GLO survey abstract · Freestone County, Texas
A-568 is a GLO survey abstract in Freestone County, Texas - granted to SMITH, E - ~300 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 E Smith survey is one of thousands of Cherokee County patents that capture the moment Texas land policy turned settlement and service into title. The GLO indexes it as Houston 3rd file 000462. with the patent issued to Warner, Joseph. The GLO patent file remains the controlling root document for any chain of title that runs through E Smith.
Same grantee, other counties: Cherokee County · A-768 · Houston County · A-933 · Robertson County · A-43
Oil & gas activity
2 wells sit on the polygon, 1 active or permitted, 1 plugged and abandoned, operated by ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, ZADECK ENERGY & COTTON PETROLEUM.
All Freestone 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-568. 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.