Texas Land Survey Maps for Lamar County

Texas Land Survey Maps for Lamar County, by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D. 200 pages, Paperback, 8.5x11 inches, Publ. 2012.

This is an indispensable book for any researcher interested in Lamar County's history or land (or both), and 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 dozens of Survey maps laid out within this grid. Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, and waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel.

Here are several details about the Lamar County book:

Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps):

• Where Lamar County Lies Within the State (Map A)
• Lamar County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B)
• An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps is within Lamar 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)

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, 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