Land Related / Deeds

Austin Bounty Land Grant -Waller Co. -  JL Bennett    1     2    3    4    5    6    7

1858 Headright Sale and Related Deeds - J.L. Bennett Heirs  1   2   3

1936 Freestone County - Highway Map

1981 Freestone County Working Sketch                       Overview      Detailed Plot     

JL Bennett Homeplace - Montgomery Co, TX         Overview         Detailed Plot          Marker Sign   

1848 Loan    1    2

Claims

Montgomery County, 1850 - Heirs prove Miltary Service
Seaborn J Bennett - Executor for JL Bennett  Nov 14 1850



Wills / Probate



Marriage Licenses
  Joseph L Bennett (grandson)  to Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Whetsone  - Jan 5 1871- Freestone County, TX
   Joseph C Clarke to Julia Anna Bennett  - Oct 8 1846 - Walker County, TX



Newspaper Articles

Death of Col Joseph L Bennett - Erie Observer, Erie PA - Nov 18, 1848
Sam Houston addresses Troops from Montgomery Co. under Col Bennett  - The Civilian and Galveston Gazette - Oct 12, 1842
Battle of San Jacinto (Seventy First Anniversary of  Texas Independence) - Dallas Morning News -  April 21, 1907
House of Representatives Activity - Austin City Gazette-Wednesday, December 18, 1839
San Jacinto's Stirring Story - Dallas Morning News - July 10,1909



Cemetery Documentation

Betty Morrow's Cemeteries of Freestone Co,. TX  1986     1     2    3