Texas Land Survey Maps for Bowie County

194 pages with 62 maps An indispensable book for any researcher interested in Bowie County's history or land (or both), or its first landowners after Texas's Independence from Mexico. Each book in this series is laid out into multiple maps using a 6 mile high by 4 mile wide grid.This book contains 57 Survey maps laid out within this grid. Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel. Here are a number of details about our Bowie County book . . . Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps) . . . - Where Bowie County Lies Within the State (Map A) - Bowie County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B) - An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Bowie County (Map C) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E) Primary Indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names) - An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, utilizing both Texas General Land Office and Texas Railroad Commission data. - The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land.Items are listed by Abstract Number What Cities and Towns are in Bowie County, Texas (and in this book)? Barkman, Bassett, Beaverdam, Boston, Burns, Carbondale, College Hill, Corley, Dalby Springs, Darden, De Kalb, Eylau, Garland, Hartman, Hodgson, Hooks, Hoot, Hubbard, Leary, Malta, Maud, Nash, New Boston, New Hope, Oak Grove, Old Boston, Old Salem, Old Union, Pine Springs, Red Bank, Red Lick, Red Springs, Redbank, Redwater, Siloam, Simms, Smith Hill, South Texarkana, Spanish Bluff (historical), Spring Hill, Sulphur, Texarkana, Tuckers Corner, Victory City, Wake Village, Wamba, Ward Creek, Whaley, Whatley, Woodstock