GLO survey abstract · Leon County, Texas
A-859 is a GLO survey abstract in Leon County, Texas - granted to SHEFFIELD, E R - ~160 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.
| Assignment | 7 | 24% |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 5 | 17% |
| Warranty Deed | 4 | 14% |
| Deed | 4 | 14% |
| Deed Of Trust | 3 | 10% |
| Amendment | 2 | 7% |
| Memorandum | 2 | 7% |
| Conveyance | 2 | 7% |
Original grantee
E R Sheffield's name on the Leon County index reflects the standard 19th-century Texas pattern: a certificate, headright, bounty, donation, or scrip, located against open land and patented once the GLO accepted the field notes. The GLO patent file remains the controlling root document for any chain of title that runs through E R Sheffield.
Oil & gas activity
In the last three years, 1 new oil & gas lease have been filed against A-859, part of a longer chain of 3 all-time.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-859. 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.