NOTING THAT THE WARRANT FOR THOMAS S. STOVALL WAS MAILED TO HIM IN JANUARY 1852, IN A BRIEF NOTE, SIGNED BY J.E. HEATH, COMMISSIONER, PENSION OFFICE
[Washington, DC?]: 1852. A brief manuscript note (secretarial?), signed by Heath and directed to Hon. Thomas J. Rusk. U.S. Senate, dated April 23, 1852. Single sheet, folded to 24 x 20 cm., some 16 words. Heath states that the warrant was mailed to Stovall at San Augustine, Texas on the 14th of January 1852. Old fold lines, some small breaks and browning along folds. James E. Heath, of Virginia, was Commissioner of Pensions in Washington, DC in the 1850s. Presumably the warrant refers to bounty-land warrants granted for military service. Item #67335
Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) settled in Nacogdoches in 1835, organized a company of volunteers from there to fight during the Texas Revolution, and was appointed inspector general of the army in the Nacogdoches District from 1835-1836. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and chaired the committee to revise the constitution. He was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas in 1838, and later served as the first U.S. Senator from Texas, along with Sam Houston. [see his brief biography in the Handbook of Texas Online].
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