{"product_id":"harris-county-general-land-office-c-1940","title":"Harris County: Royalty Owners Service, c.1940","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarris County. General Land Office February 1940. Austin, Texas Februrary 1940\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eRoyalty Owners Service \u0026amp; General Land Office\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDate:\u003c\/b\u003e c.1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent - Blue line print map with age-related wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eInches:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 20 x 16 1\/8 [Paper]\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCentimeters:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 50.80 x 40.95 [Paper]\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eProduct ID: \u003c\/b\u003e308745\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a reduced copy of the General Land Office map of Harris County, Texas, dated February c.1940 and published in Austin, showing the county’s survey grid, individual land tracts with ownership or survey names, and key boundary relationships with adjacent counties including Montgomery, Waller, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Liberty, and Chambers; it was produced for the “Small Maps of Texas Counties” series by Royalty Owners Service of Fort Worth, and illustrates not only the intricate pattern of rural land subdivision but also the course of the San Jacinto River and Galveston Bay at the county’s eastern edge, making it a useful historical document for tracing early property lines, mineral and royalty interests, and the development of greater Houston in the mid\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBackground on Royalty Owners Service\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRoyalty Owners Service of Fort Worth, Texas appears to have been a mid\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e20th\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003ecentury commercial firm that specialized in compiling and selling reduced copies of the Texas General Land Office\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es official county maps, aimed primarily at land, mineral, and royalty owners who needed convenient reference tools for survey boundaries and property descriptions. The Texas General Land Office notes that a large “Texas County Maps Volume” was compiled by Royalty Owners Service and bound for a private client, containing alphabetically arranged, scaled\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003edown county maps taken from the GLO\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es cadastral series, which indicates the company worked closely with official land records but repackaged them in more portable, user\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003efriendly formats for private use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRarity\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOCLC shows no holdings of this map. Apparently unrecorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReferences in genealogical and land\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003erecords guides show their \u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eSmall Maps of Texas Counties\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e were widely distributed\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003ecopies survive today in county collections and the FamilySearch Library\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003esuggesting that Royalty Owners Service played a niche but notable role in making detailed survey and ownership information accessible to individual landholders, researchers, and royalty investors across Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Antiquarium Antique Maps | Quality Custom Picture Framing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48872879653003,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0389\/6416\/6795\/files\/GeneralLandOfficeHarrisCounty_1940.2.jpg?v=1786037626","url":"https:\/\/theantiquarium.com\/products\/harris-county-general-land-office-c-1940","provider":"The Antiquarium Antique Maps | Quality Custom Picture Framing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}