Descriptive Summary
S. W. S. Duncan Land Title Office (Dallas,
Tex.)
Duncan, S. W. S., Land Title Office
Records
1886-1906
Materials are written in English.
5 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
The S. W. S. Duncan Land Title Office
Records, 1886-1906, consist of abstracts of title to properties in Dallas County
prepared by the Duncan Land Title Office.
Historical Note
Engineer S. W. S. Duncan established the Duncan Land Title Office of Dallas, Texas,
in 1872. The Stewart Title Guaranty Company purchased the business around 1910. In
1914, Duncan testified in a Court of Civil Appeals of Texas case for
Young v. Gharis et al. regarding the ownership of a
tract of land.
Sources:
Evans, David S. and Donald W. Olson.
Early Astronomy in
Texas.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 93, no. 4
(1990): pp. 433-456. Accessed November 16, 2010. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/physfacp/29.
Young v. Gharis et al. (No. 7194.)
The Southwestern Reporter with Key-Number Annotations, Vol.
170, November 25-December 30, 1914. St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,
1915.
Scope and Contents
The S. W. S. Duncan Land Title Office Records, 1886-1906, consist of abstracts of
title to properties in Dallas County prepared by the Duncan Land Title Office. The
abstracts contain certificates from the Dallas County Records office for each tract
as well as certified copies of deeds, wills, and probate orders. Additionally, the
collection includes related abstracts of title produced by the Bowles Brothers Land
Title Office in Dallas.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Duncan, S. W. S.
Subjects (Organizations)
S. W. S. Duncan Land Title Office (Dallas, Tex.) --
Archives.
Bowles Brothers Land Title Office (Dallas, Tex.)
Subjects
Real property -- Texas.
Abstracts of title -- Texas.
Land titles -- Texas.
Land -- Texas.
Places
Dallas County (Tex.)
Preferred Citation
S. W. S. Duncan Land Title Office Records, 1886-1906, Dolph Briscoe Center for
American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2H432
Abstracts of title, 1886-1906