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Title
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Finding Aid for the Texas Deeds Collection
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Type
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Text
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Date
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1913-1924
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Description
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An envelope from the First State Bank in Donna, Texas contained deeds belonging to E. E. Vickers tracing ownership of land in Hidalgo County, Texas. The legal description of the land is Lots numbered 1 and 2 in Block 65 for Lott Town and Improvement Company’s subdivision of lands, containing 6.75 acres of land out of the La Blanca grant of land. The earliest deed for the property is dated May 14, 1913 and the last deed to E. E. Vickers dated January 22, 1924. The envelope also included a contract of sale for other land owned by E. E. Vickers in 1924. The legal description of that land is Lot No. 3 in Block 30 of Hammond Addition to the Town of McAllen.
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 377 KB; 3 pages.
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC 1117
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Collection Summary
Title
Texas Deeds Collection
Date
1913-1924
Extent
1 Archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1117-TDC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
E. E. (Elma Elton) Vickers
Biographical History
E. E. Vickers was born on April 18, 1889 in Eskota, Texas. He married Mary Electa Greer in 1911 and
together they had one son named, Elton. E. E. Vickers was the sheriff of Hidalgo County, Texas and lived
in Donna, Texas. He died in Weslaco, Texas on July 10, 1971.
Scope and Content
An envelope from the First State Bank in Donna, Texas contained deeds belonging to E. E. Vickers tracing
ownership of land in Hidalgo County, Texas. The legal description of the land is Lots numbered 1 and 2 in
Block 65 for Lott Town and Improvement Company’s subdivision of lands, containing 6.75 acres of land
out of the La Blanca grant of land. The earliest deed for the property is dated May 14, 1913 and the last
deed to E. E. Vickers dated January 22, 1924. The envelope also included a contract of sale for other land
owned by E. E. Vickers in 1924. The legal description of that land is Lot No. 3 in Block 30 of Hammond
Addition to the Town of McAllen.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1,
Folder 1, Bank envelope of E. E. Vickers
Folder 2, Deed of Trust, J. W. Watts to A. J. Whiteside, trustee for use of L. J. Hagestead,
1913
Folder 3,
Item 1, Receipt of payment, 1911
Item 2, Receipt of payment, 1911
Item 3, Transfer of Vendor’s Lien Notes, J. A. Collier to M. N. Baker, 1913
Item 4, Vendor’s Lien Note, 1914
Folder 4, Release of Vendor’s Lien, E. W. Watts to J. W. Watts, 1914
Folder 5, Release of Vendor’s Lien, M. N. Baker to E. W. Watts, 1915
Folder 6,
Item 1, Receipt of payment, 1913
Item 2, Receipt of payment, 1913
Item 3, Release of Deed of Trust, L. J. Hagestead to J. W. Watts
Folder 7,
Item 1, Transfer of Vendor’s Lien Notes, J. W. Watts to M. N. Baker, 1915
Item 2, Warranty Deed, J. W. Watts to Lotta Talboy, 1915
Item 2, Release of Vendor’s Lien, M. N. Baker to Lotta Talboy, 1919
Folder 8,
Item 1, Warranty Deed, Lotta Talboy and husband to Walter Sims, 1919
Item 2, Vendor’s Lien Note between Lotta Talboy and J. E. Danielson, 1920
Item 3, Vendor’s Lien Note between Lotta Talboy and J. E. Danielson, 1920
Folder 9,
Item 1, Warranty Deed, Walter Sims to J. I. Brown and M. Arbuckle, 1919
Item 2, Vendor’s Lien Note, J. I. Brown and M. Arbuckle to Walter Sims, 1919
Item 3, Vendor’s Lien Note, J. I. Brown and M. Arbuckle to Walter Sims, 1919
Item 4, Letter, Hidalgo County Clerk, 1919
Item 5, Release of Vendor’s Lien, Walter Sims and Betty Bruce Sims to J. L.
Brown and M. Arbuckle, 1920
Folder 10, Warranty Deed, J. I. Brown and M. Arbuckle to E. E. Vickers and O. O. Vickers,
1919
Folder 11,
Item 1, Quit Claim Deed, Oscar O. Vickers to E. E. Wickers, 1924
Item 2, Letter, 1924
Folder 12,
Contract for Sale, E. E. Vickers to H. M. Liles, 1924
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Brenda Nickle.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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