John E. Knight papers, 1815-1857.

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John E. Knight papers, 1815-1857.

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Correspondence, deeds, certificates, plats, field notes, contracts, lease, receipt, power of attorney, and other papers relating to land grants, claims, titles, and to the surveying, sales, purchase, and leasing of land in and around Little Rock, Ark. Over half of the material pertains to the initial settlement of the townsite of Little Rock and to the controversy (1819-1822) over title to the townsite growing out of the preemption claims of William Russell and the "New Madrid certificate" claims of Stephen Austin, James Bryan, William M. O'Hara, Chester Ashley, et al. Most of the sixteen items dated from 1845 are from Knight's private papers. Other persons represented include Solon Borland, Wright Daniels, Eloy Dejarbois, Henry Elliott, Francis Lesieur, Joseph Thornhill, Isaac Watkins, and Amos Wheeler.

102 items.

Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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Borland, Solon, 1808-1864

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The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin. From the guide to the Borland Family Papers, 1771-1940., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Lesieur, Francis

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Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...

Wheeler, Amos, -1822

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Thornhill, Joseph, -1825

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O'Hara, William M.

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Elliott, Henry H.

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Dejarbois, Eloy

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Ashley, C. (Chester), 1790-1848

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Chester Ashley (1790-1848) was a lawyer and United States senator, 1844-1848. Ashley was born in Massachusetts and was educated at Williams College and Litchfield Law School. He lived in Hudson, N.Y.; Edwardsville, Ill.; and St. Louis, Mo.; before settling in Little Rock, Ark., in 1820. From the guide to the C. Ashley Papers, ., 1828-1844, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) June 1790. About three years later he moved to Hu...

Bryan, James, -1822

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Russell, William, 1777-1857.

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Daniels, Wright

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Knight, John E., 1816-1901

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Newspaper editor and mayor of Little Rock, Ark. From the description of John E. Knight papers, 1815-1857. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 232955747 ...

Watkins, Isaac, 1777-1827

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