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White, Gifford. ''Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas.'' [Austin, Texas: G. White, 1985.] (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=268507&disp=Character+certificates+in+the+General+La%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.4 R2c].) This includes genealogical data for 1821 to 1835. These character certificates were required by Mexico in order to obtain land. | White, Gifford. ''Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas.'' [Austin, Texas: G. White, 1985.] (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=268507&disp=Character+certificates+in+the+General+La%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.4 R2c].) This includes genealogical data for 1821 to 1835. These character certificates were required by Mexico in order to obtain land. | ||
'''Abstract of Land Claims, Compiled From the Records of the General Land Office.''' Galveston: Civilian Book Office, 1852. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display= | '''Abstract of Land Claims, Compiled From the Records of the General Land Office.''' Galveston: Civilian Book Office, 1852. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=189618&disp=Abstract+of+land+claims%20%20&columns=*,0,0 874497].) These are private land claims submitted up to 1852 for land previously granted by Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the State of Texas. It is alphabetical by district. | ||
From 1847 to 1870 the office of the Texas Adjutant General was responsible for verifying land claims of veterans. A fire in 1855 destroyed the records of this office except for copies of the muster rolls of the War of Texas Independence from Mexico from 1835 to 1836. After the fire, a Court of Claims was established in 1856 for persons who had been entitled to land grants from the Republic of Texas but had never received them. The muster rolls were used to verify eligibility for a land grant. | From 1847 to 1870 the office of the Texas Adjutant General was responsible for verifying land claims of veterans. A fire in 1855 destroyed the records of this office except for copies of the muster rolls of the War of Texas Independence from Mexico from 1835 to 1836. After the fire, a Court of Claims was established in 1856 for persons who had been entitled to land grants from the Republic of Texas but had never received them. The muster rolls were used to verify eligibility for a land grant. | ||