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Legislature confirms South Texas land grants
On this day in 1852, the Texas legislature confirmed the work of the
Bourland Commission, a group of three officials appointed to investigate
land claims after the Mexican War. The war's outcome had brought into
question the validity of numerous Spanish and Mexican land grants north of
the Rio Grande. Against a complex backdrop that included agitation for
making trans-Nueces Texas a separate country, Governor Peter Bell
recommended that the legislature appoint a commission to investigate
claims. The commission began its business in Laredo in mid-1850 and in
February 1852 confirmed 234 grants in five South Texas counties to the
original Spanish and Mexican grantees.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- MEXICAN-AMERICAN LAND GRANT ADJUDICATION
- LAND GRANTS
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