Submitted by Pam Harden

LAND CLAIMS FROM TEXAS

Burlage, John and J.B. Hollingsworth.

These entries are Abstracts fo Valid Land Claims Compiled from the Records of the General Land Office and Court of Claims of the State of Texas.  

Austin:  John Marshall & Co., 1859

Page 117:                                                                                                                                 Bounty Warrants:  #9272  Henry H. Cone 320 acres (Bounty and Donation land granted for length of service and particular service such as at Alamo, Goliad, or San Antonio).

Page 125:                                                                                                                                  Donation Warrants patented prior to 1 August 1856:  #940 Henry H. Cone  640 acres.

Page 614:                                                                                                                                 Henry H. Cone    August 27, 1834, l league     Polk Co. (1 league = 4,428.3 acres).

Miller, Thomas Lloyd. "Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas 1835-1888."  Austin:  University of Texas Press, 1967

Page 186:                                                                                                                                 Henry H. Cone received Bounty Warrant 9272 for 320 acres from Secretary of War on 8 Oct 1839 for Service from 8 October to 14 December 1835.  320 acres in McLennan County  were patented to him on 25 Sept 1845.  Patent 687, Volume I, Abstract 250, GLO Military Bounty 250.

Page 747:                                                                                                                                  Cone, Henry H.  Received Donation Certificate 940 fo 640 acres from Secretary of War on 8 October 1839 for being in Seige of Bexar.  640 acres in Ellis County were patented to him on  5 Dec 1844.  Patent 104, Volume I, Abstract 40, GLO File Rob Don 202.

Taylor, Virginia. "The Spanish Archives of the General Land Office of Texas."  Austin: Lone Star Press, 1955

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