GLO survey abstract · Rains County, Texas
A-323 is a GLO survey abstract in Rains County, Texas - granted to T&P RR CO - ~700 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.
| Oil Gas & Mineral Lease | 37 | 32% |
| Mineral Deed | 19 | 17% |
| Royalty Deed | 19 | 17% |
| Assign Ogl | 10 | 9% |
| Ratif | 9 | 8% |
| Warranty Deed | 7 | 6% |
| Min D | 7 | 6% |
| Desig Pooled Unit | 7 | 6% |
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-319 · A-358
Oil & gas activity
No oil & gas leases or drilling permits intersect A-323 in our dated records. 2 wells sit on the polygon, 1 plugged and abandoned, 1 in other status, operated by HUMBLE O&R CORP.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-323. 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.