Overview
| Repository | Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201 |
| Creator | Various Dallas title guaranty and abstract companies
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| Title | Abstracts of Title (including Samuell Estate)
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| Dates | 1902-1963
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| Quantity | 2.5 linear inches |
| Abstract | Abstracts of title and legal documents relating to properties in Dallas, including estate of Hazael O. Samuell and heirs.
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| Identification | 2005-003 |
| Language | Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Collection consists of abstracts of title and legal documents from various Dallas title guaranty and abstract companies relating to properties in the City of Dallas. The bulk of the collection concerns the property of Hazael O. Samuell and his heirs. Hazael O. Samuell was the father of William Worthington Samuell (1878-937), Dallas, Texas, physician and philanthropist.
Upon W.W. Samuell's death, a handwritten will was discovered, reading simply, “Real estate to the City of Dallas Park Board for park purposes, not to be sold. Balance to Park Board as permanent foundation. First National Bank, administrator.”
After the will’s probation, $1,222,000 was awarded to the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, along with approximately 900 acres of developed and undeveloped property. Samuell’s gift is the largest single land donation to the Park Department and was for many years one of the largest bequests ever made to the City of Dallas.
Organization
The collection is organized by subject.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
Abstracts of Title (including Samuell Estate), 1902-1963 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
Index Terms
City Government -- Texas -- History
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Samuell, Hazael O.
Samuell, William Worthington
Container List
| 1 | 1 | Block 796, 4601 Victor and 4604 Worth Streets [Anne Lovell Samuell to W.W. Samuell], 1926, 1931, 1938 |
| | 2 | Block 796, 4601 Victor and 4604 Worth Streets, 1902-1905 |
| | 3 | Part of Vernoy, Green, and Harris Surveys, 1906, 1938 |
| | 4 | Samuell property - Northwest Highway and Garland Road Awards of Commissioners, 1963 |
| | 5 | Summary - W.W. Samuell Estate - Present Status of Real Properties, 1954 |