him and the other child is standing.
Date: 1904
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Deaf Smith County Jail]

Description: Photograph of Sheriff Ed Connell, left, with his twin sons Ira and Ef, and Wirt Phillips to the left. They stand in front of the Deaf Smith County jail. The other three men are unidentified.
Date: 1909~
Creator: Bradly, Bill
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

[1908 Officials and Employees of Coryell County, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Coryell County, Texas, officers of 1908. Three rows of the men sit on the steps of the Coryell County courthouse. The men are identified from the top left as Pleas Post (collector), W. L. Carlyle (commissioner), J. O. Curry (commissioner), T. L. Allison (commissioner), J. P. Gardner (commissioner), G. E. Johnson (county attorney), Frank Parsons (janitor), W. W. Seeton (district clerk), Sam Davis (sheriff), R. T. Wilson (county clerk), Earl Stone (city marshal), John Caufield (… more
Date: 1908
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell
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