GLO survey abstract · Houston County, Texas
A-253 is a GLO survey abstract in Houston County, Texas - granted to CLARK, C - ~320 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
C Clark secured a patent in the same period that defined most of Houston County's title fabric, the headright, bounty, and donation grants that the Republic and State of Texas issued through the 1840s and 1850s. The GLO indexes it as Houston 3rd file 000147. Subsequent surface deeds, mineral severances, and lease records in Houston County rest on this original patent.
Oil & gas activity
5 wells sit on the polygon, 4 plugged and abandoned, 1 in other status, operated by SAMEDAN OIL CORPORATION, ESTATE OIL&GAS CORP. R.H. BISHOP.
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-253. 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.