Randolph Carter Berry papers, 1843-1940, (bulk 1900-1904).

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Randolph Carter Berry papers, 1843-1940, (bulk 1900-1904).

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The personal correspondence of Randolph Carter Berry (1886-1936) largely concerns the contest with her Uncle Charles for the control of her father's estate; correspondents are C.L. Carter and F.E. Dycus. Other correspondence concerns the Texas Centennial Central Exposition. Two letters collected by Berry for their historical importance and written by Anson Jones (1845) and Sam Houston (1848) are arranged as the series of Collected papers. Of interest is a broadside advertising town lots in a new community in Hale County, Runningwater, Texas. Newspaper clippings reveal Berry's interest in Texas history. The series Creative works contains materials concerned with family history including a genealogical chart tracing the Carter family line in Virginia from "King" Carter. Notes and memoranda written by Berry on scraps of paper and envelopes illuminate her thoughts, feelings, and research concerning her family and her father's papers. Many of her notes were also written directly on documents within the Champe Carter Family Papers. The map is of Aransas Pass, Texas.

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Berry, Randolph Carter.

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Randolph Carter Berry, daughter of Champe Carter, Jr. and Ruth Victoria Randolph of Robertson County, Texas, became the ward of her uncle Charles L. Carter on the death of her father in 1886. She won a lawsuit against her uncle and the much-reduced Champe Carter Estate was transferred to her and her sisters in 1904. She married George C. Berry circa 1904. From the description of Randolph Carter Berry papers, 1843-1940, (bulk 1900-1904). (San Jacinto Museum of History). WorldCat recor...

Carter family.

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Carter, Champe, 1839-1886

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Champe Carter, Jr. was born April 29, 1840. He graduated from Centre College in Danville in 1861, and joined the 15th Regiment of Texas Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he worked for the Freedmen's Bureau, and practiced law in Robertson County, Texas, specializing in land transfers. He actively sought veterans of the Republic of Texas and their heirs as clients. In 1870 Champe Carter, Jr. married Ruth Victoria Randolph. Carter aquired land throughout Texas. He died in August, 1886. ...

Dycus, F. E.,

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Carter, Charles H. (Charles Henry)

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Charles L. Carter, Texas attorney and land dealer, assumed custooy of the children and the estate of Champe Carter in 1886. He attempted for the next 18 years to manage an estate that included substantial debt, five minor children and land located in disparate counties of Texas. Over time, Charles was forced to sell much of the land, and the estate was transferrred to his nieces in 1904. From the description of Charles L. Carter papers, 1871-1916, (bulk 1886-1900). (San Jacinto Museu...