GLO survey abstract · Rains County, Texas
A-242 is a GLO survey abstract in Rains County, Texas - granted to T&P RR CO - ~250 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.
Activity profile
Aggregated from the Texas clerk-of-records instruments table. Counts are real document counts on this abstract, not estimates.
| Warranty Deed | 28 | 25% |
| Oil Gas & Mineral Lease | 18 | 16% |
| Deed Of Trust | 17 | 15% |
| Rel Ln | 12 | 11% |
| Assign Ogl | 11 | 10% |
| Assign R | 11 | 10% |
| Royalty Deed | 9 | 8% |
| Warranty Deed W/Vendors Lien | 8 | 7% |
Original grantee
The T&P RR CO surveys belong to the Texas and Pacific Railway, a federally chartered railroad whose Texas land story was also recognized by state legislation. Chartered by Congress in 1871 and renamed in 1872, the company was intended as part of a southern transcontinental route. TSHA records that the Texas and Pacific earned millions of acres for completed Texas mileage, though later disputes reduced some claims. These abstracts are therefore railroad-finance records: public land was used to reward construction, and the company's name became the lasting survey identity.
Other abstracts in this county with the same grantee: A-335 · A-246 · A-244 · A-243 · A-323 · A-319
Oil & gas activity
No recent leasing or permitting activity on A-242 in the last five years, though the abstract carries 1 historical drilling permits (last in 1980). 1 well sits on the polygon, 1 plugged and abandoned, operated by TERRA RESOURCES.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-242. The Rains 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.