GLO survey abstract · Rains County, Texas
A-85 is a GLO survey abstract in Rains County, Texas - granted to FITZGERALD, A - ~650 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 | 72 | 32% |
| Oil Gas & Mineral Lease | 41 | 18% |
| Deed Of Trust | 31 | 14% |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 23 | 10% |
| Release Of Lease | 18 | 8% |
| Assign Ogl | 16 | 7% |
| Rel Ln | 14 | 6% |
| Warranty Deed W/Vendors Lien | 12 | 5% |
Original grantee
Patented under the Texas land-grant system, the A Fitzgerald survey traces to one of the headright, bounty, or donation programs through which the Republic and State of Texas converted certificates into title. The GLO indexes it as Nacogdoches 3rd file 002101. with the patent issued to Doherty, James W. Subsequent surface deeds, mineral severances, and lease records in Rains County rest on this original patent.
Oil & gas activity
No oil & gas leases or drilling permits intersect A-85 in our dated records.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-85. 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.