GLO survey abstract · Leon County, Texas
A-1285 is a GLO survey abstract in Leon County, Texas - granted to TC RR CO - ~290 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 Lease | 13 | 29% |
| Quit Claim Deed | 9 | 20% |
| Warranty Deed | 8 | 18% |
| Extension | 6 | 13% |
| Oil & Gas Assignment | 4 | 9% |
| Declaration | 2 | 4% |
| Special Warranty Deed | 2 | 4% |
| Affidavit | 1 | 2% |
Original grantee
Texas Central Railroad surveys trace to the State of Texas policy of paying railroad builders with public land. Nineteenth-century Texas granted millions of acres to encourage internal improvements, especially railroad construction, and those corporate patents became permanent survey names in county records. The Texas Central was chartered for a line that began near Waco and was later amended for broader north and westward ambitions. A TC RR CO abstract therefore marks the railroad era of Texas land policy: acreage converted into infrastructure, then folded into ordinary deed, lease, and mineral-title chains.
Same grantee, other counties: Freestone County · A-870 · Freestone County · A-737 · Freestone County · A-738 · Freestone County · A-739 · Freestone County · A-831
Other abstracts in this county with the same grantee: A-1331 · A-1318 · A-1287 · A-1466 · A-1325 · A-1434
Oil & gas activity
In the last three years, 1 new oil & gas lease have been filed against A-1285. 1 well sits on the polygon, 1 plugged and abandoned, operated by LAKE RONEL OIL COMPANY.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-1285. The Leon 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.