This Tract Book was reconstructed by Duke Vickrey from the General Land Office Automated Records - Alabama. Copyright 2001 Duke Vickrey, Gulf Breeze, FL
Houston County was created February 9, 1903 from Henry County and Geneva County. To see a map showing the historical boundary changes to Geneva County and Houston County, click here:
Map showing historical boundaries of Geneva and Houston Counties
Houston County land was surveyed from the St. Stephens Base Line, which was intended to be run on the 31st parallel. The 31st parallel was the northern border of Florida agreed upon by the British, Spanish and Americans. In fact, the St. Stephens Base Line was erroneously run about a mile or so north of the 31st parallel in the area which was later to become Houston County. Before the actual boundary between Florida and Alabama was settled in 1848, the surveys for Florida land had been extended beyond what was later to become the border and up to the St. Stephens Base Line. Rather than resurvey the land south of the St. Stephens Base Line, the General Land Office in Alabama used the Florida surveys when granting that land. Thus, approximately 20,000 acres of land in Houston County today is designated by Florida Coordinates, as measured from the Tallahassee Base Line. To see a map showing the specific grants in this area, click here:
Map showing grants in Houston County along the Florida Boundary
To see the township, range and section map of Houston County or to see the Houston County Index or to go to one of the other Range Tract Books, click on the links below:
Map of Houston
County
Index
Ranges 23E, 24E & 25E
Range 26E
Range 27E
Range 28E
Range 29E
Range 30E
EXPLANATION of the entries: The entries in this
Reconstructed Tract Book
are arranged first by Range, then by Township, then by
Section. The
following information is provided:
Col. 1 - Quadrant of Section or Lot number granted
Col. 2 - Section number:
Col. 3 - Township number;
Col. 4 - Range number;
Col. 5 - Last name of grantee;
Col. 6 - First name of grantee;
Col. 7 - Middle initial of grantee, if given;
Col. 8 - Patent certificate number for grant;
Col. 9 - Type of grant, C - cash, H - homestead
Col. 10 - Signature date on patent certificate
RANGE 8W
TOWNSHIP 7N R8W
L1 7 7N 8W Robinson William H 25042 C 1860/06/01
L2 8 7N 8W Robinson William H 25031 C 1860/06/01
SE 9 7N 8W Highsmith Lewis B 24536 C 1860/01/03 L2 9 7N 8W Pellum Ruffus J 14030 H 1895/08/08
NE/SW 15 7N 8W Patterson John L 19282 H 1904/05/05 NW 15 7N 8W Wood William 24544 C 1860/01/03
N/SW 17 7N 8W Stephens John J 25076 C 1897/08/24 S/SW 17 7N 8W Tindel Henry T 18775 H 1903/05/19 NE/NW 17 7N 8W Robinson William H 25042 C 1860/06/01 SE/NW 17 7N 8W Pittman Huland R 25062 C 1860/12/01 SW/NW 17 7N 8W Beasley Elmira 8387 H 1891/07/28
S/NE 18 7N 8W Williams Mollie E* 5082 H 1891/06/29 NW/NE 18 7N 8W Strickland Ithial H 24600 C 1860/01/03 E/SE 18 7N 8W Stephens John J 25076 C 1897/08/24 E/NW 18 7N 8W Williams Mollie E* 5082 H 1891/06/29 W/NW 18 7N 8W Odom Aaron 24766 C 1860/01/03 (* widow of Wyatt G. Williams)
RANGE 9W
TOWNSHIP 7N R9W
L1 7 7N 9W Going Ambrose 24850 C 1860/01/03
E1/2 8 7N 9W Parker Creach H 24559 C 1860/01/03 L2 8 7N 9W Stapleton Thomas S 1509 H 1880/02/20
L2 11 7N 9W Gunn Daniel 25498 C 1897/06/14
SE/SW 13 7N 9W Simmons Callie D* 13373 H 1895/01/31 (* formerly Callie D. Oswald)
E/NE 14 7N 9W Odom Aaron 24765 C 1860/01/03
W/NW 15 7N 9W Talley Benjamin J 15390 H 1898/03/08
N/NE 17 7N 9W Crawford Robert 25038 C 1860/06/01 S/NE 17 7N 9W Nix Zacheus 25044 C 1860/06/01 N/SE 17 7N 9W Nix Zacheus 25044 C 1860/06/01 SE/NW 17 7N 9W Nix Zacheus 25044 C 1860/06/01
SE/NE 18 7N 9W Nix Zacheus 25044 C 1860/06/01 SW/NE 18 7N 9W Robinson John F 25114 C 1860/09/01 NW/NE 18 7N 9W Going Ambrose 24878 C 1860/06/01 NE/SE 18 7N 9W Nix Zacheus 25044 C 1860/06/01 W/SE 18 7N 9W Robinson John F 25114 C 1860/09/01 SW 18 7N 9W Robinson John F 25114 C 1860/09/01 N/NW 18 7N 9W Going Ambrose 24878 C 1860/06/01 S/NW 18 7N 9W Robinson John F 25114 C 1860/09/01
RANGE 10W
TOWNSHIP 7N R10W
S/SE 8 7N 10W Granger John G 19370 H 1904/05/05 S/SW 8 7N 10W Granger John G 19370 H 1904/05/05
all 9 7N 10W Granger Willis 24975 C 1860/06/01
all 10 7N 10W Bazemore Granberry F 24687 C 1860/01/03
all 12 7N 10W Going Ambrose 25066 C 1860/06/01
E/NE 13 7N 10W Howard Isaac 24843 C 1860/01/03 SW/NE 13 7N 10W Strickland Samuel W 25026 C 1860/06/01 NE/SE 13 7N 10W Howard Isaac 24843 C 1860/01/03 SE/SE 13 7N 10W Howard Isaac 25040 C 1860/06/01 SW/SE 13 7N 10W Paulk John J 25516 C 1861/05/01 NW/SE 13 7N 10W Howard Isaac 24843 C 1860/01/03 SW/NW 13 7N 10W Bazemore Granbery F 25375 C 1897/06/14
N/SW 14 7N 10W May Warren 16205 H 1898/06/01 S/SW 14 7N 10W Granger Joseph E 13748 H 1895/02/23 N/NW 14 7N 10W Bazemore Granbery F 25375 C 1897/06/14 SE/NW 14 7N 10W May Warren 16205 H 1898/06/01 SW/NW 14 7N 10W Hurst Franklin 24763 C 1860/01/03
NE/NE 15 7N 10W Clayton Nancy A 25317 C 1861/05/01 SE/NE 15 7N 10W Granger John W 25360 C 1861/05/01 SW/NE 15 7N 10W Jones Allen H 24576 C 1860/01/03 NW/NE 15 7N 10W Bazemore Granbery F 25375 C 1897/06/14 E/SE 15 7N 10W Granger Joseph E 13748 H 1895/02/23 SW/SE 15 7N 10W Bazemore Granbery F 25376 C 1897/06/14 NW/SE 15 7N 10W Maye James B 17037 H 1899/03/24 NE/SW 15 7N 10W Pridgen John G 24577 C 1860/01/03 NW/SW 15 7N 10W Grainger Volteaire 24581 C 1860/01/03 SW/NW 15 7N 10W Granger Volteair 24762 C 1860/01/03 NW/NW 15 7N 10W Pridgeon John G 25259 C 1861/09/10
N/NE 17 7N 10W Granger John 5054 H 1888/02/04 SE/NE 17 7N 10W Pridgeon John G 24859 C 1860/06/01 SW/NE 17 7N 10W Granger John 5054 H 1888/02/04 SW/SE 17 7N 10W West James M 19283 H 1904/05/05 NW/SE 17 7N 10W Hall Dempsey 6716 H 1891/06/08 NE/SW 17 7N 10W Hall Dempsey 6716 H 1891/06/08 SE/SW 17 7N 10W Jones Allen 24854 C 1860/06/01 SW/SW 17 7N 10W Pridgen Jasper 6717 H 1891/06/08 NW/SW 17 7N 10W Granger Willis C 11326 H 1893/03/03 NE/NW 17 7N 10W Granger John G 19370 H 1904/05/05 SE/NW 17 7N 10W Granger John 5054 H 1888/02/04 W/NW 17 7N 10W Granger Willis C 11326 H 1893/03/03
E/NE 18 7N 10W Jones Ira G 13728 H 1895/10/09 SW/NE 18 7N 10W Strickland Samuel W 24849 C 1861/09/10 NW/NE 18 7N 10W Adams Harmon 3388 H 1884/12/05 NE/SE 18 7N 10W Granger Willis C 11326 H 1893/03/03 SE/SE 18 7N 10W Pridgen Jasper 6717 H 1891/06/08 W/SE 18 7N 10W Hatton Ezra 14511 H 1896/02/10 N/SW 18 7N 10W Hatton Christopher C 10490 H 1892/01/18 S/SW 18 7N 10W Hatton Ezra 14511 H 1896/02/10 E/NW 18 7N 10W Adams Harmon 3388 H 1884/12/05 SW/NW 18 7N 10W Hatton Christopher C 10490 H 1892/01/18 NW/NW 18 7N 10W Adams Harmon 3388 H 1884/12/05
W/E 19 7N 10W West Joseph M 17723 C 1884/11/13 W1/2 19 7N 10W Granger John T 15907 H 1897/12/10
all 22 7N 10W Mumford Joseph T 17150 H 1899/05/31
RANGE 11W
TOWNSHIP 7N R11W
N/NE 13 7N 11W Fears Thomas P 10278 H 1892/01/18 SE/NE 13 7N 11W Fears Thomas P 10278 H 1892/01/18 SW/NE 13 7N 11W Jones Jacob 10280 H 1892/01/18 NW/SE 13 7N 11W Jones Jacob 10280 H 1892/01/18 E/SW 13 7N 11W Granger John T 19930 H 1906/02/16 W/SW 13 7N 11W Olive James 24566 C 1862/02/20 NE/NW 13 7N 11W Fears Thomas P 10278 H 1892/01/18 SE/NW 13 7N 11W Jones Jacob 10280 H 1892/01/18 L8 13 7N 11W Hatton Wesley L 13727 H 1895/07/17 S/L7 13 7N 11W Hatton Wesley L 13727 H 1895/07/17
NE/NE 14 7N 11W Olive James 24568 C 1872/10/30 SE/SE 14 7N 11W Jones Bethel E 16323 H 1898/06/17 NE/NW 14 7N 11W Olive James 24566 C 1862/02/20
NE/NE 15 7N 11W Olive James* 24568 C 1862/02/20 N/SW 15 7N 11W Tucker Lewis 24654 C 1860/01/03 L3 15 7N 11W Tucker Lewis 24654 C 1860/01/03 L4 15 7N 11W Tucker Lewis 24654 C 1860/01/03 N/L6 15 7N 11W Tucker Lewis 24654 C 1860/01/03 S/L5 15 7N 11W Tucker Lewis 24654 C 1860/01/03 (* canceled)
L2 18 7N 11W Richards Delia 11492 H 1895/06/28
E1/2 23 7N 11W Jones Bethel E 16323 H 1898/06/17
RANGE 12W
TOWNSHIP 7N R12W
L3 13 7N 12W Holland King P 19596 H 1904/07/02 L4 13 7N 12W Holland King P 19596 H 1904/07/02 L5 13 7N 12W Holland John R 16961 H 1899/03/17 L6 13 7N 12W Holland John R 16961 H 1899/03/17
L3 14 7N 12W Borland Pallie E 20361 H 1906/05/14 L4 14 7N 12W Borland Pallie E 20361 H 1906/05/14 L5 14 7N 12W Borland Thomas M 20360 H 1906/01/30 L6 14 7N 12W Borland Thomas M 20360 H 1906/01/30
S/SE 15 7N 12W Meyer Littleberry 24535 C 1860/01/03 S/SW 15 7N 12W Meyer Littleberry 24535 C 1860/01/03 L3(SW) 15 7N 12W Godwin Dock 18263 H 1902/01/17 L4(SW) 15 7N 12W Godwin Dock 18263 H 1902/01/17 L5 15 7N 12W Bogar Milton N 16964 H 1899/03/17 L6 15 7N 12W Bogar Milton N 16964 H 1899/03/17
L2 17 7N 12W Fortner Annie V 19931 H 1905/05/23
17 7N 12W McKinne James* 24545 C 1878/07/15
(* + Henry McKinne)
L2 18 7N 12W Marshall Francis J 18365 H 1902/09/15
L3 18 7N 12W Marshall Francis J 18365 H 1902/09/15
L5 18 7N 12W Marshall John W 19407 H 1904/07/02
18 7N 12W McKinne James* 24546 C 1878/07/15
(* + Henry McKinne)
RANGE 13W
TOWNSHIP 7N R13W
L3 13 7N 13W* Kirkland Walter E 18189 H 1902/01/17 L4 13 7N 13W* Kirkland Walter E 18189 H 1902/01/17 N/L5 13 7N 13W* Brown John B 25263 C 1860/12/01 L6 13 7N 13W* Kirkland Walter E 18189 H 1902/01/17 (* may be in Geneva Co.)