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Cumings family. Cumings family papers, 1824-1926.

Title: Cumings family papers, 1824-1926.

Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, maps, personal papers, printed material, photographs, and artifacts, relating chiefly to Samuel A. Cumings (1827-1885), a businessman living near Bellville, Tex., but also relating to other family members, particularly his children. Much of the material pertains to family lands in Austin and Brazoria counties and to lengthy legal battles over rights to the property. Financial documents relate to routine business and personal transactions and include memorandum books, ledgers, daybooks, and account books, most of them kept by Samuel A. Cumings, and the earliest of which predate his return to Texas as an adult in 1847. Maps include both ms. and printed items, the most significant of which is a ms. map of Texas, apparently by Stephen F. Austin, which is similar to those done by Austin in preparation for the publication of his 1830 map and which includes a delineation of colonies and notes in the hand of Austin's secretary, Samuel May Williams. Also includes a small amount of material relating to the Stickney family, including a family Bible, letters, drawings, printed material, and photographs.

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Cumings Family Papers Col 8978., 1824-1926

Title: Cumings Family Papers 1824-1926

Rebekah Russel Cumings, a widow, and five of her children settled in Stephen F. Austin's Colony in 1822. One son, William Cumings, died in 1828, and his widow and their only child, Samuel A. Cumings, moved from Texas. Samuel Cumings returned in 1847, settling in the Bellville area. The Cumings Family Papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, printed material, photographs, and artifacts. Most of the papers are associated with Samuel A. Cumings, particularly his property dealings and business activities. A small number of maps are part of the papers, most notably a manuscript map of the Austin Colony and surrounding area attributed to Stephen F. Austin.

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