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THE END OF THE UNAPPROPRIATED PUBLIC DOMAIN
In Hogue v. Baker, 1898, the Texas Supreme Court declared that there was no more vacant and
unappropriated land in Texas. As a result of the decision, a complete audit was ordered by the
Legislature. The audit determined that the public school fund was short of the amount of land it
should have had by 5,009,478 acres.
In 1900 an act was passed "to define the permanent school fund of the State of Texas, to
partition the public lands between said fund and the State, and to adjust the account between said
fund and said state; to set apart and appropriate to said school fund, the residue of the public
domain..." Thus, all of the remaining unappropriated land was set aside by the legislature for the
school fund.
Researchers are welcome to visit the General Land Office and examine original documents in
the Archives Research Room. No charges are made for using indexes from the Archives of the
Texas General Land Office. Archives staff are available in the Research Room to provide assistance
and to take orders for copies.
Name searches are provided as a service to researchers unable to visit the Texas General Land
Office in person. Archives staff will conduct a search of the master indexes covering the main
official records of Texas land grants, inform the researcher of records found, and provide a
summary of the documents at US$3.00 per name. This is a mail service only and each request should
be limited to four names.
Inquiries should be addressed to the Texas General Land Office, 1700 North Congress Avenue,
Archives and Records Division, Austin, Texas 78701-149540
Brush Men and Vigilantes
A New Book from Texas A&M University Press!
Brush Men and Vgilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas may not sound like a genealogical book, but
if you have Hopkins County roots, you just might find your ancestor there. By David Pickering and
Judy Falls, this unusual volume tells about unrest in the Civil War era, due to a fear of slave
uprising, vigilante groups and hysteria over secret abolitionists and Unionists.
However, the story begins in Hopkins County even before the Civil War, by describing the
particular social and economic conditions that gave rise to tension and violence during the war and
how vigilantes captured and killed more than a dozen men.
The authors have diligently combed through court records, newspapers, letters and other
primary sources and collected extended family lore to relate the details of this mob violence.
Although my ancestors weren't among those killed or those who participated in the killings, one
ancestor, Erastus Blackwell, was one of the witnesses for the prosecution and identified as being
the father-in-law of my grandfather, Howard Templeton!
It's likely you'll find a copy in your local bookstore. If not, order directly from Texas A&M
University Press at 1-800-826-8911.--
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