Title Sale of property and improvements by Nancy Cranston to George Cranston. (legal document) Description Conveyance of property by Nancy V. Cranston, widow and legatee of John Cranston, to George H. Cranston [her son] for five hundred dollars. The property sold includes a parcel described as the "John Cranston dwelling and outhouses, stone factories and fixtures of every kind whatsoever embracing the entire tract sold to said John Cranston by Elenor Daugherty on the 23rd day of August 1854. The sale includes one undivided interest in and to all Potters clay or clay mines that are on or may be found in and upon a certain tract or parcel of land" located by A. H. Serren and being the privilege/benefits conveyed by A. H. Serren to John Cranston on August 23rd, 1853. The sale also includes the "exclusive right and privilege of digging, removing, and using potters clay from and upon" sixty-four acres and sold to John Cranston by John S. Lovejoy on July 5, 1854. This document was filed for record on April 26, 1876.Source Denton County Clerk's Office. Deed Records Book A, pp. 177-178. Date Original November 9, 1869 Date Cranston, George H.; Cranston, John.; Cranston, Nancy V.; Cranston Pottery.; Serren, A. H. Name Variations Cranston-Donaldson Pottery. Subject LC Potters Subject MESDA Potter Occupation Potters Coverage Place Denton County (Tex.) Coverage Date1869Keywordland conveyances; property deeds; court records Contributing Institution Denton County Clerk's Office Rights For more information, contact
[email protected] Format JPEG Hill Texas Archive Research Notes The deed record is cited in Susan Ann Lebo, "Specialization: Stoneware pottery production in northcentral Texas, 1850-1910," doctoral dissertation, University of Washington, 1992. Ann Arbor, UMI Press, p. 338-341.Artisan or Artist IdentifierAI-00090 ; AI-00125 ; AI-00124 ; AI-00130IdentifierTXLND-DEN-003Date created2023-10-25Date modified2023-10-25
