An indispensable book for any researcher interested in Duval County's history or land (or both), or its first landowners after Texas's Independence from Mexico.

Each book in this series is laid out into multiple maps using a 6 mile high by 4 mile wide grid.This book contains 86 Survey maps laid out within this grid.

Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel.

Here are a number of details about our Duval County book . . .

Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps) . . .
- Where Duval County Lies Within the State (Map A)
- Duval County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B)
- An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Duval County (Map C)
- An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D)
- An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E)

Primary Indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names)
- An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, utilizing both Texas General Land Office
and Texas Railroad Commission data.
- The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land.Items are listed by Abstract Number

What Cities and Towns are in Duval County, Texas (and in this book)?
Benavides, Buena Vista Colonia, Cadena Colonia, Concepcion, Conception, Coronado Perez Addition Colonia, County Road 111 Colonia, Cruz Calle, East Pearson Street Colonia, Four A''s Colonia, Freer, George W Ward Addition Colonia, George W Ward Addition Number 2 Colonia, Highway 16 South Colonia, La Masa Road Colonia, Magnolia Road Colonia, Mario Olga Colonia, Mendiates, Mi Tierra Colonia, North Buena Vista Colonia, Pila Blanca, Ramirez, Realitos, Realitos Colonia, Reyes, Rios, Rosita, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Cruz, School Heights Addition Number 2 Colonia, Sejita, Seven Sisters, Vera Cruz, Williamson Addition Colonia

What is the relevant time-frame (years) for this book?

Whenever the land was first sold or transferred to the public by the United States government. But the truth is that most counties took decades to settle and it is not unusual to find counties where the first patent might date in the 1820s and the last one may be in the 1920s. The important thing to remember is that these are FIRST landowners---not for just a single date---but each parcel is labeled using the first landowner.

You can answer this question with total accuracy by searching the patents in the county you are interested in at the Bureau of Land Management General Land Office's website. This is, after all, our source for the patents that we map.

Surnames found in this book:

A&B, A&M VAUGHN CANAL CO, AB&M, ACKER, ADAMA, ADAME, ADAMI, ADAMS, AFFLERBACH, ALAMRAZ, ALANIS, ALCORTA, ALEXANDER, ALLISON, ALMARAS, ALMOND, ANDRASS, ANGELINA WEST, APPLEWHITE, ARISPE, ARNOLD, ARREOLA, ATKINSON, AYALA, AYERS, AYRES,

B, BAIN, BAKER, BALANZUELA, BALDERAS, BALDESCHWILER, BALENO, BALERIO, BALLI, BARRERA, BARROW, BASAN, BATEMAN, BAZAN, BBB&C RR CO, BEALL, BEATY, BELL, BENAVIDAS, BENAVIDES, BENEVIDES, BENNETT, BENSON, BENTEN, BENTON, BERNEBE, BERRERA, BLACK, BLANCHARD, BLANKENSHIP, BODET, BOLDEROS, BRENNAN, BRIONES, BRIONEZ, BROOKS, BROWN, BROYLES, BRYANT, BS&F, BUFFALO BAYOU, BURNEZ, BURRIS,

C&M RR CO, CABALLERO, CABAZOS, CABELLERO, CADENA, CALDWELL, CAMILLON, CAMPOS, CANALES, CANO, CANTU, CANUTILLO COLONY DITCH COMPANY, CAPELO, CARR, CARRILA, CARRILLO, CARRION, CARTER, CASAS, CATU, CAVITT, CCD CO, CCSD&RGNG RR CO, CENTRAL AND MONTGOMERY RAILROAD COMPANY, CEPI&M CO, CERIVA, CHAPA, CHARLES, CHARLIS, CHATHAM, CHICAGO, CHILDRES, CHILDRESS, CHRISTIAN, CHURNOSKY, CI CO, CLYDE, COLLINS, CONSOLIDATED EL PASO IRRIGATION AND MANUFACTURING, CORBERT, CORBET, CORBIT, CORDENTE, CORKILL, CORPUS CHRISTI, COULING, CRAVE, CRAWFORD, CRISP, CT&MC RR CO, CUDDRILLA IRRIGATION COMPNAY, CUELLAR, CUMBERLAND,

DAMON, DE CANALES, DE FLORES, DE FUENTEZ, DE LA GARZA, DE LA GARZA FALCON, DE LA PENA, DE LA ZERDA, DE LOS SANTOS, DETTMER, DIAZ, DILWORTH, DINN, DIOS, DIX, DODGE, DOLORES I&A CO, DOLORES IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY, DOUGHERTY, DOWDY, DRISCOLL, DRUMMOND, DULL, DUNCAN, DUNN, DUTY, DUVAL COUNTY RANCH CO, DUVAL COUNTY RANCH COMPANY, DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOL LAND, DUVAL CSL,

EARNEST, EAST TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY, ELIZONDO, ESTRINGEL, ET RR CO, EVANS,

FALCON, FERGUSON, FIGORIO, FISHER, FLETCHER, FLORES, FLY, FOSTER, FRANK, FRENCH, FUENTES,

GALBRAITH, GALINDO, GALLAGHER, GALVESTON, GANTT, GARCIA, GARRISON, GARZA, GARZA I&M CO, GARZA IRRIGATION AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, GATES, GB&CNG RR CO, GC&SF RR CO, GH&H RR CO, GIBBS, GIBSON, GIVENS, GLOVER, GOMEZ, GONZALES, GONZALES Q, GORMAN, GRAVIS, GRAY, GUAJARDO, GUDAT, GUERRA, GUERRERO, GUFFY, GUITEREZ, GUITERREZ, GULF, GUNTER, GUSSETT, GUTERREZ, GUTIEREZ, GUTIERREZ, GUZMAN, GWT&P RR CO,

H&GN RR CO, H&W, HAHL, HAINES, HARDEMAN, HARRIS, HAWELL, HAYES, HAYMOND, HAYNES, HAZELWOOD, HE&WT RR CO, HENDERSON, HENNE, HENRY, HERBST, HERNANDEZ, HESSLER, HESSLERT, HILLIARD, HINOJOSA, HINOJOSE, HINOJOSO, HOCKLEY, HOFFMAN, HOFFMANN, HOFMANN, HOLMES, HOOPER, HOPKINS, HOUSTON, HOUSTON AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, HOUSTON TAP AND BRAZORIA RAILROAD COMPANY, HT&B RR CO, HUBBARD, HUBBERD, HUGGINS,

I&GN RR CO, INGRAM, IRVINE, ISARD, IZARD,

JAMISON, JASO, JESUS, JIMENES, JOHN F SINCLAIR, JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, JOSEPH, JUOJOSA, JUOJOSO,

K G LUNDELL, KAPLAN, KEITHLEY, KIEFER, KING, KNIGHT, KNIGHT BROS, KRAMER, KREIS,

LABBE, LABBI, LAMB, LASATER, LATTA, LAWSON, LEAL, LEE, LEONA I&M CO, LEONA IRRIGATION, LEONARD, LEWIS, LICHTENBERGER, LONG, LONGORIA, LONGORIO, LOPES, LOPEZ, LOSANO, LOTT, LOWE, LUBY, LUNDELL, LUNDELL K G (TRUSTEE), LUNDVALL,

M&C, MACDONALD, MACKAY, MACKEY, MALDONADO, MARTIN, MARTINEZ, MAURICE, MAVERICK, MAYNARD, MC BRIDE, MC CAMPBELL, MCBRIDE, MCCAMPBELL, MCCLANE, MCDONALD, MCKINNEY, MCMULLIN, MEADOWS, MEEK, MENDEZ, MENDIETE, MENDOZA, MENLY, MERELES, MESA, MEYER, MILLER, MINDIETA, MINDIETE, MINDIETTE, MOLINA, MONCADA, MOODY, MOOS, MORALES, MORENA, MORENO, MORGAN, MORRIS, MOUNT, MUIL, MUNOS, MUNOZ,

NAVARRO, NEELEY, NEELY, NELSON, NUNEZ,

OLEARY, OLIVEIRA, OLSON, OLVERA,

P T WRIGHT, PALACIOS, PARKER, PEAL, PEEL, PENA, PENAS, PENNA, PEREZ, PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND LAND, PETERS, PETRA, PETRIE, PETTIGREW, PHILP, PING, POITEVENT, PRESAS, PRING, PSL, PTI CO, PUERTA TIERRA IRRIGATION COMPANY, PUIG, PURSCH, PYBURN,

RAMIREZ, RAMOS, RANJEL, RAUJEL, REGINO, REUSS, REVELES, REYES, REYNOLDS, RHODES, RICHARDSON, RIDDER, RIOS, RIVAS, RIVERA, ROACH, ROBINSON, RODREGUEZ, RODRIGUES, RODRIGUEZ, RODRIQUEZ, ROGERS, ROSCAL, ROUBY, ROUSE, RUDD, RUIS, RUIZ,

S&M, SA&MG RR CO, SAEN, SAENS, SAENZ, SALAZAR, SALINAS, SAN ANTONIO AND MEXICAN GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, SAN GERONIMO IRRIGATION COMPANY, SAN JERONIMO IRR CO, SANCHEZ, SANDOBAL, SANTOS, SARAGOSSA I&M CO, SARAGOSSA IRRIGATION AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SCOTT, SEAGO, SEALE, SECURITY STATE BANK, SEGURO, SENDEJO, SENDIGO, SEPULVEDA, SEPULVERA, SERNA, SHAEFFER, SHEERAN, SHROPSHIRE, SILINAS, SIMPSON, SINCLAIR, SIXTO GARCIA, SK&K, SLING, SM&S, SMITH, SMITHERS, SOLIS, SONNENTHEIL, SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, SP RR CO, SPEED, SPENCE, SPRING CREEK IRRIGATION COMPANY, SPRING CRK IRR CO, STAFFORD, STALES, STAPLES, STATE OF TEXAS, STEARNS, STEELE, STEEN, STEIN, STEPHEN, STEPHENSON, STONE, SUAREZ, SUBLETT, SULLIVAN, SUTHERLAND,

T&NO RR CO, TAMEZ, TATE, TAYLOR, TCI CO, TELFERMER, TEMPLE D SMITH, TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, THATCHER, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THOMSON, THORP, TIGERT, TIMMINS, TINNEY, TINSLEY, TOLER, TOYAH CREEK IRRIGATION COMPANY, TOYAH CRK IRR CO, TREBINO, TREVINIO, TREVINO, TT RR CO, TURNER, TYLER TAP RAILROAD COMPANY,

VAELLO, VAHLDICK, VALDEZ, VALENTINE, VALLE, VASQUES, VASQUEZ, VAUGHAN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL CANAL COMPANY, VELA, VERA, VILLENUEVA, VILLERAL, VILLEREAL, VIVANCO,

WALKER, WARD, WELDER, WELLS, WENDT, WERKENTHIN, WHITE, WIEDEMUELLER, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WITHERS, WOODS, WRIGHT,

XIMENES,

YARBOUGH, YARBROUGH, YARBROW, YBANES, YBANEZ, YNOJOSA, YSAGUIRRE