Texas Co. v. Van Deventer

The deed records of Liberty county were destroyed by fire on the 12th day of December, 1874. June 3, 1845, B. W. Hardin, sheriff of Liberty county, by virtue of an execution under a judgment against the heirs of Wilson Webb-, sold to John W. Clayton the following described tract of land in Liberty county, Tex., to wit:

“Three hundred acres of land lying and being situated as follows, beginning at the lower line of the third of a league of David Minchey head-right sold to James Martin, deed, on the river, thence up the river with its meanders four hundred and sixteen 6/10 varas, being one-half…