Liberty County Texas Census Records

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Demostand Mallett and his wife, Alecia Mallett, on January 24, 1911, owned two contiguous tracts of land in Liberty county, one of 97 acres and the other of 10 acres, which tracts together constituted at said time the rural homestead of Mallett and wife, and was occupied by them as such. On said date they executed and delivered to W. M. Stephenson the following instrument :

"The State of Texas, County of Liberty. "Know all men by these presents: "That this indenture made and entered into this the 24th day of January, 1911, by and between Demostand Mallett and Alecia Mallett, his wife, of the county of Liberty, state of Texas, U. S. A., hereinafter called the parties of the first part, and W. M. Stephenson, of the county of Hardin, and state of Texas, hereinafter called the party of the second part, witnesseth:

"That Demostand Mallett and Alecia Mallett, his wife, of Liberty county, Texas, U. S. A., parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of the Comet Oil Company of the par value of one ($1.00) dollar per share, which is fully paid and forever nonassessable, the receipt of which stock is hereby specifically acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, and conveyed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto W. M. Stephenson, party of the second part, his executors or assigns, all of the oil, gas, asphalt, zinc, lead, silica, silicon, coal, gold, silver, tin, iron, salt, fire clay, sulphate of lime, carbonate of lime, or any form of petroleum or mineral gas, and any and all minerals or gases or substances of a valuable nature, in or under the land described below, together with the rights of ingress and egress at all times to the said party of the second part, his executors, assigns, personal representatives or employees, for the purposes of drilling and mining and operating for oil, gas, water, coal, or other minerals and to conduct all operation and to lay all pipe lines, to build all tanks, or other appliances necessary for the production, storage, mining, transportation or refining, etc., of oil, gas, coal, asphaftum, or any other mineral or valuable substance or the by-products of same..... At some date now shown by the record, but subsequent to April 7, 1916, Alecia Mallett died, leaving surviving her said husband and several of their children and two grandchildren. After Alecia's death Demostand Mallett married again, and he and his present wife and the children and grandchildren of Alecia filed this suit in the district court of Liberty county on July 29, 1919, against Stephenson and Napier for the purpose of having canceled by decree of the court the instrument executed by Demostand and Alecia Mallett to Stephenson, and also to have canceled the deed from Stephenson to Napier.....