GLO survey abstract · Leon County, Texas
A-553 is a GLO survey abstract in Leon County, Texas - granted to MIDDLETON, W B - ~540 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 | 76 | 31% |
| Warranty Deed | 34 | 14% |
| Easement | 29 | 12% |
| Assignment | 27 | 11% |
| Deed Of Trust | 23 | 10% |
| Oil & Gas Assignment | 18 | 7% |
| Memorandum Of Oil & Gas Lease | 18 | 7% |
| Deed | 17 | 7% |
Original grantee
Filed in the GLO under the standard headright/bounty/donation framework, the W B Middleton survey is one of thousands of Leon County patents that capture the moment Texas land policy turned settlement and service into title. The GLO patent file remains the controlling root document for any chain of title that runs through W B Middleton.
Other abstracts in this county with the same grantee: A-550
Oil & gas activity
In the last three years, 19 new oil & gas leases have been filed against A-553, part of a longer chain of 30 all-time.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-553. 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.