Castro's Colony, Bexar district [cartographic material].

Map of Castro's Colony, showing numbered tracts of land, some including names of owners, boundary of colony, and the boundary of McMullen's Grant. The map also includes blocks of land, land surveys, counties, rivers, and creeks. The back of the map includes a stamped note, dated April 23, 1964, from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Jerry Sadler. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1856
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Haskell County

Blue line print of survey map of Haskell County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information is given.
Date: 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Asylum and University Lands situated on the waters of Hubbards-Creek

Cadastral map of land grants for universities, blind asylums, and lunatic asylums, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, roads, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1857
Creator: Carter, S. M. & Creuzbaur, R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Map Showing the Countries Explored and Surveyed by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commissions- in the years 1850, 51, 52, and 53.

Map shows the areas of North America explored and surveyed by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission from 1850 to 1853 under the direction of John R. Bartlett, U.S. Commissioner. Includes historic notes on the Red, Brazos, and Colorado Rivers and the abundance of vegetation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:6,600,000
Date: 1853
Creator: Bartlett, John R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis County

Blueline format of survey map of Travis County, Texas, showing blocks of land, roads, rivers, land grants, and rivers. No scale information is given.
Date: 1852
Creator: Upishur, Horace L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of the City Tract of San Antonio De Bexar

Cadastral map of San Antonio de Bexar, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes roads, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:33,333] (1000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1852
Creator: Gentilz, Jore & Giraud, Francis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mapa del Presidio de San Antonio de Bexar: sus Misiones de la Provinsia de Texas, Fecho en 24 del Mes de Marzo de 1764

Duplication of a map roughly depicting the missions and surrounding areas located near present-day San Antonio, during the Spanish rule of Texas; features are represented pictorially. Scale approximately 1:83,333 (Escala de 5000. Mil Varas Casttellanas.)
Date: 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hays Co.

Blueline format of survey map of Hays County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants and roads. No scale information is given.
Date: 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Mason County.

Cadastral map of Mason County, Texas, showing land property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales County.

Survey map of Gonzales County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale information given.
Date: December 1853
Creator: Pressler, C. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Guadalupe County

Cadastral map of Guadalupe County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. No scale indicated.
Date: March 23, 1854
Creator: Willke, H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map exhibiting the lines of march passed over by the troops of the United States during the year ending June 30th 1858.

Map of the lines marched to military bases by United States troops in 1858. Lines included marches up the Mississippi River to St. Louis; travels between numerous forts, camps, and barracks in Texas; similar trails among the plains and Rocky Mountain military posts; a line from New York to Havana to Panama then to San Francisco; and marches in New Mexico and Arizona, including a march from Fort Yuma to Tuscon and Fort Buchanan along the Mexico-United States border. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:12,000,000
Date: November 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Montague County

Blueline format of survey map of Montague, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants, Victoria Peak, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: 1858
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to William Welsh, February 1855] (open access)

[Letter from Sam Houston to William Welsh, February 1855]

Letter from Sam Houston to William Welsh discussing a business reference, William D. Miller Esq., in Austin, Texas.
Date: February 5, 1855
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Peter Farer Esq., July 1852] (open access)

[Letter from Sam Houston to Peter Farer Esq., July 1852]

Letter from Sam Houston to Peter Farer Esq. discussing a request for information on a pirate named Lafitte who frequented Galveston, Texas.
Date: July 23, 1852
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Survey Field Notes in Bexar County, Number 340] (open access)

[Land Survey Field Notes in Bexar County, Number 340]

Field notes from a survey of land owned by Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams in Bexar County. The document is certified twice by the deputy surveyor of Bexar district and the surveyor of the Milam land district.
Date: May 4, 1852
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of File No. 1153] (open access)

[Copy of File No. 1153]

Copy of the plat and field notes for survey no. 334 in section 16 of Bexar County. The original survey was done May 3, 1852. There is a statement asserting this is an accurate copy of the records of the General Land Office of Texas.
Date: March 31, 1854
Creator: McDonald, I. S.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pressler's Map of the State of Texas (1).

Map of part of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes and extensive map of counties in the upper-right corner and a note from the commissioner of the General Land Office. Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1858
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fannin Land District

Blueline format of Fannin County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date: 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Asylum Lands

Survey map of land grants for "blind and lunatic asylums" in Shackelford, Jones, Taylor, and Calhoun Counties, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1857
Creator: Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bosque County

Blueline format of survey map of Bosque County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. No scale information is given.
Date: 1855
Creator: Martin, Jos.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Country Upon the Brazos and Big Witchita Rivers

Map of north central Texas, showing the route followed by Captain R. B. Macy and troops in an effort to locate suitable land for an American Indian reservation. Locates copper and iron ore and shows western and southern boundaries of Peter’s Colony. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:506,880] (10 miles to 1 1/4 of an inch).
Date: 1854
Creator: Marcy, R. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of Title (open access)

Abstract of Title

Booklet entitled "Abstract of Title, to One League and Labor of land situated in Runnels County in the name of Rama Christa as appears from the records of Bexar County while Runnels Co. was a part of Bexar, made by Cocke, Hildebrand & Co. for John C. Beasley," containing records about land titles and legal transactions.
Date: June 16, 1857
Creator: Beasley, John C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History