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applied to me Jointly for Land I agreed to let them have the League of Land to be Equally divided but when Sims made his Return he left out the nnme of Davis and the Deed came out in the name of I-Ienry and Boland ,Vhiteside of which I Informed them when I delivered to them the deed they agreed it should make no difference that they wood.secure to Davis one Third of said League of Land as Soon as It was convenient Mr. Milican has now bot one Third of the Land from Henry vVhiteside and has taken his obligation to make him a Deed to It he has also bot Davis land which constitutes another Third they made a Division of the Land as appears from the manner in which they have disposed of It. this is the only Evidence of a Division Boland Whiteside now contends for One Half of the League of Land and says that as no Legal Division has been made he is not bound to be governed by the sales that were made he further contends that Davis hns no Right to the Land that he has got the Deed and will hold the Land Now the question is wheather Davis Sale of the Land wood Intitle Mr. Milican to It or not or wheather Davis could hold the Land himself Independant of Bolands opposition and wheather the Division made among them previous to :Mr. l\tlilicans purchasing this Land wood be considered obligatory or Legal Mr Milican on faith of the Contract made with Davis and Henry Whiteside bas moved on to the Land with his family your opinion on the subject might Enable me to have the matter arranged without any further difficulty or otherwise the Business will come before you for Decission JNo P CoLES [Rubric]. [Addressed:] Col. S. F Austin San felipe de Austin Mr. Patch
JOHN P. COLES TO AusTIN
29 th September 1825
DEAR Sm I have made out the Census of this district I have done It from the old list I think it pirty correct I wood be glad you could come up .shortly and have those Transfers made among the Indi- viduals they are expressing a great deal of anxiety to have It done I Expect you up this fall for that purpose I Informed ifr White- sides that I had his Deed and that the Labour was Included he says he will Transfer the Labour at any time no news among us • • JNo P CoLES •[Rubric] [Addressed:] Col. SF Austin San felipe de Austin
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