1974-02 Lum Henry $10.65:
Township 50 Range 42, Section 36, Lots 1 & 4
Township 51 Range 42, Section 1 , Lot 4
Township 51 Range 42, all of Section 24
Township 51 Range 42, all of Section 13
50/42 is in today 's Broward County.
51/42 also are in today's Broward County.
May 26, 1886
Henry Lum and Laura Lum for sum of $289 give to
Henry Robinson of New York and Charles H. Sairn
(spelling?) of Miami in Townships 53 and 54
"commencing on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean (as
marked by original survey) 85 rods north of the
south line of Township 53, Range 42 East in
Section 34, and running thence west to a line
running north and south through the center of the
southwest quarter of Section 34 as above; running
thence to south line of Twp 53; thence west on
said line to Biscayne Bay; thence following the
line of said bay south a sufficient distance in
Twp 54 to make 120 acres by following a line due
east to the Atlantic Ocean; thence along said line
to ocean; thence north, following line of said
ocean shore to the place of beginning. . . Also
commencing on the shore of said Atlantic Ocean as
above 25 rods north of the south line of Section 2
in Township 54 as above,and running thence north
along said ocean shore a sufficient distance to
make 154 acres by following a line due west to
Biscayne Bay; thence south along said bay to a
point due west from the point of startup; l thence
east to the place of beginning, making 154 acres. "
(This transaction was executed in Monmouth
County, New Jersey. )
Jan. 22, 1887
The United States of America deeds public lands
to Henry Lum the West half of the Southeast
quarter of Section 25, and the West half of the
Northeast quarter of section 36 in Township 53
South of Range 41 , containing 160 acres. (These
two pieces of contiguous property would be bounded
on the west by today 's NW 7th Avenue, on the South
by NW 7th Street, on the north by NW 36 St. and on
the east by approximately NW Ave. ) Certificate No.
8786.
May 13, 1889
Effie Lum and Charles Lum sell for $1 to Henry
Lum in Township 53, (No Range?) "commencing at a
stake 5 chains and 50 links west of the southeast
corner, etc. etc. (Henry, in turn, sells this land
back to Effie only six months later. See below. )
Dec. 16, 1889
Henry and Laura Lum sell for $1 to Effie Lum
property "commencing at a stake five chains and 50
links west of the Southeast corner of the
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
Section 35 of Township 53, south of Range 41 and
run from said stake north six chains, thence west
10 chains and 58 links, thence south 3 chains and
80 links to Miami River , thence along thenorth
bank of Miami River in a southeqasterly direction
5 chains and 15 links, thence east 6 chains to
place of beginning and containing 5 acres more or
less. " (This would appear to be part of the
property Lum bought in March 1885. )
Jan. 14, 1893
Michael Oxer sells to Henry Lum for $25
property in Township 53 South, Range 42 East,
Section 31 "beginning at a mean high water mark on
the west shore of Biscayne Bay in said Section 31
at the point of intersection of the north boundary
of the James Hagan Donation (Section unreadable)
with the water of Biscayne Bay and running thence
west along said north boundary through said
Section 31 intersection 18 chains and 97 1/2
links, and from thence north 3 chains and 16 1/4
links, and from thence east on a line parallel to
the said north boundary of said north Donation 18
chains and 97 1/2 links to the shore of Biscayne
Bay and from then so alongside said shore south 3
chains and 16 1/4 links to the place of beginning,
containing 6 acres, more or less, with all
riparian rights and privileges. "
April 26, 1894
Mary McFarlane sells to Mary Lum for $75
propery in Township 54 South, Range 41 East in
Section 20 "commencing at the southeast corner of
the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
Section 20 . . . and run north 10 chains, thence
west 5 chains, thence south 10 chains, thence east
5 chains to place of beginning, and containing
five acres. " (This would be in today 's Coral
Gables bounded on the south by Sunset, on the east
by approximately Erwin Road, on the north by
approximately Hardee Road, on the west by
approximately by Maynada. "
END DADE DEEDS WITH NAME LUM
DADE COUNTY DEEDS
WITH HENRY LUM
AS GRANTEE
Note: despite seeking grantee status, records
somehow interspersed with grantor records; thus
there appears several instance of Lum sales.
Feb. 13, 1884
The United States of America deeds public lands
to Henry Lum the Southeast quarter of Section 24
in Township 53 South, 42 East 100 acres and
88/100th of an acre. This section is on the
mainland, bounded on the north by NW 54 Street, on
the south by NW 36 Street, on the west by NW 12
Ave and on the east by North Miami Ave. The
southeast quarter would be bounded on the east by
North Miami Ave. , on the south by NW 36 Street, on
the north by approximately NW 46 Street and on the
west by approximately 1-95. (That would be today 's
Design District. ) Certificate No. 4081 .
March 23, 1885
State deeds 160 acres of land in Township 53
South, Range 41 East at eighty cents per acre.
Land is described as Southwest quarter of the
Northeast quarter; the Southeast quarter of the
Northwest quarter; the Northwest quarter of the
Southeast quarter; and the Northeast quarter of
the Southwest quarter of Section 35. This township
is located in today 's City of Miami between
Northwest 20th Street and Northwest 7th Street and
between Northwest 7th Avenue and Northwest 17th
Avenue. This would appear to encompass the entire
hospital and civic center. Deed No. 12. 837
Nov. 17, 1885
Ezra and Sarah Osborne, Elnathan Field and
Annie together sell , for $451 , sell property to
Henry Lum in all of fractional sections 3 & 4 of
Township 54 South Range 42 East containing 318
acres and 50 hundreths as described in Deed 13. 118
' B ' . (This is south of 11th Street and north of
Biscayne street. ) Also sold by them to Lum
was the east half of the Southwest quarter of
Section 34 in Township 53 South of Range 42 East ,
containing 80 acres, described in Deed 11572.
(This is immediately north of 11th Street, closer
to the bay than the ocean and with possible access
to the bay. )
March 6, 1886
State sells toHenry Lum through public auction
on March 2, 1886 (for taxes not paid by Mary A.
McDonald) the following lands for a total of