An indispensable book for any researcher interested in Stephens 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 48 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 Stephens County book . . .

Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps) . . .
- Where Stephens County Lies Within the State (Map A)
- Stephens County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B)
- An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Stephens 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 Stephens County, Texas (and in this book)?
Breckenridge, Caddo, Crystal Falls, Eolian, Eureka, Frankell, Gunsight, Harpersville, Ivan, La Casa, Mankins Mill, Necessity, South Hanlon, Wayland

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:

AARON, AB&M, ABNEY, ABRAMS, ABREY, ACKER, ACKERMAN, ACKERS, ADAMS, AIKEN, AIKINS, AKERS, AKIN, ALEXANDER, ALLARD, ALLEN, AMASON, AMERMAN, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, APPLEWHITE, ARDIS, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLD, ATKINS, ATWOOD, AUSTIN, AUSTON,

BACON, BAILEY, BAKER, BAL, BALES, BALL, BALLARD, BALLENTINE, BARBER, BARBRE, BARGSLEY, BARKER, BARNETT, BARRY, BARTLEY, BASKET, BATES, BAUGH, BAYLAND, BAYLAND ORPHAN HOME, BAYLY, BBB&C RR CO, BEAM, BEAN, BEARDEN, BEARDSLEE, BEATTIE, BECK, BEDINGFIELD, BEENE, BEHRMAN, BEIDLEMAN, BELL, BENEDICT, BERRY, BETHANY, BEYER, BILBERRY, BILLMAN, BINGHAM, BINNEY, BLACK, BLACKBURN, BLACKBURNE, BLAIR, BLAKE AND SON, BLANKENSHIP, BLESSING, BLOCKER, BLUM, BLYTHE, BOA, BOGGUS, BOLES, BOLTIN, BOOHER, BOOKER, BOOLES, BOONE, BOOTH, BOOTHE, BORING, BOUNE, BOWNE, BOYD, BOYETT, BOZEMAN, BRADFIELD, BRADLEY, BRADSHAW, BRAGG, BRANCH, BRANCHCOMB, BRANNER, BRANNIN, BRATTON, BRAWNER, BREADSLEE, BRIMLEE, BRINSON, BRISTER, BRITTAIN, BRITTON, BROCK, BROCKET, BROOK, BROTHERS, BROWDER, BROWN, BROYLES, BRUCE, BRUNNIN, BRUNSON, BRYANT, BUCKLEY, BUFFALO BAYOU, BULLOCK, BUNSON, BURGESS, BURKE, BURNS, BURSON, BUTLER,

CALDWELL, CALLOWAY, CAMARILLO, CAMPBELL, CAREY, CARMACK, CARR, CARREL, CARROL, CARTER, CARY, CASTLEMAN, CAYCE, CHALKER, CHAMBERS, CHAMBLESS, CHAMBLIS, CHAMBLISS, CHANCELLOR, CHANEY, CHAPMAN, CHAPPELL, CHESLEY, CHILDS, CHRISTESON, CHRISTESSON, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTMAS, CHURCH, CLACK, CLANTON, CLARK, CLARKE, CLEVELAND, CLICK, CLOCK, COBB, COCHRAN, COLE, COLEMAN, COLLEGE, COLLIER, COLLINS, COLLOM, COLLUM, COMPTON, CONLEY, CONNER, CONNOR, CONWAY, COODY, COOK, COONEY, COOPER, COPELAND, CORBETT, CORNETT, COSBY, COTHERN, COUGER, COURTNEY, COWAN, COWART, COX, CRAFT, CRAIG, CRAIGHEAD, CRAVEY, CRAWFORD, CREAGH, CRETSINGER, CRITESER, CROWLEY, CRUDGINGTON, CULBERSON, CUNNINGHAM, CURRENT, CURRIER, CURRY,

DANIE, DANIEL, DAVIS, DAY, DAY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY, DE CORDOVA, DE FOOR, DE GRAFFENRIED, DE LONG, DEAN, DEATON, DECKER, DEFOOR, DEGRAFFENRIED, DELONG, DENNISON, DENTON, DEROSSETT, DESHAYO, DICKERSON, DILL, DINWIDDIE, DL&C CO, DOBBS, DOOLEY, DOOLY, DORSEY, DORSHEIMER, DOSS, DOUGLAS, DOUGLASS, DOUGLESS, DRAKE, DROKE, DUDLEY, DUKE, DUNCAN, DUNHAM, DUPREE, DUREN, DURHAM, DUVAL, DYER,

EAGER, EAST LINE AND RED RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY, EASTMAN, EATON, ECHOLS, EDMONDSON, EDMUNDSON, EDWARDS, EL&RR RR CO, ELGAN, ELLIOT, ELLIOTT, ELLIS, EPPERSON, ERRINGTON, ERVIN, ERWIN, EVANS, EVERHARDT, EWEN,

FAIRBANK, FAIRBANKS, FAMBROUGH, FARRAR, FAUCHER, FERGERSON, FIDELITY INSURANCE, FINCHER, FINLEY, FINNELL, FISH, FISHER, FLETCHER, FLORES, FLOURNEY, FLOURNOY, FORD, FOY, FRANKLIN, FRANKS, FREEMAN, FRIZZELL, FRONEBERGER, FRONEBURGER, FROST, FRY, FULCHER, FUNDERBURGH, FUNDERBURK, FUSCH,

GAILEY, GALVESTON, GAMBLIN, GAMMAGE, GANN, GANTT, GARDENHIRE, GARDENHIVE, GARNER, GARRARD, GARRETT, GARVIN, GASSETT, GATES, GATEWOOD, GB&CNG RR CO, GEDDES, GENTRY, GEORGE, GERDES, GIBSON, GILBERT, GILL, GILLETTE, GLASCOCK, GLENN, GOBER, GODDARD, GOFORTH, GOLLEHAN, GOLLEHON, GONZALES, GOOD, GOODNIGHT, GOODWIN, GORDON, GORE, GRACEY, GRACY, GRAFFENRIED, GRAHAM, GRAHAN, GRAY, GREEN, GREENLEE, GREENWOOD, GREGG, GREGORY, GRIMES, GROGAH, GROGAN, GROSECLOSE, GUADALUPE COLLEGE, GULLEDGE, GUNSOLUS, GUNTER, GUY,

H&GN RR CO, HAFER, HAGAMAN, HAGAR, HAGER, HALE, HALEY, HALL, HALLETT, HAMEL, HAMIL, HAMILTON, HAMMACK, HAMMOCK, HAMMONDS, HAMPTON, HANAMENDS, HAND, HANNAN, HANNUM, HARGROVE, HARMS, HARPER, HARRELL, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HASKINSON, HATCHETT, HATFIELD, HAVINS, HAWK, HAWKINS, HAWLEY, HAWPE, HAYNES, HEATLEY, HEDRICK, HEFLEY, HEFNER, HENDERSON, HENSLEY, HENTZ, HEPTINSTALL, HEWIETT, HEWLETT, HIBBINS, HIGGINS, HIGHTOWER, HILL, HILLARD, HILLIARD, HINTON, HITTSON, HIXON, HIXSON, HODGES, HOFER, HOLLMAN, HOLMES, HOLT, HONEYCUTT, HOPKINS, HOUSE, HOUSTON, HOUSTON AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, HOUSTON TAP AND BRAZORIA RAILROAD COMPANY, HOWPE, HOWRY, HT&B RR CO, HUBBARD, HUCK, HUCKABY, HUDSON, HUFFMAN, HUGHES, HULLUM, HUNT, HUSKINSON, HUTCHISON,

I&GN RR CO,

JACKSON, JAMES, JAMISEN, JARNAGIN, JAY, JEFFREY, JENKINS, JENNINGS, JETER, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JORDAN, JOWELL,

KARR, KEATHLEY, KEITH, KENNEDY, KETTS, KIDD, KILLION, KIMBELL, KING, KIRK, KIRKLAND, KLASING, KLEBERG, KLINE, KNIGHT, KNOTT, KNOX, KOEHLER, KROUSE, KYLE,

LAL, LAMB, LANDERS, LANE, LANGFORD, LANGLEY, LATHAM, LAUGHLIN, LAWSON, LEA, LEDBETTER, LEE, LEECH, LEH & BP, LEIPE, LEIPER, LEMAN, LEMKE, LEVY, LEWIS, LIEB, LIEPE, LILLARD, LILLIARD, LINDSY, LISLE, LITTLE, LITTLEFIELD, LIVINGSTON, LOCKHART, LONG, LOPER, LOTT, LOVE, LOVING, LOW, LOWE, LUNCH, LYNCH,

MACKEY, MAGERS, MALONA, MALONE, MANIG, MANLY, MANNING, MARBERRY, MARCHBANK, MARCHBANKS, MARGUIS, MARLIN, MARQUIS, MARSHALL, MASBY, MASSIE, MAULDING, MAUPIN, MAURER, MAXEY, MAXWELL, MAYNARD, MCADOO, MCAMIS, MCANIS, MCBEE, MCBRIDE, MCCAIN, MCCAULEY, MCCLENNEY, MCCLESKEY, MCCLOSKEY, MCCLUSKEY, MCCLUSKY, MCCORKLE, MCCOY, MCCREADY, MCCREARY, MCCRIGHT, MCCUTCHEON, MCDONALD, MCFADDIN, MCGAHA, MCGATHA, MCGEE, MCGLOTHIN, MCGOWEN, MCKELVAIN, MCLACHLAN, MCLOCKLAN, MCMEEN, MCNABB, MCNEIL, MCPHERSON, MEADERS, MEADOR, MEADORS, MEADOW, MEADOWS, MEIRS, MEMPHIS, MEP&P RR CO, MERCER, MERRELL, MERRIFIELD, MERRILL, MESSER, METCALF, MICHAMPS, MIDKIFF, MILLER, MILLS, MING, MITCHELL, MODYMAN, MOODYMAN, MOON, MOONEY, MOORE, MOORIS, MORALES, MORAN, MORGAN, MORPHIS, MORRIS, MORRISON, MOSBY, MOULDING, MULANAX, MURCHISON, MURPHY, MYERS,

NEILL, NELMS, NEWMAN, NEWNHAM, NEWTON, NICHOLS, NOBLE, NOBLES, NOEL, NOLAN, NOLAND, NOLEN, NORRIS, NORTON, NORVEL, NORVELL, NOTGRASS, NOTGROS, NOTGROSS, NUNN,

O LAUGHLIN, O`LAUGHLIN, OAKLEY, OAL, OGLEBY, OLAUGHLIN, OLOUGHLIN, ORR, ORRICK, OSTEEN, OTTS, OUTLAW, OWEN, OWINGS, OWNENS,

PACE, PADGETT, PARCELLA, PARK, PARKER, PARKS, PARSELL, PARSONS, PATTEN, PATTON, PEARCE, PEEKS, PENIX, PENY, PEPPER, PERKINS, PERRY, PETERS, PETITT, PEVELER, PHILLIPS, PHIPPS, PICKETT, PIERCE, PILES, PINCKNEY, PINSON, POE, POER, POITEVENT, POLK, PORTER, POSEY, POWER, PRAITT, PRESTON, PRICE, PRICHARD, PROCTOR, PRUETT, PRUITT, PULLEY, PURCELL, PYLES,

R A ELLIOTT, RAINBOLT, RAINER, RAINEY, RAMSEY, RANEY, RASBERRY, RASMUSSEN, RATTON, RAY, REAVES, REAVIS, RECKLES, REDFIELD, REDWINE, REED, REEVES, REILLY, REPASS, RHEA, RHOADS, RHODES, RICE, RICHARD, RICHARDSON, RICHELS, RICKELS, RICKLES, RIDDEL, RIDDLE, RIDLEY, ROACH, ROBBINS, ROBERSON, ROBERTSON, ROBERTSON CSL, ROBINSON, RODGERS, RODRIGQUEZ, RODRIGUES, ROE, ROGERS, ROLF, ROLLINS, ROMERSHAUSEN, ROSE, ROSENQUEST, ROSENQUIST, ROSS, RUCKER, RUSH, RUSK, RUSSELL, RUST, RUTHERFORD,

SA&MG RR CO, SAMPSON, SAN ANTONIO AND MEXICAN GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, SANDERS, SATTERFIELD, SATTERWHITE, SAVAGE, SCARLETT, SCHOOLCRAFT, SCOGIN, SCOTT, SCRUGGS, SCURLOCK, SEDWICK, SEGREST, SELMAN, SEOGIN, SEWELL, SF 10810, SF 15963, SHAW, SHELTON, SHEPARD, SHERMAN, SHIELDS, SHIPLEY, SHIRLEY, SHOFFIT, SHOFITT, SHOOK, SIDES, SIKES, SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SIMS, SIRES, SKINNER, SLAUGHTER, SMITH, SMITHWICK, SMOOT, SNIDER DE PELLEGRINI, SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, SP RR CO, SPARKS, SPEAR, SPEER, SPICER, SPIER, SPOFFORD, STALEY, STANDFORD, STANFORD, STANLEY, STANSELL, STATE OF TEXAS, STEED, STEEL, STEELE, STEEN, STEPHEN, STEPHENS, STEPHENS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND, STEPHENSON, STEVENS, STEVENSON, STEWART, STINEBAUGH, STOCKER, STOKER, STOKES, STONE, STONEHAM, STOUARD, STOVER, STUBBS, SUDDERTH, SULLIVAN, SUTHPHEN, SUTPHEN, SWANNER, SWEET, SWENSON, SWOAP, SYLVANUS,

T&NO RR CO, T&P, T&P RR CO, TACKER, TALKINGTON, TALLY, TANDY, TAYLOR, TE&L CO, TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, TEXAS EMIGRATION AND LAND COMPANY, THOMAS, THOMASON, THOMPSON, THOMSPON, THORNTON, THORP, THORPE, TIDWELL, TOBY, TODD, TOLLE, TOMKINS, TOMLIN, TOMLINSON, TOMPKINS, TOWNSEND, TRAMMELL, TRIPLETT, TRUESDELL, TUCKER, TWICHELL, TWISHELL, TYLER,

UMSTEAD, UMSTED, UPHAM,

VALENTINE, VAN HORN, VANLEER, VANWINKLE, VAUGHA, VAUGHN, VEAL, VEALE, VICK, VICKERS, VON WORN,

WAGGONER, WAGLAY, WAGLEY, WAGONER, WALDRIP, WALKER, WARD, WARE, WARREN, WASHBURNE, WATERS, WATSON, WEBB, WEISHER, WELLS, WEST, WESTBROOK, WHISLER, WHISTLER, WHITE, WHITMIRE, WHITSON, WHITTEN, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WILLISE, WILLSE, WILLSON, WILSON, WIMBERLY, WINSTON, WISE, WITHERS, WOFFORD, WOHBFORD, WOHLFORD, WOLFORD, WOOD, WOODRUFF, WORK, WRIGHT, WYATT,

YANCEY, YANCY, YARBROUGH, YATES, YEAMANS, YOCUM, YORK, YOUNG, YOUNGBLOOD,

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