Descriptive Summary
White, Gifford E. (Gifford Elmore), 1912-2002
Gifford E. White Papers
1770-2000
Materials are in English.
Col 13020
8.42 linear feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
In addition to researching his own family history, Texas native Gifford E. White (1912-2002) compiled and edited a number of publications that became standard sources for genealogists and others researching early Texas. In all, he compiled and published over thirty works, including White family genealogies, compilations of Texas land grants and other source data, and records of the early settlers of several Texas counties.
Correspondence, source material, genealogies, printed material, and photographs are part of the Gifford E. White Papers, reflecting over forty years of genealogical and historical research.
Biographical Note
Gifford Elmore White was born in 1912 near Cherokee, Texas, in rural San Saba County to William C. and Willie Carter White. The family moved frequently throughout Texas, living in Brown County, Lampasas, Goldthwaite, and Eastland. After graduating from high school in Fredericksburg, White attended the University of Texas, majoring in physics, before going to work for the Humble Oil Company as a geophysicist. He returned to the University of Texas to obtain his B.A. and M.A. degrees in physics in 1939 and pursued graduate work in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After ten years with Sperry Gyroscope Company and Statham Instruments, during which time he obtained a number of patents, White formed his own company, White Instruments, in Austin, Texas, developing and manufacturing electronic equipment from 1953 to 1985.
White’s family had deep roots in Texas and the American South, and he began compiling family information during his working career, continuing to research and correspond with others throughout his life. In addition to research on his own family, White compiled and edited a number of publications that became standard sources for genealogists and others researching early Texas. In all, he compiled and published over thirty works, including White family genealogies, compilations of Texas land grants and other source data, and records of the early settlers of several Texas counties.
White married Sarah R. Harrison in 1935; they were the parents of two children. Gifford White died in Austin in 2002.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, source material, genealogies, printed material, and photographs are part of the Gifford E. White Papers, reflecting almost forty years of genealogical and historical research. Some materials in the collection are photocopies.
Organization of Collection
This collection is organized into four series, the first three reflecting White’s own organization of his files.
- Series 1: Correspondence
- Series 2: Research files
- Series 3: Projects
- Series 4: Separated material
Access Restrictions
No restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gifford E. White Papers, 1770-2000, Col 13020, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Sue Snyder, 2005 May.
Processing Information
Processed by Warren Stricker, 2005.
Finding aid edited and encoded by Caitlin Donnelly, 2011 December.
Index Terms
Personal Names
White, Gifford E.
Carter family.
Gray family.
Kuykendall family.
Sims family.
White family.
Subjects
Genealogists--Texas.
Locations
Llano County (Tex.)--History.
San Saba County (Tex.)--History.
Texas--Genealogy.
Texas--History--Sources.
Genres/Formats
Personal papers.
Correspondence.
Genealogies.
Photographs.
Research notes.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence
The Correspondence series features an extensive range of contacts, primarily other genealogists and family members with whom he shared research interests. Copies of outgoing letters are frequently included, as are items related to the correspondence, such as genealogical information and source material.
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Almond, [Bill and Phyllis]
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Anderson, Hazel
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Andrews, Peggy
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Angle, [A. B.]
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Ashley, [Carlos]
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Benavides, [Adan]
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Berwick, Allene
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Blair, [Pat]
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Boner, [C. Paul Fellowship]
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Botto, [Robert]
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Brooks, Connie and Lillian
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Bruce-Purdy
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Brown, Hiram
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Bruning family
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Bryant, [Suzanne York]
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Bunch, Gail S.
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Burns, Alva
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Bushman, [Vaughn A.]
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Cadena, [Gloria]
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Capps, Joyce
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Clark, Kendon
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Coker, [Michael Ann]
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Conley, Goldie
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Couch, Bill
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[Cousins, Evelyn]
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Crawford, Robert
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Crowel, Debi
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Davis Brothers Publishing Co.
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Debrett’s
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Dow, Malcolm L.
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Dunman, Cecil
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Dunman, Mrs. Marcus
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Dunn, Eve White
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Elliott, Alline
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Epperson, [Jean L.]
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Falk, [Bernice]
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Ferguson, Ira O.
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Finley, Willis T.
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Flatau, [Susie]
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Genealogical Publishing Co.
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General Land Office
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Gilleland-Scroggins
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Granberry, [Dauris Jackson]
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Gray, Albert
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Gray, Charles
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Gray, Cleveland
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Gray, E. W.
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Gray, James
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Gray, James A.
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Gray, Leon
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Gray, [Molly Moffett]
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Haley, Shirley
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Hamilton, Nancy
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Henley, Lana
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Henson, Margaret Swett
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Heritage Books
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Herridge, [Monte]
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Hooker, Sandra
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Huff, [Gladys]
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Jackson, Ralph S.
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Jary, [Roland S.]
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JTW Reprint
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Keeton, [Burl A.]
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Kowert, [Art and Elise]
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Kuykendall, Marshall
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LaCaff, Ted
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LaForest, Mike
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Landry, [Allen]
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LeVois, [Myrtle]
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Lloyd, [Bettiann]
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London, Lori
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McCoin, Frances
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McColman, Ora Belle
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McGlothing, Yvonne
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McManus, [J. W.]
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Massman, [Betty]
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Maxfield, [Mary S.]
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Miller, Don
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Morse, Milton
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Murray, Narcile
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Nelson, B. J.
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Oatman, [Wilburn]
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Oklahoma Historical Society
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Pace, Jackie A.
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Patterson, W. W.
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Perry, Wanda
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Peterson, [Geneva]
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Purdum, [Betty Gray]
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Richardson, [Tom]
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Ritter, Jane
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Robinson, [Elva H.]
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Roelofs, [Ruth Marie]
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Royce, [Nancy]
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Saffell, [Arlene]
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Simmons, Jean
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Sims, Bob
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Sims, Virgil
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Smith, Dan
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Smith, Eva Lee
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Snapp, Elizabeth – Texas Woman’s University
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Sophienburg Museum and Archives
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Speck, [Ernest B.]
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Staats, [Cathy]
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Stadler, Doris C.
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Stamper, [Sue]
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Stewart, Bill and Lora
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Strickland, Anne
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108
Swinney, [Mary L.]
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Texas State Historical Association
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110
Thompson, Hardy
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111
Thompson, Karen
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112
Urbanski, [Tommi]
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Vaughan, Mary and Rich
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Vernon, Barbara
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Vineyard, [Maribeth]
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Wall, Glynora
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Wallisville Heritage Park
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Weeks, Ethel F.
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White, Betty
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White, Carol
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White, Ed
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White, Giff A.
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White, Jack D.
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White, Jack N.
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White, James Cody
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White, James Ervin
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White, Reba
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Williams, Villamae
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129
Willis, Louise
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Wilson, Mary S.
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Wipff, [Pershing]
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Wright Press
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Yaklin, [Robin T.]
Series 2: Research files
The second and largest series consists of subject files that White organized into some general groups based on subject. The bulk of the series is related to his family genealogy, particularly the White, Carter, Gray, Kuykendall, and Sims families, each of which is grouped into subseries. Genealogical files related to various other families and general family research are grouped together in a separate subseries. Other subseries include White’s research files on the history of Llano and San Saba Counties, Texas, and general Texas history and source material. Several files of newspaper clippings are part of the series.
There is a good deal of overlap in subject matter in the files, based on the intricacies of the family connections being investigated, and the subject files contain many items of correspondence, including some from the individuals represented in the Correspondence series. White’s earliest research efforts date from the early 1960s and continue to shortly before his death at age ninety. Source material found in the files includes photocopies of documents dating as far back as the eighteenth century. White’s file titles have been retained, with additions in square brackets used to clarify the subject matter and to group related files together in the alphabetical arrangement.
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White family
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Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi census
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Bell Falls
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Bradley, McMinn, Tn. Records
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Burke [County, N.C.]
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Burke [County, N.C.]
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Burke [County, N.C.] court minutes
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Burke Co., [N.C.]: grants, maps
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Calendar diary
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Film index
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Georgia White
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Giles Co., Tn. Records
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Grants: Amy White, etc.
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Kentucky census
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Knox Co., Tn.
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Louisiana census
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Louisiana records
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Mississippi census records
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Mississippi records
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Missouri census
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Moss, Campbell, etc. [Some Southwest Louisiana Settlers]
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Muldoon baptism
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North Carolina census lists
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North Carolina tax rolls
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Ohio, Illinois census
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Richmond County, Va.
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Royce-Vineyard
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San Saba Marriages
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South Carolina
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Spotsylvania [County, Va.]
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Tax roll searches, Texas
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Tennessee census
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165
Texas census, families
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166
Texas census A-H
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Texas census I-Z
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Texas mortality schedule
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Texas 1900
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Topo prints
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Va. Census and notes
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Virginia miscellaneous
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White: Alabama settlement
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[White, Amy] Amy “Cradle Bio”
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[White, Amy] Amy letter, map
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[White, Benjamin] Benjamin White
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White census A-M
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White census N-W
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White charts
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White Civil War pension
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White: Davidson, Maury, Hickman, Tenn.
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[White, Dempsey] Dempsey White, Morris White
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White: Essex, Caroline, Richmond, Chisum
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[White, James] James White family, Knox Co.
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[White, James Taylor] JTW Anahuac pictures
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[White, James Taylor] JTW hist.
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[White, James Taylor] JTW of Liberty
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[White, James Taylor] JTW South Carolina
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[White, James Taylor] Taylor White from Lorraine Silva
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[White, Jesse] Jesse White estate
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[White, Joseph] Joseph White
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[White, Joseph] Joseph White
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White, M[atthew] G.
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[White, Reuben] Reuben White
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[White, Reuben] Reuben White, Dumsey
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[White, Robert] Robert White gen.
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White, Sydney B.
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White Texas census search
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[White, Thomas] Daughter Thomas White
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[White, Thomas] Thomas White, other Mississippi
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White, Thomas Bannister
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[White, William] William White, Orange Co., Va.
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[Unsorted White family material]
Oversize 1
[Unsorted White family material] oversize
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Carter family
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[Carter, Andrew J.] Andrew J. Carter Civil War pension
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Carter, John, Chester Co., S.C.
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Carter, John, Hopkins Co., Ky. – Chester Co., S.C.
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Carter: Llano County and Texas
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Carter: Rangers
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Carter-Sims history
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Carter-Sims history
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Carter: South Carolina
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Carter: Tennessee
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Coggin feud
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Walker
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Gray family
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[Brown, Oscar] Oscar Brown
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Burnett, Ralph
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Fitzhugh; John E. Gray
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Fowler
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Gray
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Gray
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Gray, Aaron Pinson
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[Gray, Alexander] Alex Gray I
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Gray, Alexander 1770, James 1796
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Gray: Alice G. Upchurch notes
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Gray census
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Gray, Halifax County [Va.]
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Gray, Hickman County [Tenn.]
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Gray history
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Gray: Jane Gray Buchanan
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Gray, John
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[Gray, John H.] John H. Gray, Miss.; Wayne Gray
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Gray, Samuel
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Gray Tennessee
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Gray Texas
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Mrs. Huggins: North Carolina
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Valentine papers
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[Unsorted Gray family material]
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Kuykendall family
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[Kuykendall, Abner] Abner Kuykendall
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[Kuykendall, Abner] Capt. Abner Kuykendall
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[Kuykendall, Adam] Adam Kuykendall
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Kuykendall charts
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Kuykendall history, draft
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[Kuykendall, Marshall] Marshall Kuykendall
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[Kuykendall, Peter] Peter Kuykendall II
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[Kuykendall, Robert] Robert H. Kuykendall
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Peter4, Peter3, Mat2
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Peter4, Peter3, Mat2, Ruth Wyatt
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Sims family
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Matthews
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Sims
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Sims
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[Sims, Augustine] Augustine Sims
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Sims census, Ala., Ky., La.
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Sims census lists
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Sims census, Mississippi, Virginia
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[Sims, John] John Sims
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[Sims, John] John Sims, Civil War record
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[Sims, John] John Sims, Virginia
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Sims: Monroe-Jackson
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Sims of Virginia
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[Sims, Parish] Parish Sims
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Sims Texas
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[Sims, Thomas J.] Thomas J. Sims
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Sims: Thompson book
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[Sims, William] William Sims
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Tennessee Confederate pension
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Wine-Sims
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Other genealogy
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Berwick
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[Bruster, James] James Bruster
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Bryan
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Bryan-Goodnight-Blount
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Collins paper
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Comstock
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Comstock
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Davenport, N.C.
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Davenport, Va.
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Dunman
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Dunman estate
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Faulk
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Fowler search
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Gambill
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Gambill: Sparks report
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Gill
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Greer
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Greer history
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[Jackson, Humphrey] Humphrey Jackson
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Lee
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[Lynch, Joseph P.] Jos. P. Lynch (Mrs. Hines)
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McGrew
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Macomb
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Newman
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O’Brien history
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O’Bryan, Campbell, Faulk, Hargrave
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Phipps
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Powe
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Rachal
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Ryan
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Singleton
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[Smith, David] David Smith
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Warren
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Wautauga Co. [N.C.] history
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Whitlock
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Whitlock history
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Whitt photos
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Wilburn estate
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Wilburn heirs
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Willcox
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William Comstock-Luke Bryan
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Williams genealogy
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Wiseman
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Wiseman: Bob Emery
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Wright memoirs
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Llano and San Saba Counties
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1860 San Saba census
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1871 militia, San Saba
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1910 San Saba census
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Babyhead cemetery
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Barler
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Cherokee
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Cherokee cemetery
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Cherokee census, 1870-80
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Cherokee census, 1900
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Cherokee: Dan Kuykendall
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Cherokee house pictures
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Cherokee prints
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Enchanted Rock
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Llano
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Llano: C.W. Wimberly
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Llano, 1880 horse theft trial
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Llano maps
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329
Llano notes
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Llano petition
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Llano scholastic 1855
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Lone Grove history
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San Saba notes
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San Saba petition
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School: Cherokee, Taylorville
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336
Voters 1867 San Saba
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[Williamson, James A.] Dr. Williamson
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[Williamson, James A.] Dr. Williamson daybook
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339
WPM files
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340
York pictures
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General Texas
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341
1826 census
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1830 census statistics, Bexar, etc.
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1830 Nacogdoches census
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1831 Bexar census
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1835 Bevil census
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1835? census: Tenehaw and San Augustine
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1870 mortality schedule, Travis Co.
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Ages, 1850 census data
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Asbury, [Samuel E.]
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Asbury: Liberty persons
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Atascosito
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Atascosito biographical notes
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Atascosito biog., A-I
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Atascosito biog., J-P
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Atascosito biog., R-V
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Atascosito biog., W-Y
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Atascosito 1850
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Atascosito 1850 census
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Atascosito, GLO index
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Austin register #1
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[Austin] Register 2
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Book A index
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C. S. Taylor orders of survey
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Depop. counties
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DeWitt
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Don Carlos Barrett
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Early settlers Jasper Co.
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Falls County
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Harrison [County] 1840 tax
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Jasper [County]
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Jasper [County] trav. Board
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Jefferson [County]
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[Jones, Anson] Anson Jones
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Judicial cos.
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Kokernot, [David L.]
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Lamar [County] tax 1842
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Land fraud
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Liberty [County]
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379
[Lum, Jesse D.] Jesse D. Lum letter
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380
McMullen & McGloin colonists
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381
Matagorda petitions
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382
Matagorda surveyor records
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383
Menard, etc.
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384
Mercer [Colony]
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385
Mex. War rolls
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386
Milam’s colony, vol. 61
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387
Nacogdoches archives index
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388
Panola
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389
Petition: Harrison-Shelby
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390
Petition: Jasper-Milam
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391
Pictures, 1830 & 1840
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392
Poll tax
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393
Postal system, Texas
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394
Red River petitions
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395
Roberts, R. C., Ranger
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396
San Jacinto R.
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397
Shelby [County] traveling board
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398
Shelby [County], not verified
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399
Smithwick, [Noah]
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400
Smyth Papers: 1836 letters
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401
Texas census
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402
Texas census and statistical calendar
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403
Texas census, DeWitt, etc.
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404
Texas population
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Texas Supreme Court
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406
Texas Tories
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407
Unknown list- Jasper [County]
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[Waldon, William] William Waldon letters
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409
Washington [County] 1854 census
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410
Washington County petition
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411
Wavell Colony register
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412
Williams, [Villamae], counties
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413
[Winters, J. W.] J. W. Winters typescript
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414
[Unsorted material]
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415
Newspaper clippings: Fredericksburg
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Newspaper clippings: various topics
Series 3: Projects
The third series, Projects, gathers a small amount of material related to two activities White undertook during in his later years: a presentation on Sam Houston and a series of writer’s workshops conducted at his retirement community.
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[Sam] Houston
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[Writer’s workshops] Writers ‘93
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[Writer’s workshops] 5th Anniversary
Series 4: Separated material
See the DRT Library's online catalog for the location of these items.
Bieciuik, Hank, and Bill Corbin. Texas Confederate County Notes & Private Scrip. s.l. : s.n., 1961.
Catalogue forty-five: Texas. New Haven, Connecticut: William Reese Company, 1986.
Catalog Number 25, featuring Books, Pamphlets, etc. Illustrated by H. D. Bugbee. Waco, Texas: Price Daniel, Jr., 1963.
Charlton, Magdalene. New Kentucky and the Great Decision. Houston: Chatham & Sterling, 1962.
The Edwards Plateau Historian. Vol. I (1965).
Gospel Preachers in Texas and Oklahoma. Dallas: Warlick Printers, 1911.
Gray, Frank S. The Gray School and the Cherokee College at Cherokee, San Saba County, Texas. Bandera, Texas: Hunter Publishing Co., 1950.
Imprints on Texas History: 1975-1976: An Annotated Bibliography of General Land Office Publications (1836-1975). Austin: General Land Office, possibly 1976.
Jameson, Henry B. Miracle of the Chisholm Trail. Tri-State Chisholm Trail Centennial Commission, undated.
Kuykendall, George Benson. History of the Kuykendall Family since its Settlement in Dutch New York in 1646. Reprint, Portland, Oregon: Kilham Stationery & Printing Co., 1919.
1910 Census, Llano County, Texas. Llano, Texas: Wade-Smith Genealogy Service, 1989.
The Photographic Heritage of Wallisville, Chambers County, Texas. Wallisville, Texas: Wallisville Heritage Park Foundation, undated.
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Reunion of the Old Settlers’ Association of Bell County, held at Belton, Texas, November 5, 1904, and papers read at the reunion.
Ramsey, Grover. Confederate Postmasters in Texas, 1861-1865. Waco, Texas: W. M. Morrison, 1963.
Schweizer, Charles B. Descendants of James and Rhoda (Sellers) Faulk. Edwardsville, Illinois: C. B. Schweizer, 1985.
Stephen, Homer. The Frontier Postmasters. Dublin, Texas: Dublin Progress, 1952.
Texas and the West: Featuring Books Printed and designed by Jack D. Rittenhouse of the Stagecoach Press (A Bibliography). Waco, Texas: Price Daniel, Jr., 1965.
Texas and the West, Featuring C. W. Raines and his Bibliography of Texas. Waco, Texas: Price Daniel, Jr., 1959.
Texas and the West: Featuring the Writings of J. Frank Dobie: A Contribution Towards a Bibliography. Waco, Texas: Price Daniel, Jr., possibly 1963.
Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments, Commanders and Field Officers, Confederate States Army, 1861-1865. Midlothian, Texas: Mirror Press, 1959.
White, Jack D. A Line of White. Weatherford, Texas: J. D. White, 1989.
Llano News, section three only, 1952 May 29 and 1953 June 4.
San Saba News, 1970 April 23.
San Saba Star, 1960 June 20.