DESCRIPTION: A rare artifact from Houston, Texas. This manuscript ink cadastral map shows the subdivisions of one-third of a league originally granted to William Perkinson, located on the north side of Buffalo Bayou, several miles west of Houston, Texas. On translucent "tracing cloth", the artifact dates ca. 1890 and was a master copy to be used for reproducing the map via blueprinting. The map identifies property owners including Settegast, Hillendahl, Harden, Bauer, and Williams, along with Turkey Creek and Cedar Island, the former a tributary of Buffalo Bayou. The tract layout includes railroad lands and State School Lands, indicating later 19th-century subdivisions.
The Settegast and Hillendahl families were among the earliest German settlers in the Spring Branch area near Houston. By 1848, members of these families organized one of the first Lutheran services for what became St. Peter Church in Spring Branch. Today, the area depicted lies near the Memorial neighborhood of Houston, where Turkey Creek joins Buffalo Bayou, approximately a mile south of Interstate 10 and North Eldridge Parkway.
Surveyor’s note at lower margin reads: “Map of the subdivisions of 1/3 of a league originally granted to Wm. Perkinson situated on the North side of Buffalo Bayou about ___ miles westwardly from the City of Houston.”
Verso is inscribed with the surveyor’s catalog number “311.”
PUBLICATION DATE: 1890
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Buffalo Bayou
CONDITION:
Good.
COLORING: The Settegast and Hillendahl tracts show faint red color on the verso.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 7
" x
12 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION:
PRICE: $650
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