Matagorda County Brands and Marks

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0301	Lewis Cornell Axson	Upper bit in the right ear	Mar 14, 1854
0302	Mrs. Elizabeth Dawdy	Crop and half under crop in the left ear	Apr 27, 1854
0303	Thomas D. Lang	Half upper crop in the right ear	Apr 29, 1854
0304	Louisa H. Wilson	Smooth crop upper & under bit in the left ear and a swallow fork in the right ear	Apr 29, 1854
0305	Charles K. Reese	Swallow fork in each ear	May 1, 1854
0306	Phinehas James	Smooth crop & an under bit in the right ear and a smooth crop and an under slope in the left ear	May 9, 1854
0307	Columbus & Elijah Roberts	Swallow fork & under bit in the right ear and an under bit in the left	Jun 1, 1854
0308	Thomas Decrow	Smooth crop of right ear and a slit in the left	Jun 2, 1854
0309	Samuel Raymond	Half upper crop in the right ear and a half under crop in the left ear	Jun 5, 1854
0310	M. E. L. Layton	Crop off of the left ear and a split in the right ear	Jun 19, 1854
0311	D. Hardeman	Smooth crop off the right ear, and a half under crop in the left	Jul 5, 1854
0312	R. J. Roberts	Upper half crop & an under bit in each ear	Jul 5, 1854	See Record Book J, p 381 also Brand & Mark No. 538
0313	Philemon H. Petty, Jr.	Swallow fork and two under bits in the right ear and a swallow fork & under bit in the left ear	Jul 8, 1854
0314	John Kurtnocker	Slit in each ear	Jul 26, 1854
0315	Joseph Meierhaver	Swallow fork and an upper & under bit in each ear	Jul 29, 1854
0316	Mrs. Ann Meierhaver		Jul 29, 1854
0317	Charles F. Cheesman	Smooth crop and two slits in each ear	Jul 29, 1854
0318	Catharine E. Wadsworth	Two splits in right ear and a swallow fork and an under bit in the left	Jul 29, 1854
0319	Thomas M. Wadsworth	Two splits in the right ear and a swallow fork & under bit in the left	Jul 29, 1854
0320	Alexander B. Gyles	Crop off the right ear and an upper & under bit in left ear	Aug 1, 1854

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0341	F. Waldmann's Estate 1st Community	Smooth crop off the right ear and an over slope in the left	Jun 20, 1855	Sold to A. H. Pierce Sep 10, 1868
0342	John Maloney	Two under bits out of the right ear	Jun 20, 1855
0343	Thomas W. Bundick	Under slope off each ear and an upper bit out of each ear	Jun 23, 1855
0344	The children of: John & Catharine Williams	Smooth crop off of each ear	Jun 30, 1855
0345	James P. Wheaton	Crop and a split in the left ear and a split in the right ear	Jun 30, 1855
0346	Robert H. Williams	Crop and under bit in the right ear and a swallow fork in the left ear	Jul 2, 1855
0347	Elias Baxter	Crop off the right ear and a swallow fork and under bit in the left ear	Jul 3, 1855
0348	William Baxter, Jr.	Swallow fork in the left ear and a drop or dangle in the right ear	Jul 3, 1855
0349	Mrs. Mitchell and her three children viz Isabel W., Anna F., & Nannie F. S. Waldmann	Over bit in the right ear and an over slope in the left ear	Jul 13, 1855
0350	Emely P. & Susan Roberts	Swallow fork and an under bit in the right ear and an under bit in the left ear	Jul 13, 1855
0351	John W. Hill, Jr.	Square crop off the left ear	Aug 13, 1855
0352	John Francis Holt	Two slits in the right ear	Aug 13, 1855
0353	Julia & William Rimond [Ryman]	Smooth crop and two slits in the right ear and a smooth crop & one slit and an upper & under bit in the left	Aug 15, 1855
0354	John A. Stewart	Smooth crop & hole in the right ear and an under slope in the left	Aug 25, 1855
0355	Susannah Williams	Swallow fork in each ear and an under bit in the right ear	Sep 27, 1855
0356	Robert Andrew Williams	Swallow fork in each ear and an under bit out of the right ear	Sep 27, 1855
0357	John Eidlebaugh [Eidlebach]	Upper half crop out of each ear	Oct 4, 1855
0358	Catharine Seringo & her children	Upper and under bit out of each ear	Oct 4, 1855
0359	Caroline S. Miller	Crop off the right ear and a drop or dangle on theleft ear	Oct 11, 1855
0360	Robert Shears		Oct 24, 1855	see following
August 29, 1855 Know all men by these presents that I Robert Shears do this day Bargain & Sell to David Randolph all the intire [entire] stock of cattle Branded 9S for the sum of one hundred dollars which payment I hereby acknowledge having received to my entire satisfaction. Robert Shears Witness to payment Alex Burkhart

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0321	Caroline Mehrman	Smooth crop off each ear	Aug 14, 1854	Relinquished See No. 458
0322	John Rusler	Upper half crop in the right ear and a split in the left	Sep 7, 1854	Sold to H. P. Gove 1857
0323	J. W. Granger		Nov 27 1854	Relinquished in favor of Minna Jane Cheesman July 12 1866
Matagorda 18th Novr 1854 This is to certify that I, J. W. Granger have sold to F. Cheesman for the sum of Twenty five dollars my entire Stock of Cattle now running in Bay Prairie with the mark and brand as follows--Mark an under bit on the left ear and two slits in the right - Branded 50 J. W. Granger
0324	Minnie [Minna] Jane Cheesman	Under bit and slit in each ear	Nov 27, 1854
0325	Arthur Basset Cheesman	Under bit & slit in either ear and an over bit & slit in the other ear	Nov 27, 1854
0326	Erastus Yeaman [Yeamans]	Smooth crop off the left ear and a swallow fork in the right ear	Mar 30, 1855
0327	John E. Davis	Upper slope off of each ear and an under bit out of either	Apr 1, 1855
0328	Edwin P. Layton	Crop & an upper bit out of one ear & a shallow fork & an upper and under bit of the other ear	Apr 30, 1855	Relinquished See 396
0329	E. A. Deming	Smooth crop off the left ear and a half under crop in the right ear	May 1, 1855	Relinquished
0330	James Duncan	Crop and hole in the right ear-and a swallow fork in the left	May 1, 1855
0331	Ann Thompson		May 12, 1855
0332	William H. Sterling	Crop off each ear and a split in the right ear	May 12, 1855
0333	John Zipprian	Over bit in the right ear and an under bit in the left ear	May 16, 1855
0334	Conrad Franz	Upper bit out of each ear	May 21, 1855	Sold to Alex Burkhart
0335	Sarah B. Sojourner	Swallow fork and under bit in the right ear and an under slope in the left	May 21, 1855
0336	John Tilley Morgan	Upper bit out of the left ear	May 22, 1855
0337	John McDonald	Upper and under bit out of either ear	May 26, 1855
0338	Frederick Vogg	Large under bit out of either one of the ears	May 26, 1855
0339	Joseph Gillett	Smooth crop off the right ear	Jun 7, 1855
0340	John Elliott, Jr.	Smooth crop & under bit in the left ear and the right ear pointed	Jun 20, 1855

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0361	Joseph Freckman	Crop off the right ear	Nov 8, 1855
0362	Frank Nolda	Smooth crop off left ear and a crop and a bit out of the end of the right ear	Nov 8, 1855
0363	Frederick Schultz	Square crop off the left ear	Dec 8, 1855
0364	Samuel Raymond	Two slits in the right and a swallow fork in left ear	Dec 31, 1855
0365	Robert Decrow (son of Thos. Decrow)	Under half crop in the left ear	Dec 31, 1855
0366	James Heald		Jan 8, 1856
0367	Louisiana E. Hilbert	Smooth crop and an under bit in each ear	Jan 8, 1856	Sold by Mrs. Barnett? (Hilbert) to Kilbride & by Kilbride to Mahavier
0368	Alexander Burkhart	Crop and a slit in each ear	Feb 23, 1856	This brand is this the 18th day of March transferred to Vallen Meirhoffer [Mahavier?] by sale of stock of cattle.
0369	Christine Dietrich	Swallow fork in the left ear and a split in the right ear	Mar 3, 1856
0370	William H. Gibson		Apr 12, 1856
0371	A. W. Thompson	Crop and a slit in the right ear	Apr 19, 1856
0372	John Ziprian Senr	Split in the right ear and a crop and lower corner off the left	May 17, 1856
0373	Frances E. Grimes	Slit in each ear	May 27, 1856
0374	Morand Schmerber	Both ears pointed	May 29, 1856
0375	Antone T. Mierhaver [Mahavier?]	Swallow fork & under bit in the right and an over slope & under bit in the left ear	May 29, 1856
0376	Howard Dunbar	Crop and split in the right ear and an under half crop in the left ear	May 30, 1856
0377	William L. Sartwell	Over slope and under bit in right ear and a smooth crop off of left ear	May 30, 1856
0378	John D. F. Rugeley	Swallow fork in each ear	May 31, 1856
0379	Demis M. Franz	Upper and under bit in the right ear and an upper slope in the left	May 31, 1856
0380	Luke Gove	Upper bit out of each ear	Jun 17, 1856

#	Name	Mark	Recorded	Notes
0381	John Phillips	Smooth crop off the right ear and a split in the left ear	Jun 24, 1856
0382	Julia C. Mitchell	Smooth crop and under bit in the left ear and an upper bit in the right ear	Jul 7, 1856
0383	Elizabeth Kuykendall	Under half crop in the right ear and an upper half crop in the left ear	Jul 11, 1856
0384	John P. Burkhart	Right ear pointed and a slit in the left ear	Jul 14, 1856
0385	Lorina Cleveland	Smooth crop off of each ear	Jul 18, 1856	Relinquished
0386	Annie R. O. Deming	Smooth crop off of the right ear and a crop & under half crop in the left ear	Jul 22, 1856	Sold & Transferred to Mary Fanny Pierce A. H. Pierce
0387	John R. Deming	Smooth crop in the right ear and an under bit in the left ear	Jul 22, 1856	Sold to R. A. Hasbrook
0388	Norman Savage	Over slope and an under bit in each ear	Jul 23, 1856
0389	Thomas E. DeCrow	Smooth crop of the right and an upper bit in the left	Aug 1, 1856
0390	Jeremiah McDonald	Over slope in the right ear and a smooth crop in the left	Aug 4, 1856
0391	Jesse S. Gordon	Crop and slit in the right ear and a swallow fork in the left ear	Sep 10, 1856
0392	John L. Cochran	Swallow fork in the right ear and two under bits in the left	Sep 25, 1856
0393	Florida Roberts	Swallow fork and an under bit in the right ear and an upper bit and swallow fork in the left ear	Sep 30, 1856
0394	F. J. Carothers	Swallow fork in the right ear and an upper and under bit in the left ear with a smooth crop	Oct 21, 1956
0395	William H. Williams	Swallow fork in each ear and an under bit in the right ear	Nov 14, 1856	Transferred to Columbus Roberts Aug 6, 1863
0396	Edwin P. Layton	Crop and upper bit out of either ear and a swallow fork & an upper and under bit out of the other ear and dewlap cut down	Nov 14 1856
0397	Lorina Cleveland	Smooth crop off of each ear	Dec 9, 1856
0398	Lucy & Catharine Vanslyke	Crop and hole in the right and an under slope in the left ear	Dec 9, 1856
0399	Joseph Freckman	Crop off the right ear	Feb 3, 1857
0400	Nancy Sterry	Smooth crop and slit in each ear	Feb 15, 1857	Sold to Mrs. Sylvia Staly See Record Book J p 415

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Created Sep. 29, 2008	Updated Jan. 1, 2009

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