Angelina County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Corporate Charter (1960s Lufkin Subdivision Corporation) Primary Recorder Entry: Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances)
East Texas American Development Company Est. 1964-1976 Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Corporate Charter (1960s Lufkin Subdivision Corporation) · Angelina County Land Archive

Historical Plat & Grantor Dossier · Angelina County (TX) · Angelina County (TX)

How East Texas American Development Company Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Angelina County.

Organized by Angelina County River Crest Subdivision & Timberland Group (1964-1976 Active Grantor Era), East Texas American Development Company assembled and subdivided tracts across Angelina County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1964-1976 Active Grantor Era
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Angelina County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances)
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Angelina County Deed Records · Vol. 301, Page 533 (Doc #17488)

River Crest Estates Subdivision Warranty Deed (Map/Plat Vol. 5, Page 3) - 100% Mineral Reservation

Recorded February 8, 1965 in Vol. 301, Page 533, Angelina County Deed Records, conveying Lots 21 and 22, Block E of River Crest Estates Subdivision (Map & Plat Records Vol. 5, Page 3, B. X. Mudd Survey) near the Angelina River and reserving all oil, gas, and minerals to East Texas American Development Company.

Angelina County Deed Records · Vol. 316, Page 634 (Doc #25177)

River Crest Estates Out-Conveyance & Express Subsurface Reservation

Recorded June 28, 1966 in Vol. 316, Page 634, Angelina County Deed Records, by East Texas American Development Company.

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1952334

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 237, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1935

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 237, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1935) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1952334), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Angelina County corridor.

Chronicle of Angelina County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of East Texas American Development Company

During Lufkin-Huntington timber lands and lakeside subdivision platting, Angelina County River Crest Subdivision & Timberland Group organized East Texas American Development Company (1964-1976 Active Grantor Era) to acquire, plat, and convey tracts across the Angelina and Neches River forks and Sam Rayburn Reservoir shoreline. Indexed in Angelina County at Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances), these conveyances govern title across River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texas (Blocks 1-21, 324 Severed Deeds) and adjoining survey abstracts to the present day.

  1. 1964-1976 Active Grantor Era TX Charter · TX Corporate Charter (1960s Lufkin Subdivision Corporation)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: River Crest Estates Parent Survey Vesting Into East Texas American Development Co.

    Organized by Angelina County River Crest Subdivision & Timberland Group (1964-1976 Active Grantor Era), East Texas American Development Company acquired parent survey acreage across Angelina County (TX), anchored at Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to East Texas American Development Company encompass River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texas (Blocks 1-21, 324 Severed Deeds) as well as Nancy Berry Survey, Abstract 104 & Abstract 106, Angelina County, Texas.

  2. Recorded at Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds) Angelina County Official Records · Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (East Texas American Development Company)

    Across its Angelina County out-conveyances (Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds)), East Texas American Development Company embedded express deed clauses: 100% mineral estate severance across 324 River Crest Estates deeds ('there is, however, excepted and reserved to the grantor herein, its successors and assigns, all oil, gas and all other minerals'). 324 recorded warranty deeds conveying lots in River Crest Estates and companion subdivisions while expressly excepting and reserving all oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the premises to East Texas American Development Company.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Angelina County chain of title include: Electric distribution and telephone line corridor easements across Nancy Berry Survey (A-106) and Abstract 22.

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

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texa

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texas (Blocks 1-21, 324 Severed Deeds) in Angelina County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1964-1976 Active Grantor Era instruments of East Texas American Development Company at Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400 & Vol. 303, Page 386 (324 Mineral Severances).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the East Texas American Development Company records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Angelina County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for East Texas American Development Company.

Historical cross-reference of East Texas American Development Company deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Angelina County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
River Crest Estates Parent Survey Vesting Into East Texas American Development Co. Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 296, Page 140 & Map/Plat Vol. 5, Page 3 (1964) Prior Survey Grantors -> East Texas American Development Company (B. X. Mudd Survey & Angelina River Surveys) Vests parent subdivision acreage along the Angelina River into East Texas American Development Company and records the plat of River Crest Estates in Map & Plat Records Vol. 5, Page 3. Vesting Into Company
River Crest Estates Subdivision Out-Conveyance & 100% Mineral Reservation Series Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds) East Texas American Development Company -> River Crest Estates Lot Grantees (Angelina County) 324 recorded warranty deeds conveying lots in River Crest Estates and companion subdivisions while expressly excepting and reserving all oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the premises to East Texas American Development Company. Mineral Reservation
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

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

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

Survey & Deed Provenance · Angelina County (1964-1976 Active Grantor Era)

How East Texas American Development Company Assembled and Conveyed Angelina County Tracts (1964-1976 Active Grantor Era)

The Angelina County grantor index records East Texas American Development Company conveying interests out of River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texas (Blocks 1-21, 324 Severed Deeds) (Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds)) while embedding specific tract calls across Nancy Berry Survey, Abstract 104 & Abstract 106, Angelina County, Texas. Because Lufkin-Huntington timber lands and lakeside subdivision platting relied on private corporate surveying, these recorded deeds serve as primary cartographic evidence for Angelina County land historians and surveyors.

“Conveyed out of the parent holdings of East Texas American Development Company (1964-1976 Active Grantor Era) in Angelina County: Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds).”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texas (Blocks 1-21, 324 Severed Deeds)
  • Nancy Berry Survey, Abstract 104 & Abstract 106, Angelina County, Texas
  • Angelina River / Lufkin North Transmission & Utility Corridor (Abstract 22)
Title & Reservation Analysis · Angelina County (TX)

Chain-of-Title Mechanics: 100% mineral estate severance across 324 River Cre...

Across River Crest Estates Subdivision, Angelina County, Texas (Blocks 1-21, 324 Severed Deeds), deeds executed by East Texas American Development Company (Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds)) separated the conveyed surface parcels from retained corporate rights (100% mineral estate severance across 324 River Crest Estates deeds ('there is, however, excepted and reserved to the grantor herein, its successors and assigns, all oil, gas and all other minerals')). Long after active operations in 1964-1976 Active Grantor Era concluded, those severed property interests endure as independent estates in the Angelina County Official Public Records.

“Subject to the express terms, exceptions, and reservations of East Texas American Development Company recorded at Angelina County Deed Records Vol. 300, Page 400; Vol. 301, Page 533; Vol. 303, Page 386; Vol. 316, Page 634 (324 Deeds).”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • 100% mineral estate severance across 324 River Crest Estates deeds ('there is, however, excepted and reserved to the grantor herein, its successors and assigns, all oil, gas and all other minerals')
  • Electric distribution and telephone line corridor easements across Nancy Berry Survey (A-106) and Abstract 22
  • unconveyed status across all 324 River Crest Estates lots
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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 East Texas American Development Company (TX Ref: TX Corporate Charter (1960s Lufkin Subdivision Corporation)) in Angelina County.

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Entity: East Texas American Development Company (Est. 1964-1976 Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Corporate Charter (1960s Lufkin Subdivision Corporation))
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