Part 5, Note 15

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Book of Record of Luther Chapel Columbus, Texas, The Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin; Colorado County Deed Records, Book I, p. 440. The property which Scherer acquired is precisely described as subdivided lots 1 and 2 in block 48. The Scherer deed was followed by another deed, which apparently supersedes the first, that transferred the property to the congregation itself. That deed was dated January 21, 1856 (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book I, p. 738).