Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1993 Page: 143
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Digest of the Book of Land Certificates
by declaration of T. B. Beck and presentation of an honorable discharge from the
army that he had arrived in Texas before August 1, 1836 but after the Declaration
of Independence was made and that he had served in the army (page 136, granted
in accordance with the provisions of the law passed December 14, 1837, land
located in Llano County)
Hewit, William H., single man, granted second class conditional certificate number 10
on August 2, 1838 for 640 acres upon demonstrating by declaration of Moses
Townsend and Stephen Townsend that he had arrived in Texas before October 1,
1837 but after the Declaration of Independence was made (page 134, granted in
accordance with the provisions of the law passed December 14, 1837)
Hicks, Stephen, single man, granted third class conditional certificate number 47 for 320
acres on May 3, 1841 upon demonstrating that he arrived in Texas in April 1838
(pages 238-239, granted in accordance with the provisions of the law passed
January 4, 1838 and January 15, 1841)
Hicks, Stephen, by virtue of conditional certificate number 47, granted third class
unconditional certificate number 53 for 320 acres on December 2, 1844 upon
demonstrating by declaration of John F. Miller and William Stapleton that he had
resided in Texas for three years (page 177, land located in Gonzales County)
Hirscher, John, single man, granted second class conditional certificate number 41 on
October 18, 1839 for 320 acres (page 152, apparently granted in accordance with
the provisions of the law passed January 4, 1838)
Hodges, John W., married man, granted second class conditional certificate number 20
on May 16, 1839 for 640 acres (page 148, apparently granted in accordance with
the provisions of the law passed January 4, 1838)
Hope, John, granted fourth class certificate number 42 for 640 acres on October 7, 1844
upon demonstrating by declaration of William B. Perry and William T. Townsend that
he had resided in Texas for three years (page 174, apparently granted in accordance
with the provisions of the law passed January 4, 1841, land located in Smith County)
Hope, William S., granted fourth class certificate number 44 for 320 acres on October
7, 1844 upon demonstrating by declaration of William F. Wilson and Lyman W.
Alexander that he had resided in Texas for three years (pages 174-175, apparently
granted in accordance with the provisions of the law passed January 4, 1841, land
located in Trinity County)
House, William, single man, granted first class unconditional certificate number 56 on
February 17, 1838 for 370 1/3 acres (to bring his total grant to one-third league, one-
fourth league having previously been granted) upon demonstrating by declaration of
William B. Dewees and Robert Brotherton that he had resided in Texas before May
2, 1835 (page 29, granted in accordance with the provisions of the constitution
adopted March 17, 1836, land located in Colorado County)
Hudgeons, William, man of family, granted second class conditional certificate number
32 on August 1, 1839 for 640 acres (page 150, apparently granted in accordance
with the provisions of the law passed January 4, 1838)
Hudgeons, William, by virtue of conditional certificate number 32, granted second class
unconditional certificate number 7 for 640 acres on July 5, 1841 upon demonstrat-
ing by declaration of John F. Miller and Isam Tooke that he had resided in Texas for
three years and performed all the duties required of him as a citizen (page 158,
granted in accordance with the provisions of the law passed January 15, 1841, land
located in Colorado County)
Hunt, A. C., granted fourth class certificate number 124 for 320 acres on July 12, 1847
upon demonstrating by declaration of William B. Dewees and George W. Gardner
that he had resided in Texas for three years before January 1, 1845 (page 200,
apparently granted in accordance with the provisions of the law passed January 4,
1841, land located in Colorado County)143
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