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Gaines County, TXGenWeb
genealogy & history

Land Abstracts

submitted by Elaine Stone The records are loosely sorted alphabetically by GRANTEE's surname then by date or file number. The original pages contained about 342 entries but I found mostly duplicates in the last 7 pages and removed the duplicates.
Addison-Farrar Garret-Hawkins Hix-Jones Kelly-Lemmons Martin-Morgan
Nix-Reeves Richards-Underwood Vankersschaver-Wilson Wright-Yates
  • Grantee: P. Vankersschaver
    Patentee: E. H. Jones
    Patent Date: 03 Mar 1939
    Acres: 645.50
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 71520
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 3 Pub.Sch.A-8-
    Patent #: 217
    Patent Volume: 71A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: P. Vankersschaver
    Patentee: E. H. Jones
    Patent Date: 03 Mar 1939
    Acres: 645.5
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 71521
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 4 Pub.Sch.A-8-
    Patent #: 219
    Patent Volume: 71A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: P. Vankersschaver
    Patentee: E. H. Jones
    Patent Date: 03 Mar 1939
    Acres: 645.5
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 71522
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 7 Pub.Sch.A-8-
    Patent #: 210
    Patent Volume: 71A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: P. Vankersschaver
    Patentee: E. H. Jones
    Patent Date: 03 Mar 1939
    Acres: 645.5
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 71523
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 8 Pub.Sch.A-8-
    Patent #: 212
    Patent Volume: 71A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: Ike Ward
    Patentee: T. W. Duke
    Patent Date: 19 Aug 1921
    Acres: 480
    Adjoining County: Terry
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 72824
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: W 3/4 4 Pub.Sch.C37-
    Patent #: 476
    Patent Volume: 11A
    Class: School
    Adjoining Acres: All
  • Grantee: Ike Ward
    Patentee: T. W. Duke
    Patent Date: 19 Aug 1921
    Acres: 640
    Adjoining County: Terry
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 72825
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 5 Pub.Sch.C37-
    Patent #: 478
    Patent Volume: 11A
    Class: School
    Adjoining Acres: All
  • Grantee: D. S. Watrous
    Patentee: John C. Hart
    Patent Date: 02 Oct 1923
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74447
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 4 Pub.Sch.A-21-
    Patent #: 17
    Patent Volume: 20A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: D. S. Watrous
    Acres: 320
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74448
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: S 1/2 12 Pub-Sch.A-24-
    Class: School7
  • Grantee: D. S. Watrous
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74449
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 10 Pub-Sch.A-24-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: D. S. Watrous
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74450
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 9 Pub-Sch.A-24-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: A. H. Webb
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76319
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 11 Pub.Sch.A-8-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: A. H. Webb
    Acres: 449
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76320
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: Frac. 12 Pub.Sch.A-8-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: J. A. West
    Patentee: J. L. Sims
    Patent Date: 10 Dec 1934
    Acres: 331
    Adjoining County: Terry
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 72663
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: W 1/2 20 Pub-Sch.C32-
    Patent #: 301
    Patent Volume: 57A
    Class: School
    Adjoining Acres: All
  • Grantee: J. A. West
    Acres: 480
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 72664
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: N 3/4 15 Pub-Sch.C32-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: J. A. West
    Patentee: F. H. Carpenter
    Patent Date: 05 Feb 1942
    Acres: 160
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 72665
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: NE 1/4 14 Pub-Sch.C32-
    Patent #: 490
    Patent Volume: 83A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: J. A. West
    Patentee: E. P. Newton
    Patent Date: 19 Jan 1937
    Acres: 480
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 72666
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: N 3/4 13 Pub-Sch.C32-
    Patent #: 226
    Patent Volume: 64A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: W. R. West
    Acres: 400
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74519
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: N.Pt. 17 Pub-Sch.C31-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: J. T. West
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76323
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 13 Pub-Sch.A-9-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: J. T. West
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76324
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 8 Pub-Sch.A-9-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: J. T. West
    Acres: 323.80
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76326
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: N 1/2 18 Pub-Sch.A-9-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: W. R. West
    Patentee: P. W. Morris
    Patent Date: 25 May 1934
    Acres: 200
    Adjoining County: Terry
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74520
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: W.Pt. 19 Pub-Sch.C31-
    Patent #: 222
    Patent Volume: 55A
    Class: School
    Adjoining Acres: All
  • Grantee: W. R. West
    Acres: 400
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 74521
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: N.Pt. 18 Pub-Sch.C31-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: R. B. Wilson
    Acres: 608.6
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76327
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 6 Pub-Sch.A28-
    Class: School
  • Grantee: R. B. Wilson
    Patentee: P. C. Dunbar
    Patent Date: 10 Aug 1936
    Acres: 640
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76328
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 4 Pub-Sch.A28-
    Patent #: 424
    Patent Volume: 62A
    Class: School
  • Grantee: R. B. Wilson
    Patentee: P. C. Dunbar
    Patent Date: 10 Aug 1936
    Acres: 603
    District: Bexar
    County: Gaines
    File: 76329
    Survey/Blk/Tsp: 5 Pub-Sch.A28-
    Patent #: 425
    Patent Volume: 62A
    Class: School
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