Leon County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Joint Venture / Express Trustee Title Holding Group Primary Recorder Entry: Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)
Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture Est. 1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Joint Venture / Express Trustee Title Holding Group · Leon County Land Archive

Leon County Surveyor & Deed Archive · Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture · Leon County (TX)

How Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture Acquired and Conveyed Survey Tracts and Subsurface Estates in Leon County.

Organized by Leon County Rural Subdivision & Mineral Reservation Group (1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era) (with historical principal office recorded at Centerville, Leon County, TX (Recorded County Domicile)), Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture assembled and conveyed fee, leasehold, and subsurface tracts across Leon County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55). This broadsheet preserves the historical survey abstracts, recorded conveyances, and reservation index of the company.

Original Era
1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era
County Seat & Archive
Leon County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)
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Recorded Deeds, Survey Files & Historical Press for Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture

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Leon County Official Public Records · Inst. #298379989

Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (Jack Hays, Trustee) Recorded Leon County Deed

Recorded instrument in the Leon County Clerk Official Public Records executed by Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (Jack Hays, Trustee) in the John Belden Survey, A-55.

Leon County Official Public Records · Inst. #298379989 (Page 2)

Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (Jack Hays, Trustee) Recorded Leon County Deed - Continuation & Legal Description

Recorded instrument in the Leon County Clerk Official Public Records executed by Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (Jack Hays, Trustee) in the John Belden Survey, A-55.

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1940489

Laredo Weekly Times. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 40, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 20, 1921

Archival Texas newspaper edition (Laredo Weekly Times. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 40, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 20, 1921) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1940489), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Leon County corridor.

Chronicle of Leon County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture

Situated across the Trinity-Navasota divide and Boggy Creek timberlands around Centerville, the recorded instruments of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era) document a pivotal chapter in Mexican empresario headright grants and Deep Bossier gas units. Anchored in the Leon County Clerk's books at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55), the company assembled and conveyed acreage within John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts), leaving a permanent chain of recorded deeds and reservations.

  1. 1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era TX Charter · TX Joint Venture / Express Trustee Title Holding Group

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture

    Organized by Leon County Rural Subdivision & Mineral Reservation Group (1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era), Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture acquired parent survey acreage across Leon County (TX), anchored at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture encompass John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts) as well as Active Comstock Resources / Comstock Oil & Gas Bossier-Haynesville Corridor (Abstract 55).

  2. Recorded at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 Leon County Official Records · Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture)

    Across its Leon County out-conveyances (Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989), Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture embedded express deed clauses: 100% oil, gas, and mineral severance across 100 rural tract conveyances in Abstract 55 ('Grantor reserves all oil, gas, and other minerals, including ingress/egress rights'). Located directly inside Abstract 55 where Comstock Oil & Gas LLC is actively leasing deep Bossier/Haynesville rights.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Leon County chain of title include: Zero-Exit-Deed status (0 mineral exit deeds).

  3. Current Leon County Abstract Leon County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (7

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts) in Leon County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era instruments of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Leon County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture.

Historical cross-reference of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Leon County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture Leon County Deed Records (Prior to Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)) Prior Survey Owners -> Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts)) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
John Belden Survey (A-55) Surface-Only Severance Deed Leon County Clerk Inst. #298380658 Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture -> Alvin Lumbert (John Belden Survey, A-55) Conveys surface estate only and reserves 100% of oil, gas, and other minerals together with appurtenant ingress and egress rights. Deed Records
John Belden Survey (A-55) 780-Acre Parent Tract Severance Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 Dawn Land Company -> Tract Grantees (780 Ac., John Belden Survey, A-55) Located directly inside Abstract 55 where Comstock Oil & Gas LLC is actively leasing deep Bossier/Haynesville rights. Deed Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Leon County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Leon County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Survey & Deed Provenance · Leon County (1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era)

Surveying and Subdividing John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas in Leon County

When Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (led by Leon County Rural Subdivision & Mineral Reservation Group) executed its Leon County conveyances anchored at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55), each instrument tied its metes-and-bounds calls directly to John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts). In the Trinity-Navasota divide and Boggy Creek timberlands around Centerville, those survey ties and subdivision calls remain the controlling reference for modern parcel boundaries and abstract examinations.

“Anchored in the official records of Leon County (TX) at Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55), covering John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts).”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • John Belden Survey, Abstract 55, Leon County, Texas (780-Acre & 713.82-Acre Parent Subdivision Tracts)
  • Active Comstock Resources / Comstock Oil & Gas Bossier-Haynesville Corridor (Abstract 55)
Title & Reservation Analysis · Leon County (TX)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture's Leon County Deeds

In Leon County, the out-conveyances of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)) expressly documented: 100% oil, gas, and mineral severance across 100 rural tract conveyances in Abstract 55 ('Grantor reserves all oil, gas, and other minerals, including ingress/egress rights'). Additionally, the record index notes: Zero-Exit-Deed status (0 mineral exit deeds). Under TX real property statutes, an express reservation in a recorded warranty deed severs that interest from the surface fee, keeping it vested in the corporate grantor or its statutory trustees unless a subsequent specific conveyance is recorded.

“Documented reservation in Leon County (Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)): 100% oil, gas, and mineral severance across 100 rural tract conveyances in Abstract 55 ('Grantor reserves all oil, gas, and other minerals, including ingress/egress rights')”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • 100% oil, gas, and mineral severance across 100 rural tract conveyances in Abstract 55 ('Grantor reserves all oil, gas, and other minerals, including ingress/egress rights')
  • Zero-Exit-Deed status (0 mineral exit deeds)
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This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (TX Ref: TX Joint Venture / Express Trustee Title Holding Group) in Leon County.

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Entity: Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (Est. 1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Joint Venture / Express Trustee Title Holding Group)
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