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By Shaneil Snipe
Collection Overview
Title: Sexton Family Papers, 1844-1985
Predominant Dates:1844-1900
Extent: 16.0 Boxes
Arrangement: This collection contains correspondence, personal notes, business records, legal records, business notes, ephemera and newspaper clippings listed chronologically ranging from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.
Subjects: Huntsville (Tex.) - History, Marshall (Tex.), United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865, Walker County (Tex.)
Forms of Material: Sexton, Franklin Barlow, 1828-1900 - Correspondence
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Franklin B. Sexton Papers documents the life of Confederate legislator Franklin Barlow Sexton. The correspondence represents a wide range of personal and business communication. Some of the most common topics in the subject files are deeds, receipts, requests for payment and land dealings. Newspaper clippings cover a variety of topics, some of which are: agriculture, national defense, oil in Texas, poetry, churches and Texas history.
Collection Historical Note
Franklin Barlow Sexton (1828-1900) was an only child, born to Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Sexton in New Harmony, Indiana. The family moved to Texas in 1838 and settled in San Augustine County. It was here that Dr. Sexton passed away when Franklin was thirteen years old.
Sexton enrolled in the Wesleyan College after an apprenticeship as a printer’s devil at a printing establishment. He studied law in the offices of J.P Henderson and O.M. Roberts and was admitted to the bar in 1848. Sexton started practicing law before turning twenty-one becoming both a successful and prominent lawyer as well as a prosperous planter. In the 1850s Sexton was elected as a Democratic member to the Texas Legislature. He went on to marry Eliza Richardson, daughter of an early Texas settler; the couple had twelve children. His daughter, Loulie, married Harry F. Estill, a very popular and well-respected President of Sam Houston State University who served in that office for 28 years.
Sexton was elected as president of the State Democratic Convention in April of 1860. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Sexton served time as a soldier in the Confederate Army. On November 6, 1862 he was selected as a representative of the Fourth Congressional District in the First Confederate House of Representatives. He served on various committees including: Commerce, War, Military and Tax. Sexton had very strong views on issues regarding taxation and opposed the idea of taxing agricultural products. He was reelected in August of 1863, which made him one of only two Texans to have served on both terms of the Confederate Congress. He was respected as one of the hardest working members of Congress.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
SHSU Special Collections & University Archives
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Sexton Family Papers. SHSU Special Collections, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1

- Sub-Series 1

- Box 1

- Folder 1: Sexton Correspondence, May 2, 1835- October 2, 1844

- Folder 2: Sexton Correspondence, February 10, 1846 - December 30, 1851

- Folder 3: Sexton Correspondence, 1853

- Folder 4: Sexton Correspondence, January 26, 1854 - January 20, 1855

- Folder 5: Sexton Correspondence, February 19, 1856 - February 9, 1858

- Folder 6: Sexton Correspondence, January 27, 1860 - January 9, 1868

- Folder 7A: Sexton Correspondence, February 11, 1868 - September 9 1870

- Folder 7B: Sexton Correspondence, February 10, 1870 - October 28, 1870

- Box 2

- Folder 1A: Sexton Correspondence, 1871-January 27, 1872

- Folder 1B: Sexton Correspondence, January 28, 1872 - July 1872

- Folder 2: Sexton Correspondence, July 1, 1872 - December 31, 1872

- Folder 3: Case 1053: W.S. U.S. Rowlette, Walker, R.D. Orton. Sexton Attorney for Defendant, circa 1872

- Folder 4A: Sexton Correspondence, January 1, 1873 - September 19, 1873

- Folder 4B: Sexton Correspondence, October 5, 1873 - December 26, 1874

- Folder 5: Homes vs. Johns, 1873

- Folder 6A: Sexton Correspondence, January 3, 1875 - December 1, 1875

- Folder 6B: Sexton Correspondence, 1876 - November 6, 1876

- Box 3

- Folder 1A: Sexton Correspondence, July 15, 1876 - January 24, 1877

- Folder 1B: Sexton Correspondence, January 25, 1877 - September 26, 1877

- Folder 2A: Sexton Correspondence, October 12, 1877 - March 30, 1878

- Folder 2B: Sexton Correspondence, April 5, 1878 - May 28, 1878

- Folder 3: Amanda Cartwright vs. George Pauls et al , Fort Bend Co, March 7, 1877 - December 28, 1877

- Folder 4: Hall vs San Augustine County, August 20, 1878 - November 7, 1878

- Folder 5A: Sexton Correspondence, 1878

- Folder 5B: Sexton Correspondence, January 9, 1879 - October 10, 1879

- Folder 6: Hall vs San Augustine County, 1879

- Folder 7: Hall vs San Augustine County, 1880

- Folder 8A: Sexton Correspondence, October 15, 1879 - November 13, 1880

- Folder 8B: Sexton Correspondence, April 2, 1880- December 19, 1880

- Box 4

- Folder 1A: Sexton Correspondence, January 4, 1881 - April 30, 1881

- Folder 1B: Sexton Correspondence, May 2, 1881 -December 31, 1881

- Folder 2A: Sexton Correspondence, January 10, 1882 - March 20, 1882

- Folder 2B: Sexton Correspondence, March 20, 1882 - May 27, 1882

- Folder 3: From envelope marked Frost , Thorn, et al vs. William Kincannon et al, 1882

- Folder 4: Hall vs San Augustine County, 1882

- Folder 5A: Sexton Correspondence, October 12, 1882

- Folder 5B: Sexton Correspondence, October 14, 1882; 1882

- Folder 5C: Sexton Correspondence, January 6, 1883 - April 25, 1883

- Folder 6: From envelope marked Frost , Thorn, et al vs. William Kincannon et al, 1883

- Folder 7: Hall vs San Augustine County, 1883

- Box 5

- Folder 1A: Sexton Correspondence, April 30, 1883 - February 22, 1884

- Folder 1B: Sexton Correspondence, March 3, 1884 - May 19, 1884

- Folder 2A: Sexton Correspondence, May 20, 1884-September 29, 1884

- Folder 2B: Sexton Correspondence, October 11, 1884 - July 27, 1885

- Folder 3A: Sexton Correspondence, March 19, 1885 - June 3, 1886

- Folder 3B: Sexton Correspondence, June 4, 1886- January 6, 1887

- Box 6

- Folder 1: Sexton Correspondence, January 11, 1887- June 27, 1887

- Folder 2: Clapp vs. Eugledow, 1885-1886

- Folder 3A: Sexton Correspondence, July 11, 1887- October 26, 1887

- Folder 3B: Sexton Correspondence, October 30, 1887 - 1887

- Folder 3C: Sexton Correspondence, January 9, 1888 - March 24, 1888

- Folder 3D: Sexton Correspondence, April 7, 1888 - December 5, 1888

- Folder 4A: Sexton Correspondence, January 10, 1889 - February 24, 1890

- Folder 4B: Sexton Correspondence, February 24, 1890 - June, 10 1890

- Folder 4C: Sexton Correspondence, June 30, 1890 - December 30, 1890

- Box 7

- Folder 1: Sexton Correspondence, 1890

- Folder 2: Clapp vs Branch, 1890

- Folder 3A: Sexton Correspondence, January 1, 1891 - July 17, 1891

- Folder 3B: Sexton Correspondence, July 1891 - March 16, 1891

- Folder 3C: Sexton Correspondence, April 26, 1891 - December 24, 1892

- Folder 4: Clapp vs Branch (1061), 1891

- Folder 5: From envelope "Albington Case", 1892

- Folder 6A: Sexton Correspondence, January 2, 1893- August 24, 1893

- Folder 6B: Sexton Correspondence, August 28, 1893 - December 31, 1893

- Folder 7: From envelope "Albington Case", 1893

- Folder 8: John Gregg Civil War Letter, 1864

- Box 8

- Folder 1: Index to Sexton Papers [1 of 2]

- Folder 2: Index to Sexton Papers [2 of 2]

- Folder 3: Copy of Index to Sexton Papers

- Sub-Series 2

- Box 1

- Folder 1: Sexton Clippings, 1939-1941

- Poultry, Agriculture, Dairy
- Folder 2: Sexton Clippings, undated

- Caravan
- Folder 3: Sexton Clippings, 1939; 1941; undated

- C.C.C and N.Y.A., W.P.A
- Folder 4: Sexton Clippings, 1941-1942

- Churches
- Folder 5: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- Cotton
- Folder 6: Sexton Clippings, 1940; 1942

- County Courthouses
- Folder 7: Sexton Clippings, 1936

- De Zavala, Lorenzo
- Folder 8: Sexton Clippings, 1936

- Duval, John Crittendon
- Folder 9: Sexton Clippings, 1942; undated

- Faith Home
- Folder 10: Sexton Clippings, 1939-1942

- Barge service ad, Texas Dams ad, Texas Canals. Flood Control
- Folder 11: Sexton Clippings, 1941

- Cranfill, J.B.
- Folder 12: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- Forts and Military Posts
- Folder 13: Sexton Clippings, 1940; undated

- Health and Colds
- Folder 14: Sexton Clippings, 1940 -1941

- History of Texas
- Folder 15: Sexton Clippings, 1939

- Homes of the First Texans, Portrait of Senator Cornally
- Folder 16: Sexton Clippings, 1937; 1939-1940

- Houston
- Folder 17: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- Houston Volunteers
- Folder 18: Sexton Clippings, 1942-1943

- Industries
- Folder 19: Sexton Clippings, 1942-1943

- Iron and steel industry
- Folder 20: Sexton Clippings, 1936

- Lee, Fitzhugh
- Folder 21: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- Lincecum, Gid
- Folder 22: Sexton Clippings, 1935; 1937; 1940; undated

- Libraries
- Folder 23: Sexton Clippings, 1939; undated

- McDonald Observatory
- Folder 24: Sexton Clippings, 1939-1940; undated

- Indians
- Folder 25: Sexton Clippings, 1934; 1939- 1941

- Industries and Minerals
- Folder 26: Sexton Clippings, 1941

- Nimitz, Chester W.
- Folder 27: Sexton Clippings, 1943

- Industries
- Folder 28: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- McFarlin, R.M.
- Box 2

- Folder 1: Sexton Clippings, 1939 -1942

- Memorials
- Folder 2: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- National Defense
- Folder 3: Sexton Clippings, 1938- 1942; undated

- Oil in Texas
- Folder 4: Sexton Clippings, undated

- An administrator's views on proration, Thompson, Ernest O.
- Folder 5: Sexton Clippings, 1939- 1940; 1942

- Paper
- Folder 6: Sexton Clippings, 1934, 1937; 1939; undated

- Parks and Forrests
- Folder 7: Sexton Clippings, 1936; 1940; undated

- Poems and Poets
- Folder 8: Sexton Clippings, 1943

- Quin, Right Reverend Clinton Simon
- Folder 9: Sexton Clippings, 23-Aug-36

- Santa Anna
- Folder 10: Sexton Clippings, 1933; 1936-7; 1939-40; 1942

- Schools and Colleges
- Folder 11: Sexton Clippings, 1937; 1939; 1940

- Soil Conservation and Erosion
- Folder 12: Sexton Clippings, 1940 -1941

- Science
- Folder 13: Sexton Clippings, 1936

- Smith, Deaf
- Folder 14: Sexton Clippings, 1942

- Texas Historical Association
- Folder 15: Sexton Clippings, 1939

- Texas and the New York's Worlds Fair
- Folder 16: Sexton Clippings, 1936

- Texas Declaration of Independence
- Folder 17: Sexton Clippings, 1937 -1938

- Texas Ports
- Folder 18: Sexton Clippings, 1934; 1936; 1939-1943; 1985

- Distinguished Texans
- Folder 19: Sexton Clippings, 1935; undated

- Texas Historic High Spots
- Folder 20: Sexton Clippings, 1942; undated

- Texas Heroes
- Folder 21: Sexton Clippings, undated

- Texas Statehood Week
- Folder 22: Sexton Clippings, 1943

- University of Texas
- Box 3

- Folder 1: Sexton Clippings, 1943

- W.A.A.C. Schools in Texas
- Folder 2: Sexton Clippings, 1929 -1930; 1936

- Carlsbad Cavern and other Explorations
- Folder 3: Sexton Clippings, April 21, 1879

- Teacher's College Day
- Folder 4: Sexton Clippings, 1835; 1836

- Texas 100 Years Ago Today
- Folder 5: Sexton Clippings, 1889; 1929-31; 1936-38

- General Clippings (a)
- Folder 6: Sexton Clippings, 1930; 1932; 1935; undated

- General Clippings (b)
- Folder 7: Sexton Clippings, undated

- General Clippings ( c )
- Folder 8: Sexton Clippings, undated

- Ephemera
- Folder 9: Sexton Clippings, 1928-1931

- Public Service News
- Folder 10: Sexton Clippings, undated

- Stories of Famous Hymns
- Folder 11: Sexton Clippings, 1925; 1928; 1934-1940

- Texas History (a)
- Folder 12: Sexton Clippings, 1933-1936; 1940

- Texas History (b)
- Folder 13: Sexton Clippings, 1930; 1936-1938; 1940

- Texas History ( c )
- Folder 14: Sexton Clippings, 1920; 1926; 1930-31; 1935-36; 1940; undated

- Texas History (d)
- Box 4

- Folder 1: Sexton Clippings, 1931;1934-35;1939-40;1942; undated

- Texas History (e)
- Folder 2: Sexton Clippings, 1931; undated

- Texas History (f)
- Folder 3: Sexton Clippings, 1931;1939-40

- Texas History (g)
- Folder 4: Sexton Clippings, 1933-1936; undated

- Texas History (h)
- Folder 5: Sexton Clippings, 1934-1937; undated

- Texas Centennial
- Folder 6: Sexton Clippings, 1929;1933;1939; undated

- Daughters of the Republic of Texas
- Sub-Series 3

- Box 4

- Folder 7A: Sexton Cases, January 1, 1894 - June 28, 1894

- Folder 7B: Sexton Cases, July 1, 1894 - April 17, 1895

- Folder 7C: Sexton Cases, April 19, 1895 - November 26, 1895

- Folder 8: U.S. vs James Reagan, represented by J.B Sexton, 1894

- Folder 9A: Sexton Cases, November 30, 1895-September 28, 1896

- Folder 9B: Sexton Cases, September 29, 1886 - Februar 2, 1900

- Folder 10: Clapp vs Eugledow, undated

- Sub-Series 4

- Box 5

- Folder 1A: Miscellaneous Documents, 1869 -1892; undated

- Folder 1B: Miscellaneous Documents, undated

- Folder 1C: Miscellaneous Documents, 1887; undated

- Folder 2: Sexton Envelopes, undated

- Folder 3: Sexton Envelopes, undated

- Folder 4: Sexton Envelopes, undated

- Box 6

- Folder 1: Sexton Envelopes, undated

- Folder 2: Sexton Envelopes, undated

- Folder 3: Index for Informatiom on Texas Counties, undated

- Folder 4: Sexton Account Books, 1882-1885

- Folder 5: Briefs: U.S. Courts at Tyler and other courts, F.B. Sexton, undated

- Folder 6: Orasmus B. Matteson et als vs William N. Martin et als, 1882-1883

- Henderson County District Court
- Folder 7: Blount and Polk vs. J.T. Harris et als, 1882

- In the District Court of Cooke County
- Folder 8: Thorn et als vs. Kincannon, 1882

- District Court, Wise County
- Folder 9: Masonic Leaflets, 1880-1; 1885; 1896; undated

- Folder 10: Financial Records and Correspondence, 1860-61; 1866-69; undated

- Sub-Series 5

- Box 7

- Folder 1: Franlkin B. Sexton, Nobles of the Lystic Shrine Ceritificate, February 22, 1897

- [o.v.]
- Folder 2: Field notes on land in Daugherty deed, undated

- Attached to letter of Sexton to R.A. Hindman. [o.v.]
- Folder 3: The Leader newspaper, September 22, 1892

- From the envelope marked "Abington Case" September 22, 1892 [o.v.]
- Folder 4: Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool Policy of Insurance, October 3, 1889

- [o.v.]
- Folder 5: Statement of Account with L.J. Womack, 8-Dec

- [o.v.]
- Folder 6: Correspondence referring to Thomas Clark's 100 acre land purchase, 1887

- [o.v.]
- Folder 7: The Liverpool & London and Globe Insurance Company Policy, F.B. Sexton, May 18, 1885

- Building policy [o.v.]
- Folder 8: Copy of deed for 96 1/5 acres of land in San Augustine County, January 1, 1887

- Purchase price $100 cash and two promissory notes for $190.50 each bearing %10 interest per year [o.v.]
- Folder 9: Copy of deed for 50 acres of land located in San Augustine County, January 1, 1887

- Purchase price $75 cash and two promissory notes for $87.0 each bearing 10% interest per year [o.v.]
- Folder 10: Copy of deed for 50 acres of land located in San Augustine County, January 1, 1887

- Purchase price $75 cash and two promissory notes for $87.0 each bearing 10% interest per year [o.v.]
- Folder 11: Acknowledgment of receipt of title papers, April 2, 1882

- Relating to the John M. Sally 4534 3/10 acres grant in Henderson County [o.v.]
- Folder 12: Map of John M. Sally 4535 acres grant in Henderson County, undated

- [o.v.]
- Folder 13: Map of John M. Sally 4534 grant in Henderson County, June-July 1881

- Showing resurvey and subdivisions made by R.J. Hailey. Area by resurvey 4534 acres [o.v.]
- Folder 14: Correspondence and deed referring to settlement of land, August 17, 1880

- Jointly owned by John Forbes and F. A. Tibbles [o.v.]
- Folder 15: Deed to all co-partnership rights and title to real and personal property, April 5, 1873

- [o.v.]
- Folder 16: Garrett and John's Tax Receipt, 1871-1872

- [o.v.]
- Folder 17: Deed for goods, lands, chattels and tenements, September 30, 1872

- Taken from Reynolds and Collins to satisfy judgement to J.F. Lynch for $300. Upshur County [o.v.]
- Folder 18: Statement of Account with J.H. Callaway & Co., June 1872

- F.B. Sexton [o.v.]
- Folder 19: Mortgage valued $6000 on stated acreage situated in Sabine and Trinity counties, March 1, 1872

- To Weed Sewing Machine Company [o.v.]
- Box 8

- Item 1: Sexton Newspaper Clipping Scrapbook, 1864

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