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Meady White Survey, Abstract 851
- Granted to
- Meady White
- Kind of grant
- Headright, third classLand for later settlers, including the colonists of Mercer’s Colony.
- Land Office file
- Robertson 3rd class, file 3298
- Certificate
- No. 44
- Acres
- 320
- Patented to
- Heirs of Meady White
- Patent
- 13 Feb 1858 · No. 1229, Vol. 15
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What the file shows
In June 1855 the Navarro County District Court ordered a 320-acre Mercer's Colony certificate (No. 44) for the heirs of Meady White on the proof of administrator Harvey White. Locator Alex. Beaton entered it in February 1857, deputy surveyor J. M. Eliot surveyed 320 acres west of Corsicana in May 1857, and the patent issued to the heirs on 13 February 1858.
The certificate
Mercer's Colony certificate by district court order (3rd class), No. 44, 320 acres, District Court of Navarro County; J. M. Riggs, Clerk, D.C.N.C.; Henry J. Jewett, District Judge, Corsicana, 7 Jun 1855.
At the Spring Term 1855 of the District Court, Harvey White, administrator of the estate of Meady White, deceased, took the oath and made the proof required by law of the citizenship of Meady White; ordered that a certificate issue to the Heirs of Meady White for 320 acres to be located on any vacant land within the colony of Charles Fenton Mercer and his associates, which they may locate, transfer or donate.
The survey
1857-05-02 (certified 1857-05-06), J. M. Eliot, Deputy Surveyor, Robertson Land District.
Navarro County, about 8 1/2 miles West of Corsicana (the 8 1/2 and a marginal 'S 83' added in red ink)
Chain carriers: Wm. M. Love(?), Jos. T. Smith.
Book L, page 348
The patent
13 Feb 1858, No. 1229, Vol. 15, to the Heirs of Meady White, deceased, delivered to not stated.
Also in the file
- Beaton's application describes the certificate as issued to the 'Heirs of Harvey White', but the court order names Harvey White only as administrator; the heirs are those of Meady White.
- The certificate issued at the Spring Term 1855 by district court order, a late colony certificate granted on proof of the dead man's citizenship.
- The wrapper writes the first name as Meady, Mary(?) and Meady; the certificate and field notes say Meady.
- The patent is to the heirs generally, not to named individuals.
- Index says patent 13 Feb 1858, No. 1229, Vol. 15, 320 acres, which agrees with the jacket.
Timeline
- 7 Jun 1855Navarro County District Court orders Mercer's Colony certificate No. 44 for 320 acres to the heirs of Meady White
- 27 Feb 1857Alex. Beaton applies at Springfield to enter 320 acres on the certificate
- 2 May 1857J. M. Eliot surveys 320 acres west of Corsicana
- 6 May 1857Eliot certifies the survey
- 28 May 1857Thos. J. Oliver examines and records the notes, Book L p. 348
- 21 Jul 1857Certificate and field notes filed in the General Land Office
- 8 Feb 1858Survey checked correct on map of Navarro County
- 13 Feb 1858Patent No. 1229 Vol. 15 to the heirs of Meady White
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 3298 Robertson 3rd class for the heirs of Meady White, 320 acres, certificate 44, patented 13 February 1858, No. 1229 Vol. 15.General Land Office, file 3298, page 1 · in the scan
CertificateMercer's Colony certificate No. 44, 320 acres, ordered by the Navarro County District Court for the heirs of Meady White, 7 June 1855.General Land Office, file 3298, page 2 · in the scan
Back of the certificateBack of the certificate, endorsed file 3298, Colony certificate 320 acres, heirs Meady White, filed 21 July 1857.General Land Office, file 3298, page 3 · in the scan
LetterAlex. Beaton asks District Surveyor Thos. J. Oliver to enter 320 acres on certificate 44 beginning at A. Black's NW corner, Springfield, 27 Feb 1857.General Land Office, file 3298, page 4 · in the scan
Field notesJ. M. Eliot's field notes and plat of 320 acres for the heirs of Meady White, surveyed 2 May 1857, certificate No. 44.General Land Office, file 3298, page 5 · in the scan
WrapperWrapper with Oliver's certificate of 28 May 1857 recording the notes in Book L page 348, filed 21 July 1857, patented 13 Feb 1858.General Land Office, file 3298, 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 851
- 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.