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CHISUM, John Simpson (1824-1884).
Cattleman.
Autograph document signed ("John S. Chisum"), and again in 3rd person in the text, "State of Texas County of Denton," 4 January, 1866, and witnessed by Jeff Chisum and G. Harrison. 2 pages recto and verso, quarto, submitted as "Exhibit A" in a court case. The document deeds land to John P. Simpson and S.A. Stinett in consideration of $6,175. The document details the particulars of the land survey that established the tracts in Denton County, and that the total amount of the sale comprises 180 acres including a steam mill known as the Okala mills.
Born in Tennessee, Chisum moved to Texas in 1837 and only entered the cattle business in 1854. In 1866, the year he sells this land, he began to remove his operations to New Mexico where he took the lead role in imposing the general law and order on this wild frontier territory. Before he was done, the 'cattle king of America' owned 60,000-90,000 head.
Provenance: Ronald J. Atlas collection.
Cattleman.
Autograph document signed ("John S. Chisum"), and again in 3rd person in the text, "State of Texas County of Denton," 4 January, 1866, and witnessed by Jeff Chisum and G. Harrison. 2 pages recto and verso, quarto, submitted as "Exhibit A" in a court case. The document deeds land to John P. Simpson and S.A. Stinett in consideration of $6,175. The document details the particulars of the land survey that established the tracts in Denton County, and that the total amount of the sale comprises 180 acres including a steam mill known as the Okala mills.
Born in Tennessee, Chisum moved to Texas in 1837 and only entered the cattle business in 1854. In 1866, the year he sells this land, he began to remove his operations to New Mexico where he took the lead role in imposing the general law and order on this wild frontier territory. Before he was done, the 'cattle king of America' owned 60,000-90,000 head.
Provenance: Ronald J. Atlas collection.