urn:taro:ttu.sw.00166 Coggin Brothers and Associates: An Inventory of Their Records, 1848-1930 and undated, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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July 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Karen Hicks, July 2003. Finding aid written in English Tue Jul 22 15:23:37 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00166 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Coggin Brothers and Associates Records, 1848-1930 and undated Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, June 2003 Descriptive Summary Coggin Brothers and Associates Coggin Brothers and Associates Records, 1848-1930 and undated Records of the business interests of brothers Samuel Richardson Coggin and Moses (Mody) J. Coggin, including their ranch in Central Texas. S 197.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 3 boxes (2.3 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

Samuel Richardson Coggin (1831-1910) and Moses (Mody) J. Coggin (1824-1902) were early (1857) residents of Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, who had ranching interests in Brown, Coleman, Comanche, and Brewster counties. They had banking interests in Brownwood and mining interests in Idaho with Henry Ford, another Brownwood resident. The men were also involved in ranching interests with Frank Collinson.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, financial material and legal material pertaining to the business activities of the Coggin brothers and their business associates. The collection bulks with records of the Coggin Brothers Ranch (1848-1910), Coggin Brothers and Collinson (1884-1898) and Coggin Brothers and Ford, Bankers (1874-1930). Of special note are materials pertaining to Indian Depredation Claims made by the Coggins against the U. S. Government (1871-1902).

 Organization

The records are organized in the following series:

Coggin Brothers Ranch (Boxes 1-2) Coggin Brothers and Collinson (Box 2) Coggin Brothers and Ford (Bankers) (Boxes 2-3) Coggin Brothers and Ford Mining Interests (Box 3) Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Coggin, Samuel Richardson, 1831-1910 Coggin, Moses J., 1824-1902 Collinson, Frank, 1855-1943 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Subjects (Organizations) Coggin Brothers and Associates Coggin Brothers and Ford (Brownwood, Tex.) Coggin and Ford Company (Brownwood, Tex.) Places Brown County (Tex.)--History Coggin Brothers Ranch (Tex.) Coleman County (Tex.)--History Comanche County (Tex.)--History Brewster County (Tex.)--History Subjects Ranches--Texas--history Mines and mineral resources--Idaho--history

Gift, 1969

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, June 2003

 Preferred Citation

Coggin Brothers and Associates Records, 1848-1930 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Havens, T. R. Something About Brown: A History of Brown County, Texas. Brownwood, Texas: Banner Printing Company, 1958. Hunter, Gladys Nevins. Historically Speaking: Coleman County, Texas.San Angelo, Texas: Anchor Publishing Company, 1977.

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Samuel R. and Moses J. Coggin Papers [microfilm], 1873-1890 Coggin Brothers Ranch oversized materials, O8.1 Collection Inventory Coggin Brothers Ranch, 1848-1910 and undated 1 1 Correspondence, 1880-1907 Financial Documents 1 2 Receipts, 1881-1899 1 3 Receipts, 1893-1910 1 4 Receipts, 1899-1907 1 5 Stocks, 1883-1885 1 6 Miscellaneous, 1881-1905 Legal Documents 1 7 Abstracts, 1902-1907 1 8 Abstracts, 1907 1 9 Deeds, 1848-1880 1 10 Deeds, 1880-1885 1 11 Deeds, 1886-1890 1 12 Deeds, 1891-1900 1 13 Deeds, 1901-1907 and undated 1 14 Bill of Sales, 1876-1901 1 15 Field Notes of Survey, 1886-1907 2 1 Indian Depredation Claims, 1871-1902 2 2 Power of Attorney, 1884-1889 2 3 Proof of Heirship, 1883-1892 2 4 Surveys and Deeds, 1876-1892 2 5 Wills, 1853-1884 2 6 Miscellaneous, 1881-1900 2 7 Miscellaneous, 1881-1900 Coggin Brothers and Collinson, 1884-1898 2 8 Correspondence, 1887-1897 2 9 Financial Documents, 1892-1898 2 10 Legal Documents, 1884-1895 Coggin Brothers and Ford, Bankers, 1874-1930 and undated 2 11 Correspondence, 1892-1929 Financial Documents 2 12 Bank Statements, 1897-1912 2 13 Ford Addition, 1890-1897 2 14 Ford Addition, 1892-1904 2 15 Notes, 1874-1892 2 16 Notes, 1893-1903 2 17 Notes, 1904-1913 2 18 Notes, undated 2 19 Receipts, 1891-1918 2 20 Miscellaneous, 1881-1905 Legal Documents 2 21 Contracts, 1896-1910 3 1 Deeds, 1881-1910 3 2 Miscellaneous, 1891-1930 Lists 3 3 Pocketbooks (2 items), 1913-1914 Coggin Brothers and Ford Mining Interests, 1899-1909 and undated Correspondence 3 4 Assay Reports, 1901-1908 3 5 Business, 1903-1909 Legal Documents 3 6 Abstract of Titles, 1904 3 7 Affidavits, 1904-1909 3 8 Application for United States Patent, 1902 3 9 Contracts and Agreements, 1901-1908 3 10 Mining Claims, 1902-1905 3 11 Mining Location Notice, 1899-1908 3 12 Miscellaneous, 1899-1909 Photograph 3 13 Twin Sisters Mill, undated