Cameron County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Historical Colonization Charter (1920s) Primary Recorder Entry: Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)
American Land Company of Texas Est. 1920s · TX Ref TX Historical Colonization Charter (1920s) · Cameron County Land Archive

Cadastral & Recorder Broadsheet · Cameron County, TX · Cameron County (TX)

How American Land Company of Texas Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Cameron County.

Organized by Rio Grande Valley Agricultural & Canal Group (1920s), American Land Company of Texas assembled and subdivided tracts across Cameron County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1920s
County Seat & Archive
Cameron County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting American Land Company of Texas. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Cameron County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for American Land Company of Texas

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting American Land Company of Texas in Cameron County (TX).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1392986

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1930

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1930) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1392986), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Cameron County corridor.

Chronicle of Cameron County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of American Land Company of Texas

Tracing title through the Lower Rio Grande delta and Arroyo Colorado resaca plain requires examining the 1920s filings of American Land Company of Texas. Recorded at Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15) in Cameron County (TX), the company's parent acquisitions and out-conveyances shaped the parcel map of Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164) during Rio Grande Valley citrus, canal irrigation, and railroad colonization.

  1. 1920s TX Charter · TX Historical Colonization Charter (1920s)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into American Land Company of Texas

    Organized by Rio Grande Valley Agricultural & Canal Group (1920s), American Land Company of Texas acquired parent survey acreage across Cameron County (TX), anchored at Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to American Land Company of Texas encompass Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164) as well as Harlingen-Brownsville Fiber & Industrial Corridor, Cameron County, TX.

  2. Recorded at Deed Records Vol. 161, Page 598 (Doc #00301642) & Vol. 163, Page 286 (Doc #00302487, 1927-04-15) Cameron County Official Records · Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (American Land Company of Texas)

    Across its Cameron County out-conveyances (Deed Records Vol. 161, Page 598 (Doc #00301642) & Vol. 163, Page 286 (Doc #00302487, 1927-04-15)), American Land Company of Texas embedded express deed clauses: 20-to-40-foot irrigation canal, drainage ditch, road, and utility pole easements in gross reserved across 40-to-640-acre farm blocks. Verified in Enverus Enhanced Clerk Index (Record IDs 415ae0a9 & 9cf7d38d).

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Cameron County chain of title include: Underground mineral and water-pumping station reservations.

  3. Current Cameron County Abstract Cameron County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11;

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164) in Cameron County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1920s instruments of American Land Company of Texas at Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the American Land Company of Texas records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Cameron County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for American Land Company of Texas.

Historical cross-reference of American Land Company of Texas deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Cameron County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into American Land Company of Texas Cameron County Deed Records (Prior to Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)) Prior Survey Owners -> American Land Company of Texas (Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164)) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into American Land Company of Texas prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Stuart Place Block 4 Anchor Warranty Deed Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) American Land Co. Texas -> Grantee (Stuart Place Subdivision Block 4) Verified in Enverus Enhanced Clerk Index (52 recorded deeds in Cameron County). Deed Records
Stuart Place Block 11 Conveyance Series Deed Records Vol. 161, Page 598 (Doc #00301642) & Vol. 163, Page 286 (Doc #00302487, 1927-04-15) American Land Co. Texas -> Estella Bialeschki & J. A. Morrow Verified in Enverus Enhanced Clerk Index (Record IDs 415ae0a9 & 9cf7d38d). Deed Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Cameron County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Cameron County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Survey & Deed Provenance · Cameron County (1920s)

From Parent Grant to Out-Conveyance: American Land Company of Texas in Cameron County

Every tract within Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164) in Cameron County (TX) carries the imprint of American Land Company of Texas's 1920s conveyancing program. Anchored at Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15), the company's recorded instruments bridged early original land grants and modern subdivided ownership across the Lower Rio Grande delta and Arroyo Colorado resaca plain.

“Primary recorder cross-reference for American Land Company of Texas (Rio Grande Valley Agricultural & Canal Group): Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15).”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164)
  • Harlingen-Brownsville Fiber & Industrial Corridor, Cameron County, TX
Title & Reservation Analysis · Cameron County (TX)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in American Land Company of Texas's Cameron County Deeds

In Cameron County, the out-conveyances of American Land Company of Texas (Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)) expressly documented: 20-to-40-foot irrigation canal, drainage ditch, road, and utility pole easements in gross reserved across 40-to-640-acre farm blocks. Additionally, the record index notes: Underground mineral and water-pumping station reservations. Under TX real property statutes, an express reservation in a recorded warranty deed severs that interest from the surface fee, keeping it vested in the corporate grantor or its statutory trustees unless a subsequent specific conveyance is recorded.

“Documented reservation in Cameron County (Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)): 20-to-40-foot irrigation canal, drainage ditch, road, and utility pole easements in gross reserved across 40-to-640-acre farm blocks”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • 20-to-40-foot irrigation canal, drainage ditch, road, and utility pole easements in gross reserved across 40-to-640-acre farm blocks
  • Underground mineral and water-pumping station reservations
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Corporate Archive & Land Records Inquiry

Submit the Instrument Book and Page, Survey, or Parcel Number for Chain-of-Title and Corporate Records Verification.

This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of American Land Company of Texas (TX Ref: TX Historical Colonization Charter (1920s)) in Cameron County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: American Land Company of Texas (Est. 1920s · TX Ref TX Historical Colonization Charter (1920s))
Primary County Record: Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15) (Cameron County, TX)

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