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Collection Reference Number GLC06624.02
From Archive Folder Collection of fifteen documents signed by eleven of the signers of 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence 
Title Certification of Michael Pevito's right to Texas land
Date 29 March 1838
Author West, Claiborne (ca. 1800-1866)  
Additional authors Williams, Hezekeah (fl. 1838); Bollinger, John (fl. 1838)
Document Type Land transaction document
Content Description Signed by West as president of the Board of Land Commissioners of Jefferson County, Texas, and countersigned by Hezekeah Williams and John Bollinger. Attested to by Joseph P. Pulsifer, clerk. Certifies that Pevito came to Jefferson County in October 1835 and that he was a married man "entitled to one league and labor of land", on the condition that he paid the outlined rates for the land.
Subjects American West  Texas  Land Transaction  Westward Expansion  
People West, Claiborne (ca. 1800-1866)  Pulsifer, Joseph Perkins (1805-1861)  Williams, Hezekeah (fl. 1838)  Bollinger, John (fl. 1838)  
Place written Jefferson County, Texas
Theme Law; Westward Expansion; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information West was a political leader and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. He held several public offices and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. Pulsifer was an early Texas apothecary and a founder of Beaumont. He took an active, non-military role in the Texas Revolution and held many public offices, including clerk of the Jefferson County Board of Land Commissioners.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859