[Manuscript Land Patent in Antebellum Texas]

Grayson County, Tx, 1852. Very good.. [2]pp., on a single folded folio sheet, docketed on verso of integral blank leaf. Original folds, minor wear, light spotting. An 1852 Texas land transfer patent from James Strong to P.T. Andrews in Grayson County. The document reads, in part: "For $250...James Strong does sell, release and convey to P.T. Andrews...land in Grayson County, on the East side of Mill Creek, a tributary of the Red River, known and described as follows being a part of Susannah Hortons headright, and secured to me the said Strong by virtue of deed from John D. Back and bounded as follows...." The document then defines the boundaries of the land, situated somewhat west of present-day Cambridge, Texas. Signed by Strong, attested by two others, and certified by S. Bostick, clerk of the county on November 1, 1853.