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Henry Curl Papers

COLLECTION INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Dates: 1832-1931
    Size: 2 boxes, 390 items (1 linear feet)
    Acquisitions: Gift, 1945
    Access: Open for research
    Processed by: Linda Nicklas, 1981
    TIDES Link: Curl Papers

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Henry T. Curl was born August 6, 1838, in Arkansas. He came to Texas with his parents, Thomas J. and Laurena Garrett Curl, in 1841 and they settled in San Augustine County. In 1860 Curl and Julia Taylor, the daughter of Charles S. Taylor, were married. They lived in Chireno and had one child, Anna Laura. During the Civil War, Curl served with Co. A., 17th Regt. Texas Cavalry. He died April 14, 1864, leaving Julia a young widow. When her daughter, Laura Curl, married John V. Hughes and moved to Dallas, Julia went to live with them and her brother, Lawrence Taylor, took care of her interests involving land matters in Nacogdoches County.

(Winfield, Elizabeth Hearn and Glassman, Patricia Hearn, "Curl, Thomas Jefferson", Nacogdoches County Families, Curtis Media Corp., 1985; Ericson, Carolyn Reeves, The People of Nacogdoches County in the Civil War, 1980; Henry T. Curl Papers, East Texas Research Center, Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University)

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

These papers include Civil War letters from Henry Curl to his wife, Julia, and one to her brother, Lawrence S. Taylor. The letter to Lawrence is quite long and gives an extremely detailed and interesting account of Henry's experiences in the war.

LOCATION OF RECORD

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INVENTORY

BOX 1

Folder 1: Henry Curl's Civil War letters to his wife, Julia Taylor Curl, 1862-1864. 9 items (One fragment and typescript of one letter).
Folder 2: Civil War letters: Henry Curl to Lawrence Taylor, his brother-in-law, and two unidentified fragments, 1864. 4 items.
Transcription of letter to Lawrence Taylor.
Fragment, soldier's journey back home. [image]
January 22, 1864, surrender at Arkansas.
Folder 3-5: Letters to Julia Taylor Curl, 1860-1929. 23 items.
Folder 6: Miscellaneous correspondence to family and friends, 1872-1959. 10 items (several fragments).
Folder 7: Letters to Laura Curl, only child of Henry and Julia, 1878-1929. 13 items (2 fragments).
Folder 8-12: Letters to Julia Taylor Curl from her brother, Lawrence S. Taylor. Concern personal and business matters, chiefly land transactions, 1886-1920. 51 items (1 fragment).
Folder 13-14: Business letters and papers of Julia Taylor Curl, 1890-1931. 18 items.
Folder 15-16: Business letters and papers of Anna Laura Curl Hughes, 1928-1931. 25 items.
Folder 17: Business letters and papers of John V. Hughes, 1894-1914. 10 items.
Folder 18: Miscellaneous business papers relating chiefly to Lawrence S. Taylor, 1898-1930. 8 items (3 fragments).

BOX 2

Folder 1: Letter from Daniel Lacey to Adolphus Stern, Spring Creek, March 24,1842. Small unidentified photo. Daniel Lacey (?). 2 items.
Folder 2: Letter from Juan Antonio Padilla to Flores, Nacogdoches, November 6,1832. In Spanish, about Land and Charles Taylor. 1 item.
Folder 3: Hand-drawn maps or plats of land in Nacogdoches County, n. d. 4 items.
Folder 4-6: Deeds and documents relating to land transactions, 1835-1908. 14 items.
Folder 7: Civil War related: Nacogdoches County $5.00 confederate notes signed by Charles S. Taylor, 1862. 3 items.
Folder 8: Tax receipts for land in Kaufman and Rains counties belonging to Julia Taylor Curl, 1879-1903. 16 items.
Folder 9: Tax receipts for the City of Nacogdoches, Julia Taylor Curl, and Lawrence S. Taylor, 1892-1916. 20 items.
Folder 10: Tax receipts for Nacogdoches County, Nacogdoches Independent School District, Julia Curl, 1902-1931. 13 items.
Folder 11: Tax receipts-State and County of Nacogdoches, Julia Curl, 1874-1931. 32 items.
Folder 12: A. Wettermark and Son Bankers: 1 envelope, 1 canceled check, 1 letter (first page only) all on letterhead stationary, 1894-1899. 3 items.
Folder 13: Julia Curl's canceled checks from three Dallas banks, 1907-1931. 80 items.
Folder 14: Marked map of route taken on European trip; 3 small booklets, probably from trips, 1900-1904. 4 items.
Folder 15: Announcement of concert for Nacogdoches Methodist Church Organ Fund (photostat); Crescent College (Ark.) bulletin and envelope; Dallas Little Theatre program; 3 post cards; 1 religious card, 1891-1924. 8 items.
Folder 16: Newspaper clippings: article about Anna Raguet; obituary notice of John V. Hughes; picture of the Citizens Association of Dallas including John V. Hughes; 1924. 3 items.
Folder 17: Wedding invitations: Rosine Shindler to Eugene Blount (1903) and Julia Hughes to Joseph Green (1912). 4 items.
Folder 18: Booklet: A History of the Action of the Political and Civil Authorities . . . at Nacogdoches Under the Jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor, ca.1895. 1 item.
Folder 19: Miscellaneous envelopes of Charles S. Taylor, Julia Taylor Curl, Laura Curl; Calling card of Laura Curl, 1882-1931. 11 items.

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