Gonzales County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Corporate Charter / RRC Operator Archive Primary Recorder Entry: Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments Across 44 Abstracts)
Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation Est. 1968-1986 Active Era · TX Ref TX Corporate Charter / RRC Operator Archive · Gonzales County Land Archive

Gonzales County Eagle Ford & Guadalupe Basin Archive · Gonzales County (TX)

How Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Gonzales County.

Organized by Regional Oil & Gas Incorporators (1968-1986 Active Era), Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation assembled and subdivided tracts across Gonzales County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments Across 44 Abstracts). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1968-1986 Active Era
County Seat & Archive
Gonzales County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments Across 44 Abstracts)
Archival Facsimiles Inspect Recorded Plats & Deeds → View scanned Gonzales County Clerk and GLO instruments. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Gonzales County Clerk & Archival Facsimiles

Recorded Deeds, Survey Files & Historical Press for Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation

Inspect authentic county clerk instrument scans, General Land Office files, and archival newspaper facsimiles harvested for Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation in Gonzales County (TX).

Gonzales County Clerk Records · Vol. 366, Page 860

Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation - Recorded Unit Designation/Pooling Agreement (Vol. 366, Page 860)

Recorded county clerk instrument (Unit Designation/Pooling Agreement, Vol. 366, Page 860) for Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation in Gonzales County, Texas.

Gonzales County Clerk Records · Vol. 366, Page 865

Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation - Recorded Unit Designation/Pooling Agreement (Vol. 366, Page 865)

Recorded county clerk instrument (Unit Designation/Pooling Agreement, Vol. 366, Page 865) for Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation in Gonzales County, Texas.

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1600587

The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 100, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1969

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 100, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1969) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1600587), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Gonzales County corridor.

Chronicle of Gonzales County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation

Across the Guadalupe River and Peach Creek surveys of Gonzales County, Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation assembled and conveyed mineral, royalty, and leasehold interests across 44 original Mexican and Republic of Texas land grants prior to the horizontal Eagle Ford boom.

  1. 1968-1986 Active Era TX Charter · TX Corporate Charter / RRC Operator Archive

    I. Founding & Land Assembly by Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation

    Organized by Regional Oil & Gas Incorporators (1968-1986 Active Era), Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation assembled parent acreage, survey tracts, and rights-of-way across Gonzales County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments Across 44 Abstracts).

    Primary lands surveyed and indexed to the company include Gonzales County Surveys A-25, A-81, A-102, A-118, A-148, A-155, A-199, A-230, A-267, A-319, A-360, A-410, laid out for regional townsite, agricultural, lakeside, or oil and gas development.

  2. Subdivision & Conveyance Era Gonzales County Deed Records · Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments Across 44 Abstracts)

    II. Out-Conveyances, Plats & Recorded Deed Reservations

    As Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation platted and conveyed individual lots, farm tracts, and rights-of-way out of its parent holdings in Gonzales County, deeds recorded in the county clerk's office included written reservations and exceptions: Express Oil, Gas & Mineral Reservations Across 288 Recorded Instruments.

    Under TX property law, severed mineral estates, royalty interests, road strips, and easements created by written deed reservation remain in the chain of title long after the original land company finishes selling its surface lots.

  3. Present Day Gonzales County Archival & Surveyor Cross-Reference

    III. Modern Map, Title & Mineral Record Legacy

    Today, when historians, landowners, surveyors, title examiners, or oil and gas landmen review tracts within Gonzales County Surveys A-25, A-81, A-102, A-118, A-148, A-155, A-199, A-230, A-267, A-319, A-360, A-410, the historical deeds and plats of Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation serve as key reference points in the Gonzales County records.

    This broadsheet indexes the recorded instruments of Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation so researchers and land professionals can inspect Volume and Page citations, examine the recorded plats and deeds, and contact the archive desk.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Gonzales County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation.

Historical cross-reference of Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Gonzales County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Gonzales County Multi-Survey Parent Mineral & Leasehold Vesting Into Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corp. Gonzales County Deed & Oil/Gas Records (Parent Acquisition Series Across A-25, A-81, A-102, A-118) Prior Gonzales County Landowners & Assignors -> Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation Vests parent mineral, royalty, and leasehold estates across 44 original Gonzales County survey abstracts into Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation. Vesting Into Company
Gonzales County 288-Instrument Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Series Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments) Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation -> Various Gonzales County Grantees (A-25, A-81, A-102, A-148, A-230) 288 recorded conveyances and assignments in Gonzales County retaining mineral, royalty, and overriding royalty interests in Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation with zero blanket corporate liquidation deeds. Mineral Reservation
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

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

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

Survey History · Gonzales County

44 Early Land Grants Along the Guadalupe and Peach Creek

The 288 recorded instruments indexed to Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation span 44 separate original survey abstracts in Gonzales County, creating an enduring multi-survey subsurface chain of title.

“Reserving unto Grantor, its successors and assigns, the oil, gas, and mineral royalty interests described in the Gonzales County Official Public Records.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Gonzales County Surveys A-25, A-81, A-102, A-118, A-148, A-155, A-199, A-230, A-267, A-319, A-360, A-410
  • Peach Creek, Cheapside, and Guadalupe River Eagle Ford Corridor Tracts (Gonzales County, TX)
Recorder Cross-Reference · Gonzales County

Why Pre-Horizontal Corporate Reservations Control Modern Eagle Ford Units

When modern operators pool multi-survey horizontal units in Gonzales County, every historical corporate reservation recorded in the 1970s and 1980s remains a mandatory link in the division order chain of title.

“Subject to all prior oil, gas, and mineral reservations and assignments of record in Gonzales County, Texas.”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Express Oil, Gas & Mineral Reservations Across 288 Recorded Instruments
  • Overriding Royalty & Leasehold Depth Severances in Gonzales County
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Corporate Archive & Land Records Inquiry

Submit the Instrument Book and Page, Survey, or Parcel Number for Chain-of-Title and Corporate Records Verification.

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 Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation (TX Ref: TX Corporate Charter / RRC Operator Archive) in Gonzales County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: Texas Consolidated Petroleum Corporation (Est. 1968-1986 Active Era · TX Ref TX Corporate Charter / RRC Operator Archive)
Primary County Record: Gonzales County Official Public Records (288 Recorded Deeds & Assignments Across 44 Abstracts) (Gonzales County, TX)

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