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Randel Sanders Survey, Abstract 748
- Granted to
- Randel Sanders
- Kind of grant
- Headright, third classLand for later settlers, including the colonists of Mercer’s Colony.
- Land Office file
- Robertson 3rd class, file 1176
- Certificate
- No. 311
- Acres
- 640
- Patented to
- Heirs of Randel Sanders
- Patent
- 14 Mar 1854 · No. 127, Vol. 11
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What the file shows
The heirs of Randel Sanders received Mercer's Colony certificate No. 311 for 640 acres from Commissioner John M. Crockett at Corsicana on 20 April 1850. Deputy surveyor Wm. L. Browning laid it off in May 1851 about 7 1/2 miles N 40 W of Corsicana, west of Chambers Creek, beside the W. J. Carnes and J. B. Boyer 1280-acre surveys. It was patented to the heirs on 14 March 1854.
The certificate
Mercer's Colony certificate (3rd class), to the heirs, No. 311, 640 acres, John M. Crockett, Commissioner of Mercer's Colony, Corsicana, Navarro County, 20 Apr 1850.
Printed form: the heirs of Randel Sanders, having made the proof required by law of his citizenship in the colony, are entitled to 640 acres to be located on vacant land within the colony of Charles Fenton Mercer and his associates; the heirs may locate, transfer or donate the certificate
The survey
1851-05-22 (certified 1851-05-25), Wm. L. Browning, Deputy Surveyor, Robertson Land District.
Navarro County, west of Chambers Creek, about 7 1/2 miles N 40 W from Corsicana (red-ink addition)
Chain carriers: Elijah Sanders, Benjamin Sanders.
Book V, page 93
The patent
1854-03-14 (jacket 'Patented March 14/54'; wrapper says 'March 13, 1854'; index 14 Mar 1854), No. 127, Vol. 11, to the heirs of Randel Sanders, deceased, delivered to not stated.
Also in the file
- The jacket number reads 1170 on the front but the wrappers inside read file 1176.
- The field notes were examined and recorded on 9 March 1853, almost two years after the survey; a faint pencil 'Chambers' with a sum appears on the jacket and the wrapper notes 'Bal. $1.00 for field notes'.
- Patent date: jacket 'March 14/54' with the 4 written over a 3; field-notes wrapper 'March 13 1854'; index 14 March 1854.
- The certificate is to the heirs of Randel Sanders, and the field notes mark him 'dec'd' in red; the wrapper also reads 'Randel Sanders Dec'd'.
- The beginning corner was first written as another man's NW corner, then corrected in red to W. J. Carns (Carnes) 1280, the William J. Carnes bounty survey (file 70, Abst. 189), which also adjoins Hedrick's 1280.
Timeline
- 20 Apr 1850Mercer's Colony certificate No. 311 issued to the heirs of Randel Sanders at Corsicana
- 22 May 1851Wm. L. Browning surveys 640 acres west of Chambers Creek
- 25 May 1851Browning certifies the survey
- 9 Mar 1853District Surveyor examines the notes, recorded Book V p. 93
- 23 Nov 1853Papers filed in the General Land Office
- 9 Mar 1854Checked correct on the map
- 14 Mar 1854Patent No. 127 Vol. 11 to the heirs of Randel Sanders, deceased
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 Randel Sanders's 640 acres, certificate 311, patented to his heirs 14 March 1854, No. 127 Vol. 11.General Land Office, file 1176, page 1 · in the scan
Field notesField notes of 640 acres for Randel Sanders west of Chambers Creek, surveyed by Wm. L. Browning, chain carriers Elijah and Benjamin Sanders.General Land Office, file 1176, page 2 · in the scan
WrapperWrapper for the field notes: file 1176, recorded Book V page 93, filed 23 Nov 1853, patented March 13 1854.General Land Office, file 1176, page 3 · in the scan
CertificateMercer's Colony certificate No. 311 for 640 acres to the heirs of Randel Sanders, signed by John M. Crockett at Corsicana.General Land Office, file 1176, page 4 · in the scan
Back of the certificateBack of the certificate docketed file 1176, certificate 640 acres, Randel Sanders, filed 23 Nov 1853.General Land Office, file 1176, 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 748
- 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.