Hidalgo County Historical Collection

The Hidalgo County Historical Collection contains materials scanned from relevant Special Collections & Archives collections to facilitate user access to research materials, including the Hidalgo County Historical Commission Collection, John Closner and Falcón Family Collection among others.

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Opinion in regard to State of Title of Porciones 71 and 72

J C. Sullivan and John Closner

From John Closner and Family Collection, contains a title abstract prepared by J.C. Sullivan for John Closer for Porcion 71, Narcisco [Narciso] Cavazos Original Grantee (signed 3 January 1905).

Opinion in regard to State of Title of Porciones 71 and 72, 1905-01-03, Container: 39, Box: 1, Folder: 10. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80724
Opinion of James B. Wells upon title of Nathaniel Jackson, to Porcion 71, Town of Reynosa, original grantee Narciso Cavazos, 1912

James B. Wells

From the John Closner and Family Collection, files include abstracts, correspondence, document packets and other legal documents, newspaper clippings, publications, and photographs.

Opinion of James B. Wells upon title of Nathaniel Jackson, to Porcion 71, Town of Reynosa, original grantee Narciso Cavazos, 1912, Container: 39, Box: 1, Folder: 26. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80740
Pathways to Freedom Project: Finding Matilda Hicks research report

Roseann Bacha-Garza

The CHAPS Program sponsored a research trip to Georgia and Alabama in August of 2022 to search for the origins of the Nathaniel Jackson and a family slave named Matilda Hicks. A presentation was given to family, friends, and interested historians at the Jackson Ranch Church on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The report includes the results of the research trip, along with technological surveys of the Jackson Ranch Church property along the US-Mexico border in San Juan, Texas. TEKS-aligned lesson plans developed by regional teachers are also included in this report.
Porciones 69, 70, 71, 72

Francisco Tagle Sr, John Closner, James B. Wells, and J. P. Withers

From John Closner and Family Collection, contains two typed documents: 1) Affidavit of Francisco Tagle, Sr. as to possession of Porciones No. 71 and 72 (12 March 1906); 2) affidavit describing property purchase options among John Closner, J. P. Withers, James B. Wells (2 May 1902).

Porcion 69, 70, 71, 72, 1902-1906, Container: 39, Box: 1, Folder: 8. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80722
Release of mortgage - Bloomberg and Raphael to Eli Jackson

Eli Jackson, John Closner, and Bloomberg & Raphael

From John Closner and Family Collection, contains 1) Handwritten promissory note dated 24 February 1891 signed by Elie (sic) Jackson in the amount of $506.65 to Bloomberg and Raphael, Brownsville, Texas. 2) handwritten release of mortgage filed and recorded 4 December 1896 in Hidalgo County, Texas.

Release of mortgage - Bloomberg and Raphael to Eli Jackson, 1891-1896, Container: 39, Box: 1, Folder: 29. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Edinburg Campus. https://archives.lib.utrgv.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/80743