Devin, Thanks for asking that question. I had the same question about a member of my family who sold some land in Virginia but was living in Navarro County, Texas at the time. Now I know. Anne Wilson On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 19:30:19 -0700 "Deven Lewis" <dlewis00@earthlink.net> writes: > Thank you for the responses. That makes sense - recordings occurred > where > the person was, not where the land was if they differed. In fact, > that means > my ancestor was in Milam County at the time she made that 837 sale > of the > property near what would become Whitney. I always wondered where she > was > living, so that's a great clue! Thanks! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Bigham" <howbig@attbi.com> > To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:12 PM > Subject: Re: [TXHILL] Land Records > > > > Deven: > > > > Land records did not have to be recorded in county sold. Since > people har > > to use horse power they went to the County Court House that was > the > closest > > to them. This happens often where a plot of land was sold in one > county > but > > was regestered in anotheer simply because that courthouse was > closer to > > them. > > Howard Bigham > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Deven Lewis" <dlewis00@earthlink.net> > > To: <TXHILL-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:24 PM > > Subject: [TXHILL] Land Records > > > > > > > There's something (a lot!) I don't understand about land records > that > I'm > > hoping one of you experts might be able to help with. My ancestor > sold a > > piece of her property in 1837 that was situated near Whitney in > Hill > > County - it was Robertson County at that time. I found the > transaction on > > the Robertson County microfilm deed roll, but the actual grant > was > recorded > > by the Milam County clerk. Similar situation in 1854 - a family > member > sold > > property in Mercer's Colony which was in Dallas County, but the > transaction > > showed up in the land records for Hill County. Why would that be? > > > > > > Deven > > > > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > > > Barb's Photo > > Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records > , > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > > Barb's Photo > Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== TXHILL Mailing List ==== > Website by Debbie: http://cathy_shelley.tripod.com/index.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhill/ > Barb's Photo > Page:http://members3.clubphoto.com/barbara260032/guest-1.phtml > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >