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[Receipt for $150, January 12, 1854]

Description: Receipt for $150. Signed J. H. Herndon on January 12, 1854.
Date: January 12, 1854
Creator: Herndon, J. H.
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Receipt for $117.90, February 16, 1854]

Description: Receipt for $117.90. Signed J. H. Herndon on February 16, 1854. "Recd. Castroville Febr. 16th 1854 of Louis Huth."
Date: February 16, 1854
Creator: Herndon, J. H.
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854]

Description: Grant for 320 acres of land in Tarrant County to Gabriel B. Knight, "in Denton District. Tarrant County on Bear Creek in the Lower Cross Timbers . . . "
Date: June 2, 1854
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: Other

[Receipt of payment]

Description: Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to T.L. Winkler.
Date: September 26, 1854
Creator: Winkler, T.L.
Partner: Southwestern University

[List of Found Individuals]

Description: List of individuals found as a result of the decreed search.
Date: June 24, 1854
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Resolution from the Laredo Town Council]

Description: Resolution from the Laredo town council, asking for military help to search out vagabonds in the city. The second resolution requests the council meet weekly.
Date: June 24, 1854
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Oath of Service in the Western Frontier of Texas for Elijah Collar]

Description: Oath of service in the Western frontier of Texas for Elijah Collar in the fall of 1842 under General Wall. The oath was taken by James J. Allphin and tracked where Private Collar went in the Western frontier. It stated that he served in R. Williams's company as a private. On the bottom, a notary public, James S. Fai[rl]y, certified the oath and added his seal to the paper.
Date: July 5, 1854
Creator: Madison County (Tex.)
Partner: Austin College

[Business Card for John Patterson Osterhout]

Description: Business card for John Patterson Osterhout, an attorney and collector of claims for Austin and surrounding counties. On the back of the card is a note concerning that if money was collected from a claim, it would be paid to someone while John would retain half as commission.
Date: March 3, 1854
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Oath of Service in the Western Frontier of Texas]

Description: Oath of military service in the Western Frontier of Texas during an invasion by Mexico. The oath was made by H. M. Watkins and B. N. Robinson and certified that Private [Juno] D. Banton[deco], deceased, served under General Vasquez. John Davidson, the county clerk, served as a witness to the oath and added his seal of office to the paper.
Date: June 20, 1854
Creator: Walker County (Tex.)
Partner: Austin College

[Proof of Payment for Military Service]

Description: Proof of payment by John Patterson Osterhout for the military service of John N. Robinson. The money was due to Eliza Bennett and was paid in full. The payment was signed and dated by John Ridens.
Date: July 22, 1854
Creator: Ridens, John
Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Payment]

Description: Certificate of payment for J. Bird and the enlisted help of John Patterson Osterhout, an attorney, in collecting the debt. On the back of the certificate it states that the debt was paid in full on March 15, 1855. Included is a business card for John Patterson Osterhout. The card states he is an attorney for Bellville, Texas and on the back of the card is an agreement for another collection to be done by John.
Date: September 14, 1854
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Attorney to Hazel P. Ford]

Description: Appointment of John Patterson Osterhout as Hazel P. Ford's attorney to allow him to receive bounty and law warrants that were due to Ford for military services. At the bottom of the document, a clerk verified that the statement was signed.
Date: November 23, 1854
Creator: Ford, Hazel P.
Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Appointment to Notary Public for John Patterson Osterhout]

Description: Certificate of appointment to Notary Public in Texas for John Patterson Osterhout signed by the Texas governor, Elisha M. Pease, and the Secretary of State, Edward Clark. In the center of the certificate is a hole that renders parts of it unreadable.
Date: August 28, 1854
Creator: Pease, Elisha M.
Partner: Austin College

[On the Death of Virginia Louise]

Description: Description of the illness and death of Mrs. Virginia Louise, consort of Orceneth Asbury Fisher.
Date: October 7, 1854
Partner: Southwestern University
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