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Size: 5 boxes, 1 bundle, 800 items (2.5 linear feet) Acquisition: 1932-1982 Access: Open for research Processed by: Linda Comingore, 1978, Pam Palmer, 1983 Digital Library Link: Haden Edwards Papers |
Haden Edwards, pioneer settler and land speculator, was born in Stafford County, Virginia, on August 12, 1771. In 1820 he married Susanna Beall of Maryland, and they eventually had thirteen children together. They moved to the area of Jackson, Mississippi, where he and his brother Benjamin W. Edwards acquired a plantation.
In 1823 Edwards traveled to Mexico City, where he joined Stephen F. Austin in a three-year attempt to persuade various Mexican governments to authorize American settlement in Texas. Their efforts resulted in the colonization law of 1824 in Mexico City and of 1825 in Saltillo, which allowed impresarios to introduce settlers to Texas.
After a series of reversals and frustrations, Edwards and his brother supported, and eventually headed the events known as the Fredonian Rebellion. Before an armed clash occurred the Fredonians dispersed, in early February 1827, and Edwards fled to Louisiana for safety. He returned to Texas during the Texas Revolution and made his home in Nacogdoches until his death, on August 14, 1849. Edwards is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches, Texas.
("EDWARDS, HADEN." The Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/EE/fed4.html
[Accessed Fri Nov 21 10:55:15 US/Central 2003])
These papers are a collection from several sources. Part of them were given to us by the Old Stone Fort, others were found among the Nacogdoches County Court House Records, and the rest were already a part of the East Texas Research Center's vertical file collection. They have been combined so that they will be in a more useable and convenient form.
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BOX 1
Folder 1: 1852 "ABSTRACT FROM A REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF BOARD OF ALDERMAN OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES, UPON THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CORPORATION ACT OF FEB. 11, '52"
Folder 2: 1831-1834 Abstract: Sovereignty of the Soil to Mathew Cartwright
Folder 3: 1841-1853 Affidavit, application for land, certificate, criminal cases
Folder 4: 1834-1902 Articles of agreement
Folder 5: 1850 Authorization to H. H. Edwards (typescript)
Folder 6: 1833-1841 Bills
Folder 7: 1841-1849, 1857 Bills
Folder 8: n.d. Blotter copies of letters (illegible)
Folder 9: 1844-1878 Bonds for land
Folder 10: 1840 "Book of Accounts between Haden Edwards and his son H. H. Edwards in the disposal of partnership Plank & Lumber"
Folder 11: 1864 Certification of H. H. Edwards as a Grand Juror (typescript)
Folder 12: 1836 Committee of Vigilance and Safety of Nacogdoches, empowers Haden Edwards to solicit funds in U.S. for "Ladies Brigade" to protect Nacogdoches from Santa Anna. (typescript) [image]
Folder 13: 1898-1944 Correspondence, affidavit of heirship, and other genealogical materials relating to the Edwards family
Folder 14: 1832-1852 Correspondence - Business (typescripts)
Folder 15 and 16: 1841-1892 Correspondence - Business (originals)
Folder 17: 1844-1857 Correspondence - Business (typescripts of originals in Folders 15 and 16)
Folder 18: 1848 Correspondence - Personal Haden Edwards and son H. H. Edwards
Folder 19: 1848 Correspondence - Personal (typescripts of originals in Folder 18)
Folder 20: 1948 "Dreamer in No Man's Land" by George Scullin (True Magazine), one article about Hayden Edwards.
BOX 2 - Edwards Estate
Folder 1: 1850-1858 Administrative notices, orders by the court
Folder 2 and 3: 1853-1856 Articles of agreement
Folder 4: 1849-1856 Bonds, mortgages, vouchers
Folder 5: 1851-1855 Deeds
Folder 6: 1850 Document requesting administratorship
Folder 7: 1856 Documents requesting to submit statements or exhibits
Folder 8: n.d. Envelopes and miscellaneous papers
Folder 9: 1849-1850 Exhibits of execution distribution of land and debts incurred by administrator (typescripts)
Folder 10: 1849-1856 Exhibits of execution
Folder 11: 1849-1850 Exhibits of execution (typescripts of originals in Folder 10)
Folder 12: 1856 Haden Edwards Headright
Folder 13: 1850, 1858 Inventory of land
Folder 14: 1855, 1857 Leases
BOX 3 - Edwards Estate
Folder 1: 1849-1860 Letters (typescripts)
Folder 2: 1851-1854 Letters and memos
Folder 3: 1851-1853 Letters and memos (typescripts of originals in Folder 2)
Folder 4: 1850-1865 List of property and claims (typescripts)
Folder 5: 1850 Lots deeded by Estate (typescript)
Folder 6: 1850, 1858 Newspaper notice of reading of will. Small notebook, authorization of Haden H. Edwards to be administrator
Folder 7: 1858 Partition and distribution
Folder 8: 1850, 1865 Petitions (typescripts)
Folder 9: 1849-1852 Petitions (originals)
Folder 10: 1853, 1855 Promise to pay
Folder 11: 1851-1860 Receipts (typescripts)
Folder 12: 1849-1858 Receipts
Folder 13: 1859 Release of claims to Estate by James and Susan Thorn (typescript)
Folder 14: 1850 Will of Haden Edwards (typescript)
BOX 4
Folder 1: n.d. Envelopes
Folder 2: 1835-1849 Field notes
Folder 3: 1850 Files by virtue of Headright Certificate
Folder 4: 1855 Guardianship-Willis Brewer Reeves and Haden Edwards Reeves (typescript)
Folder 5: 1852-1853 William Hart Estate: Administrators notice and sale
Folder 6: 1838-1853 William Hart Estate: Agreement, power of attorney, mortgage, orders by the court
Folder 7: 1841-1851 William Hart Estate: Certificate for land, statement of condition, inventory
Folder 8: 1847-1853 William Hart Estate: Court cases involving Hart and Hart Estate
Folder 9: 1856-1859 William Hart Estate: Exhibits of Estate
Folder 10: 1852-1859 William Hart Estate: Memos, voucher
Folder 11: 1849-1859 William Hart Estate: Receipts and bills
Folder 12: 1834 -1848 Headright, indenture
Folder 13: 1848-1852 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Certificates (land), Massir claim
Folder 14: 1851-1857 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Deeds
Folder 15: n.d. Hoover-Faddis Claim: Envelopes
Folder 16: 1848-1856 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Field notes and surveys
Folder 17: 1838-1853 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Letters and memos
Folder 18: 1844-1850 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Letters and memos (typescripts of originals in Folder 17)
Folder 19: n.d. Hoover-Faddis Claim: "List of settlers on the Faddis & Hoover L" (typescript and original)
Folder 20: 1839, 1853, 1854 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Order of court, agreements, report by Commissioners
Folder 21 1849-1852 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Receipts and bills
Folder 22: 1848-1849 Hoover-Faddis Claim: Statements of exhibits, notice (trespassing)
BOX 5
Folder 1: 1850 Inventory of Haden Edwards league and inventory of Calvery EstateRepublic of Texas license to sell spirituous liquors, June 17, 1841 [image]Folder 6 : 1841-1878 Memos
Leasing of a ferry boat on the Sabine River, February 19, 1846 [image]
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