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Early Texas Surveyors

4/26/2018

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By Linda Kirkpatrick
​​The history of surveying travels back to early time. The Egyptians recorded plots of land as far back as 3000 B. C. What is astounding to me is that the Great Pyramid is only a few inches out of square. The Bible notes, “Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit…”
            Lewis and Clark, Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln were all surveyors whose work helped map the early United States. The Spanish were some of the first in Texas.  
            Early Texas surveying was unusual and varied to say the least. The terms, “a cigarette’s length” or “half a day’s walk,” recorded in field notes are somewhat inaccurate.  
            Juan Antonio Padilla, land commissioner of Mexico, had to have a survey recorded before Austin’s colonist could claim their land. 

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My Kinsman Fought Alongside Daniel Boone and in the American Revolution

4/8/2018

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Cornelius Roberts Courtesy of Ancestry.com
​Cornelius “Neal” Alexander Roberts married Mary Benton about 1767. I am a descendant of theirs.
The mid- and late-1700s was a dangerous time for habitants in Southwest Virginia, near Chilhowie and the Clinch River.
A mixture of long hunters, British colonists, and American Indians all contended for their piece of the tree-covered mountains and clean water. Constant violence, and successive attacks by Indian hunting and war bands, laid unrest upon the settlers.  

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        • Real County, TX Lot 8 -frio river
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        • Pinion Springs - 1660 Acres
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          • Coryell County -103 Acres
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          • Comal County -13 Acres
        • Real County >
          • Under 500 Acres >
            • Real County, TX Lot 8 -frio river
            • Real County, TX 43 +/- Acres
            • Real County, TX 196 +/- Acres
            • Real County, TX 255 +/- Acres
            • Real County - 400 +/- Acres
          • Above 500 Acres >
            • Real County - 885 Acres
            • Real County- 520 +/- Acres
            • Real County - 525 Acres
            • Real County - 600 Acres
            • Real County- 800 +/- Acres
            • Pinion Springs - 900 Acres
            • Real County - 1140 Acres
            • Pinion Springs - 1650 Acres
        • Williamson County >
          • Williamson County - 65 Acres
        • Edwards County
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      • Blanco County - 17 Acres
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      • Real County, TX 500 +/- Acres
      • Blanco County - 35 acres
      • Uvalde County - Frio 180
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      • Real County - Creek 463
      • Real County - Frio - 1.44 Acres
      • Real County - 21.5 Acres
      • Sutton County - 519 acres
      • Real County - Frio - 2.4 Acres
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