GLO survey abstract · Anderson County, Texas
A-188 is a GLO survey abstract in Anderson County, Texas - granted to CHAFFIN, E - ~330 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 Chaffin secured a patent in the same period that defined most of Anderson 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 000166. with the patent issued to Chaffin, Eli (Heirs). Subsequent surface deeds, mineral severances, and lease records in Anderson County rest on this original patent.
Same grantee, other counties: Houston County · A-257
Oil & gas activity
2 wells sit on the polygon, 2 plugged and abandoned, operated by PALESTINE GTM, INC, UNION DOMINION OIL CORPORATION.
All Anderson 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-188. The Anderson 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.