Papers relating to Texas land claimed by the Ross Company, 1812-1889.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers relating to Texas land claimed by the Ross Company, 1812-1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702161172

Thirty-six manuscript letters and legal documents. Papers concern formation of the Ross Company and travel by Ross to Mexico, 1825-1828; travel by William Arnold to Mexico to confirm Ross's land grant, 1832-1833; and efforts to establish title to land claimed by Arnold's heirs, including his widow, Martha E. Arnold, later Martha E. Rives, and his granddaughter, Annie Elise Harris Tolleson, 1835-1889. Documents concerning Ross include agreements made between him and the Ross Company, 1825 and 1828; and three ALS, written by Ross to his brother Randolph Ross, 1826; by James C. Hays, who went with Ross to Mexico, to an unidentified recipient, [1827?]; and by Randolph Ross to John Shelby, president of the Ross Company, giving news of Reuben's death, 1828. Documents concerning William Arnold include agreements between him and the Ross Company, 1832; documents recording sale of scrip for Arnold by William K. Hill, 1832; an agreement between Arnold and Nancy Ross, 1833; and a document recording purchase of land by Arnold from James Bowie, 1833. Letters and documents concerning Martha E. Arnold Rives include letters written by family members and legal advisors, 1835, 1853-1854, and undated; and an affidavit made by her giving evidence of land ownership, 1878. A letter from Annie Elise Harris Tolleson to her lawyers, 1889, also gives evidence of her ownership of title. Accompanying the documents are photocopies of brief holograph notes on their contents, written by Thomas W. Streeter, a former owner. Other materials, apparently unrelated to the Ross Company, are two documents concerning ownership of land by William Arnold in Kentucky, 1815, and Texas, 1819; and two manuscript deeds for land purchased in Roane County, Tennessee, from Thomas C. Clark by David Blackwell, 1812, and in Madison County, Tennessee, from Ambrose Branham by Elija McMahan, 1823.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8021043

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Related Entities

There are 15 Entities related to this resource.

Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cf9r41 (person)

Tom C. Clark (b. September 23, 1899) was the Attorney General of the United States from 1945 to 1949, and Associated Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967. Clark died on June 13, 1977. From the description of Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569044 Tom C. Clark served as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967, and was the first Texan to serve on the Court. Born in Dallas,...

Blackwell, David, fl. 1812.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd3bz5 (person)

Hill, William K.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz8khc (person)

Ross Randolph.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6476qk2 (person)

Ross, Reuben, d. 1828.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d54qrb (person)

Shelby, John, fl. 1825-1833.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r64fs (person)

Ross Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd97xr (corporateBody)

McMahan, Elijah.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn0mjb (person)

Branham, Ambrose.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h15csk (person)

Ross, Nancy, fl. 1833.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q47sn (person)

Tolleson, Annie Elise Harris.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h72txp (person)

Arnold, William, d. 1833.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c8znr (person)

Hays, James C., fl. 1825.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj6wr2 (person)

Rives, Marthe E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g473mh (person)

Bowie, James, d. 1836

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zg72g3 (person)

The son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Bowie, James (Jim) Bowie (1796?-1836) moved around the southern United States in his early life, finally settling on a plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, in around 1809. During the War of 1812, James and his brother Rezin Pleasant Bowie enlisted in the Second Division, Consolidated, of the U.S. Army. After the war, the brothers bought slaves from Jean Laffite and traded them in St. Landry Parish, until raising $65,0000, which James and Rezin ...