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Marshall Wantland Survey, Abstract 846
- Granted to
- Marshall Wantland
- Kind of grant
- Headright, third classLand for later settlers, including the colonists of Mercer’s Colony.
- Land Office file
- Robertson 3rd class, file 2459
- Certificate
- No. 185
- Acres
- 640
- Patented to
- Marshall Wantland
- Patent
- 05 Jun 1856 · No. 1378, Vol. 12
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What the file shows
Marshall Wantland received Mercer's Colony certificate No. 185 for 640 acres at Corsicana in April 1850. Deputy Surveyor Wm. L. Browning surveyed the tract about 5 3/4 miles west of town (S 84 W) in October 1855; the papers were filed in January 1856 and the patent issued in Wantland's name in June 1856, apparently forwarded to A. Beaton.
The certificate
Mercer's Colony certificate, No. 185, 640 acres, John M. Crockett, Commissioner of Mercer's Colony, Corsicana, Navarro County, 18 Apr 1850.
Printed certificate entitling Marshal Wantland, having taken the oath and made the proof of his citizenship, to 640 acres of vacant land within the colony of Charles Fenton Mercer and his Associates; he may locate, transfer or donate it.
The survey
1855-10-19 (certified 1855-10-22), Wm. L. Browning, Deputy Surveyor, Robertson Land District.
Navarro County, about 5 3/4 miles West of Corsicana, with red-ink 'South 84' inserted (S 84 W); jacket pencil 'About 5 3/4 miles S 84 W from Corsicana'
Chain carriers: A. H. Jeffers, Josephus Browning.
Book S(?), page 318
The patent
1856-06-05 (jacket) / 1856-06-03 (wrapper), No. 1378, Vol. 12, to Marshall Wantland, delivered to Pencil on wrapper 2: 'Rec'd & fwd to Beaton & chg. Browning'; jacket pencil 'A. Beaton' - patent evidently forwarded to A. Beaton(?).
Also in the file
- Patent date is written 5 June 1856 on the jacket and 3 June 1856 on wrapper 2; the index says 5 Jun 1856 and keeps No. 1378, Vol. 12.
- Certificate was issued at Corsicana by the Mercer Colony commissioner in April 1850, but the survey was not made until October 1855.
- Pencil on wrapper 2 reads 'Rec'd & fwd to Beaton & chg. Browning', and the jacket has 'A. Beaton' in pencil: the patent was apparently forwarded to A. Beaton and the fee charged to surveyor Browning, though no transfer to Beaton is in the file.
- Wrapper 2 gives the filing date as 17 January 1856 ('Jany 17/56'); wrapper 1 reads 'Jany 17/55', which would be before the October 1855 survey - probably a slip for 1856.
- Index matches: patent 5 Jun 1856, No. 1378, Vol. 12, 640 acres, certificate 185.
Timeline
- 18 Apr 1850Mercer's Colony certificate No. 185 for 640 acres issued at Corsicana to Marshall Wantland
- 19 Oct 1855Wm. L. Browning surveys 640 acres about 5 3/4 miles west (S 84 W) of Corsicana
- 22 Oct 1855Browning certifies the survey
- 29 Oct 1855G. H. Cunningham examines and records the field notes, Book S(?) p. 318
- 17 Jan 1856Certificate and field notes filed in the General Land Office
- 13 May 1856Survey checked correct on map
- 3 Jun 1856Wrapper records the patent date as 3 June 1856
- 5 Jun 1856Patent No. 1378, Vol. 12 to Marshall Wantland (index and jacket date)
The papers in the file
Every page of the Land Office file, in the order the Land Office keeps them (6 pages). Tap a page to see it larger.
File jacketFile jacket for Marshall Wantland's 640 acres, Robertson 3rd class, certificate 185, patented June 1856, No. 1378 Vol. 12.General Land Office, file 2459, page 1 · in the scan
CertificatePrinted Mercer's Colony certificate No. 185 for 640 acres to Marshal Wantland, signed by John M. Crockett at Corsicana, 18 April 1850.General Land Office, file 2459, page 2 · in the scan
WrapperBack of the certificate, docketed Mercer Colony Cf. 640 acres, Marshall Wantland, filed 'Jany 17/55(?)', with endorsements 'M. Wantland' and 'N. H. Carroll'.General Land Office, file 2459, page 3 · in the scan
Field notesField notes and plat of 640 acres for Marshall Wantland about 5 3/4 miles S 84 W of Corsicana by Wm. L. Browning, 19 October 1855.General Land Office, file 2459, page 4 · in the scan
Surveyor's certificateDistrict Surveyor G. H. Cunningham certifies the plat and field notes correct and records them, 29 October 1855.General Land Office, file 2459, page 5 · in the scan
WrapperWrapper for the field notes of 640 acres, filed 17 January 1856, patented 3 June 1856 (Scott), with pencil note forwarding to Beaton.General Land Office, file 2459, page 6 · 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 846
- 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.