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Peters Colony Records
Peters Colony (also “Peters’ Colony”) was formed as a result of a contract (which was authorized by the Texas Congress on January 4, 1841) between William S. Peters and his associates, a group of English and American men, and the President of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar. It began on August 30, 1841. Three other contracts modifying the original would be signed followed by numerous legal battles, some remedied through the Texas Legislature. In the end, the colony created little to no income for its investors. It did, however, bring 2,205 families to Texas, distributing to them 879,920 acres of land.The records relating to Peter's Colony on file with the GLO mostly concern the portions of land that were given to the Texas Emigration and Land Company (TELC) in the early 1852. The bulk consists of field notes and affidavits from surveyors attesting to various boundaries of land within the Colony.
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Power and Hewetson's Colony Records
Power and Hewetson's Colony, also known as the Refugio Colony, was founded in 1828 by James Power and James Hewetson by virtue of an empresario contract with the state of Coahuila and Texas under the provisions of the Colonization Law of 1825. Power and Hewetson's Colony Records contain contract records, correspondence, land titles, survey field notes, and survey plat maps.Categories
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Register of Applications to Purchase Public School and Asylum Lands
The Register is a record of applications made for the purchase of public school and ayslum lands made available by the passage of HB 71 on April 19, 1901.Categories
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Register of Applications to Purchase, Prospect and Lease Mineral Lands
The Register is a record of applications made for the prospecting for and the development of the minerals in the public lands of Texas made available by the passage of SB 357 on March 16, 1917.Categories
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Register of Oil and Gas Leases on University Land, Volume 1
The Register is a record of sales of oil and gas leases on University Lands made available by the passage of SB 343 on April 14, 1937.Categories
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Robertson's Colony Records
Robertson's Colony is the eventual name of the colony located north of Austin's Colony. It was at first the Leftwich Grant, secured by Robert Leftwich and later owned by the Texas Association, aka the Nashville Company. Later an empresario contract for the area was secured by Sterling Robertson, which was then voided and became the Austin and Williams contract, aka the Upper Colony. Reversed later back to Robertson's control, colonists did eventual settle the area though there were many legal battles.The General Land Office has but a portion of the Robertson Colony Records (see Related Materials). The Records include contract records, correspondence, land titles, a register of surveys, a register of families, and a list and volume of transcription of the titles.
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Royalty Awards
This brief volume lists the recipients of royalty payments from the State of Texas, 1940-1983.Categories
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Royalty Payments for Mineral Leases on Public School Lands
The Register provides oil and gas (mineral) production information and royalty payments to the State for the years 1933-1934.Categories
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Rufus Brooks Mann Civil War Letters
Rufus Brooks Mann (1832-1902), educator, Texas Ranger, and Confederate soldier, was born in North Carolina in 1832. His papers contain correspondence between Mann and his wife and personal documents.Categories
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Sadler (Jerry) Newspaper Articles
Newspaper clippings from around Texas documenting the eccentricities and controversies of Jerry Sadler's last years as Land Commissioner. Includes articles upon his death in 1982.Categories
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School Land Classification and Reappraisment
Classifications and reappraisments for school, university and asylums lands were undertaken to determine the value of the lands for sale or lease. Lands were classified and valued based on their natural attributes: agricultural, grazing, timbered, and mineral. Agricultural and grazing lands were further subdivided into watered or dry.The School Land Classification and Reappraisment Records consist of 202 bound volumes and one unbound volume housed in 3 oversized boxes. The Records document work done by different GLO groups at different times from the end of the 19th century through the 1960s.