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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | John Hunter Herndon Legal Papers |
| Date | 30 Dec 1814 - 1872 |
| Document Type | Legal Papers |
| Reference | 2E 239 |
| Library / Archive | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
| Collection Name | Herndon (John Hunter) Papers, 1814-1872 |
| Description | Legal papers documenting the military commission and appointments bestowed upon Captain Alexander Calvit by David Holmes, Governor of the Mississippi Territory. There are also certificates of land deeds distributed in County Court, Hardin County, Texas and several papers referring to Jorge Antonio Nixon's issuing of land titles and grants whilst serving as Special Commissioner of the Supreme Government of Texas. |
| Series Description | Correspondence, diary, legal documents and military documents relating to observations of John Hunter Herndon (1813-1878), lawyer and soldier, during his journey from Kentucky to Texas via New Orleans (1837-1838), especially his impressions of Galveston and Houston, and his opinions regarding the President and members of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Also included is material relating to land transactions in Texas and to the military career of Alexander Calvit. |
| Biographical Note / History | Born and educated in Kentucky, John Hunter Herndon arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1838. He studied law in Kentucky and Houston, and was admitted to the bar in Fort Bend County in November 1838. In 1839, Herndon married Barbara Makall Wilkinson Calvit, heir to the Calvit sugar plantation in Brazoria County, and by 1860 he had become one of the wealthiest landowners in Texas. Although he was not in active military service during the Civil War, the war and Reconstruction depleted most of his fortune. Herndon died on July 6, 1878, and was buried at Hempstead. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Places | Mississippi, Washington, Houston, County of Hardin, Nacogdoches, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Brazoria County, Texas, Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| People | Holmes, David, Calvit, Captain Alexander; Brown, David; Tebber, Ada; Collins, I R M; de Zavala, Lorenzo; Wood, Reuben; Nixon, Jorge Antonio; Sterne, Adolf; Berry, Radford; Franklin, Benjamin C; Gray, William Fairfax; Austin, Stephen Fuller; Sharp, John; Purcell, Edward; Herndon, John H; Riley, William C |
| Keywords | legislation, law, militia, army, military, conflict, American Civil War, women, court, land grant, land, application, overland migration, colony, commissioner, government, contract, surveying, labourer, employment, translation, empresario, farming, agriculture, land sale |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin catalogue. |
| Language | English; Spanish |
| Copyright | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
