TEXAS – COURT DOCUMENT – UNLAWFUL CARD PLAYING – 1857
The State of Texas, County of Navarro , 8 ½ x 8, May 25th , 1857 part imprinted bond  for Andrew Alverson, Joseph Simmons and John Collum to appear in court to answer charges of unlawful card playing.  Verso has condensed information signed by Sheriff  Jessie Simeon Walton ( Sheriff Jessie Simon Walton was born in Virginia, and moved to Navarro County by stages, stopping in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Fannin County, Texas.  In 1853 he bought a farm on Briar Creek, was elected constable soon afterward, became sheriff in 1855.  He died in 1890 in Glen Rose, Somervell Co., Texas). Fine condition. tx004