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Tyler County

Description: Cadastral map of Tyler County in the Piney Woods region. Some properties, borders, and notes are marked in color; there is an illustration around the title in the lower-left corner. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 7, 1858
Creator: Stremme, C. C.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Trinity County

Description: Cadastral map of Trinity County, Texas the Piney Woods region. Legal statements in the upper-left and lower-right corners attest to the accuracy of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1859
Creator: Baumgarthen, John E.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Van Zandt County

Description: Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Major governmental and geographic features are marked including Mercer's Colony Line. Scale ca. 1:133,334.
Date: August 1853
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Anderson County

Description: Map of Anderson County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Mercer's Colony Line is indicated on map. Houston Mound is located in the Sam Houston Survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1, 1855
Creator: Wilke, H.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Henderson County

Description: Map of Henderson County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 4, 1856
Creator: Wilke, H.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Trinity County

Description: Cadastral map of Trinity County in the Piney Woods region. Geographic features are marked as well as the road to Colthary's Ferry. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 8, 1857
Creator: Baumgarthen, John E.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Cherokee County

Description: Map of Cherokee County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1851
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Smith County

Description: Cadastral map of Smith County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some notes are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1855
Creator: Wilke, H.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[Ledger of daily slave activities]

Description: Ledger detailing the daily activities of those who were slaves to Michael Reed. Names of those enslaved include Jack, Dan, Ed, Gim/Jim, Johan, Gorge/George, Abe, Little Gim/Jim, Bill, Luce, Bet, Sal, Lizzy/Lizey, Nelee[?], Ike, and Johan. Activities include working with cotton and corn, ginning, herding, clearing, cow hunting, plowing, bailing, "river bank," "house," "sick," chopping, fodder, and "nothing." Also included in what appears to once have been gathered into a booklet are several rece… more
Date: [1858,1859?]
Creator: Reed, Michael
Partner: Southwestern University

The Texas Almanac for 1858

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1857
Partner: Texas State Historical Association
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