Archer, Branch Tanner, 1790-1856 [Texas land indenture from Branch T. Archer to Giles M. Stone]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06623.01 Author/Creator: Archer, Branch Tanner, 1790-1856 Place Written: Columbia, Texas Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1836/11/24 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 28 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy
Archer signs over to Stone the title for "one half of the land secured to me...by the annexed deed...by N.F. Smith." Witnessed by William Christy, Willis A Jarvis, and J.W. Moorly. The deed from Niles Smith appears on p. 2-3, and specifies the location of the land and indicates that Branch paid Smith $1,000 for it. Signed by Smith on p. 3 and witnessed by Henry Millard, E. Harris, and J.G. Welsh Meyer.
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