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Company formed in 1844 for the settlement of Mercer Colony, Texas. Based in Louisville, Ky.
From the description of Texas Association records, 1844-1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068243Preston, William, 1816-1887.Wickliffe-Preston family.Texas AssociationTexas Association. Texas Association records, 1844-1845.Texas Association.Texas Association records, 1844-1845.1 microfilm reel.Records pertaining to the settlement of Mercer Colony, Texas. Library of CongressWickliffe-Preston family. Wickliffe-Preston family papers, 1753-1897 1770-1887.Wickliffe-Preston family.Wickliffe-Preston family papers, 1753-1897 1770-1887.80 cubic ft.These are the papers of Robert Wickliffe, General William Preston and their families. There are papers from Preston's career in Congress and from his tenure as Envoy to Spain. Correspondents include Thomas Hart Benton, Mary Todd Lincoln and Cassius M. Clay. There are several documents signed by CSA President Jefferson Davis. Andrew Jackson's pardon and amnesty to Preston (1868) is included as are Texas Association papers which include letters, contracts, stock certificate books, surveys and maps which are important in the history of Texas. Included with the Wickliffe-Preston papers are the Christy-Hepburn papers, George Hancock papers, Jason Rogers papers, Wickliffe executor's papers and the Woolley family papers. University of Kentucky LibrariesPreston, William, 1816-1887. Texas Association notebook, 1873-1882.Preston, William, 1816-1887.Texas Association notebook, 1873-1882.1 v.The notebook contains William Preston's notes on the Texas Association. Preston listed points of argument, cited other cases and recorded supporting evidence to the Texas Association's claim to the Mercer Colony in southwestern Texas. Founded by Kentuckian Charles Mercer, for financing and promoting a contract of colonization in Texas in 1884, the Texas Association, according to Preston's calculations in the notebook, claimed 768,000 acres of land in Texas which had been opened to settlement by the commissioner of the General Land Office. As chief agent, Preston's uncle, George Hancock, had sought an injunction in the United States Circuit Court at Austin, Texas in March of 1875 to gain control of the Texas land he had claimed in his colonization venture. The notes stated the evidence which Preston utilized when he became chief agent upon his uncle's death in August, 1875. Eventually the court declared the contract void because of the failure of Charles Mercer to meet all the requirements. University of Kentucky Libraries