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 > >