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Charles Jones Survey, Abstract 442
- Granted to
- Charles Jones
- Kind of grant
- Headright, third classLand for later settlers, including the colonists of Mercer’s Colony.
- Land Office file
- Robertson 3rd class, file 3808
- Certificate
- No. 19
- Acres
- 320
- Patented to
- George H. Cunningham
- Patent
- 15 Jun 1861 · No. 231, Vol. 34
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What the file shows
Charles L. Jones received Mercer Colony certificate No. 19 for 320 acres from the Kaufman County District Court on 16 May 1856, and the next day sold it to George H. Cunningham for $128. A deputy surveyor located it on 17 September 1857 on the waters of Richland Creek, about 19 miles southwest of Corsicana, next to Thos. P. Sheppard, J. C. McCristian and the Navarro County school land. The Land Office noted it covered a forfeited Thos. S. Baxter survey, passed it, and issued the patent to Cunningham as assignee in June 1861, delivered to J. B. Hollingsworth on 1 August 1861.
The certificate
No. 19, 320 acres, District Court of Kaufman County, Spring Term 1856 (John H. Reagan, Judge 9th Judicial District; attest J. T. Kayel(?), Clerk), Town of Kaufman, 16 May 1856.
Mercer Colony certificate entitling Charles L. Jones to 320 acres of unappropriated vacant public domain within the limits of the colony granted to Charles Fenton Mercer and associates; the transfer says it was issued 'by virtue of settlement in Mercer's Colony'
Changes of hand
- 17 May 1856C. L. (Charles L.) Jones → George H. Cunningham, $128, Kaufman County. Sold the day after the certificate issued, with warranty of title
The survey
17 Sep 1857, J. M. Eliot(?), Deputy Surveyor, Robertson Land District.
Navarro County, about 19 miles S 64 W of Corsicana, on the waters of Richland Creek
Chain carriers: R. V.(?) Moore, J. M. Moore.
Book L(?), page 417
The patent
15 Jun 1861, No. 231, Vol. 24(?), to George H. Cunningham, assignee, delivered to J. B. Hollingsworth, 1 Aug 1861.
Also in the file
- Like its neighbour (Kimbrel, Abstract 455), this survey lies on ground once surveyed for Thos. S. Baxter, a survey the Land Office treated as forfeited.
- Jones sold his Mercer certificate for $128 the day after the court issued it.
- A Kaufman County colonist certificate was located on Richland Creek in Navarro County.
- The two jackets give different patent days (14 and 15 June 1861).
- The patent was delivered in August 1861, after Texas had left the Union.
Timeline
- 16 May 1856Kaufman County District Court issues Mercer Colony certificate No. 19 to Charles L. Jones
- 17 May 1856Jones sells certificate to George H. Cunningham for $128
- 21 May 1856Sale acknowledged at Rockwall
- 17 Sep 1857320 acres surveyed on Richland Creek waters, 19 miles SW of Corsicana
- 13 Oct 1857District Surveyor Oliver records field notes
- 18 Jan 1858Papers filed in General Land Office
- 7 Jun 1861Checked on Navarro County map; noted as covering forfeited Baxter survey
- 15 Jun 1861Patent No. 231 issued to George H. Cunningham, assignee
- 1 Aug 1861Patent delivered to J. B. Hollingsworth
The papers in the file
Every page of the Land Office file, in the order the Land Office keeps them (7 pages). Tap a page to see it larger.
File jacketFile jacket for the Mercer Colony certificate of Charles L. Jones, 320 acres, noting its transfer and patent in June 1861.General Land Office, file 3808, page 1 · in the scan
CertificateMercer Colony certificate No. 19 issued 16 May 1856 by the District Court of Kaufman County to Charles L. Jones for 320 acres.General Land Office, file 3808, page 2 · in the scan
TransferBack of the certificate, with the transfer of 17 May 1856 in which Charles L. Jones sells it to George H. Cunningham for $128.General Land Office, file 3808, page 3 · in the scan
TransferNotary's acknowledgment at Rockwall, 21 May 1856, of the transfer from Charles L. Jones to George H. Cunningham.General Land Office, file 3808, page 4 · in the scan
WrapperFiling wrapper for the transfer from Charles L. Jones to George H. Cunningham, filed 18 January 1858.General Land Office, file 3808, page 5 · in the scan
Field notesField notes for 320 acres on Richland Creek, Navarro County, surveyed for Charles L. Jones under his Mercer Colony certificate, 17 September 1857.General Land Office, file 3808, page 6 · in the scan
Surveyor's certificateDistrict surveyor Thos. J. Oliver's certificate of 13 October 1857 that he examined the field notes, with the Land Office docket and patent note.General Land Office, file 3808, page 7 · in the scan
Scans courtesy of the Texas General Land Office, Austin, from its Land Grant Database.
Neighbouring surveys
Sources
- Texas General Land Office, Land Grant Database: Navarro County, Abstract 442
- The Land Office file, scanned (PDF, at the General Land Office)
- 1924 map: courtesy of the Texas General Land Office, Austin, Map 73249, used under licence. Topo: U.S. Geological Survey, The National Map. Aerial photographs: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Imagery Program, 2012, 2018 and 2022. Survey outlines: Railroad Commission of Texas, Original Texas Land Survey. Grant records and files: Texas General Land Office.