Bill of sale for Spencer, a 15-year-old enslaved boy, and the current crops of James D. Morrisett of Hempstead County, Arkansas, to Benjamin J. H. Gaines of Washington County, Arkansas. The sale is described as being for the financial benefit of Fanny B. Morrisett.

Land location notice filed by William D. Ellis for a parcel of land claimed by Choctaw Certificate 689, originally issued to Ish-Tah-Pok-Mah. Signed by register William H. Etter.

The collection contains one unsigned typescript letter to Wallace Buttrick, requesting support for Hempstead County schools, and three reports compiled by Hempstead County teacher R. E. Tate for the Jeanes Foundation's Negro Rural School Fund.

Appointment of Moses Morrison, "of Austins Colony and Province of Texas," agent and attorney of Joshua Morrison, Hempstead County in order to collect "two protested orders" totalling $150.

The collection contains a typescript of reminiscences of Vera Hooker Hood.

Pre-emption certificate for 126.97 acres in T11S, R26W, Hempstead County, Arkansas made to James C. Reed on July 1, 1859; deed, dated January 17, 1874, conveying 165.32 acres in same township and range from Alexander Avery to Wilson P. Wallace in consideration of $550.

The papers consist of ledgers, legal documents, letters, and miscellaneous papers which pertain to the Johnson lands and the Wilson's farming operation. Divided into two series, the papers have been arranged in chronological order.