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The original surveys: Barry and Emhouse

The map shows the original surveys around Barry and Emhouse, north-east of Blooming Grove and west of Corsicana, drawn over the General Land Office’s 1924 county map. Each has its own page: who it was granted to and why, who it passed to, who ran the lines, and when it was patented, with every page of the Land Office’s file.

More than half of this ground came from third-class headrights, the certificates of the later settlers. About one survey in four came from soldiers’ bounty warrants. About half the certificates changed hands before the patent issued.

Grey dashed lines are the other surveys on this ground. Those around Frost, Blooming Grove and Dresden already have pages and open from the map; the rest will follow.

Tap a survey to open its page.

Headright, first classHeadright, second classHeadright, third classBounty warrantDonation warrantLand scripSchool land

Every survey on this map

Abstract	Granted to	Kind	Patented to	Patent
A-22	Solomon Anderson	Headright, third class		1857
A-34	James Alston	Bounty warrant	Arthur Conrey	1850
A-39	Jacob Allbrachet	Bounty warrant	Henry Teal	1875
A-54	John A. Barclay	Headright, first class		1872
A-64	John Bowie	Headright, first class		1871
A-68	William R. Bowen	Headright, first class	Jacob Eliot	1873
A-74	Martha Brennan	Headright, first class	A. Groesbeck	1875
A-79	Benjamin P. Bustian	Headright, second class		1851
A-92	Benjamin Bragg	Headright, third class	R. N. White	1854
A-96	Alexander Black	Headright, third class		1855
A-103	John S. Beal	Headright, third class	W. D. Dillon	1887
A-109	Elijah P. Baker	Headright, third class		1853
A-112	William H. Burrow	Headright, third class	Heirs of David R. Mitchell	1860
A-121	William Bridge	Bounty warrant	Shubeal Marsh	1845
A-123	John B. Boyer	Bounty warrant	John T. Lawrence	1845
A-130	Joseph Bunch	Bounty warrant		1854
A-145	Charles Covington	Headright, first class		1844
A-154	Jane M. Cazneau	Headright, first class		1859
A-166	Jeremiah Crabb	Headright, third class	R. N. White	1854
A-172	Dina Clark	Headright, third class		1854
A-174	James Cook	Headright, third class	Alexander Beaton	1852
A-176	Thomas Crabb	Headright, third class	William Milton	1854
A-179	William Cox	Headright, third class	Talton F. Brock	1854
A-187	John Carpenter	Bounty warrant	John T. Lawrence	1845
A-189	William J. Carnes	Bounty warrant	John Lockhart	1846
A-202	Jeremiah Day	Headright, first class	Robert E. Niblett	1861
A-212	Jonas Dearman	Headright, third class		1874
A-214	Ury Dearman	Headright, third class		1857
A-225	Samuel Davis	Headright, third class	Charles Lewis	1854
A-239	John Deck	Bounty warrant	William E. Wiley	1875
A-245	George A. Davis	Donation warrant	Heirs of George A. Davis	1860
A-246	George A. Davis	Bounty warrant	Heirs of George A. Davis	1860
A-249	John Deck	Bounty warrant	William E. Wiley	1877
A-252	Radford Ellis	Headright, third class	William Hamilton	1852
A-254	A. J. Ensworth	Bounty warrant	John T. Lawrence	1845
A-278	Sarah Finch	Headright, third class	Alexander Benton	1854
A-280	Ebenezer L. Folsome	Headright, third class		1860
A-287	P. W. Fuller	Headright, third class	R. Waterhouse	1868
A-291	William W. Frazier	Bounty warrant	Heirs of William W. Frazier	1846
A-294	Robert Ferguson	Bounty warrant	William Henry	1851
A-317	John Galloway	Headright, third class	Heirs of John Galloway	1863
A-321	John Galloway	Headright, third class	Heirs of John Galloway	1863
A-358	Daniel B. Hartzell	Headright, third class	Daniel Hartzell	1855
A-364	Soloman Hurbough	Headright, third class	John G. Gooch	1859
A-369	W. J. Hutchison	Headright, third class	Thomas C. White	1852
A-370	William Haggard	Headright, third class	Peter C. Ragsdale	1852
A-390	Jacob Hedrick	Bounty warrant	John Lockhart	1846
A-405	Samuel Halloway	Donation warrant	Heirs of Sam'l Halloway	1870
A-408	Samuel Halloway	Bounty warrant	Heirs of Samuel Halloway	1871
A-416	Houston Tap And Brazoria Railroad Company	Land scrip	William M. Rice	1868
A-439	John C. Jeffers	Headright, third class	William L. Browning	1854
A-460	Fenwick R. Kendall	Headright, third class		1854
A-463	Isaac Kincaid	Headright, third class		1858
A-464	Polly Kincaid	Headright, third class	Heirs of Polly Kincaid	1858
A-471	S. A. Kimble	Bounty warrant		1861
A-487	Joseph Linscomb	Headright, second class		1861
A-507	Alex Lamountane	Headright, third class	Richard Waterhouse	1869
A-509	William Lapton	Bounty warrant		1846
A-551	William A. Morrell	Headright, third class		1854
A-552	Allen M. Moore	Headright, third class		1855
A-554	George W. Meazel	Headright, third class	Thomas R. Kellum	1856
A-562	William Miller	Headright, third class		1871
A-573	Jos McDougald	Headright, third class	Heirs of Joseph McDougald	1873
A-585	Shubael Marsh	Bounty warrant		1845
A-594	Hugh McKenzie	Bounty warrant		1851
A-596	O. B. Munroe	Bounty warrant		1860
A-632	James W. O'Brien	Bounty warrant	Chancey Richardson	1851
A-643	James Pratt	Headright, second class	Heirs of D. R. Mitchell	1869
A-651	George V. Petty	Headright, third class		1854
A-653	William C. Petty	Headright, third class	Thomas R. Kellum	1856
A-679	Robert Ray	Headright, first class	Mc I. D. McKissick	1852
A-690	Chauncey Richardson	Headright, third class		1851
A-695	Jonathan Richardson	Headright, third class	G. H. Cunningham	1859
A-701	Robert B. Ray	Headright, third class	William H. Beeman	1852
A-702	John Richardson	Headright, third class	William H. Beeman	1852
A-706	Benjamin Roberts	Headright, third class	Thompson Milton	1858
A-714	James O. Rice	Bounty warrant	M. Cavanaugh	1845
A-748	Randel Sanders	Headright, third class	Heirs of Randel Sanders	1854
A-754	Richard Sanders	Headright, third class	R. N. White	1852
A-755	Elijah Sanders	Headright, third class	R. N. White	1852
A-756	Hickman M. Shults	Headright, third class		1852
A-773	John H. Singleton	Bounty warrant		1846
A-785	John Sadler	Bounty warrant		1873
A-789	J. M. Steiner	Land scrip	W. H. Mitchell	1875
A-816	William P. Van Meter	Headright, third class	James C. Walker	1862
A-838	Samuel Wilson	Headright, third class	William F. Henderson	1856
A-846	Marshall Wantland	Headright, third class		1856
A-847	Thomas J. White	Headright, third class	C. B. Chambers	1854
A-848	Lot Wilson	Headright, third class	Alexander Beaton	1854
A-851	Meady White	Headright, third class	Heirs of Meady White	1858
A-853	Jacob J. Wright	Headright, third class	John E. Cravens	1859
A-855	Thomas Wilson	Headright, third class		1853
A-862	Josephus Williams	Headright, third class	William M. Love	1862
A-865	William Wilson	Headright, third class		1876
A-867	Bolden G. Waites	Headright, third class		1862
A-888	Stephen F. Minton	Headright, third class	James Garrity	1878
A-890	A. K. Brown	School land	C. H. Delafosse	1885
A-898	E. S. Peters	School land	R. C. and Autry, J. L. Beale	1886
A-899	C. W. Peters	School land	Harry Hill	1886
A-902	Frederick Stewart	School land		1886
A-928	Charles Frazier	Bounty warrant	Heirs of Charles Frazier	1846
A-929	Joseph Garwood	Bounty warrant	John Shackelford	1846

The surveys between Frost, Blooming Grove and Dresden →

Every original grant in Navarro County →

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.