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[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Pilot Grove Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Pilot Grove Baptist Church in Pilot Grove, Texas. Text: This congregation traces its history to the establishment of the United Baptist Church here in 1848 on 3.5 acres of land donated by Hezakiah Warden. By 1850 the town of Pilot Grove contained the Baptist Church, a post office, grist mill, drugstore, several saloons, and a cotton gin. Warden donated an acre of land along Pilot Grove Creek to the Baptist Church in 1854. Pilot Grove Bapt… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

Etats-Unis et nouvelle Bretagne.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, political lines, territories, and cities in the United States and most of Canada and Mexico. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:19,008,000].
Date: [1848..1852]
Creator: Antoine, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Travis County Deed Records: General Deed Index 1 Books M-Q

Description: Travis County deed index references deeds recorded in books M-Q (1848-1865); shows kind of instrument, date of reception, names of grantor and grantee, date of instrument, and volume and page number where recorded. Arranged by name of grantor and grantee.
Date: 18xx
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[Biographical Sketch of Manuel Orgain]

Description: Biographical summary of Manuel Orgain, a "Negro cowman" who drove freight wagons and herded cattle and livestock through several trails across Texas, and to other states. It recounts several specific events, including a story about the 1869 flood on the San Gabriel River, and other storms.
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1843]

Description: Ledger containing accounts for the sale of lots in Galveston and the receipt of deeds for the parcels of land. Information for each parcel includes the buyer, date of purchase, price, and subsequent deed recipient, date, and number.
Date: 1838/1848~
Creator: Galveston City Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Stewart Title Company

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Caldwell County, no. 28

Description: Inventory of records of Caldwell County housed in the Caldwell County Courthouse as of 1936-1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalizati… more
Date: November 1941
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Hays County, no. 105

Description: Inventory of the records of Hays County housed in the Hays County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Court, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, and County Surveyor… more
Date: January 1940
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Historic Marker Application: The Perrin Home]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for The Perrin Home, in San Antonio, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

1988 Historical Calendar: Mayors of Denton

Description: Calendar for 1988 containing photographs of Denton, Texas mayors and historical facts about the city, Denton County, Texas, and the surrounding areas. There are notes throughout the dates on the calendar as well as a timeline titled "Denton Mayors" at the end.
Date: 1987
Creator: Friends of the Denton Public Library
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries

Inventory of County Records: Hays County Courthouse

Description: Annotated inventory of records documenting the history of Hays County, housed in the Hays County Courthouse (San Marcos, Texas), including an overview of the county government offices. Index starts on page 186.
Date: 1977
Creator: FitzPatrick, Merry Kone & Clayton, Charles Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collin Chronicles, Volume 31, Number 1 & 2, 2010/2011

Description: The society solicits unpublished Collin County related material. Emphasis is placed on source material, such as: Bible records, church and lodge records, cemetery and funeral home records, military records, newspaper clippings, obituaries, old letters, maps, and diaries as well as school, tax, voter, and jury lists.
Date: 2011
Creator: Collin County Genealogical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Collin County Genealogical Society

[State Historical Survey Committee Marker: Old Cedar Community]

Description: Photograph of the State Historical Survey Committee marker for Old Cedar Community in Sherman, Texas. Text: Settled in 1848 by Grayson County pioneers, who reclaimed land from wilderness. Raiding Indians and hardships of frontier life soon created need for a cemetery, established the same year. The plots were free to any person, many noted settlers are buried here, including one Union and 18 Confederate veterans of the Civil War. Of some 400 graves, half are marked. After community was well est… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West
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