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Hon. Bascom Giles, Page 3 - V-1438
County, and other Certificates, and that
he had not alienated or transferred same
in any manner, and that said Certificates
had been lost and since lost, he had
neither heard of same and had advertised for
same in accordance with law, and enclosed a
newspaper clipping to such effect, adver-
tising the loss of said Certificates, and
said affidavit and newspaper clipping, along
with the instruments recited in the two pre-
ceding paragraphs, are now filed in the
General Land Office;
"That on April 25, 1850, William M.
Lane, District Surveyor of Robertson Land
District, surveyed a tract of 17,433,339
square varas of land for Iredell Reding, by
virtue of Duplicate Certificate No.1i/10,
issued by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office June 12, 1843 for one league
and one labor of land, and compiled field .
notes of same, which were recorded in the
office of the District Surveyor of Robert-
son Land District, and then transmitted to
the Land Office, where they were received
and filed, and haid field notes now bear
the following endorsement, on the back
thereof, 'Cancelled by corrected field
notes;'
"That on October 10, 1850, William M.
Lane, Deputy Surveyor of Robertson Land
District, surveyed a tract of 8,198,880
square varas of land in what is now Navarro
County, for Iredell Reding, by virtue of
said Duplicate Headright Certificate No.
1/100, and compiled field notes of same,
which were recorded in the office of the
District Surveyor of Robertson Land District,
and then transmitted to the Land Office, where
they were received. and filed and were approved
as correct on February 9, 1852;
"That on June 16, 1849, Iredell Reding
and wife, Nancy, conveyed his Duplicate
Headright Certificate for one league and
one labor of land, as issued by Thomas William
Ward, Commissioner of the General Land Office,
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1438, text, April 29, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth266256/m1/3/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.