GLO survey abstract · Houston County, Texas
A-219 is a GLO survey abstract in Houston County, Texas - granted to BBB&C RR CO - ~720 acres. The polygon below is the real survey boundary. Estimated instruments, leases, wells, and ownership stats are scoped to this abstract; the Foundation workbook stitches every record back to patent.
Original grantee
The BBB&C RR CO survey points to the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, the line that opened the railroad age in Texas. Chartered in 1850 and operating from Harrisburg toward the Brazos by 1853, the company received state encouragement in the era when Texas used public land to build transportation infrastructure. This is a corporate patent story rather than a settler headright: the State of Texas converted acreage into railroad capital, and the resulting survey name still anchors later deeds, leases, and mineral title work.
Same grantee, other counties: Anderson County · A-157 · Cherokee County · A-152 · Freestone County · A-110 · Leon County · A-137 · Leon County · A-129 · Leon County · A-130
Other abstracts in this county with the same grantee: A-210 · A-209
Oil & gas activity
No RRC oil & gas wells or active permits intersect A-219. Surface use, mineral severance, and rights-of-way may still drive recordings on this abstract.
All Houston County abstracts See the full Foundation workbook
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-219. The Houston County clerk's abstract index, every CAD parcel reference, and every lease ever recorded on this tract trace back to the GLO patent.
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Surrounding abstracts
Six spatially-nearest GLO abstracts. Useful when you're scoping a contiguous tract or following a chain across survey lines.