J-M

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TxAM-CRS C000563-S1-2

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J-M

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  • 1926-1963 (Creation)

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24 Folders

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2/1: Johnson, Lyndon B. - including newsletters and form letters from Lyndon B. Johnson to Mercurio Martinez and a letter from Mercurio Martinez to Lyndon B. Johnson. 1959-1961; January 14, 1961

2/2: Kingdom of Zapata, correspondence and copies of correspondence relating to a proposed reprinting of a county history The Kingdom of Zapata by Virgil Lott and Mercurio Martinez. 1952; 1962

2/3: Kingdom of Zapata, correspondence, notes and financial records relating to publication of the book. 1951-1954

2/4: Kingdom of Zapata, statements, correspondence, newsletters and other materials relating to Mercurio Martinez's historical interests. 1954-1963

2/5: La Cantera Farm, a sketch showing brush on outside fence lines. Undated

2/6: La Selva [UNK], maps and copies of deeds including a map of La Silva Pasture, and a copy of a deed transferring land from Carmen D. de Sanchez and her husband to Mercurio Martinez. 1952

2/7: La Selva y Casa Verde, field notes, correspondence, and sketch maps relating to La Selva, Casa Verde and Las Cabras Pastures, containing 1084.45 acres, and a map and papers. 1927-1929; 1950-1956

2/8: La Selva y Casa Verde Farms, including Las Cabras field notes, seed catalogs and receipts for seeds. 1946-1947

2/9: La Selva Ranch, notes, copies of documents and maps related to the chain of title of the various tracts of La Selva Ranch including a map of lands of heirs of Manuel B. Trevino. 1923-1959

2/10: La Trinidad Ranch, correspondence, copies of documents and other materials related to the leasing of La Trinidad Ranch, Mercurio Martinez, Lessor to Tom M. Harper, Lessee. 1957-1960

2/11: La Trinidad Ranch, copies of records, tank maps, grazing contracts, oil and gas lease documents, correspondence and other materials. 1926-1961

2/12: La Trinidad Ranch, Chain of Title, copies of deeds. 1848-1959

2/13: Las Cerritos y Alito Pasture, copies or drafts of papers related to the proposed lease of lands. 1954

2/14: Leases and Contracts, copies of documents relating to Mercurio Martinez's lands, including irrigation matters and lease of land for a border patrol campsite. 1914-1945

2/15: Maldonado, Silvestre, 1926 Barney Street, San Antonio, Texas, correspondence, bank statements and receipts concerning payments on a note extended to Maldonado and co-signed by Mercurio Martinez.

2/16: Martinez, Amalia, Juvenal, Lauro, and Serafin correspondence and copies of deeds of the partition of pasture lands and a copy of a partition deed by and between Juvenal Martinez, Serafin Martinez, Lauro Martinez and Amalia Martinez, a feme sole, of their lots held in common in San Ygnacio, Zapata County, October-November. 1963

2/17: Martinez, Cristina T., policy matters, including a list of insurance policies. March 1962

2/18: Martinez, David, map and memos of mineral rights, including correspondence and copies of deeds, relating to the David Martinez estate. November 1956 - February 1957

2/19: Martinez, Endosorio, notes, correspondence and other materials related to Mercurio Martinez's work as attorney-in-fact for Endosorio Martinez. 1956-1958

2/20: Martinez, Eudoxio and David and Francisca Martinez, copies of deeds and other documents related to the purchase of land in Zapata County and the disposal by will of property in Laredo.

2/21: Martinez, Eudoxio, copies of wills, deeds and other documents relating to the property of Eudoxio Martinez and his wife, Tomasa Gutierrez de Martinez, including the deed of purchase of San Jose Ranch, Dolores Subdivision, Zapata County. 1936-1948

2/22: Martinez, Francisca, copy of Last Will. July 1928

2/23: Martinez, Guadalupe, copies of documents pertaining to her estate which was left to her husband, Mercurio Martinez after her death in June 1935. 1935-1958

2/24: Martinez, Josefina M., copies of documents and correspondence relating to her estate and the will of Proceso Martinez. December 1954 - April 1955

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