San Jacinto Museum of History—Champe Carter Family Papers

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CHAMPE CARTER FAMILY PAPERS

1809 - 1941 (Bulk: 1866-1886)

Manuscript Collection: MC030

Size: 6.8 linear feet

Boxes: 20

OCLC No: 48381624, 48381357, 48381361, 48381390

Acquisition: George A. Hill, Jr., 1941.

Restrictions on Access: None

Terms Governing Use: Open for research by appointment.

Processed by: Todd Gilliom and Sarah Canby Jackson, 2001

Publication Rights: Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Citation: [Identification of Item], Champe Carter Family Papers, MC030, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.

Creator Sketch:

Born to Champe Carter, Sr., and Mary W. E. Montgomery in Amherst County, Virginia, April 29, 1840, Champe Carter, Jr. moved with his family to Stanford, Kentucky, in October 1847. In 1859, Champe Carter, Sr. followed his son, Edward, to Texas and settled in Milford, Ellis County. Carter remained in Kentucky where he attended Centre College in Danville and graduated in 1861. Immediately after graduation, he ran the Union picket lines on horseback, and joined his family in Texas where along with his brothers Edward Hill, Richard Ellis, Thomas Montgomery, Charles L. and Powhattan enlisted in the 15^th Regiment of Texas Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at the Battle of Fordoche Bridge, Louisiana, September 29, 1863, Carter eventually was declared unfit for field duty and assigned to General John B. Magruder’s staff for the remainder of the war.

After the Civil War, Carter attempted farming, worked for the Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands, and returned to Kentucky where he received an A. M. degree from Centre College in 1869. Upon returning to Texas, Carter practiced primarily real estate law in Robertson County specializing in locating, buying and selling land, and perfecting titles. In 1872 he stared to actively seek veterans of the Republic of Texas and their heirs as clients. Intensely interested in Democratic politics, he was appointed to the Robertson County Board of Examiners in 1880, served as county judge in Robertson County from 1884 to 1885, and was a notary public intermittently between 1881 and 1886.

In 1870 Champe Carter, Jr. married Ruth Victoria Randolph (Vic), daughter of John F. Randolph and Jane E. Calvert, with whom he had five daughters: Randolph, Montgomery, Pattie, Roberta Lee and Jennie and one son: Champe Carter, III (1871 – 1874). Although residing and working primarily in the towns of Owensville, Calvert, and Franklin in Robertson County, Carter traveled extensively throughout Texas. By 1886 he had acquired a considerable estate of land scattered throughout the state.

Victoria Randolph Carter died unexpectedly in January 1885. Soon afterwards, Champe Carter, Jr. planned and began to implement a relocation to Abilene and Anson, Texas. Before the move could be finalized, he died in August of 1886. His brother Charles L. Carter, also an attorney and land dealer, assumed custody of the children and the estate. He attempted for the next 18 years to manage an estate that included substantial debt, five minor children and land located in disparate counties of Texas. Over time, Charles was forced to sell much of the land. Randolph, daughter of Champe Carter, Jr. and wife of George C. Berry, won a lawsuit against her uncle and the much-reduced Champe Carter Estate was transferred to her and her sisters in 1904.

Scope and Content Note:

Correspondence, financial records, printed materials, legal documents, memoranda, notes, land surveys, maps and photographs document patterns of land transfer in nineteenth century Texas and specifically the career of Champe Carter, Jr. (1840-1886). The Champe Carter Family Papers are organized into four groups. The largest of the groups, the Champe Carter Papers, comprises 6.2 linear feet of materials the bulk of which are related to his professional work. The second group, the Charles L. Carter Papers, consists of correspondence and financial and legal records documenting C. L. Carter’s legal and real estate businesses and his efforts to manage the Champe Carter estate. The third group, the Randolph Carter Berry Papers, contains correspondence concerning her father’s estate, printed materials, a brief family history, notes and memoranda, and a map. The fourth group, the Family Papers, documents the business, financial, and personal lives of the Calvert, Carter, Randolph, and Montgomery families through correspondence, legal, and financial documents. Each of the four groups is further divided into series and sub-series.

CHAMPE CARTER PAPERS

1825 – 1889 (Bulk: 1870 – 1886)

Correspondence, 1863 - 1889 (Bulk: 1871 – 1886)

Size: 3.8 linear feet

Boxes: 10

This series includes sent, received and third party correspondence within which letters, envelopes and postcards are arranged together to unite the communications of each correspondent. In addition to the general correspondence received (.8 linear feet), there are over 200 sub-series of repeating correspondents, usually regarding legal matters or land location. The arrangement is alphabetical and then chronological within each sub-series. A rich source of information concerning early Texas history and genealogy, the correspondence is often with Texas veterans or their families attempting to prove land patents or sell those lands awarded to them by the state of Texas for service to the Republic. Of particular interest is the correspondence both sent and received with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands which concerns accusations of misappropriation of funds by Carter in his work with the Bureau. Correspondence from family members is set aside as a separate sub-series under correspondence received. These letters generally concern personal family news from Kentucky and Texas, but the letters from Charles L. Carter relate primarily to business. Some third party correspondence, apparently belonging to Champe Carter, is arranged at the end of the correspondence series.

Series: Correspondence: Sent

Location		Title	Dates
35	1	Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands	1866
35	2	J. B. Gilmer	1884
35	3	J. D. Grant	1876 - 1879
35	4	General: A – D	1872 - 1884
35	5	General: E – H	1873 – 1885
35	6	General: J – R	1876 - 1886
35	7	General: S - W	1865 - 1886
35	8	Unknown correspondents, fragments	1882, n.d.

Series: Correspondence: Received

35	9	Jo Abbott	1874 - 1879
35	10	K. Allbright	1876 – 1877
35	11	Antony and Dalrymple	1879
35	12	T. J. Archer	1879 – 1883
35	13	B. L. Aycock	1878 – 1883
35	14	Fred Barnard	1875 – 1877
35	15	D. U. Barziza	1879 – 1881
Location		Title	Date
35	16	Mrs. D. U. Barziza	n.d.
35	17	P. L. Barziza	1883 – 1885
35	18	J. D. Berry	1872 – 1877
35	19	J. B. Boling	1880 - 1881
35	20	Henry Bourden	1880 – 1881
35	21	Richard S. Bowen	1881
35	22	Bowlin and Bowlin	1881 – 1882
35	23	Browning and Newton	1882 - 1885
35	24	R. J. Browning	1878
35	25	L. M. Buie	1886
35	26	J. H. Bullock	1877
35	27	Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands	1866
35	28	J. L. Burgess	1885 – 1886
35	29	Burrow and Kincaid	1883 – 1885
35	30	A. Burwell	1873
35	31	A. Caldwell	1881 – 1885
35	32	J. H. Calhoun	1875 – 1884
35	33	Jas. Callicott	1885
35	34	D. C. Carrington	1880
35	35	W. A. Casseday	1878 – 1880
35	36	A. Chalmers	1885 – 1886
35	37	Helen Chenault	1883 – 1885
35	38	R. M. Cole	1875 – 1886, n.d.
35	39	Coleman and Randolph	1878 - 1882
35	40	Coleman County	1882 - 1884
35	41	J. S. Copes	1876 - 1877
35	42	W. H. Crank	1883
35	43	T. J. Curry	1883 – 1884, n.d.
36	1	Davis, Beall & Taliaferro	1875 – 1878
36	2	W. O. Davis	1877 – 1882
36	3	Riley Dunagin	1883 – 1885
36	4	A. A. Dwight	1881 – 1882
36	5	James Eads	1882 – 1883, n.d.
36	6	John Eckford & Co.	1883 – 1884
36	7	H. C. Edrington	1877 – 1881, n.d.
36	8	Eidson & Pierson	1879 – 1882
36	9	V. & O. Ellis	1873 – 1881
36	10	Equitable Life Assurance Society	1874 – 1883
36	11	B. M. Estes	1878 – 1881
36	12	Ira H. Evans	1872 – 1884
36	13	L. J. Farrar	1883 – 1884
36	14	Rhodes Fisher	1883 – 1885
36	15	Cora B. Foster	1885 – 1886
Location		Title	Date
36	16	J. E. Foster	1878 – 1886
36	17	B. F. Friend	1880
36	18	W. H. Frisbee	1879 – 1882
36	19	Frost, Barry & Lee	1873 – 1885
36	20	A. J. Fry	1880 – 1882
36	21	J. W. Fullen	1881 – 1883
36	22	Giddings & Giddings	1871 – 1883
36	23	J. B. M. Gill	1878, n.d.
36	24	James B. Gilmer	1881 – 1884
36	25	M. B. Goodwin	1884 – 1885
36	26	J. G. Gordon	1874 – 1876
36	27	J. D. Grant	1879 – 1881
36	28	Ben E. Green	1879 – 1882
36	29	H. J. Hale	1881 – 1886
36	30	Hall’s Self Feeding Cotton Gin Company	1881 – 1883
36	31	W. W. Haynes	1882 – 1883
36	32	Heidenheimer Brothers	1881 – 1882
36	33	W. F. Henderson	1880 – 1887
36	34	John R. Henry	1882 – 1883
36	35	T. R. Hill	1875 – 1885
36	36	Hillard and Holman	1875 - 1881
37	1	C. T. Hogan	1883 – 1884
37	2	Thomas Hollis	1877 – 1883
37	3	C. W. Holt	1872 – 1886
37	4	John F. Holt	1872, n.d.
37	5	Holt & Thomson	1872 – 1880
37	6	G. M. Holton	1877
37	7	J. M. Hooker	1877 – 1878
37	8	Hosack & Newton	1884 – 1885
37	9	William and W. W. Howeth	1881 – 1883
37	10	W. E. Howth	1873 – 1886, n.d.
37	11	John Hudson	1879
37	12	William Hudson	1882
37	13	Robert E. Huff	1883
37	14	John H. Hunt	1873 – 1874
37	15	S. P. Hurley	1885 – 1886
37	16	Hutchinson & Hill	1876 – 1877
37	17	I. P. Hutchinson	1879 – 1881
37	18	J. P. Hutchinson	1877 – 1878
37	19	R. A. Hutchinson	1879 – 1883
37	20	J. H. Hyman	1879 – 1881
37	21	International & Great Northern Railway	1874 – 1880
37	22	Van Irion	1884 – 1885
37	23	Hugh Jackson	1879 - 1884
Location		Title	Date
37	24	A. A. Jayne	1881 – 1886
37	25	C. W. Johnson	1878 – 1879
37	26	John H. Jones	1883 – 1884
37	27	Kaufman County – Henry Erwin	1881
37	28	C. S. Kellogg	1879 – 1880
37	29	Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company	1881, n.d.
37	30	W. P Kern	1872 – 1879
37	31	I. D. L. Killnigh	1879 - 1882
37	32	John J. Kimbaugh	1874 – 1880, n.d.
37	33	Kimbell & Harrell	1886
37	34	J. C. Kumpé	1875 – 1878
37	35	Lee County – Lewis L. Williams	1885
37	36	Leon County – W. H. Vaughn	1882
38	1	William Martin	1878 – 1882, n.d.
38	2	R. H. Matthews	1872 – 1886
38	3	S. B. Maxey	1865 – 1880
38	4	G. V. Maxwell	1880
38	5	N. and Sophia Mayblum	1877 – 1884
38	6	James McDaniel	1872 – 1882
38	7	Edward McDonnell	1883
38	8	J. S. McLendon	1880 – 1883
38	9	Margry McMillan	1877 – 1878
38	10	H. M. McNutt	1876 – 1878, n.d.
38	11	J. C. McQuerry	1877 – 1881
38	12	W. H. Mershon	1877 – 1880, n.d.
38	13	Mark Miller	1881 – 1883
38	14	R. L. Mills	1877 – 1879
38	15	T. C. Moore	1878 – 1879
38	16	W. A. Morris	1879 – 1880
38	17	Norton Moses	1878 - 1879
38	18	Tom Murrah	1883 – 1885
38	19	F. H. Napier	1878 – 1883, n.d.
38	20	Neill & Holt (C. W.)	1875
38	21	T. J. Newman	1876
38	22	H. C. Newland	1874
38	23	North American Attorney & Trademen’s Protective Union	1879 - 1887
38	24	Joseph O’Connor	1878 – 1883, n.d.
38	25	O’Neill & Donald	1882 – 1883
38	26	Daniel Orear	1876
38	27	W. W. Patrick	1874 – 1886
38	28	P. E. Peareson, et al.	1873 – 1884
38	29	Preston Pevehouse	1877 – 1885
38	30	G. Pickett	1874 – 1879
Location		Title	Date
38	31	J. W. Posey, et al.	1877 – 1878
38	32	J. N. Pruitt	1884 – 1886
38	33	Josh Rains	1881 – 1884
38	34	T. B. Reeves	1883 – 1884
38	35	John Y. Rankin	1874 – 1883
38	36	H. C. & Sarah L. Rankin	1874 – 1875
38	37	J. G. Ratcliff	1877
38	38	W. O. Read	1882 – 1885, 06
38	39	W. O. Read	1885, 08 – 1886, n.d.
38	40	William Reagan	1876 – 1879, n.d.
38	41	John B. Rector	1877 – 1880
38	42	Isaac H. Reed	1882 - 1885
39	1	I. N. Roach	1879 – 1880
39	2	Roberts & Eddelman	1883 – 1884
39	3	H. H. Robertson	1880 – 1884
39	4	James H. Robertson	1878
39	5	J. W. Robertson	1873 – 1882
39	6	D. C. Robinson	1876 – 1880
39	7	Rosenblatt & Company	1879 – 1880
39	8	L. B. Russell	1866 – 1868, n.d.
39	9	Edward C. Saltmarsh	1877 – 1879, n.d.
39	10	C. C. Scales	1883 – 1884
39	11	Thomas M. Shirley	1878
39	12	T. J. Simmons	1885 – 1886
39	13	Fayette Smith	1877 – 1884
39	14	James E. Smith	1878 – 1882, n.d.
39	15	N. I. Smith	1884
39	16	P. Smith	n.d.
39	17	Spence & McGill	1872
39	18	John B. Stanchfield	1882
39	19	Joe H. Stewart (Stewart, Lowday & Habicht)	1875 – 1883
39	20	T. H. Strong	1879 – 1881
39	21	C. A. Suggs	1878 – 1881
39	22	A. K. Swann	1877 – 1882
39	23	A. K. Swann	1883 – 1884
39	24	R. Swartwout	1880 - 1884
39	25	Sinclair Taliaferro	1877 – 1881, n.d.
39	26	Samuel T. Taylor	1873 – 1874
39	27	John J. Terrell	1877 – 1882
39	28	Texas, State of: General	1872 – 1878
39	29	Texas, State of: General Land Office	1871 - 1873
39	30	Texas, State of: General Land Office	1874 – 1878
39	31	Texas, State of: General Land Office	1879 – 1881
Location		Title	Date
39	32	Texas, State of: General Land Office	1882 – 1886
39	33	Texas, State of: General Land Office: Envelopes	1871 – 1886
39	34	Texas, State of: Office of the Comptroller	1880 – 1882
39	35	G. W. Tharp	1883 – 1884
39	36	D. D. Thomson	1877 – 1876, n.d.
39	37	J. M. Thomson	1878 – 1879
39	38	R. M. Thomson	1881 – 1884
39	39	Samuel G. Tomlinson	1883 – 1884
39	40	O. W. Turner	1882
40	1	United States: Department of the Interior: General Land Office	1875 – 1883
40	2	United States: Department of the Interior: Pension Office	1874 – 1886
40	3	Elijah & J. J. Veazey	1884 – 1885
40	4	W. Von Rosenberg	1883 – 1884
40	5	James C. Walker	1883 – 1884
40	6	William M. Walton	1872 – 1881
40	7	Jese Warren	1878 – 1884
40	8	A. J. Watts	1880 – 1882
40	9	Wells & Gooch	1885
40	10	West Texas & Panhandle Land Agency	1884
40	11	W. W. Whitlock	1880 - 1884
40	12	Wills & Ernest	1881 – 1883
40	13	E. Winfree	1880 – 1884
40	14	Welton Winn	1880 – 1885
40	15	W. D. Wood	1874 – 1883
40	16	Jo. Woodyear	1882 – 1885
40	17	T. L. Wren	1874
40	18	J. V. Wright	1876 – 1877

Series: Correspondence: Received: Family

40	19	Calvert Family	1879, 1886
40	20	James H. Calvert	1873 – 1884
40	21	P. T. Calvert	1873 – 1880
40	22	Carter Family	1877 – 1886, n.d.
40	23	Champe Carter, Sr.	1866 – 1868
40	24	Charles L. Carter	1865 - 1881
40	25	Charles L. Carter	1882
40	26	Charles L. Carter	1883
40	27	Charles L. Carter	1884 – 1885
40	28	Charles L. Carter	1886, n.d.
40	29	Charles T. Carter	1885 – 1886
40	30	Edward Hill Carter	1866 – 1879
Location		Title	Date
40	31	Edward Hill Carter	1881 – 1886, n.d.
40	32	Jennie Carter	1866 – 1886
40	33	J. M. Carter and Amanda Carter	1875 – 1886
40	34	P. H. Carter	1863 – 1883
40	35	P. H. Carter	1884 – 1886
40	36	Richard Ellis Carter	1876 – 1886, n.d.
40	37	Ruth Victoria Randolph Carter	1869 – 1884
40	38	John F. Randolph	1883
40	39	George F. Randolph	1869
40	40	Montgomery Family	1881 – 1885
40	41	General	1868 - 1885

Series: Correspondence: Received: General

41	1	A	1873 - 1887
41	2	Ba	1874 – 1886
41	3	Be – Bl	1878 – 1886
41	4	Bo – Bri	1876 – 1883
41	5	Bro – Bu	1873 – 1885
41	6	C – Ch	1870 - 1885
41	7	Ci – Co	1872 – 1884
41	8	Cr – Cy	1870 – 1884
41	9	D – De	1876 – 1886
41	10	Di – Du	1877 – 1886
41	11	E	1873 – 1886
41	12	F	1872 – 1886
41	13	Ga – Gl	1972 – 1886
41	14	Go	1874 – 1886
41	15	Gr – Gu	1874 – 1887
41	16	Ha	1865 – 1885
41	17	He – Hi	1870 – 1885
41	18	Ho – Hy	1872 – 1884
41	19	I – J	1873 – 1886, n.d.
41	20	K	1876 – 1885
41	21	L – Li	1865 – 1886
41	22	Lo – Lu	1865 – 1885
42	1	Ma	1870 – 1884
42	2	McC – McD	1872 – 1884
42	3	McF – McQ	1867 – 1886
42	4	Me – Mi	1878 – 1884
42	5	Mo – My	1867 – 1886
42	6	N	1873 – 1883
42	7	O	1876 – 1883
42	8	P – Pe	1874 – 1886
Location		Title	Date
42	9	Ph – Pu	1874 – 1886
42	10	R – Re	1868 – 1883
42	11	Rh – Ro	1875 – 1886
42	12	Ru – Ry	1874 – 1884
42	13	S – Se	1872 – 1884
42	14	Sh – Sm	1872 – 1886
42	15	Sn – Ste	1871 – 1885
42	16	Sto – Sw	1865 – 1886
42	17	T – Te	1863 – 1886
42	18	Th	1874 – 1885
42	19	Ti – Tw	1877 – 1886
42	20	U – V	1872 – 1885
42	21	Wa	1873 – 1887
42	22	We – Wh	1872 – 1884
42	23	Wi – Wy	1873 – 1886
42	24	Y	1878 – 1883
43	1 Volume	Bound Correspondence with Index General A – W	1869 - 1874
44	1	Correspondent Unknown	1864 – 1879
44	2	Correspondent Unknown	1880 – 1884, n.d.

Series: Correspondence: Received: Envelopes

44	3	Sender Unknown	1866 - 1879
44	4	Sender Unknown	1880 – 1883
44	5	Sender Unknown	1884 – 1889
44	6	Sender Unknown	Jan – Feb
44	7	Sender Unknown	Mar – Apr
44	8	Sender Unknown	May – Jun
44	9	Sender Unknown	Aug– Oct
44	10	Sender Unknown	Nov – Dec
44	11	Sender Unknown	n.d.
44	12	Stamps Separated from Letters	n.d.

Series: Correspondence: Third Party

44	13	A – J	1872 - 1885
44	14	K – S	1855 – 1887
44	15	T – W	1834 – 1884
44	16	Correspondent Unknown	1866, 1874
44	17	Envelopes	n.d.

Financial Documents, 1837 - 1889 (Bulk: 1873 – 1886)

Size: .2 linear feet

Boxes: 1

The Champe Carter financial documents include bills of cost, bills of lading, bills of sale, cancelled checks, promissory notes, receipts, statements of account, and teacher payment vouchers from Robertson County. Documents are divided by subject sub-series: Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, & Abandoned Lands, personal, professional, and third party. The professional sub-series includes tax receipts of Carter’s legal clients, bills of cost and other documents generated by or on behalf of his legal clients and legal practice. Financial documents relating to Carter’s service on the Robertson County Board of Examiners are included in School District Finances under the professional sub-series. The third party sub-series contains documents that probably came into Champe Carter’s possession during the course of his law practice.

Series: Financial Documents

Location

Title

Dates

Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, &

Abandoned Lands

1865 – 1867

Series: Financial: Personal

45	2	Bills of Lading	1867 – 1887
45	3	Bills of Sale	1883 – 1885, n.d.
45	4	Receipts: General	186_ - 1888, n.d.
45	5	Statements of Account	1876 – 1889

Series: Financial: Professional

45	6	Accounts Receivable	1874 - 1884
45	7	Bills of Cost	1875 – 1878
45	8	Checks	1880 – 1886
45	9	Promissory Notes	1873 – 1885
45	10	Receipts: General	1871 – 1886, n.d.
45	11	Receipts: Postal: Certified Letters	1880 – 1886
45	12	Receipts: Postal: Registered Letters, Box Rent	1878 – 1885
45	13	Receipts: Tax	1873 – 1886, n.d.
45	14	School District Finances	1879 – 1881
45	15	Statement of Accounts, Invoices	1873 – 1886
45	16	Tax Assessments	1878 – 1885, n.d.

Series: Financial: Third Party

Location		Title	Date
45	17	Receipts	1837 – 1880, n.d.
45	18	Promissory Notes	1845 – 1849
45	19	Statement of Account	1859, 1877

Legal Documents, 1825 - 1889 (Bulk: 1870 – 1886)

Size: 1.4 linear feet

Boxes: 3.5

Organized by subject, the sub-series in legal documents pertain to the Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, & Abandoned Lands, Champe Carter’s military service in the Confederate Army, personal affairs, professional business, and client files. The Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, & Abandoned Lands sub-series (1866) contains affidavits attesting to the good character of Champe Carter, Jr. by freedmen and various citizens of Robertson County. The military sub-series (1863 – 1865) includes all military papers relating to Carter’s service in the Confederate Army. Articles of agreement, contracts, deeds, letters of credential, and general legal documents record Carter’s personal legal dealings and interests in the personal legal documents sub-series (1859 –1886). Also included are documents retrieved from A. Calvert’s safe by Richard Ellis Carter August 26, 1886. Professional documents (1833 – 1889) record the legal interests of Carter’s clients and include two bound Attorney’s Docket books, a bound Memorandum of Law Cases, abstracts of title, affidavits, certificates of redemption, contracts, court orders, deeds, interrogations, land grants, petitions, power of attorney, statements of fact and summons. Of particular interest are those documents relating directly to Texas veterans. Client files are arranged alphabetically and unite the documents of various forms under the aegis of particular clients. In addition to legal documents, these records may also contain correspondence, financial documents or memoranda. Of particular interest are the case files of Eli Chandler (1798 - c.1866), F.A. Thomson, D. U. Barziza (1838-1882) and J. D. Grant and the estates of Memucan Hunt (1807-1856), Louis P. Cooke, James R. Robertson and James Hughes.

Series: Legal

Location		Title	Dates
47	1	Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, & Abandoned Lands	1866
47	2	Military: General	1863 – 1864
47	3	Military: Orders	1864 – 1865

Series: Legal: Personal

47	4	Articles of Agreement	1872 – 1885
47	5	Champe Carter vs. David Pevehouse, et al.	1873 – 1881, n.d.
47	6	Contracts	1866 – 1877, n.d.
47	7	Contracts	1880 – 1886
Location		Title	Date
47	8	Deeds: Grantor – Daniel Bradley	1871 - 1873
47	9	Deeds: Grantor – Champe Carter, Jr.	1876 – 1885
47	10	Deeds: Grantor – J. D. Grant	1875 – 1883
47	11	Deeds: Grantor – A – F	1875 – 1883
47	12	Deeds: Grantor – G – O	1874 – 1885
47	13	Deeds: Grantor – R – W, fragments	1877 – 1886
47	14	Deeds: Tax	1882 - 1883
47	15	General	1867 – 1885
47	16	Letters of Credential	1859 – 1886
47	17	Papers Removed from Safe of A. Calvert, 1886	1884 – 1887
47	18	Powers of Attorney	1867 – 1876
47	19	George F. Randolph Estate	1874 – 1878

Series: Legal: Professional

47	20	Abstracts of Title	1884 – 1889, n.d.
47	21	Affidavits	1850 – 1886, n.d.
47	22	Certificate of Redemption	1878 – 1884
47	23	Contracts	1870 – 1879
47	24	Contracts: Third Party	1850 – 1880
47	25	Copies, Drafts, Fragments, Notes	1852 – 1880
47	26	Copies, Drafts, Fragments, Notes	n.d.
47	27	Court Orders	1856 – 1883
47	28	Deeds: Grantor – A – J	1858 – 1881
47	29	Deeds: Grantor – M – T	1848 - 1879
48	1	General	1858 - 1885
48	2	Interrogatories	n.d.
48	3	Land Grants	1833 – 1885
48	4	Petitions	1865 – 1880
48	5	Power of Attorney: Grantor A – H	1872 – 1885
48	6	Power of Attorney: Grantor K – W	1864 - 1884
48	7	Power of Attorney: Grantor - Third Party	1839 – 1879
48	8	Receipts – Legal Services	1874 – 1878
48	9	Statements of Fact	1880, n.d.
48	10	Summons	1880 – 1882
48	11	Veterans	1836 – 1874
46	1	General Ledger / Memorandum Book - Docket of Cases / Champe Carter Jr. / Atty at Law / Calvert / Texas. Includes financial records, client notes, lists of personal land, tax reports, accounts for collection.	ca. 1874 - 1884
46	2	Attorney’s Docket - Champe Carter / Franklin – Calvert / Texas.	1856 - 1879
Location		Title	Date
46	3	General Ledger / Memorandum Book Champe Carter / Memoranda of / Law Cases.	1878 – 1880

Series: Legal: Client Files

48	12	Francis H. Ayres	1856 – 1879
48	13	D. U. Barziza: Correspondence: Received	1878 - 1880
48	14	D. U. Barziza: Legal Documents	1861 – 1883, n.d.
48	15	D. U. Barziza: Memoranda	n.d.
48	16	Frances L. Barziza: Legal Documents	1860
48	17	Frances L. Barziza: M. C. Henderson vs. F. L. Barziza	1860 – 1866
48	18	Seaborn Bivers	1878 – 1879
48	19	John Chamblee Estate vs. Jonathan Wallis Heirs	1838 - 1883
48	20	John Chamblee Estate: Memoranda	n.d.
48	21	Eli Chandler Estate	1874 - 1879
48	22	Eli Chandler Papers: Correspondence	1852 – 1858, n.d.
48	23	Eli Chandler Papers: Daybook	1842
48	24	Eli Chandler Papers: Legal Documents	1825 – 1864
48	25	Eli Chandler Papers: Muster Rolls	1846
48	26	Louis P. Cooke Estate	1872 – 1875
48	27	William Henry Dangerfield Estate	1837 – 1889
48	28	Elizabeth Duvall	1882 – 1883
48	29	John Ector	1873 – 1882
48	30	R. S. Glass	1879 – 1883
48	31	John Graham Estate	1851 – 1875
48	32	J. D. Grant: Correspondence	1876 – 1882
48	33	J. D. Grant: General	1857, 1884, n.d.
48	34	J. D. Grant: Lawsuits	1876 – 1881, n.d.
48	35	J. D. Grant: Legal Documents	1849 – 1884
49	1	P. W. & S. J. Hall	1882 - 1883
49	2	Allen Hill	1837 – 1885
49	3	W. E. Howth	1838 – 1846, n.d.
49	4	E. J. & J. H. Igelhart Estate	1870
49	5	James Hughes Estate	1871 – 1873, n.d.
49	6	James Hughes Estate: Memoranda	n.d.
49	7	John Hughes Papers	1837 – 1847
49	8	Memucon Hunt Estate	1856 – 1869
49	9	G. B. McGinnis vs. John Hunter	1880 – 1884
49	10	Margry McMillian	1877 – 1879
49	11	Forest Phifer	1840 – 1844
49	12	I. H. Reed	1877 – 1883, n.d.
49	13	Thomas H. Rollison vs. Volney Cavett	1875 – 1878
49	14	James R. Robertson Estate: Land Documents	1868 – 1889
Location		Title	Date
49	15	James R. Robertson Estate: Legal Documents	1879 – 1891, n.d.
49	16	James R. Robertson Estate: Memoranda	n.d.
49	17	David Sealy Estate	1850 – 1852
49	18	F. A. Thomson Estate	1870 – 1875, n.d.
49	19	F. A. Thomson Papers: Correspondence: Sent	1867
49	20	F. A. Thomson Papers: Correspondence: Received: General Land Office	1859
49	21	F. A. Thomson Papers: Correspondence: Received: R. H. Matthews	1858 - 1861
49	22	F. A. Thomson Papers: Correspondence: Received: W. D. Thomson	1859 – 1860
49	23	F. A. Thomson Papers: Correspondence: Received: General – B – W	1838 – 1866
49	24	F. A. Thomson Papers: Financial: Assessments, Statements of Account	1854 – 1865, n.d.
49	25	F. A. Thomson Papers: Financial: Bills of Sale	1852 – 1858
49	26	F. A. Thomson Papers: Financial: Receipts: General	1844 – 1866
49	27	F. A. Thomson Papers: Financial: Receipts: Tax	1848 – 1866
49	28	F. A. Thomson Papers: Legal: Agreements	1851 – 1859
49	29	F. A. Thomson Papers: Legal: Bonds	1852 – 1854
49	30	F. A. Thomson Papers: Legal: Deeds, Land Grants	1854 – 1861
49	31	F. A. Thomson Papers: Legal: Powers of Attorney	1837 – 1857
49	32	F. A. Thomson Papers: Printed Materials	1857
49	33	F. A. Thomson Papers: Surveyor Reports, Notes	1856 – 1861, n.d.
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