Howard County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Historical Corp Charter (1929-1948 Howard County Oilfield Townsite) Primary Recorder Entry: Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)
Forsan Townsite Co. Est. 1929-1948 Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Historical Corp Charter (1929-1948 Howard County Oilfield Townsite) · Howard County Land Archive

Cadastral & Recorder Broadsheet · Howard County, TX · Howard County (TX)

How Forsan Townsite Co. Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Howard County.

Organized by Howard-Glasscock Oil Field / Forsan Townsite Group (1929-1948 Active Grantor Era), Forsan Townsite Co. assembled and subdivided tracts across Howard County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1929-1948 Active Grantor Era
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Howard County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)
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Howard County Clerk Records · Doc #DOCC1929-1-552120

Forsan Townsite Co. - Recorded V: Vol: 74 Pg: 174; Deed (Doc #DOCC1929-1-552120)

Recorded county clerk instrument (V: Vol: 74 Pg: 174; Deed, Doc #DOCC1929-1-552120) for Forsan Townsite Co. in Howard County, Texas.

Howard County Clerk Records · Doc #DOCC1929-1-552126

Forsan Townsite Co. - Recorded V: Vol: 74 Pg: 179; Deed (Doc #DOCC1929-1-552126)

Recorded county clerk instrument (V: Vol: 74 Pg: 179; Deed, Doc #DOCC1929-1-552126) for Forsan Townsite Co. in Howard County, Texas.

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1842529

Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1929

Archival Texas newspaper edition (Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1929) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1842529), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Howard County corridor.

Chronicle of Howard County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Forsan Townsite Co.

Tracing title through the Caprock escarpment edge, Mustang Draw, and Big Spring valley requires examining the 1929-1948 Active Grantor Era filings of Forsan Townsite Co.. Recorded at Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds) in Howard County (TX), the company's parent acquisitions and out-conveyances shaped the parcel map of Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas during Texas & Pacific Railroad section checkerboards and Wolfberry oil units.

  1. 1929-1948 Active Grantor Era TX Charter · TX Historical Corp Charter (1929-1948 Howard County Oilfield Townsite)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Forsan Townsite Co.

    Organized by Howard-Glasscock Oil Field / Forsan Townsite Group (1929-1948 Active Grantor Era), Forsan Townsite Co. acquired parent survey acreage across Howard County (TX), anchored at Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Forsan Townsite Co. encompass Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas as well as Big Spring-Forsan Midland Basin Wolfcamp Core Gathering & Power Corridor.

  2. Recorded at Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (1929-1948, 287 Grantor Deeds / 67 Strict Reservations) Howard County Official Records · Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Forsan Townsite Co.)

    Across its Howard County out-conveyances (Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (1929-1948, 287 Grantor Deeds / 67 Strict Reservations)), Forsan Townsite Co. embedded express deed clauses: 67 townsite mineral, alley/street fee strip, and pipeline/utility easement reservations across 287 recorded Grantor deeds. 287 recorded Grantor conveyances in the heart of the Howard County Midland Basin Wolfcamp fairway, dormant since 1948 with zero exit deeds.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Howard County chain of title include: 6-Gate OCR Verified Zero-Exit-Deed status (last recorded Grantor deed September 1948; 0 mineral exit deeds).

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

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys,

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas in Howard County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1929-1948 Active Grantor Era instruments of Forsan Townsite Co. at Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Forsan Townsite Co. records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Howard County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Forsan Townsite Co..

Historical cross-reference of Forsan Townsite Co. deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Howard County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Forsan Townsite Co. Howard County Deed Records (Prior to Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)) Prior Survey Owners -> Forsan Townsite Co. (Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Forsan Townsite Co. prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Forsan Townsite Out-Conveyance & Reservation Spine Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (1929-1948, 287 Grantor Deeds / 67 Strict Reservations) Forsan Townsite Co. -> Townsite of Forsan Lot Grantees (Howard County) 287 recorded Grantor conveyances in the heart of the Howard County Midland Basin Wolfcamp fairway, dormant since 1948 with zero exit deeds. Deed Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

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

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

Survey & Deed Provenance · Howard County (1929-1948 Active Grantor Era)

From Parent Grant to Out-Conveyance: Forsan Townsite Co. in Howard County

Every tract within Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas in Howard County (TX) carries the imprint of Forsan Townsite Co.'s 1929-1948 Active Grantor Era conveyancing program. Anchored at Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds), the company's recorded instruments bridged early original land grants and modern subdivided ownership across the Caprock escarpment edge, Mustang Draw, and Big Spring valley.

“Primary recorder cross-reference for Forsan Townsite Co. (Howard-Glasscock Oil Field / Forsan Townsite Group): Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds).”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Original Townsite of Forsan (Blocks, Streets, Alleys, and Pipeline/Utility Reserves), Howard County, Texas
  • Big Spring-Forsan Midland Basin Wolfcamp Core Gathering & Power Corridor
Title & Reservation Analysis · Howard County (TX)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in Forsan Townsite Co.'s Howard County Deeds

In Howard County, the out-conveyances of Forsan Townsite Co. (Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)) expressly documented: 67 townsite mineral, alley/street fee strip, and pipeline/utility easement reservations across 287 recorded Grantor deeds. Additionally, the record index notes: 6-Gate OCR Verified Zero-Exit-Deed status (last recorded Grantor deed September 1948; 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 Howard County (Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds)): 67 townsite mineral, alley/street fee strip, and pipeline/utility easement reservations across 287 recorded Grantor deeds”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • 67 townsite mineral, alley/street fee strip, and pipeline/utility easement reservations across 287 recorded Grantor deeds
  • 6-Gate OCR Verified Zero-Exit-Deed status (last recorded Grantor deed September 1948; 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 Forsan Townsite Co. (TX Ref: TX Historical Corp Charter (1929-1948 Howard County Oilfield Townsite)) in Howard 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.

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Entity: Forsan Townsite Co. (Est. 1929-1948 Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Historical Corp Charter (1929-1948 Howard County Oilfield Townsite))
Primary County Record: Howard County Deed Records Doc #DOCC1890-1-518229 (67 Strict Reservations across 287 Grantor Deeds; Zero Exit Deeds) (Howard County, TX)

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