Hays County (Texas) document, 1859.

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Hays County (Texas) document, 1859.

Legal document concerns payment to F. S. Mayfield, jailor of Travis County, Texas, from Hays County, Texas, for the maintenance of a negro man housed in the Travis County jail for 131 days in 1859 which was signed as correct by sheriff J. M. Blackwell and District Court clerk Frank Browne, and approved by District Judge A. W. Terrell.

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Mayfield, F. S.

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Hays County (Tex.)

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Browne, Frank C

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Blackwell, J. M. (Jenefer M.)

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Travis County (Tex.)

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Terrell, Alexander Watkins, 1827-1912

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Alexander Watkins Terrell was born November 3, 1827 in Patrick County, Virginia. In 1832 his family moved to Cooper County, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he read law at Booneville, and was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1849. His first law practice was in St. Joseph. After moving to Austin, Texas (1852), he became judge of the Second Judicial District (1857-1862). In 1863, he enlisted as major in the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment, Arizona Brigade; after promotion t...