Narrative
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Deed-book packet recorded 6 Dec 1853 (5 PM) in Cherokee County, Texas, Book I, pp. 95–100: includes (a) Texas state patent chain (patent dated 13 Aug 1849; recorded 6 Dec 1853) to Anglin as assignee of James J. Beason with certificate history, and (b) same-day quitclaim conveyance by Valentine S. Anglin (of Anderson Co, TX) to Sermon/Surmon Deen (Cherokee Co, TX) for $320, conveying 320 acres on waters of the Neches River (near Rusk/Cannons Ferry; survey references including McCracken Survey No. 42). Name variants for grantee appear within the packet (Surmon Deens / Surman Deens / Sermon Deen). The packet also includes a related same-day quitclaim (B.C. Thompson→V.S. Anglin) in which Surmon Deens appears as a subscribing witness; clerk noted certain erasures/interlineations in the instruments.
Participants
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Grantee Sermon Dean
Named/recorded as Surmon Deens / Surman Deens / Sermon Deen (variants within the same deed-book packet).
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Other named people
- Certificate_Holder (Original)James J. Beason
Conditional certificate no. 25 (Houston Co, 7 Sep 1844); unconditional certificate no. 10 (Anderson Co, 12 Dec 1846); transferred to Anglin 12 Dec 1846.
- ClerkO.G. Woodall (Clerk)
Filed/recorded instruments 6 Dec 1853 at 5 PM; certifications dated 8 Dec 1853; deputy T.F. Woodall noted in patent recording.
- Glo_CommissionerGeorge W. Smyth
Commissioner of the General Land Office named in patent.
- Governor (Grantor Of Patent)George T. Wood
Governor of Texas issuing patent at Austin (13 Aug 1849).
- GrantorValentine S. Anglin (V.S. Anglin)
Of Anderson County, Texas; quitclaims 320 acres to Sermon/Surmon Deen; connected to state patent chain as assignee of James J. Beason.
- Patentee (Recorded)V.J. Anglin
State patent issued 13 Aug 1849 (recorded 6 Dec 1853) to V.J. Anglin as assignee of James J. Beason.
- Quitclaim_Conveyor / WitnessBenjamin C. Thompson (B.C. Thompson)
Quitclaimed same tract to V.S. Anglin (6 Dec 1853); also subscribed as witness on Anglin→Sermon deed.
- Survey_ReferenceJ.B. McCracken
Survey No. 42 made for J.B. McCracken used as boundary reference in patent metes/bounds.
- WitnessL.A. Dendy (Denby)
Subscribed witness (name recorded as Dendy/Denby across instruments).
- WitnessL.A. Dendy (Denby)
- WitnessB.C. Thompson
Date
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- Date6 Dec 1853
Place
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- PlaceCherokee County, Texas, USA
- NoteOn waters of the Neches River; ~12 miles W by N of Rusk; described as ~2 miles east from Cannons Ferry; references Survey No. 42 made for J.B. McCracken.
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Land details
- Acreage320 acres
- WaterwaysNeches River
Chain of title
State patent issued 13 Aug 1849 (recorded 6 Dec 1853) to Anglin as assignee of James J. Beason; certificate chain: Houston Co conditional cert #25 (7 Sep 1844) → Anderson Co unconditional cert #10 (12 Dec 1846) → transferred to Anglin (12 Dec 1846).