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Citation:  [Identification of Item], A. W. Griffen Collection, MC022, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.

Calendar:

Correspondence, legal documents, printed materials, and a poem (1838 - 1883) comprise this collection of Texana accumulated by A. W. Griffen and donated to the San Jacinto Museum of History in January of 1941.   Documents are arranged according to series and then chronologically.

Correspondence

1843, 08/24   Note  ADS.  J. L. McCrackin, Independence, Texas, to Major Oldham ordering him to let M. H. Davis have a 640-acre land claim.

Legal

Certification

1838, 03/24   ADS from Charles Mason, Acting Secretary of War, War Department, Houston.  Certificate that there is on file in the War Department a power of attorney from William Clark to James Spillman, and also an honorable discharge issued to William Clark.

Deed

1868, 08/01   AD.  J. W. Simmons, Navarro County, Texas, to J. B. Lucious a deed to Lots 3, 4, and 6 in Block 3, Mt. Pisgah, Navarro County, Texas.

Land Grants

1845, 09/08   Land Grant. PPDS.  Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, Austin, Texas, to John T. Lawrence, assignee of August S. Ensworth, a grant of 640 acres of land in Robertson County on Chambers Creek.

1845, 10/10   Land Grant.  ADS.  Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, Austin, Texas, to David Loughlin, a grant of 26 labors of land in Robertson County on Richland Creek.

1860, 06/07   Land Grant. PPDS.  Sam Houston, Governor of the State of Texas, Austin, Texas, to the heirs of David R. Mitchell, deceased, assignees of Caswell Rushian, a grant of 320 acres of land in Navarro County on Rush Creek.

1871, 01/16   Land Grant.  PPDS.  Edmund J. Davis, Governor of the State of Texas, Austin, Texas, to the heirs of Samuel Holloway, deceased, a grant of 22 ½ acres of land in Navarro County on Brice Creek.

Marriage Bonds

1849, 07/14   Marriage Bond.  ADS.  Henry Boiden and David R. Mitchell, Navarro County, Texas, to George T. Wood, Governor of the State of Texas, a bond of $500 for the marriage of Henry Boiden to Lucinda Sevier.

1852, 03/05   Marriage Bond.  ADS.  Smith T. McCabe and Shepherd P. Bailey, Navarro County, Texas, to H. P. Bell, Governor of the State of Texas, a bond of $1,000 for the marriage of Smith T. McCabe to Clarrissa Shaw.

Marriage Licenses

1850, 12/19   Marriage License. ADS.  R. V. White, County Court Clerk of Navarro County, Texas, to any regular ordained Minister of the Gospel, Chief Justice, Judge, or Justice of the Peace, a marriage license for John F. Sever and Elizabeth Sutton.

1883, 02/19   Marriage License.  PPDS.  S. H. Kerr, County Court Clerk of Navarro County, Texas to any Judge of the County or District Court, regularly licensed or ordained Minister of the Gospel, or Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, a marriage license for Mr. Sing Lee and Miss Micah Boliki.

Printed Materials

1870, 02/17   Broadside.  Adelbert Ames, Brevet Major General, Untied States Army, Provisional Governor of Mississippi, Jackson, a proclamation offering $500 reward for the arrest and delivery of C. E. Mooney, alleged murderer of Mr. West, a Kentucky drover.

1889, 11/25   Stock Certificate.  PPDS.  B. G. McKie, President, the Corsicana Street Railway Company, Corsicana, Texas, to G. B. Walker, Certificate no. 75 for one share of capital stock of the Corsicana Street Railway Company.

Creative Writings

n.d.                         Poem, untitled, beginning, “Old Mrs. Spruce / For her own use. . .”

A. W. GRIFFEN COLLECTION, 1838 - 1883

Manuscript Collection:  MC022

Size:  14 items

Boxes:  n/a

Inventory

     Series:  Correspondence

Series:  Legal

Series:  Printed Materials

Series:  Creative Works