GLO survey abstract · Cherokee County, Texas
A-768 is a GLO survey abstract in Cherokee County, Texas - granted to SMITH, E - ~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
E Smith secured a patent in the same period that defined most of Cherokee County's title fabric, the headright, bounty, and donation grants that the Republic and State of Texas issued through the 1840s and 1850s. The GLO indexes it as Houston 3rd file 000462. with the patent issued to Warner, Joseph. Title work on the E Smith acreage stitches every later instrument back to the GLO patent on file.
Same grantee, other counties: Freestone County · A-568 · Houston County · A-933 · Robertson County · A-43
Oil & gas activity
19 wells sit on the polygon, 3 active or permitted, 8 plugged and abandoned, 8 in other status, operated by EXXON CORP.
All Cherokee 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-768. The Cherokee 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.