# Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture (1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era) - Leon County (TX) Land & Surveyor Archive

> Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index documenting recorded conveyances into and out of Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture in Leon County (TX).

## 1. Entity & Archival Summary
- **Corporate / Record Name**: Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture
- **Indexed Variations**: Dawn Land Company, Dawn Land Company (Trustee Group)
- **County & State**: Leon County, TX
- **Charter / Archive Reference**: TX Joint Venture / Express Trustee Title Holding Group
- **Original Active Era**: 1970s-1980s Active Grantor Era
- **Primary County Clerk Anchor Citation**: Leon County Clerk Inst. #298379989 & #298380658 (100 Combined New Mineral Severances in John Belden Survey, A-55)
- **Canonical Broadsheet URL**: https://dawn-land-company-jv.web.app/
- **Records & Curative Inquiry Desk**: https://dawn-land-company-jv.web.app/#inquiry

## 2. Primary Surveys, Subdivisions & Abstracts 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)

## 3. Documented Subsurface, Mineral, Royalty & Easement Reservations
- 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)

## 4. Chain-of-Title Runsheet (Conveyances Into Company & Out-Conveyance Reservations)
- **[Vesting Into Company] 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))` | Parties & Tract: 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)) | Notes: Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture prior to subdivision and out-conveyance.
- **[Deed Records] John Belden Survey (A-55) Surface-Only Severance Deed**: `Leon County Clerk Inst. #298380658` | Parties & Tract: Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture -> Alvin Lumbert (John Belden Survey, A-55) | Notes: 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` | Parties & Tract: Dawn Land Company -> Tract Grantees (780 Ac., John Belden Survey, A-55) | Notes: Located directly inside Abstract 55 where Comstock Oil & Gas LLC is actively leasing deep Bossier/Haynesville rights.

## 5. How to Verify Chain of Title or Request Corporate Successor / Statutory Trustee Records
Landmen, division order analysts, title examiners, surveyors, and property owners researching Dawn Land Company, a Joint Venture in Leon County (TX) may submit the Volume/Page, Document Number, Survey/Abstract, or Parcel ID through the Archive Desk form at https://dawn-land-company-jv.web.app/#inquiry for chain-of-title and corporate records verification.