urn:taro:utexas.cah.02523 A Guide to the Gonzales County (Tex.) Legal Records, 1837-1924 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. March 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Gonzales County (Tex.) Gonzales County (Tex.) legal records 1837-1924 Materials are written in English. 2006-229 1/2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprising one notebook of typescripts of legal documents, the Gonzales County (Tex.) Legal Records, 1837-1924, documents the county’s history. Letter patents, deeds, contracts of sale, mortgages, oil and gas leases, and other legal records concern the estates, lawsuits, and transactions of John A. Heuser, Henry Gerwin, Samuel A. Cobb, James H. Cobb, Joseph Vanham, Henry Vanham, and J. W. Griffin, among others. Scope and Contents

Comprising one notebook of typescripts of legal documents, the Gonzales County (Tex.) Legal Records, 1837-1924, documents the county’s history. Letter patents, deeds, contracts of sale, mortgages, oil and gas leases, and other legal records concern the estates, lawsuits, and transactions of John A. Heuser, Henry Gerwin, Samuel A. Cobb, James H. Cobb, Joseph Vanham, Henry Vanham, and J. W. Griffin, among others.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Heuser, John A. Gerwin, Henry. Griffin, J. W. Cobb family. Vanham family. Subjects Deeds -- Texas -- Gonzales County. Legal documents -- Texas -- Gonzales County. Places Gonzales County (Tex.) – Archives. Gonzales County (Tex.) – History. Preferred Citation

Gonzales County (Tex.) Legal Records, 1837-1924, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s “History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project,” 2009-2011.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2.325/A112 Papers, 1837-1924