Stewart Title Company

The first abstract companies in Bexar County were established in San Antonio during the mid-1870's by Dr. Theodore Roziene and by a group of five prominent citizens who formed the Occidental Land Company, which changed its name to the West Texas Abstract and Guarantee Company in 1890. In that same year, Henry Hildebrand and Ben Stribling formed Hildebrand & Stribling Abstract Company, and five years later, formed Bexar Abstract Company in 1895. They allowed the charter of Hildebrand & Stribling to expire in 1901, thereby merging the two firms. Bexar Abstract Company acquired the abstract books of the West Texas Company in 1909. They had also previously acquired the records of Theodore Roziene upon his death in 1901. Stewart Title Company began in the 1890's in Galveston, Texas when Maco Stewart, a well-known lawyer, acquired an existing abstract plant there. The Stewarts incorporated under the name Stewart Title Guaranty Company in 1908. In 1911, the Stewarts began the San Antonio office by leasing and later purchasing Bexar Abstract Company's records.

From the description of Stewart Title Company records, ca. 1870-1965. (University of Texas at San Antonio). WorldCat record id: 56212870

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