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This is a hand written document: All attempts to copy exactly
as written, mis spelling and all.  Transcribed by Sharon Ivy, compiler of this 
genealogy record  March 25, 1997

No 181
Adolf Neimann Exparte

Application for Naturalization

Filed March 28, 1892

W.S. Marsahll Dist. Clerk

The State of Texas   (squirley line is drawn in between)       In Dist Court
County of Mills         (squirley line is drawn in between)  March Term 1892

To the Hon District Court of said County.

Adolf Neiman respectfully shows
 that he is a native of Germany  that on March 28th 1892
before the clerk of the District Court of Mills County, Texas, he declared an oath that it 
was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of Mills Co(Mills Co has a line drawn 
thru it) the United States and renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign
Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly any and all 
allegiance to the Emperor of Germany of whom he was at that time a subject.  That he
has resided in the United States for more than five years and in the State of Texas for
more than five years, immediately preceding this application to become a citizen of the 
United States.

Applicant would further respectfully show that he resided in the United States for more 
than three years before reaching his majority said three years being those next preceding 
his 22nd birthday and that including said three years he has continued to reside more than 
five years in said United States: and that he has never borne any hereditary title, or been 
of the orders of nobility in his own or any other country.

He therefore prays that, on making  proof and taking the oath prescribed by law.  He may 
be admitted a citizen of the United States of America.

(signed by his own hand) Adolf Niemann

I, Adolf Neiman, do swear that the contents of the foregoing petition are true, that I will
support the constitution of the United States and I now renounce and relinquish any 
title or order of nobility, to which I am now or may hereafter be entitled, and I do 
absolutely and (“forever” was  written & crossed out )  entirely renounce and abjure all 
allegiance and fidelity to any (“foreig##” crossed out) foreign Prince, Potentate, State 
or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the Emperor of Germany of whom I was 
before a subject.

signed by his own hand) Adolf Niemann

The hand written entries will be in  Italics and underlined.  
Transcribed by Sharon Ivy March 25, 1997This is a preprinted form "638-
Declaration of Intention to become a citizen - class 2"  Printed by Cast, St. Louis

The State of Texas }                          District Court
County of Mills         }

PERSONALLY APPEARED  Adolf Niemann   
who declares upon oath that he is the natural born subject of   Germany 
that he was born in  Crutzy_________: that he is   29 years of age; that he
emigrated to the United States of America and arrived at the port of  New York 
in the state of  New York  on or about the  ________ of March  A.D. 18 71; that 
it is his  bona fide intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and 
renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, 
State or Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly any and all allegiance to the
European Government__, and that he will bear true allegiance to the United States, 
and support the Constitution of the same. 
                        		(signed by his own hand) _Adolf Niemann  
	Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 28th day of  March 1892

                                             W. S. Marshall Clerk

Minutes of the District Court, Book 1, Page 368
Copied July 2, 1997

Wednesday  March 30, 1892

Note:  above this entry was written  "--tificate of naturalization .  this entry
having been omitted from the minutes on a former day of this term is here
entered now for then."

Adolph Nieman     }                   This day came on to be heard   
No. 181                   }                          the application of Adolph    
Ex Parte                 }                    Nieman to become a Naturalized 
citizen of the United States and it appearing to the court from the papers filed
in this cause that the applicant Adolph Nieman has in all things compiled with 
the law in such cases made and provided and the court being satisfied from
the evidence adduced that the applicant is of good moral character and that he
is in accord with the principles and laws of this government.  It is therefore
ordered by the court that the clerk of this court do issue to the applicant named
herein, a certificate of naturalization

This is a preprinted form "638-Declaration of Intention to
 become a citizen - class 2" Printed by Cast, St. Louis

The hand written entries will be in “   “.  Transcribed by Sharon Ivy March 25, 1997

The State of Texas }                          “District” Court
County of “Mills”         }

	Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared 
“Peter Julius Kunkle” , who declares upon oath that he is the natural born subject
of  “Emperor of Germany” ; that he was born in “Posen” ; that he is “45” years of age;
that he emigrated to the United States of America and arrived at the port of
“New Orleans”  in the State of  “Louisiana” on or about the  “24”  day of  “December” 
1872; that it is his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States , and 
renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or 
Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly any and all allegiance to the  Emperor of
Germany , and that he will bear true allegiance to the United States, and support the
Constitution of the same. 

		(signed by his own hand)         _Peter Julius Kunkel  
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 21st day of  September 1899

                                                               G.B. Stark Clerk
					  Dist    Court  Mills  County
			by _J J Stockbridge______________Deputy

I hereby certify , that the above is a true copy of the original, taken from the records
of the __District_____________Court of said County.
		WITNESS, my hand and seal of office at _________ this ____
day of  ______________ 18___
                                                     ____________________Clerk
         		                             ________Court  _________County 
           			                 ____________________Deputy

 Transcribed by Sharon Ivy Aug 15, 1997 Book
 "Records of Declarations" page 4


The State of Texas }                          District Court
County of Mills         }

PERSONALLY APPEARED   John Seider                       ,           
who declares upon oath that he is the natural born subject of Emperor of Germany,          
that he was born in  Holstein Prov____: that he is   23 years of age; that he
emigrated to the United States of America and arrived at the port of  Galveston, in
the state of  Texas   on or about the   28___ Day  of April  ,  A.D. 18  97; that it is 
his bona fide intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and renounce 
forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or 
Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly any and all allegiance to the  Emperor 
of Germany , and that he will bear true allegiance to the United States, and 
support the Constitution of the same. 
                       		(signed by his own hand)         _John Seider, 
	Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 9 day of  November   19 03

                                                    Whit Smith  Clerk
				  Dist    Court  Mills  County
			by ___________________________Deputy

Also found for John Seider, Stub of Certificate 15415.  
Transcribed by Sharon Ivy, August 15, 1997.  

Certificate Number 154415
Name:  John Seider                 , 
Declaration on intention issued by clerk of District , Court of Mills County, Texas,
Volume  1   Page  4 ,  on   9  of  November ,  1903 
Petition file on  8 th day of  September , 1909  Volume  1  Page  6.

Name and age and place of residence of wife:
Mary Deising Seider,  Priddy, Mills County, Texas

Name and age and place of residence of minor children:
Frieda, William, Rudolph, Richard, and Albert Seider

Date of Order:   May 11, 1910   Volume 1  Page 6 

George Niemann and wife Caroline Lange Niemann Will

This will is recorded in Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, TX, Deed Book 23, page 111.

It is a hand written document with good penmanship and easy to read. All attempts were made to transcribe this copy without errors.

The State of Texas }
County of Mills      } In the name of God amen~~~

--We, George Neiman and Caroline Neiman as husband and wife of the County of Mills, and State of Texas, being each of sound mind and disposing memory, and being mindful of the uncertainly of life and the certainly of death and desiring that our worldly affairs be settled in a satisfactory manner, do make, publish and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all Wills herefore made by us.

-1- I, George Neimann, husband of Caroline Neimann desire that all my funeral expenses and just debts be paid immediately after my death, after which payments I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Caroline Neimann, all my property, real, personal and mixed wherever situated, to have, manage, control, sell and dispose of in any manner she may see fit, make title to such real estate as she may see proper to sell: Make and perfect title to same, release and make title perfect to such real estate as we may have family owned, save and except on certain lot, tract of land, which is now our homestead, where we now reside, and consists of 566 acres out of the Jacob Acker Survey in Mills and Hamilton Counties, Texas, which land and improvements, I desire my wife to have during her natural life, and at her death, to become the property of my daughter, Dora Neiman, together with the Milch cows, work horses, farm machinery, tools and implements, household and kitchen furniture, of which the survivor of us may die possessed and this shall constitute said Dora Neiman’s part and share of our estate, and she shall after taking possession ??? above alluded to, pay over to the other heirs to our estate the sum of four thousand dollars, paying one (1) thousand dollars annually, until said four thousand dollars are fully paid - the interest to dare from the death of the survivor of us, at the rate of 6 % per annum- which said $4,000 is to be paid for the purpose of making the said Dora Neiman’s share more nearly equal with the other heirs, should we own at the death of the survivor of us, something near the same amount of property as is now owned by us.

-2- To my daughter, wife of P. J. Kunkel, to my son, Adolph Neiman, to my daughter, Wilhelmina, wife of August Marvitz, to my daughter, Louisa, wife of Frank Schumann, I give and bequeath a like equal part and share in my said estate, except as above provided.

To my daughter, Mrs. Caroline Foremann, Who is a daughter by my first wife - my said wife died leaving this one child only, and at the death of my said first wife, we owned no property, I will and bequeath one half share in comparison with my other heirs, that is to say, she Mrs. Caroline Foremann, if living, and in the event of her death, her heirs shall have said, one half in our estate, should the shares be two thousand dollars each , then the said Mrs. Caroline Foreman shall have the sum of one thousand dollars. or at the ratio of one to two, in distribution of the estate and in case of my death before the death of my said wife Caroline Neimann, I desire that nothing further be done than the probating of this will and returning unto Court an inventory of the property owned by us at the time of my death, and that no bond be required of her, and I, Caroline Niemann, wife of George Niemann, in the event of my death before that of my beloved husband George Niemann, for him to have, own, manage, control, sell and dispose of , make title to and in every way care for in fee simple, save and except as in provided in the foregoing bequests made by my said husband, George Niemann, and in the said bequests I do fully concur, and ratify the said bequests and gifts as my own act and deed, fully agreeing with my said husband in disposing of our property, and I do here and now adopt the said Will as my own act- the distribution of said property to be made after the death of the survivor of us.

In testimony of all which we hereunto sign our names, at Goldthwaite, Texas on this the 1st day of October, A.D. 1904.

					George Niemann, Testator	
					Caroline Niemann, Testatrix

Signed in the presence of Henry Joekel and Whit Smith, who signed the same as witnesses at the request of the testators, and who signed the same in the presence of each other, and in the presence of the - George and Caroline Niemann, and the said George and Caroline Niemann signed the same in our presence.

	This Oct. 1, 1904	W. H. Joekel,- Witness	
				Whit Smith, - Witness- 

Filed for record, Oct. 1st, 1904 at 5 o’clock p.m.
Recorded Oct. 4th, 1904 at 2:20 o’clock p.m.
							Whit Smith 
By W. B. Summy, Deputy 			    County Clerk

For Case 170, It appears that on June 20, 1891, George Nieman was ejected from five hundred and fifty-three and a half acres of land that he held a fee simple title to. On Feb. 29, 1892, he filed a suit against Carl Meyer, George Gartman of Mills County, TX for the land, damages and court costs. George Nieman posted a bond for costs on Feb. 29, 1892 with the Mills County District court. The Mills county Sheriff department, G.W. Cunningham delivered Citations that were issued on 1 march 1892 by W.S. Marshall, county clerk of Mills County, Texas, for the pending law suit to Carl Meyer on the 4th day of March, 1892 at a cost of $1.50 serving fee and $1.65 mileage fee for 35 miles. Another citation was delivered on the 4th of March 1892 to George Gartman who must of lived in the town of Goldthwaite, as there was no mileage fee, just the $1.50 serving fee.

On March 11th, 1892, a subpoena was issued for Chas Pfluger to appear in the Mills County District court and testify on behalf of the plaintiff, George Neiman on the ?3rd Monday of March, 1892.

On September 8th, 1892, George Nieman filed an amended petition with the court, adding Chas Pfluger as a defendant, along with Carl Meyer and George Gartman. Citations were issued to Carl Meyer, Chas., Pfluger, and George Gartman on the 8th of September 1892. The sheriff, G. W. Cunningham delivered the citations on the 27th day of October 1892.

On the March term of the court, the counsel of both parties agreeed to continue in the September 1892 term of the court. (Minutes of District Court, Book 1, page 342)

On September 26, 1892 , Minutes of District Court, Book 1, page 413,"This day this cause was called for trial and it being areeed by counsel to continue cause. It is ordered that this cause be continuwd to the next term of this court."

On September 27, 1892, Minutes of District Court, Book 1, page 417, "This day this cause was called for trial and it being areeed by counsel to continue cause. It is ordered that this cause be continued to the next regular term of this court."

They must of settled the cause out of court, as there is no other mention of this action in the records, and on September 26, 1902, the five hundred fifty-three and one half acres was transferred from George Neiman to Adolph Nieman by Warranty Deed. (Deed Book 18, page 271)

The State Of Texas County of Mills

Know all men by these presents; That I, Mrs. Mary Kunkel, a widow*, being of sound mind and memory, and desirious of disposing of my worldly effects while I have strength so to do, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others by me heretofore made.

Item 1:
I desire and direct that all of my just debts be paid by my executrix hereinafter named as soon as practicable after my death.

Item 2:
I give, bequeath and demise to my beloved daughter Mary Kunkel, all of the land now owned and possessed by me out of a 553 1/3 acre tract of land out of the James A. Winn survey in Mills County, Texas, conveyed by W.E. Armstrong to P.J. Kunkel by deed dated Jan 22, 1887, recorded in Vol. 7 page 69 of the transcribed deed records of Mills County, Texas, not heretofore conveyed by me to my children, Otto Kunkel, Freda Kunkel, Mrs. Bertha Rust (should read Rost) and Walter Kunkel, by deeds of even date herewith, and her heirs in fee simple forever, to the exclusion of all other persons, with the understanding however, that she shall care for, provide for her sister Edetha Kunkel during the remainer of her natural life, giving her a home, and place of abode on the said land, and treat her kindly, and with such consideration as one sister owes to another, during all of her remaining years, and in addition thereto, I give and bequeath to my said daughter, Mary Kunkel, all of the farm implements, household goods and furniture, and the livestock on my home place at the time of my death.

Item 3:
In the event I shall not prior to my death have conveyed to my beloved daughter, Mrs. Walda Schlee wife of John Schlee Jr. any land or real property in lieu thereof, I give , bequeath and demise to her and her heirs, the sum of Seven thousand dollars, to be invested by my executrix hereinafter named in the purchase for her and her heirs of a tract of land of that value to be selected by the said Mrs. Walda Schlee, and which shall be conveyed to my said daughter, Mrs. Walda Schlee, upon the conditions and considerations of she paying annually thereafter to my daughter, Edetha Kunkel, the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, the first payment to be at the the time of the execution and delivery of the deed conveying to her the said land. and then annually thereafter so long as my said daughter, Edetha Kunkel shall live, and to be secured by vendor’s lein expressly retained in the said deed. In the event however, that I shall have purchased and conveyed before my death of this value which I comtemplate doing, this bequest shall abate, and be of no futher force or effect, the same having been fully discharged during my lifetime.


Item 4:
All the remainder of my property, owned and possessed by me at the time of my death, not hereinbefore disposed of, I give, bequeath and demise to my beloved children, share and share alike in fee simple forever.

I hereby nominate and appoint Miss Mary Kunkel sole executrix of this my last will and testament without bond, with all of the powers hereinbefore conferred upon my executor, and direct that no action be taken in the matter of my estate, except to admit to proof and probate this my last will and testament, and require the filing of an inventory and appraisement of my estate, and the final report of my executor.

Witmess my hand this the 5th day of May A.D. 1924.
(Signed Mrs. Mary Kunkel )

Signed, declared and published by Mrs. Mary Kunkel as her last will and testament in the presence of us, the subscribing witnesses hereto, who have signed the same at her request, and in her presence and in the presence of each other.

Witness our hands this the 5th day of May A.D. 1924
(signed E. B. Anderson ) ( signed Mrs. Carrie Bodkin)

* NOTES from the transcriber/researcher:

Mary Kunkel was not a widow as stated in the will. She and Peter Julius Kunkel were divorced in 1905.

Case No. 751, Mrs. Mary Kunkel V. P. J. Kunkel Have photocopy of file. In District Court, Mills County, Texas: November Term, 1905