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Travis County Clerk Records: Record of Application to Purchase as Actual Settler

Description: Recorded copies of applications and affidavits filed by individuals to purchase free school and asylum lands as actual settlers, under provisions of Title LXXXVII, Chapter 12A, Revised Civil Statutes of 1895 and amendments by Acts of May 19, 1897. Shows name of county, date of application, and name of county in which land located. Includes: a. Description of land on which application made; b. Statement that applicant is over 21 years of age; c. Record of free school and asylum lands purchased f… more
Date: 1901/1905
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Travis County Clerk Records: Record of Application for Additional Lands

Description: Recorded copies of applications and affidavits for the purchase of free school and asylum lands, under provision of Title LXXXVII, Chapter 12A Revised Civil Statutes of 1985 and amendments by Acts of May 19, 1897, showing name of county, date of application, name of land commissioner, name of county in which land located, section number, block number, certificate number, name of original grantee, number of acres, price per acre, classification of land, statement that purchaser is over 21 years … more
Date: 1901/1905
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[Articles of Incorporation of the Danish Mutual Insurance Company]

Description: Legal document inaugurating the Danish Mutual Insurance Company's corporate membership, filed through the Secretary of State's office in Austin, Texas, and signed under a notary. The document specifies a twenty year lifetime minimum and the seven men of the first board of directors who will be in charge of insuring both Wharton and Matagorda counties. They are as follows : Neils Christian Jensen, Marcus Nielsen, Helvig Jensen Berndt, H. P. Hermansen, Jasper J. Juhl, Marcus Christensen, and Ni… more
Date: 1901-05/1901-06
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Last will and testament of Charles B. Moore, September 30, 1901]

Description: Last will and testament by Charles B. Moore in which he says that he previously made out a will and left it with Mr. J. M. Pearson. He states that he had previously given Linnet 100 acres. She sold 25 to raise funds to build a house. The land is now rented out. He now wishes to give her another 450 acres, $300.00, and a filly named Trixy. He leaves the rest of the estate to his wife Mary Ann Moore. He says that Birdie McGee currently lives with them and he leaves it up to "Mary's liberality"… more
Date: August 30, 1901
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Contract Created for Virginia Leigh and Edward B. Leigh]

Description: Contract created after the death of George L. Leigh for the organization, operation, and ownership of the 320 acres of which he owned. The document explains, on page 3, which portions of the land and its assets will be owned by Virginia, Edward, and William Leigh; it also acknowledges that Virginia will assist Edward in fees to be paid for George's funeral, burial, and the administration of the land tract known as "Stoneleigh Ranch."
Date: November 22, 1901
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
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