Recorded copies of applications and affidavits filed by individuals to purchase free school and asylum lands as actual settlers, under provisions of Title LXXXVII, Chapter 12A, Revised Civil Statutes of 1895 and amendments by Acts of May 19, 1897. Shows name of county, date of application, and name of county in which land located. Includes: a. Description of land on which application made; b. Statement that applicant is over 21 years of age; c. Record of free school and asylum lands purchased from state by applicant prior to April 19, 1901; d. Sworn statement that applicant plans to purchase property as a home, that applicant is a bona fide settler thereon, and that the purchase is not being made in collusion with others; e. Obligation to pay for land purchase. Also includes recording certificate, showing file number, date filed, date recorded, amount remitted to state treasurer as first payment, and signature of county clerk. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Recorded copies of releases of deeds of trust, liens, and contracts filed with the Travis County Clerk from November 1901 to March 1905, showing names of grantor and grantee, kind of instrument, date of release, signature of parties, date received, date recorded, and volume and page number where original instrument was recorded. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from February 1901 to December 1901, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Recorded copies of applications and affidavits for the purchase of free school and asylum lands, under provision of Title LXXXVII, Chapter 12A Revised Civil Statutes of 1985 and amendments by Acts of May 19, 1897, showing name of county, date of application, name of land commissioner, name of county in which land located, section number, block number, certificate number, name of original grantee, number of acres, price per acre, classification of land, statement that purchaser is over 21 years of age, record of purchase made of free school or asylum lands prior to April 1901, oath of applicant that he is willing to settle, oath of applicant that purchase is not being made in collusion with others, signature of applicant, date sworn and subscribed, and signature of county clerk. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from July 1901 to February 1902. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.