Cameron County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: Map & Deed Vol. 145, Pg 1 Primary Recorder Entry: Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)
Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) Est. 1925-1931 Colonization Era · TX Ref Map & Deed Vol. 145, Pg 1 · Cameron County Land Archive

Cameron County Colonization Plat & Subdivision Broadsheet · Cameron County (TX)

How Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Cameron County.

Organized by American Land Company of Texas (Original Subdivider & Grantor) (1925-1931 Colonization Era), Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) 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
1925-1931 Colonization Era
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 Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County). 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 Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County)

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) 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 Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County)

Compiled from official county recorder grantor/grantee ledgers, historic surveyor map books, and corporate charter records, this archive documents the early land assembly, townlot and acreage subdivisions, right-of-way corridors, and underground reservations recorded by the company during its active operating era.

  1. 1925-1931 Colonization Era TX Charter · Map & Deed Vol. 145, Pg 1

    I. Founding & Land Assembly by Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County)

    Organized by American Land Company of Texas (Original Subdivider & Grantor) (1925-1931 Colonization Era), Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) assembled parent acreage, survey tracts, and rights-of-way 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).

    Primary lands surveyed and indexed to the company include Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164), laid out for regional townsite, agricultural, lakeside, or oil and gas development.

  2. Subdivision & Conveyance Era Cameron County Deed Records · Cameron County Deed Records Vol. 145, Page 1 (1926-01-16) & Vol. 161, Page 598 (1927-04-15)

    II. Out-Conveyances, Plats & Recorded Deed Reservations

    As Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) platted and conveyed individual lots, farm tracts, and rights-of-way out of its parent holdings in Cameron County, deeds recorded in the county clerk's office included written reservations and exceptions: 20-to-40-foot irrigation canal, drainage ditch, road, and utility pole easements in gross reserved across 40-to-640-acre farm blocks.

    Under TX property law, severed mineral estates, royalty interests, road strips, and easements created by written deed reservation remain in the chain of title long after the original land company finishes selling its surface lots.

  3. Present Day Cameron County Archival & Surveyor Cross-Reference

    III. Modern Map, Title & Mineral Record Legacy

    Today, when historians, landowners, surveyors, title examiners, or oil and gas landmen review tracts within Stuart Place Subdivision (Blocks/Sections 4 & 11; 52+ Recorded Conveyances in Vols. 145-164), the historical deeds and plats of Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) serve as key reference points in the Cameron County records.

    This broadsheet indexes the recorded instruments of Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) so researchers and land professionals can inspect Volume and Page citations, examine the recorded plats and deeds, and contact the archive desk.

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 Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County).

Historical cross-reference of Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) 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.

Regional Land History · Surveying & Settlement

How Early Corporate Groups Shaped the Modern Map

From the 1890s through the 1970s, state-chartered townsite, colonization, irrigation, railway, and subdivision corporations laid out the road alignments, utility corridors, and tract boundaries that define the county today. When conveying individual lots or farm parcels, these corporations often reserved road strips, pipeline and utility rights-of-way in gross, or underground mineral estates.

“Long after a nineteenth- or mid-twentieth-century land corporation winds down its sales office, its recorded survey lines and deed reservations remain permanently etched in the county land records.”

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
Archival Deed & Map Notes · Chain of Title

Why Historical Corporate Reservations Endure in County Records

Under property and title law, a severed mineral estate, royalty interest, fee strip, or easement in gross created by express reservation in a recorded deed does not vanish when the corporate grantor later becomes inactive or dissolves. Instead, those rights pass by statute to the corporation's lawful successors or statutory trustees.

“Every Volume-and-Page citation in the county clerk's vault is a permanent public record.”

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 Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) (TX Ref: Map & Deed Vol. 145, Pg 1) 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: Stuart Place Subdivision (Cameron County) (Est. 1925-1931 Colonization Era · TX Ref Map & Deed Vol. 145, Pg 1)
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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