Matagorda County Brands & Marks

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0101	Robert Kuykendall Wiley M. Kuykendall	Crop off the right ear and split in the left ear	Aug 20, 1845
0102	Matilda Kuykendall	An under half crop in left ear	Aug 20, 1845	Relinquished
0103	Thomas Kuykendall	Crop off the right ear & an under half crop in the left ear	Aug 20, 1845	Relinquished
0104	A. B. Kuykendall	Under half crop in the left ear and an upper half crop in the right ear	Aug 20, 1845
0105	George Burkhart		Aug 27, 1845
0106	John P. Burkhart	A hole in the right ear	Aug 27, 1845
0107	Cornelia Frances Love	A half crop off the right ear and a smooth crop and under bit in the left	Aug 27, 1840 [45?]
0108	Romulus Flowers	A under slope off of each ear	Sep 2, 1845
0109	Mary Decrow & Daughter Electra M. H. Decrow	A smooth crop off the right ear and an under bit out of the left	Sep 12, 1845
0110	W. W. Waring	An under slope in the right ear & an over slope in the left ear	May 26, 1846	Brand is S on the shoulder & M on the hip.
0111	Norman Savage	Swallow fork in right ear	May 26, 1846
0112	Sarah P. Stanley Susan Stanley		May 26, 1846
0113	Mary & John McNab [McNabb] and James K. P. & Rachel Smith		May 26, 1846
0114	William Selkirk	A swallow fork in right ear & and the left ear pointed	Jun 10, 1846
0115	John Henry Kern	An under bit out of left ear and an over bit out of right ear	Jun 10, 1846
0116	Albert Lawson	Two under bits out of each ear	Jul 18, 1846
0117	John H. Jones	An over slope in right ear and an under slope in left ear	Jul 18, 1846
0118	Greenbery Stewart	A crop & hole in the right ear and an under slope in the left ear	Jul 18, 1846
0119	Robert T. Vanslyke	An under split in each ear	Aug 11, 1846
0120	Dudley J. Park	An under bit and over bit in each ear	Aug 11, 1846	Sold to and ____ by Wells Thompson and used on the Peninsula.

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0121	James W. Lann	A slope in the left ear and a smooth crop in the right	Aug 11, 1846	Void. Cancelled this 6 June & Relinquished
0122	P. S. McNeel	A smooth crop off of the left ear and a half crop off of the right ear	Jan 26, 1847
0123	James B. Hawkins	A swallow fork in right ear & an over bit in left ear	Jan 26, 1847
0124	James L. Dawson		Apr 15, 1847
0125	John E. Davis		May 6, 1847
0126	Catharine Quick	An upper half crop off of each ear	May 7, 1847
0127	Thomas Bedford		May 12, 1847
0128	John Fitzgerald	Crop off of the right ear and a split in the left ear	Jun 2, 1847
0129	John Fitzgerald	Swallow fork in each ear	Jun 2, 1847	Relinquished
0130	Daniel Downer	A crop off the right ear & an under bit and swallow fork in the left ear	Jun 26, 1847
0131	Sarah E. Holmes		Jul 7, 1847	Relinquished
0132	A. E. Whitten	A slit and under bit in right ear over half crop in left	Feb 12, 1848
0133	Nancy Thompson		Mar 7, 1848
0134	Ann L. Elam		May 22, 1848
0135	Stewart & Hillard	A smooth crop off of the left ear a forward slope in the right ear	Jun 17, 1848
0136	Joseph Francis Gillett		Jun 8, 1848
0137	Augustus Gillett		Jul 11, 1848
0138	Albert C. Horton	A smooth crop off of right ear and half under crop in the left	Jul 12, 1848
0139	Claus Hanson	A hole in left ear	Aug 4, 1848
0140	James H. Selkirk, Jr.	A crop & hole in the left ear and a half under crop in the right	Aug 4, 1848

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0141	Noah Hill		Sep 1, 1848
0142	Mathias Dickuph	Slit in the right ear and a hole in the left	Sep 4, 1848
0143	Baldes Rimond [Ryman]		Sep 4, 1848
0144	Henry B. Mitchell	A smooth crop off of the right ear, and a swallow fork in left ear	Sep 7,1848
0145	Anne Forrester	A hold in right ear	Oct 3, 1848
0146	John Williams	A smooth crop and & hole in the right ear and an over bit in the left	Nov 21, 1848
0147	Ann Elizabeth Williams	A smooth crop and hole in the right ear and an over bit in the left	Dec 13, 1848	Relinquished
0148	Thomas Elliott		Dec 13, 1848
0149	Daniel M. Wheeler	A smooth crop off the right ear, and swallow fork in left ear	Dec 26, 1848
0150	Samuel H. Page	A swallow fork in right ear and two under bits and slit in the left ear	Feb 13, 1849
0151	Charles Waldmann	Smooth crop off the right ear and a smooth crop & under bit off the left ear	Mar 1, 1849
0152	Julia A. Hodge [Hodges]	An upper & under square bit out of each ear	Mar 12, 1849
0153	Joseph Bauer		Apr 30, 1849
0154	Ferdinand Schultz		Apr 30, 1849
0155	John P. Burkhart	A hole in right ear	May 15, 1849
0156	William H. Burkhart	A hole in right ear	May 15, 1849	Sold to George Burkhart many years ago Oct 2, 1868
0157	D. E. E. Braman	A horizontal and a perpendicular slit in the left ear	May 15, 1849
0158	John Smith		Jun 4, 1849	Relinquished
0159	Robert Ludington	A swallow fork in the right ear and an under bit in the left ear	Jun 16, 1849	Sold to Gerald Weekly this 21 May 1879
0160	Andrew Duffy	A split in the right ear	Jun 25, 1849

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0161	Felix F. Gibson		Jul 26, 1849
0162	Solomon Harkill		Aug 24, 1849
0163	Joseph Dietrich		Sep 10, 1849
0164	Susan H. Cornet	A swallow in the right ear and two under bits in left ear	Oct 2, 1849
0165	William F. Wilson	A smooth & under & over bit in the left ear and a swallow fork in the right ear	Jan 24, 1850
0166	Frances A. Elam		Feb 5, 1850
0167	Lavinia Wheeler	Smooth crop off the right ear, and a swallow fork in the left ear	Feb 22, 1850
0168	Ben K. Moore	An under half crop in the right ear	Feb 22, 1850	Transferred to I. & B. K. Moore Jun 8, 1871
0169	Henry & Olive E. Haley		Feb 26, 1850
0170	A. B. Kuykendall	An under half crop in the left ear and an upper half crop in the right ear	Mar 11, 1850
0171	Ann Fisher	An upper & under half bit in the right ear and two splits in the left ear	Mar 11, 1850
0172	Annie P. Dallum	An upper & under half bit in the left ear and two splits in the right ear	Mar 11, 1850
0173	Jacob R. Woodruff	A smooth crop off the right ear and an under half crop in the left ear	Mar 30, 1850	Sold to John Pybus
0174	E. B. Stockdale	Two under slopes	Mar 30, 1850
0175	Sarah Skull	An under bit and a crop off each ear	Mar 30, 1850
0176	John Elliott		Apr 15, 1850
0177	Charles Ives		May 6, 1850
0178	Edward F. Gilbert	Crop off of the left ear	May 7, 1850
0179	Mary M. Kern	An upper bit in the right ear and an underbit in the left ear	May 14, 1850	A bill of sale was shown the clerk selling this brand to N. Sarese Oct 16, 1872
0180	Charles A. Bullard	Swallow fork in the right ear	May 24, 1850

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0181	Cora L. Bullard	A swallow fork the in right ear	May 24, 1850	Sold to Manly Sexton by her mother Oct 20, 1858, see Book J., p. 51
0182	Charles Waldman	A smooth crop off left ear and a smooth crop and underbit off right ear	Jun 21, 1850	This brand now belongs to Louisa H. Stratton as one of the heirs of Charles Waldmann-dec'd on this decision of said decedents estate April 11, 1868; Sold to A. H. Pierce Sep 10, 1868
0183	Benancio Juares	A swallow fork in the right ear; and a hanging piece in the left	Jul 11, 1850
0184	Benancio Agapita Gonzales	A swallow fork in the right ear and ahanging piece in the left ear	Jul 11, 1850
0185	Horace Yeamans	An under bit in the right ear	Sep 2, 1850
0186	Joseph S. Eaton & Hampton Brown		Sep 9, 1850
0187	John H. Gibson		Sep 13, 1850
0188	William B. Grimes	an under half crop off the right ear, smooth crop & under bit off the left ear	Oct 19, 1850
0189	Deborah Layton	A swallow fork and an upper & under bit in the left ear	Nov 2, 1850
0190	Francis Waldmann		Nov 9, 1850	see following
For and in consideration of thirty five dollars, I have this day sold and delivered to F. Waldmann my stock of cattle running in the Prairie and received payment. Matagorda 18th Decr 1848 J. L. Dawson Frances Waldmann having heretofore recorded the brand thus (box) and the same being the brand of all cattle owned by himself and his former wife Louisa Waldmann in which brand that stock still continues to be branded. Now records as the brand of the community cattle between himself and his present wife the letter D retaining the same earmark. Thus the cattle owned by him conjointly with the Estate of his former wife is Branded (box) and the cattle owned by him conjointly with his present wife will hereafter be branded thus D. The same being separate stock & owned in separate interests.
0191	Antonio Serringo [Siringo]	A crop off the left ear and a hole in right ear	Dec 7, 1850
0192	Francis F. Swan	Due lap	Jan 31, 1851
0193	Jane Osgood	Hole in the right ear	Mar 12, 1851
0194	Osmer F. Bailey		Mar 12, 1851
0195	Hampton Brown	A smooth crop and split in each ear	Apr 7, 1851
0196	Esther W. Baxter	A smooth crop off of the right ear and a swallow fork in the left ear	Apr 7, 1851
0197	Joseph Yeamans	Smooth crop off of the left ear and a swallow fork in the right ear	Apr 7, 1851
0198	William L. Sartwell		Apr 9, 1851
0199	Norman Savage		Apr 15, 1851
0200	Jaques Dietrich		Apr 24, 1851

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