William Roark papers, 1832-1862.

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William Roark papers, 1832-1862.

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Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, and maps, relating to the business and personal life of Roark and his family. Many items relate to Roark's service as justice of the peace and several of these concern legal activities involving Peter Ellis Bean (1783-1846). Other persons represented include Kelsey H. Douglass (d. 1840), James Harper Starr (1809-1890), and Alpheus Wickware.

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Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

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Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

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Roark family.

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Douglass, Kelsey H. (Kelsey Harris), -1840

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Bean, Peter Ellis, 1783-1846

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Bean (1783?-1846) came to Texas with Philip Nolan’s expedition in 1800, fought with Jose Maria Morelos in Mexico against the Spanish royalists (1807-1815), and became Indian agent at Nacogdoches in 1825. From the guide to the Peter Ellis Bean Papers, 1826-1856, 1876-1879, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Wickware, Alpheus

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O'Rourke family.

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Roark, William, 1803-1862

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Surveyor, businessman, farmer, and public official, of Nacogdoches and Cherokee counties, Tex. From the description of William Roark papers, 1832-1862. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70949948 Surveyor, justice of the peace, and merchant, of Nacogdoches, Tex. From the description of William Roark papers, 1827-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956377 Born in Tennessee in 1803, William Roark came to Texas...

Starr, James Harper, 1809-1890

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Banker, physician, land agent, and Texas public official. From the description of Sale notice, 1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956413 From the description of James Harper Starr letters, 1868-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956411 James Harper Starr (1809-1890) was a banker, physician, land agent, public official, and railroad official. Starr, a practicing doctor, moved to the Nacogdoches area from Georgia in January 1837 and was selected b...