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Lucille Mims Johnson Bradley, 100 went home to
be with her Master, Jan 12, 2014. Visitation,
Friday, 11:30-5 Collins & Johnson and 6-8 pm
First Missionary Baptist Church, 614 Ave H,
Conroe, TX, Rev. Ernest Rucker, Pastor.
Services, Saturday, 1 pm, West Tabernacle, 1900
FM 2854, Conroe, TX, Rev. A.R. Shelton, Pastor.
Rev. Ernest Rucker, eulogist, Rev. William
Denman, officiant. Interment Rosewood Cemetery,
Conroe, TX.
Mrs. Bradley was a long time member of the
community, educator in the CISD, church
vocalist, musician and a active community
leader. She will be missed by many.
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courier/obituary.aspx?n=lucille-mims-johnson-bradley&pid=169119666&fhid=19406#sthash.Vky1CZuu.dpuf
Lucille Mims Johnson Bradley, 100 went home to
be with her Master, Jan 12, 2014. Visitation,
Friday, 11:30-5 Collins & Johnson and 6-8 pm
First Missionary Baptist Church, 614 Ave H,
Conroe, TX, Rev. Ernest Rucker, Pastor.
Services, Saturday, 1 pm, West Tabernacle, 1900
FM 2854, Conroe, TX, Rev. A.R. Shelton, Pastor.
Rev. Ernest Rucker, eulogist, Rev. William
Denman, officiant. Interment Rosewood Cemetery,
Conroe, TX.
Mrs. Bradley was a long time member of the
community, educator in the CISD, church
vocalist, musician and a active community
leader. She will be missed by many.
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courier/obituary.aspx?n=lucille-mims-johnson-bradley&pid=169119666&fhid=19406#sthash.Vky1CZuu.dpuf
Lucille Mims Johnson Bradley, 100 went home to
be with her Master, Jan 12, 2014. Visitation,
Friday, 11:30-5 Collins & Johnson and 6-8 pm
First Missionary Baptist Church, 614 Ave H,
Conroe, TX, Rev. Ernest Rucker, Pastor.
Services, Saturday, 1 pm, West Tabernacle, 1900
FM 2854, Conroe, TX, Rev. A.R. Shelton, Pastor.
Rev. Ernest Rucker, eulogist, Rev. William
Denman, officiant. Interment Rosewood Cemetery,
Conroe, TX.
Mrs. Bradley was a long time member of the
community, educator in the CISD, church
vocalist, musician and a active community
leader. She will be missed by many.
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courier/obituary.aspx?n=lucille-mims-johnson-bradley&pid=169119666&fhid=19406#sthash.Vky1CZuu.dpuf
Authentic Montgomery
County
Currency from 1862
By
Larry
Foerster
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Local historian
Kameron
Searle introduced me to a Texas historical currency
expert named Jim Bevill concerning a $1 Dollar Montgomery
County Scrip issued October 24, 1862, that was brought to my
attention from the County Judge’s office. Based upon the
information Jim gave me verifying it authenticity, I returned
today to the owner of the scrip (a 90 year old man and his 86
year old wife near Cleveland)
and purchased it for our Montgomery
County Heritage Museum. To my knowledge this may be the only
such Montgomery County currency that anyone in Montgomery County
has seen in the last 100 years.
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I scanned the document in today. The old man worked for the
railroad for probably 40 years and acquired it from an
individual in Illinois several years ago. It is amazing that
over the last 152 years it has worked its way from Montgomery
County to Illinois and back to Texas.
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Kameron Searle sent me a
photo taken of Appleton Gay, the County Clerk who hand signed
the note on October 24, 1862.
Appleton Gay was
Montgomery County Clerk from 1852-1866 according to
Montgomery County History, 1981.
Appleton Gay is
buried in Old Methodist Cemetery in Montgomery, Texas
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Montgomery County Chief
Justice Bell also hand signed it. (Note: we would call him a
County Judge today.) It is also numbered and dated by hand in
black ink. [Henry R Bell was Chief Justice 1859-1865 according
to Montgomery County History, 1981.]
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Jim
also referred me to a website
SMU Rowe-Bar Collection of Texas Currency
that features other rare Montgomery County currency from the
1862 series: |
Jim’s response to my inquiry about this 1862 document is found
below.
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My best guess is that this
may have been issued by the County during the Civil War since
there was not much available currency.
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Yes, that is
correct.
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The County would have used much like a
“warrant of payment” that were popular in some Texas counties
up until the 1930’s or so. |
All of these
were issued in 1862. |
There was a
previous issue of $1 Montgomery County scrip issued in 1838, but
the name of the county was written in, evidencing that it may
have been used for other counties too.
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The paper was evidence that
the County would stand behind its “Montgomery County Scrip.” |
Yes, at least that was the
intent.
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If anyone can give me any
further information, please respond.
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This issue is
identical to the plate specimen on page 130, of "Texas
Obsolete Notes and Scrip" by Bob Medlar, 1968, save for the
serial number and date. There were 8 notes in this series,
denominated as 25c, 50c, $1, $2, $5, 50c with Steamship (verses
train) $3 with steamship, and a $5. None of which are
illustrated. This $1 note would be the most common.
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Even so, this
little note is somewhat rare, at Medlar rates it as an R7 (4-12
specimens known), and is undoubtedly genuine, as this note has a
higher serial number than the one pictured in the reference, and
was dated 5 days later.
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Another authentication diagnostic is the photo on the back
(great job, Larry) which clearly shows that this was printed on
leftover or unused bank note or "fiscal" paper.
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These folks are probably interested in
selling it but have no idea what it may be worth.
My guess is in the low hundreds.
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Jim Bevill |
Larry L. Foerster,
Chairman
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL
COMMISSION
414 West Phillips, Suite 100
Conroe, Texas 77301
foerster@dfcllp.com
Jim Bevill's Credentials:
James
P. Bevill is an expert on many different aspects of
money. A past President of the Texas Numismatic
Association, Jim has been elected as an honorary member
of the San Jacinto Chapter of the Sons of the Republic
of Texas for his preservation of the history of the
money and the economy of the Republic of Texas. He is a
First Vice President - Investments in the River Oaks
office of UBS Financial Services in Houston and has
received numerous awards for his work in finance and in
numismatics and has written articles on Texas and
Confederate money and its role in our culture and
history. He wrote
The Paper Republic: The Struggle for
Money, Credit and Independence in the Republic of Texas,
by James P. Bevill,
Feb 1,
2010. |
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