Land and Related Information

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General Land Office (GLO) Records

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior. The Official Federal Land Records Site....We provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States. We also provide image access to more than three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908. Images of Serial patents (land titles issued between 1908 and the mid-1960's) have been added....read more.....

Texas General Land Office

"From the earliest days of the Republic, the challenges the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has faced have been as diverse as the millions of acres of land the agency manages. Through the years, the land office has....read more...."  Texas General Land Office, 1700 North Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701-1495

Land Records and Information Related to Harris County 

Archives and Records, Texas General Land Office

"Established in 1837, the Archives of the Texas General Land Office consists of land grant records and maps dating to the 18th century relating to the passage of Texas public lands to private ownership....read more..."

Harris County Appraisal District

Has many resources online for determining land locations and ownership.

Early Texas Land Grants of Harris County  (Grantee Sort)

Sources:
"The Land Grants of Texas," Texas General Land Office, Land Grant Search. Note:  CAUTION... Many of the Portable Document Format (.pdf) files linked to the tables are very large.  They will be an extreme challenge if utilizing a 56.6Kbs or less internet connection for viewing.  I suggest they be downloaded for viewing.

Early Texas Land Grants of Harris County  (Patentee Sort)

Sources:
"The Land Grants of Texas," Texas General Land Office, Land Grant Search. Note:  CAUTION... Many of the Portable Document Format (.pdf) files linked to the tables are very large.  They will be an extreme challenge if utilizing a 56.6Kbs or less internet connection for viewing.  I suggest they be downloaded for viewing.

Land Grant Database, Texas General Land Office

The Texas General Land Office offers a searchable database of their land grant collection. The Land Grants of Texas tell the story of the settlement and early history of Texas.