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Instruments, in date order

  1. 1849 — [?J M Roberson?] to W. E. Koonsman (continuation)

    From (grantor)
    [?J M Roberson?]
    To (grantee)
    W. E. Koonsman
    Date
    1849
    Price (consideration)
    $140.40
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    part of the William Warren original 640 acre survey, containing 30 14 acres, Erath County, Texas
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    not clearly stated (Volume/Pages left blank)
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    Transcript p3

    Where it says this

    From: [?J M Roberson?]
    To: W. E. Koonsman
    Price: $140

    Cropped from the scanned page (Transcript p3). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • defective acknowledgment — The acknowledgment block is garbled and incomplete, with blank day of the month ("the Oth _ _ day of") and no clear officer signature or seal, reading "acknowedged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and cons Given under my hand and seal of one tie the Oth _ _ day of". (likely)
    • other — The signing date ("8th day of October A. D. 1849") predates the note's stated due date ("first day of November A. D. 1897"), indicating a likely transcription/date error on the face of the record. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  2. 1881 — James A. Ross and J. A. Ross his wife to Josiah N. Ross and Laura M. Ross

    From (grantor)
    James A. [?Rofs?] (Ross) and [?J. A.?] Ross his wife
    To (grantee)
    Josiah N. Ross
    Date
    1881
    Price (consideration)
    $450
    What passed (interest)
    1/2 interest (equal split) (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    South half of Lot No. five in Block No. three (3) of the R. A. Ross addition to the town of Dublin, Erath County, Texas; described by metes and bounds
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 50
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (2)

    Where it says this

    From: James A. [?Rofs?] (Ross) and [?J. A.?] Ross his wife
    To: Josiah N. Ross
    Price: $450

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (2)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — Instrument includes a privy examination acknowledgment of the wife 'having been examined by me privily and apart from her husband ... she did not wish to retract it.' (likely)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  3. 1881 — James A. Ross and J. A. Ross his wife to Josiah N. Ross and Laura M. Ross

    From (grantor)
    James A. [?Rofs?] (Ross) and [?J. A.?] Ross his wife
    To (grantee)
    Laura M. Ross
    Date
    1881
    Price (consideration)
    $450
    What passed (interest)
    1/2 interest (equal split) (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    South half of Lot No. five in Block No. three (3) of the R. A. Ross addition to the town of Dublin, Erath County, Texas; described by metes and bounds
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 50
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (2)

    Where it says this

    From: James A. [?Rofs?] (Ross) and [?J. A.?] Ross his wife
    To: Laura M. Ross
    Price: $450

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (2)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — Instrument includes a privy examination acknowledgment of the wife 'having been examined by me privily and apart from her husband ... she did not wish to retract it.' (likely)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  4. 1885 — [?O. S.?] Weaver to J. A. Sherrill

    From (grantor)
    [?O. S.?] Weaver
    To (grantee)
    J. A. Sherrill
    Date
    1885
    Price (consideration)
    $500
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    West half of Block No. Seven of the subdivision of the Wm. M. Smith Survey, Erath County, Texas; land formerly owned by [?A. J. O'Neal?]; beginning at the S.E.
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 60; Book 45 Page 60
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (1)

    Where it says this

    From: [?O. S.?] Weaver
    To: J. A. Sherrill
    Price: $500

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (1)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • defective acknowledgment — The first acknowledgment block before [?J. C. Rodgers?], Notary Public of [?Hamilton?] County, is undated with a blank date line ('this ___ day of ___ A.D. 18__') although a separate spousal privy examination of Jennie Weaver dated 22 Nov. A.D. 1885 follows. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  5. 1893 — A. A. Chapman to D. F. Simmons

    From (grantor)
    A. A. Chapman
    To (grantee)
    D. F. [?Simmons?]
    Date
    1893
    Price (consideration)
    $300
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Tract in southeastern portion of the town of Dublin, Erath County, Texas, being the NW 1/4 of Lot No. 5 in Block No. one in A. [?Dobkins?] 2nd Addition, contain
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 415, Page 88; County Record of Deeds Book 415 Page 88
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    Transcript p1

    Where it says this

    From: A. A. Chapman
    To: D. F. [?Simmons?]
    Price: $300

    Cropped from the scanned page (Transcript p1). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — The Vendor's Lien is expressly retained: "the Vendors Lien is retained against the above described property, premises and improvements, until the above described note ... are fully paid." (likely)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  6. 1893 — A. A. Chapman to D. F. Simmons

    From (grantor)
    A. A. Chapman
    To (grantee)
    D. F. Simmons
    Date
    1893
    Price (consideration)
    $300
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    N. W. 1/4 of Lot No. 5 in Block No. one C. in A H Dolkins 2nd addition to town of Dublin, Erath County Texas, containing 2989 1/2 sqr vrs
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 46, Pages 85
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    Transcript p2

    Where it says this

    From: A. A. Chapman
    To: D. F. Simmons
    Price: $300

    Cropped from the scanned page (Transcript p2). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • defective acknowledgment — The acknowledgment block has blank/garbled dates ("Witness my hand this _ _ _ day of Oct . A. D. 1893") and internally inconsistent filing dates referencing May A. D. 1887 and June A. D. 1897. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  7. 1893 — H. A. Smith and wife Alice Smith to E. C. McQueen

    From (grantor)
    H. A. Smith
    To (grantee)
    E. C. McQueen
    Date
    1893
    Price (consideration)
    $600
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    One third of Lot No. One in Block No. thirteen of the Keith Addition to the town of Dublin, Erath County, Texas
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 82, Deed Records, Erath County
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image

    Where it says this

    From: H. A. Smith
    To: E. C. McQueen
    Price: $600

    Cropped from the scanned page (image). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — The acknowledgment includes a separate privy examination of "Alice Smith wife of the said H. A. Smith having been privily and apart from her husband" examined and having the instrument explained to her, indicating a homestead-style spousal acknowledgment was taken. (likely)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  8. 1895 — L. P. Townsend joined by her husband to Higginbotham Brothers

    From (grantor)
    L. P. [?Townsend?] joined by her husband F. W. [?Townsend?]
    To (grantee)
    [?Higginbotham?] Brothers
    Date
    1895
    Price (consideration)
    $600
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Tract in the S.W. portion of the town of Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, part of the Wm. Thomas survey, bounded beginning at a stake in the south boundary line of the
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    not stated
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (3)

    Where it says this

    From: L. P. [?Townsend?] joined by her husband F. W. [?Townsend?]
    To: [?Higginbotham?] Brothers
    Price: $600

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (3)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • no spousal joinder — Grantor is a married woman 'L. P. Townsend joined by her husband'; the separate examination clause states she was 'privily examined by me... apart from her husband' and acknowledged she 'willingly signed the same' and 'did not wish to retract it,' so the joinder and privy examination are present. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  9. 1895 — Keely O. Smith wife, and Roy, [?Dairey?], Minnie Bell and Edie Smith (children of C. R. Smith, a person of unsound mind) to Joel A. Smith

    From (grantor)
    [?Keely?] O. Smith (wife) and Roy Smith
    To (grantee)
    Joel A. Smith
    Date
    1895
    Price (consideration)
    $379
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Tract in Erath County, Texas, being the Daniel [?Dublin?] one Labor survey, Vol. No. 14, Patent No. 446, Certificate No. 8, Abstract No. 134; containing one Lab
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 37, Erath County Record of Deeds, Book 45 Page 37
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (3)

    Where it says this

    From: [?Keely?] O. Smith (wife) and Roy Smith
    To: Joel A. Smith
    Price: $379

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (3)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — Grantors act because 'C. R. Smith being non of unsound mind said Keely O. Smith has the management and control of said estate and is compelled to act as a feme sole,' and the land 'is sold for the purpose of providing means with which to maintain said Keely O. Smith and said children.' (likely)
    • no spousal joinder — C. R. Smith, the husband and record owner of the community property, does not sign because he is 'a person of unsound mind'; only the wife and children execute the deed. (likely)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  10. 1895 — Cary L. Bean a feme Sole to J. B. and L. L. Hancock

    From (grantor)
    Cary L. Bean a feme Sole
    To (grantee)
    J. B
    Date
    1895
    Price (consideration)
    $900
    What passed (interest)
    1/2 interest (equal split) (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Block number one (1) of the Stephen Churchill survey, Erath County, Texas, containing Three Hundred acres more or less; described by metes and bounds
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 51
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (2)

    Where it says this

    From: Cary L. Bean a feme Sole
    To: J. B
    Price: $900

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (2)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

  11. 1895 — Cary L. Bean a feme Sole to J. B. and L. L. Hancock

    From (grantor)
    Cary L. Bean a feme Sole
    To (grantee)
    L. L. Hancock
    Date
    1895
    Price (consideration)
    $900
    What passed (interest)
    1/2 interest (equal split) (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Block number one (1) of the Stephen Churchill survey, Erath County, Texas, containing Three Hundred acres more or less; described by metes and bounds
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 51
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (2)

    Where it says this

    From: Cary L. Bean a feme Sole
    To: L. L. Hancock
    Price: $900

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (2)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

  12. 1896 — [?Jos. M. Stephen?] to M. M. Grantham

    From (grantor)
    [?Jos. M. Stephen?] / James M. Stephen
    To (grantee)
    M. M. Grantham
    Date
    1896
    Price (consideration)
    $930
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Part of the [?Sion Blythe?] Survey, Erath County, Texas; beginning in the N. boundary line of said [?Sion Blythe?] Survey at the S.E. cor. of what is known as t
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 51; Book 45 Page 61
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image (1)

    Where it says this

    From: [?Jos. M. Stephen?] / James M. Stephen
    To: M. M. Grantham
    Price: $930

    Cropped from the scanned page (image (1)). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • no spousal joinder — The grantor [?Jos. M. Stephen?] binds only 'My Self My' heirs and signs alone, with no wife named or joining, though the instrument does not state marital status. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  13. 1896 — J. M. Roberson Sr. to W. E. Koonsman

    From (grantor)
    J. M. [?Roberson?] Sr
    To (grantee)
    W. E. [?Koonsman?]
    Date
    1896
    Price (consideration)
    not stated
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    30 1/4 acres, part of the William Warren original 640-acre survey, Erath County, Texas
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    not stated (volume/pages blank)
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    Transcript p1

    Where it says this

    From: J. M. [?Roberson?] Sr
    To: W. E. [?Koonsman?]
    Price: as written

    Cropped from the scanned page (Transcript p1). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — The Vendor's Lien is expressly retained: "the Vendor's Lien is retained against the above described property, premises and improvements, until the above described note ... are fully paid." (likely)
    • other — The recording clerk's certification block is largely blank with no volume/pages filled in. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

  14. 1896 — Higginbotham Bros to John W. Minter

    From (grantor)
    Higginbotham Bros (R. W. Higginbotham
    To (grantee)
    John W. Minter
    Date
    1896
    Price (consideration)
    $125
    What passed (interest)
    full interest (assumed; verify against the source)
    Land
    Three (3) acres, part of the John Blair survey in the College Heights Addition, part of Block No. Four (4) in the town of Stephenville, Erath County, Texas
    Recorded at (recording ref)
    Volume 45, Page 83, Deed Records, Erath County
    Status
    ⚠ UNVERIFIED — do not rely
    Source document
    image

    Where it says this

    From: Higginbotham Bros (R. W. Higginbotham
    To: John W. Minter
    Price: $125

    Cropped from the scanned page (image). Check the full document before relying on any reading.

    Possible defect — review

    • other — A separate acknowledgment before J. S. Minter, Clerk of the County Court, was taken for B. S. Higginbotham, whereas the notary acknowledgment before A. G. King names R. W. Higginbotham and J. M. Higginbotham. (possible)

    Observations from the page, not legal conclusions. Check the source document before relying on any of them.

Current ownership — candidates (provisional) — No survey parsed

Surface and minerals are still one estate in these documents.

Tract acreage: 640 acres — the documents state different acreages (30.25 acres, 640 acres); using 640 acres.

Based on 0 verified and 7 unverified documents — provisional until the 7 amber documents are confirmed.

13 steps use assumed fractions; verify against the source.

note: The recorded conveyances don't add up cleanly; verify the sources.

Current ownership — candidates (provisional) — Abstract 134

Surface and minerals are still one estate in these documents.

Acreage not stated in these documents, so net mineral acres cannot be computed — shares are shown as fractions only.

Based on 0 verified and 1 unverified document — provisional until the 1 amber document is confirmed.

1 step uses assumed fractions; verify against the source.

Possible missing links — Abstract 134

These are possibilities suggested by the shape of the record, not findings.