Pam thanks for agreeing. I will check the Family History Center for Tax Records on microfilm. I am to far away to visit the Ft.Worth Library but maybe some day! I am going to post a few of the names I have from a page on Abstracts of Land Titles: The format will be: Abstract Number, Original Grantee, Patentee, Quantity and Date. 468 Israel Earls, same, 320 ac., 1857 469 Richard M. Elliott, same, 320ac, 1857 470 Jonathan Evans, same, 640ac, 1856 471 Wm. Edwards, John W. Robinson, 320ac, 1855 472 John S. Elleston, same, 640ac, 1854 473 Mortimer Elleston, same, 320ac, 1855 474 Thomas Easter, same, 480ac, 1855 475 Sanders Elliott, same, 214ac, 1854 476 Sanders Elliott, same, 246ac, 1854 477 Patrick Everard, same, 360ac, 1854 478 Patrick Everard, same, 280ac, 1854 479 Robert A. Elliott, same, 160ac, 1860 480 Thomas B. Elliott, John L. Purvis, 160ac, 1860 481 Richard Eads, same, 320ac, 1859 482 Silas Estes, same, 160 ac, 1859 483 Boalis Estes dec'd, Boalis Ests, 160ac, 1864 484 Edward S. Ellis, B.P. and J. H. Ayers, 160ac, 1859 485 James S. Evans, same, 160ac, 1859 486 R.B. & T.A. English, L.H. Stevens, 480ac, 1860 487 Erasmus H. Elkins, same 320 ac, 1860 488 James Estes, same, 320ac, 1860 489 M. W. Ellis, Henry Jefferson, 160ac, 1861 490 James F. Ellis, same, 1561/2ac, 1859 491 Jefferson Estill, Cummins & Cranley, 286ac, 1873 492 Richard Eads, Walter D. Beall, 319ac, 1855 493 James F. Elliott, Mrs. Francis G. VanZandt, 908 ac, 1875 494 do 64 ac 495 do 204ac 496 H. H. Edwards, Jesse Guinn, 160ac, 1870 497 Mary M. Egger, same, 69 1/2ac, 1876 498 D.E. Elston, same, 160 ac, 1873 499 J. B. Edens, same, 160ac, 1873 500 W.R. Eaves, same 160c, 1873 501 James H. Eastman, same, 160ac, 1875 502 M.G. Elkins, same, 160ac, 1872 503 Jason Elliott, same, 160ac, no date 504 Daniel L. Evans, same, 80ac, no date 505 Don Thomas Flores, Tombs, Cotlett and Crawford, 486ac, 1858 506 Antonio Fernandez, James P. Dumas, 640ac, 1861 507 Isabel Flores, Dumas & Alexander, 880ac, 1861 508 Don Thomas Flores, Tombs, Cotlett and Crawford, 511ac, 1874 590 do 52ac 1871 510 do 112 511 Jarrett Foster, James Young, 480ac, 1871 512 S.C.T. Ford, Henry Ware, 130ac, 1871 513 Levi Franklin, T.J. McKinney 320 ac. 1857 End of Page I hope this helps someone! Janis