John W. Lilly family papers, 1835-1936.

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John W. Lilly family papers, 1835-1936.

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Correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, maps, essays, printed material, and an artifact, relating to Lilly's business activities, land transactions, and family, and to the allied Sutherland and Craighead families. Family letters primarily contain family news and current events in Texas and Tennessee. Much of the family correspondence is related to the family of John Lilly's wife, Eliza T. (Craighead) Lilly, including her parents, James P.N. Craighead (1812-1874) and Sarah A. Craighead (1833-1870), and her maternal grandfather, John Sutherland, Jr. (1792-1867), and his third wife, Ann Margaret (Dickson) Sutherland (1809-1862).

135 items (0.4 linear ft.)

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8048575

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

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Sutherland, John, 1792-1867

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Physician Dr. John Sutherland, Jr. (1792-1867) was born to John and Agnes Sutherland near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In 1816, he married Diana Kennedy in Knox County, Tennessee, and, after her death, moved to Texas in 1829 with his brother George Sutherland. With his son William, Sutherland settled in San Antonio in 1835, and treated members of the Alamo garrison. Col. William Travis sent him to return with reinforcements, but he returned after the fall of the Alamo an...

Craighead, Sarah A., 1833-1870

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Craighead, James P. N., 1812-1874

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Lilly, Eliza T. Craighead, 1843-1877

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Lilly family.

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Lilly, John W., 1818-1883

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Merchant, of Matagorda, Wharton, and Wilson counties, Tex. From the description of John W. Lilly family papers, 1835-1936. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70949965 Born in 1818, John W. Lilly appears to have arrived in Texas by 1838, and in the ensuing years conducted business in Matagorda and Wharton Counties, including a partnership under the name Wadsworth and Lilly. He received a third class headright grant from the Republic...

Sutherland, Ann Margaret Dickson, 1809-1862

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Craighead family.

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Sutherland family.

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