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Buckner, The County Seat of Collin County Texas

Description: Partial plat map of Buckner, Texas, historically the seat of Collin County, Texas. There is a key on the left listing lots and streets and a legal statement handwritten at the bottom. The map is encapsulated and has been framed; printed text at the bottom of the frame says: "Original plat of the first county seat of Collin County---Fort Buckner---drawn by the early surveyor, H. O. Hedgecoxe date 1846."
Date: 1846
Creator: Hedgecoxe, H. O.
Partner: Collin County History Museum

[Copy of letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847]

Description: Copy of a letter from Sam Houston to his friend Joseph L. Ellis of Grand Cane at his plantation "Pleasant Lawn." Discusses Judge Worsham, the health of the Houston family, and neighbors. This letter is purported to be a hoax and forgery, as multiple copies exist. It was found folded inside a book that was published in the late 1800s and given to the library over sixty years ago.
Date: June 12, 1847
Creator: Houston, Sam
Partner: Denton Public Library

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago

Description: Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 2

Description: By A.S. Ruthven ... Compiled from the original records and documents now in possession of Grand lodge, together with the constitutions ... also ... history of the ... Masonic order in Texas. Pub. by authority of M.W. Wm. Stedman, Grandmaster.
Date: 1857
Creator: Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 1

Description: By A.S. Ruthven ... Compiled from the original records and documents now in possession of Grand lodge, together with the constitutions ... also ... history of the ... Masonic order in Texas. Pub. by authority of M.W. Wm. Stedman, Grandmaster.
Date: 1857
Creator: Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1849]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1849. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1849
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1846]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1846. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1846
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1858]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1858. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1858
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1852]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1852. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1852
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1847]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1847. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1847
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1848]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1848. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1848
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Galveston City Company Records: 1857-1890]

Description: Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting with a meeting of the board of directors on November 27, 1857, and ending with a meeting held January 27, 1890.
Date: 1857-11/1890-01
Creator: Galveston City Company
Partner: Stewart Title Company

[Texas Land Grant]

Description: Land grant for Ira Ellis signed by the governor of the state of Texas. There is a handwritten note from the clerk of Smith County regarding the grant and where it is recorded in the clerk's office about a year after the grant was issued.
Date: June 9, 1848
Creator: United States. Texas.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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