Texas Land Survey Maps for Bell County

By Gregory A. Boyd. 70 maps, 228 pages.
An indispensable book for any serious professional or researcher interested in Bell County's history or land (or both), or its first landowners after Texas's Independence from Mexico.

Each book in this series is laid out into multiple maps using a 6 mile high by 4 mile wide grid. This book contains 65 such Land Survey maps.

Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name (person responsible for the survey) and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel.

Beyond the Bell County Land Survey maps, there are equally useful indexes to give you the real details behind each parcel of land and its original survey-name and ownership.


Other Maps Included . . .
   -   Where Bell County Lies Within the State (Map A)
   -   Bell County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B)
   -   An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Bell County (Map C)
   -   An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D)
   -   An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E)

The primary indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names)
   -   An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, or who were named as grantee or patentee, utilizing both Texas General Land Office
       and Texas Railroad Commission data.
   -   The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land. Items are listed by Abstract Number

Hardbound and designed specifically for use by libraries and collectors.