GLO survey abstract · Freestone County, Texas
A-527 is a GLO survey abstract in Freestone County, Texas - granted to RITCHIE, W - ~4,650 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.
Original grantee
Filed in the GLO under the standard headright/bounty/donation framework, the W Ritchie survey is one of thousands of Freestone County patents that capture the moment Texas land policy turned settlement and service into title. Title work on the W Ritchie acreage stitches every later instrument back to the GLO patent on file.
Oil & gas activity
38 wells sit on the polygon, 1 active or permitted, 28 plugged and abandoned, 9 in other status, operated by MARTIN, D. OIL CO, NEUMAN OIL COMPANY, MEANS OIL CO.
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Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-527. The Freestone 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.