This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Magnolias A Fluted Columned Mansion in Jefferson
A feature on The Magnolias a white fluted columned mansion on Frion and Broadway Street Jefferson built by Lucy Ann Alley for Virginia on her marriage. It traces restorations by the Hackney family and Cornelius descendants with antiques including a 1760 clock, historic furniture, and art. The home, open for a Historical Pilgrimage, showcases rooms from entrance hall to second floor, highlighting period detail and family heirlooms. Also contains a Texas divorce notice for J B Owens and Mary Owens filed in Marion County court.
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Frion and
Bteadway Street
Lucy Ann Alley
van Nelson Alley
Jefferson
Virginia
W.H. Kney
Ept
Jefferson Atton
Nes R. Cornelius, Jr
Jeffston
Cornelius
Magnolias
Martha McCraw
Daughters of the American Revolution
Galveston News
Jefferson Daily Democrat
New Orleans Weekly Times
Waco Examiner
New York
Scotland
England
J. B. Henderson
Hackney
Switzerland
W. H. Hackney
Caddo Lake
Cypress River
Queen Victoria
Chicago
Thomas Hackney
London
Jarvis
Mr. Hackney
Pearidge
Sheraton
State OF Texas
Mary Owens
District Court
Marion County
Texas
Court House
Said County
A.D
J. B. Owens
Sable Blackburn