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Collection Reference Number GLC06624.06
From Archive Folder Collection of fifteen documents signed by eleven of the signers of 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence 
Title Certification of a Texas land deed
Date 8 February 1839
Author Niles, George A. (fl. 1839)  
Document Type Land transaction document
Content Description Niles, the recorder of Lincoln County, Texas, certifies a land deed (not included). Docket signed by Judge Jesse Grimes.
Subjects American West  Texas  Land Transaction  Westward Expansion  
People Niles, George A. (fl. 1839)  Grimes, Jesse (1788-1866)  
Place written Lincoln County, Texas
Theme Westward Expansion; Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Grimes was a judge and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence who moved to Texas in 1826. He held several public offices.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859