Knox County Bibliography

Century of faith : St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Rhineland, Texas, 1895-1995. PLACE: Rhineland, Tex. : PUBLISHER: The Church, YEAR: 1995 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 157 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. NOTES: "May the words which follow be my gift to you ... Father Jeremy Myers"--P. 10. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT: St. Joseph Catholic Church (Rhineland, Tex.) -- History. Catholics -- Texas -- Knox County. Church buildings -- Texas -- Knox County. Knox County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. Rhineland (Tex.) -- History. ALT TITLE: Century of faith, 1895-1995 OTHER: Myers, Jeremy, Father.  ACCESSION: 35111066

Legacy of the Knox County prairie : a history of Gillespie-Thorp communities / PLACE: Austin, Tex. : PUBLISHER: San Felipe Press, YEAR: 1972 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 273 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. NOTES: Includes index. SUBJECT: Knox County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. Haskell County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.  ACCESSION: 10551147 AUTHOR: Hipple, Belle Maxine Burnison.

Knox County history / EDITION: [2d ed.] PLACE: [Truscott, Tex. : PUBLISHER: Truscott Historical Preservation Association, #c 1979?] YEAR: 1979 1966 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 364, 35 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. NOTES: Reprint of the 1966 ed. published for the Knox County Historical Society by the Haskell Free Press. Errata leaf at end. Includes indexes. SUBJECT: Knox County (Tex.) -- History. Knox County (Tex.) -- Biography. Knox County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. OTHER: Campbell, Josephine Hooper. Truscott Historical Preservation Association.  ACCESSION: 6109291 AUTHOR: Knox County Historical Survey Committee. History Committee.

Genealogical collection, YEAR: 1750 1970 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: ca. 600 items. NOTES: Consists of genealogical data for the Avary, Childress, Connally, Forbes, Kirksey, Lane, Rakestraw, and Starley families of Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. SUBJECT: Roberts, Rebecca Starley. Avary family. Childress family. Connelly family. Forbes family. Kirksey family. Lane family. Rakestraw family. Starley family. Daughters of the American Revolution. Knox County (Tenn.) -- Genealogy -- Sources. Maury County (Tenn.) -- Genealogy -- Sources. Lawrence County (Tenn.) -- Genealogy -- Sources. Giles County (Tenn.) -- Genealogy -- Sources. Texas -- Genealogy -- Sources. Alabama -- Genealogy -- Sources. Georgia -- Genealogy -- Sources. North Carolina -- Genealogy -- Sources. South Carolina -- Genealogy -- Sources. Virginia -- Genealogy -- Sources.  ACCESSION: 28153383 AUTHOR: Thompson, Diana Roberts.

Papers, YEAR: 1873 1957 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: 29,603 leaves NOTES: Includes correspondence, legal material, financial material, scrapbook material and printed material. Bulks (1945-1957) with financial and legal materials dealing with ranch business and estate and trust management. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence dealing with business and family matters. Pioneer Texas ranching family, owners of the JY Ranch, breeders of Aberdeen Angus cattle. The ranch, began by Robert B. Masterson in the 1880s, consisted of some 73,000 acres and was later operated by his descendents for three generations. In 1957, following the death of Masterson's grandson, Tom Masterson Jr., a well known cattleman and longtime director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, the ranch was sold to G. H. and Ed Lawrance of San Antonio, Texas. SUBJECT: Masterson, Robert Benjamin, -- 1853-1931. Masterson, Robert Benjamin -- Jr., -- 1881-1957. Masterson, Thomas Bennett -- 1883-1944. Masterson, Robert Benjamin, III -- 1919-1977. Masterson, Thomas Bennett, Jr. -- 1913-1953. Masterson, Floyce (Taylor). Cattle brands -- Texas -- History. Cattle -- Breeding -- Texas -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- King County. Ranches -- Texas -- History. Ranchers -- Texas -- History. Women -- Texas. Trusts and trustees -- Texas. Estate planning -- Texas. King County (Tex.) -- History. Knox County (Tex.) -- History. Carson County (Tex.) -- History. Potter County (Tex.) -- History. Truscott (Tex.) -- History.  ACCESSION: 25636661 AUTHOR: Masterson family.

Papers, YEAR: 1873 1957 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: 29,603 leaves NOTES: Includes financial material, legal material and correspondence. Collection bulks with legal and financial materials dealing with ranch business and estate and trust management. There is also a considerable amount of correspondece dealing with business and family matters. Pioneer ranching family. Came to West Texas from Lampasas, Texas, in 1881. Robert Benjamin (Ben) Masterson began working cattle around Mobeetie, in Wheeler County, Texas. In 1898 he bought 125,000 acres in King and Knox Counties of Texas and started the JY Ranch, which eventually passed to his sons, T. B. (Tom) and Ben, Jr. Additional property was acquired from the old LX range near Amarillo, Texas. T.B. Masterson bred Aberdeen Angus cattle, and so did his son, T.B., Jr. Floyce Masterson, widow of T.B., Jr., continued to manage the ranch after his death in 1953. The JY Ranch was sold to G.A. and Ed Lowrance of San Antonio, Texas, in 1956. The JY brand, however, was retained and transferred to Texas Technogical College. SUBJECT: Masterson family. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Ranches -- Texas -- History. Ranchers -- Texas -- History. Ranch life -- Texas -- History. Cattle trade -- Texas -- History. Cattle -- Breeding -- Texas -- History. Aberdeen-Angus cattle -- Breeding -- Texas -- History. Truscott (Tex.) -- History. King County (Tex.) -- History. Knox County (Tex.) -- History. JY Ranch (Tex.) -- History. OTHER: Masterson, Robert Benjamin, 1853-1931. Masterson, Anna Exum. Masterson, Thomas Bennett, Jr., 1913-1953. Masterson, Thomas Bennett, Jr., 1913-1953. Masterson, Myrtle. Masterson, Robert Benjamin, Jr., 1881-1957. Masterson, Floyce.  ACCESSION: 24395854 AUTHOR: Masterson family.

The depositional history and petroleum potential of the Permian Tannehill Sandstone, southeastern Knox County, Texas / YEAR: 1987 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: ix, 80 leaves : ill., maps ; 28 cm. NOTES: 14 folded plates in back pocket. Includes abstract. Thesis (B.S.)--Baylor University, 1987. Bibliography: leaves 77-80. SUBJECT: Sedimentation and deposition -- Texas -- Tannehill Sandstone. Petroleum -- Geology -- Texas -- Tannehill Sandstone. Geology -- Texas -- Knox County. Knox County (Tex.) Tannehill Sandstone (Tex.)  ACCESSION: 17403607 AUTHOR: Thomas, Lance Kevin.

The depositional history and petroleum potential of the Permian Tannehill Sandstone, southeastern Knox County, Texas / YEAR: 1987 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: ix, 75 leaves, : ill., maps ; 29 cm. NOTES: 13 folded plates in back pocket. Includes abstract. Thesis (B.S.)--Baylor University, 1987. Bibliography: leaves 72-75. SUBJECT: Geology -- Texas -- Knox County. Petroleum -- Geology -- Texas -- Tannehill Sandstone. Sedimentation and deposition -- Texas -- Tannehill Sandstone. Knox County (Tex.) Tannehill Sandstone (Tex.)  ACCESSION: 17364962 AUTHOR: Newsom, Douglas Floyd.

Inventory of county records, Knox County Courthouse / PLACE: Denton, Tex. : PUBLISHER: Texas County Recors Inventory Project, North Texas State University, YEAR: 1980 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: xvi, 145 p. : map ; 28 cm. SERIES: The Texas County Records Inventory Project Texas County Records Inventory Project SUBJECT: Knox County (Tex.) -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography. OTHER: Fortin, Maurice G. North Texas State University.  ACCESSION: 16775423

Depositional history and petroleum potential of the Permian Tannehill Sandstone, King and Knox counties, Texas / YEAR: 1983 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: ii, 62 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. NOTES: 8 folded plates in back pocket. Thesis (B.S.)--Baylor University, 1983. Bibliography: leaves 41-43. SUBJECT: Geology, Stratigraphic -- Permian. Petroleum -- Geology -- Texas -- King County. Petroleum -- Geology -- Texas -- Knox County. Tannehill Sandstone (Tex.) King County (Tex.) Knox County (Tex.)  ACCESSION: 13276416 AUTHOR: Reneer, Bernal Vincent.

Depositional history of the Bend Conglomerate, Knox County, North East Texas / YEAR: 1982 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: i, 60 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. NOTES: Thesis (B.S.)--Baylor University, 1982. Bibliography: leaves 48-50. SUBJECT: Geology -- Texas -- Knox County. Bend Conglomerate (Knox County, Tex.) Northeast Texas region. Knox County (Tex.)  ACCESSION: 12966455 AUTHOR: Goldsberry, Stephen Lee.

Inventory of county records, Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, Texas / PLACE: Denton, Tex. : Austin, Tex. : PUBLISHER: Texas County Records Inventory Project, North Texas State University ; [Available from] Local Records Dept., Archives Division, Texas State Library, YEAR: 1980 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: xvi, 145 p. : 1 map ; 28 cm. NOTES: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 11-13. GOVDOC NO: L1900.7 In8kno SUBJECT: Public records -- Texas -- Knox County -- Catalogs. Knox County (Tex.) -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography. OTHER: Fortin, Maurice G. North Texas State University. Texas State Library. Local Records Dept.  ACCESSION: 11136283

An account of the origin and development of the Rhineland Colony and Saint Joseph's Parish at Rhineland, Munday P. O., Texas / PLACE: [Texas : PUBLISHER: s.n., Gainesville Printing Co.) YEAR: 1945 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 159 p. : ill. SUBJECT: St. Joseph's Parish, Rhineland, Texas. Rhineland (Tex.) -- History. Knox County (Tex.) -- History. Texas -- History. OTHER: St. Joseph's Parish, Rhineland, Tex. Historical Committee.  ACCESSION: 8606269 AUTHOR: Laux, Herman.

Knox County history / PLACE: Haskell, Tex. : PUBLISHER: Published for the Society by the Haskell Free Press, YEAR: 1966 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 364 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. SUBJECT: Knox County (Tex.) -- History. OTHER: Campbell, Josephine Hooper.  ACCESSION: 2703387 AUTHOR: Knox County Historical Society. Knox County History Committee.

Early days in Knox County, PLACE: New York, PUBLISHER: Carlton Press YEAR: 1963 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 260 p. illus., ports. 21 cm. SERIES: A Reflection book SUBJECT: Knox County (Tex.) -- History.  ACCESSION: 2677633 AUTHOR: Gray, Jewel Bernice Nutt

Papers of J.W. Gilliam YEAR: 1812 1884 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: 36 items. NOTES: The papers include deed, 20 February 1812, for 544 acres in Surry County, Va., sold by Henry Jones Howard and Sarah Howard to William Gilliam; and a letter, 21 February 1836, from Thomas Ruffin, Surry County, Va., to John W. Gilliam, Brunswick County, Va., regarding the transfer of a land deed, illness among Gilliam's slaves, and family matters. The papers also include a letter, 11 September 1852, from Ely Booth, Shenstone, Va., to the Misses Gilliam, Amelia Springs, Va., regarding sensual pleasure and the spiritual restoration in public worship; and letters, 1859-1860, from John T. Foster to Joseph P. Gilliam, regarding railroad construction in South America, Virginia social life, speculation, and purchasing land and slaves. The papers also include letters, 1871-1884, from J.W. Gilliam to his brother, Samuel Yates Gilliam, and other family members, regarding family matters, Texas social life and politics, courtship, the weather's effect on and the market for his farm crops, livestock, buying and selling land, the theft of his horse and valuables by an employee, and Virginia politics, especially William Mahone. The papers also include a legal notice, 10 July 1884, of a motion to appoint Joseph P. Gilliam trustee of the estate of Mary E.C. Gilliam; and notes, n.d., for speeches of John W. Gilliam on the politics and history of Virginia and the United States and mentioning President Polk and the Mexican War. Farmer, originally of Dinwiddie County, Va., later of Harris and Polk counties, Tex. SUBJECT: Gilliam, J. W. Gilliam, Mary E.C. -- Estate. Gilliam, William. Gilliam family. Howard, Henry Jones. Howard, Sarah. Mahone, William, -- 1826-1895. Polk, James K. -- (James Knox), -- 1795-1849. Administration of estates -- Virginia. Agriculture -- Texas -- History -- 19th century. Agriculture -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century. Courtship -- History -- 19th century. Deeds -- Virginia -- Surry County. Farmers -- Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. Horse stealing -- Texas -- History -- 19th century. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Railroads -- Design and construction -- South America -- History - - 19th century. Real property -- United States -- Purchasing -- History -- 19th century. Slave trade -- Virginia. Slaves -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century. Speculation -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century. Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History -- 19th century. Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. OTHER: Booth, Ely, correspondent. Foster, John T., correspondent. Gilliam, Joseph P., crecipient. Gilliam, Samuel Yates, recipient. Gilliam, John W., recipient. Ruffin, Thomas, correspondent.  ACCESSION: 34689884 AUTHOR: Gilliam, J. W.

The Reconstruction court, 1864-1888 / PLACE: Danbury, CT : PUBLISHER: Grolier Educational Corp., YEAR: 1995 1986 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: xiii, 244 p. : ports. ; 23 cm. SERIES: The United States Supreme Court ; v. 4 NOTES: "Portions of this material were originally published under the  The Supreme Court in American life."--vs t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244) The United States Supreme Court : chronology, 1864-1888 -- The Reconstruction Court : decisions and documents -- The weakest branch of government -- Thirteenth Amendment -- Ex parte Milligan -- The new Dred Scott -- Cummings v. Missouri -- Mississippi v. Johnson -- Fourteenth Amendment -- Ex parte McCardle -- Texas v. White -- Fifteenth Amendment -- Collector v. Day -- The legal tender cases : Knox v. Lee and Parker v. Davis -- The slaughter house cases -- Bradwell v. Illinois -- Minor v. Happersett -- Munn v. Illinois -- United States v. Lee -- Civil rights cases -- The end of the Civil Rights Bill -- Ex parte Yarbrough -- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois -- Biographies : The Justices of the Supreme Court : 1864-1888 -- Salmon Portland Chase -- James Moore Wayne -- John Catron -- Samuel Nelson -- Robert Cooper Grier -- Nathan Clifford -- Noah Haynes Swayne -- Samuel Freeman Miller -- David Davis -- Stephen Johnson Field -- William Strong -- Joseph P. Bradley -- Ward Hunt -- Morrison Remick Waite -- John Marshall Harlan -- William Burpham Woods -- Stanley Matthews -- Horace Gray -- Samuel Blatchford -- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar -- The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1994. ISBN: 071727439X SUBJECT: United States. -- Supreme Court -- History. Judges -- United States -- History. Reconstruction.  ACCESSION: 32007150 AUTHOR: Fridlington, Robert.

History and paleontology of a newly discovered Pleistocene deposit of Knox County, Texas / YEAR: 1978 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 27 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. NOTES: Thesis (M.S.)--Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Tex., 1978. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 25-26). SUBJECT: Paleontology -- Texas -- Knox County. Paleontology -- Pleistocene. OTHER: Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.). Dept. of Biology. Masters thesis.  ACCESSION: 30696750 AUTHOR: Tittle, Roger M.

Educational history of Knox County / YEAR: 1930 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 68 leaves ; 28 cm. NOTES: Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Technological College, 1930. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT: Education -- Texas -- Knox County.  ACCESSION: 28382103 AUTHOR: Lail, Charles Robert.