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Jonathan Richardson Survey, Abstract 695
- Granted to
- Jonathan Richardson
- Kind of grant
- Headright, third classLand for later settlers, including the colonists of Mercer’s Colony.
- Land Office file
- Robertson 3rd class, file 3164
- Certificate
- No. 0/3
- Acres
- 320
- Patented to
- G. H. Cunningham
- Patent
- 18 May 1859 · No. 236, Vol. 24
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What the file shows
Jonathan Richardson held a Mercer Colony certificate issued by the Navarro County district court in December 1855 or 1856. G. H. Cunningham applied in February 1857 to locate 320 acres of it in the north of the county, about 9 1/2 miles northwest of Corsicana, and deputy surveyor Milton Wright ran the lines on Chambers and Brier creeks in March 1857. The patent issued to Cunningham as assignee on 18 May 1859.
The certificate
Mercer Colony certificate (headright 3rd class), No. No. 3 (jacket and index: 0/3), 640 (320 located in this file), District Court of Navarro County, Navarro County, 1855-12-07(?).
Not in this file (held in file 3-938 Robertson 3rd per the jacket); described in the field notes and application as Jonathan Richardson's Mercer Colony certificate No. 3 issued by the Navarro County District Court.
The survey
1857-03-25 (certified 1857-04-08), Milton Wright, Deputy Surveyor, Robertson Land District.
North part of Navarro County on the waters of Chambers and Brier Creek; red-ink interlineation: about 9 1/2 miles N 6?(?) W from Corsicana
Chain carriers: James E. Patton, J. H. Spencer.
Book L, page 331(?)
The patent
18 May 1859, No. 236, Vol. 24, to G. H. Cunningham, assignee, delivered to not stated.
Also in the file
- Certificate date written as 7 December 1855 in the field notes and 1856(?) in the application; the survey was in March 1857 so either is possible.
- Certificate for 640 acres is given as 'for 540 acres' or 640(?) in the notes; only 320 acres were surveyed here.
- Survey is in the name of Jonathan Richardson but the application and patent are G. H. Cunningham's (patent 'to G. H. Cunningham assee'), so the certificate had changed hands; no transfer is in this file - the jacket refers to file 3-938 Rob. 3rd for the certificate and the other survey.
- File number reads 3164 on the jacket and 7164 on the application and examiner's page.
- Index lists the certificate as 0/3; field notes read 'No. 3'.
Timeline
- 7 Dec 1855Navarro County District Court issues Mercer Colony certificate No. 3 to Jonathan Richardson (year uncertain)
- 27 Feb 1857G. H. Cunningham applies at Springfield for 320 acres on the certificate
- 25 Mar 1857Milton Wright surveys 320 acres on Chambers and Brier Creek
- 8 Apr 1857Wright certifies the field notes
- 28 Apr 1857Examined and recorded by Thos. J. Oliver, Book L
- 20 May 1857Papers filed in the General Land Office
- 5 May 1859Checked correct on the Navarro County map
- 18 May 1859Patent No. 236 Vol. 24 to G. H. Cunningham, assignee
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 Jonathan Richardson's 320 acres, Abst. 695, referring to file 3-938 for the certificate, with patent No. 236 Vol. 24 to G. H. Cunningham, assignee, 18 May 1859.General Land Office, file 3164, page 1 · in the scan
Field notesField notes and sketch plat of 320 acres surveyed by Milton Wright on Chambers and Brier creeks, about 9 1/2 miles N 6?(?) W of Corsicana, for Jonathan Richardson, 25 March 1857.General Land Office, file 3164, page 2 · in the scan
Surveyor's certificateDistrict Surveyor Thos. J. Oliver certifies the plat and field notes correct and recorded in Book L, 28 April 1857.General Land Office, file 3164, page 3 · in the scan
Other papersG. H. Cunningham's application at Springfield to enter 320 acres on Jonathan Richardson's Mercer Colony certificate.General Land Office, file 3164, page 4 · in the scan
Other papersBack of the application, marked 'Application for Survey', with faint bleed-through of the letter and file number 7164.General Land Office, file 3164, page 5 · 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 695
- 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.