Notes for John A. Moncrief
Land Grant for Service in the Texas Army. This is land rewarded for service in the Texas Army before it became a Republic or State.
John A. Moncrief
Oct 1839 [date of arrival in Texas]
3 [CL - unknown what this means]
640 acres [acreage for service]
Houston County [county where enrolled in Texas Army]
13 Jan 1840 [date certified, date of enrollment]
Houston [county of unconditional surrender]
5 Sep 1842 [date certified for demobilization]
Married recently, stated as 13 Jan 1840.
[1840 Citizens of Texas, Volume 1, Land Grants by Gifford White, Austin, Texas, 1983, page 177. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
1846 Tax List
John A. Moncrief - Houston
[Republic of Texas Poll Tax List for 1846, compiled by Marion Day Mullins, Genealogical Publishing Co, Balitmore, Maryland, 1974, p118. courtesy of Sandra Perry]
The last entry found for John is the 1846 Tax List in Houston. He died sometime after this date - possibly before 1850. He is not found on the 1850 census - nor is his wife, Malinda/Melinda or daughter, Elizabeth.
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