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George C. Neill Survey, Abstract 616
- Granted to
- George C. Neill
- Kind of grant
- Headright, third classLand for later settlers, including the colonists of Mercer’s Colony.
- Land Office file
- Robertson 3rd class, file 415
- Certificate
- No. 630
- Acres
- 320
- Patented to
- George C. Neill
- Patent
- 10 Apr 1851 · No. 610, Vol. 6
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What the file shows
George C. Neill, a single man who came to Texas before 1 January 1842, received a conditional third-class headright certificate (No. 630) for 320 acres from the Harris County Board of Land Commissioners at Houston on 4 May 1846. Deputy surveyor David R. Mitchell located it on the south side of Chambers Creek, about 15 miles west of Corsicana, beside the Whitaker, Mathews and Nanny surveys; the field notes are dated 8 April 1846. Mitchell, by then district surveyor, approved the notes in 1848. Neill never sold the claim and took out the patent (No. 619, Vol. 6) in his own name on 10 April 1851.
The certificate
headright 3rd class, No. 630 (number box on the certificate is illegible; 630 from field notes and jacket), 320 acres, Board of Land Commissioners for Harris County: A. P. Thompson, Chief Justice and ex officio President; John Kiven(?) and Josiah(?) T. Harrell, associates; attest W. R.(?) Baker, Clerk, Houston, 4 May 1846.
George C. Neill proved he arrived in the Republic before 1 January 1842, had been a resident citizen ever since, applied as a single man, and had never received a headright certificate from any county board.
The survey
8 Apr 1846, David R. Mitchell, Deputy Surveyor, Robertson County.
Navarro County (written over 'said [Robertson] county'), on the south side of Chambers Creek, about 15 miles west of Corsicana
Chain carriers: J. B. Barry, B. P. Hammett(?).
Book E(?) page 421
The patent
10 Apr 1851, No. 619, Vol. 6, to George C. Neill, delivered to Mitchell(?) (faint).
Also in the file
- The field notes say the land was surveyed on 8 April 1846, almost a month before the certificate they cite is dated (4 May 1846).
- This was a conditional third-class certificate for a single man who came to Texas before 1842, issued at Houston by the Harris County board but located far inland in Navarro County.
- The surveyor first wrote that the land was in Robertson County, then corrected it to Navarro. Navarro had been created only that spring, and the deputy who surveyed it later examined his own work as district surveyor.
- No transfer: George C. Neill kept the land and took out the patent in his own name.
Timeline
- 8 Apr 1846David R. Mitchell surveys 320 acres on the south side of Chambers Creek (date as written)
- 4 May 1846Harris County board issues conditional certificate No. 630 for 320 acres at Houston
- 17 Jul 1848Field notes examined by District Surveyor Mitchell
- 9 Apr 1851Map check: correct (Creuzbaur)
- 10 Apr 1851Patent No. 619 Vol. 6 to George C. Neill
The papers in the file
Every page of the Land Office file, in the order the Land Office keeps them (5 pages). Tap a page to see it larger.
File jacketFile jacket for George C. Neill's 320-acre third-class headright survey, with notes that it was patented to him on 10 April 1851.General Land Office, file 415, page 1 · in the scan
CertificateConditional headright certificate for 320 acres issued to George C. Neill by the Harris County Board of Land Commissioners at Houston, 4 May 1846.General Land Office, file 415, page 2 · in the scan
Back of the certificateBack of the certificate, with the file docket for George C. Neill's 320 acres, third class.General Land Office, file 415, page 3 · in the scan
Field notesField notes and plat for 320 acres on the south side of Chambers Creek, surveyed for George C. Neill by deputy surveyor David R. Mitchell, 8 April 1846.General Land Office, file 415, page 4 · in the scan
Surveyor's certificateDistrict surveyor David R. Mitchell's certificate of 17 July 1848 that the Neill survey is correct, with the docket for the plat and field notes.General Land Office, file 415, page 5 · in the scan
Scans courtesy of the Texas General Land Office, Austin, from its Land Grant Database.
On this ground today
- CemeteryLone Oak
Places that stand inside this survey’s lines as the state’s survey map draws them.
Neighbouring surveys
Sources
- Texas General Land Office, Land Grant Database: Navarro County, Abstract 616
- 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.