Madison, Grimes County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley) Primary Recorder Entry: Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)
Noranda Oil Company Est. 1940s · TX Ref TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley) · Madison, Grimes County Land Archive

Madison County Land & Subsurface Ledger · Est. 1940s · Madison, Grimes County (TX)

How Noranda Oil Company Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Madison, Grimes County.

Organized by Noranda Texas Petroleum Group (1940s), Noranda Oil Company assembled and subdivided tracts across Madison, Grimes County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1940s
County Seat & Archive
Madison, Grimes County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting Noranda Oil Company. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Madison, Grimes County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Noranda Oil Company

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Noranda Oil Company in Madison, Grimes County (TX).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1858417

The Madisonville Meteor (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1963

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The Madisonville Meteor (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1963) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1858417), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Madison County corridor.

Chronicle of Madison, Grimes County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Noranda Oil Company

In the public land records of Madison County (TX), Noranda Oil Company stands as a key historical grantor across the Trinity-Navasota divide and Old San Antonio Road (El Camino Real). Organized in 1940s by Noranda Texas Petroleum Group, the entity's recorded deeds at Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08) established tract boundaries and express reservations across Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180).

  1. 1940s TX Charter · TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Noranda Oil Company

    Organized by Noranda Texas Petroleum Group (1940s), Noranda Oil Company acquired parent survey acreage across Madison, Grimes County (TX), anchored at Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Noranda Oil Company encompass Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180) as well as Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180).

  2. Recorded at Deed Records Vol. 176, Page 572 (1945-08-16) & Vol. 180, Page 3 (1945-09-10) Madison, Grimes County Official Records · Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Noranda Oil Company)

    Across its Madison, Grimes County out-conveyances (Deed Records Vol. 176, Page 572 (1945-08-16) & Vol. 180, Page 3 (1945-09-10)), Noranda Oil Company embedded express deed clauses: Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. Verified in Enverus Abstract Plant Index (Record IDs 62f3dd10 & 7f506c2b).

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Madison, Grimes County chain of title include: Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth.

  3. Current Madison, Grimes County Abstract Madison, Grimes County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180) in Madison, Grimes County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1940s instruments of Noranda Oil Company at Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08).

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

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Madison, Grimes County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Noranda Oil Company.

Historical cross-reference of Noranda Oil Company deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Madison, Grimes County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Noranda Oil Company Madison, Grimes County Deed Records (Prior to Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)) Prior Survey Owners -> Noranda Oil Company (Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180)) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Noranda Oil Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Madison County Assignment & Royalty Deed Series (116 Instruments) Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537, 1945-08-07) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08) Noranda Oil Company -> E. A. Showers & W. H. Skipwith (Madison County, TX) Verified in Enverus Abstract Plant Index (Record IDs 9862d6ea & b0cca044). Deed Records
Grimes County Royalty Deed Series Deed Records Vol. 176, Page 572 (1945-08-16) & Vol. 180, Page 3 (1945-09-10) Noranda Oil Co. -> Ovila Sauve & Lucia Dupuis (Grimes County, TX) Verified in Enverus Abstract Plant Index (Record IDs 62f3dd10 & 7f506c2b). Deed Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Madison, Grimes County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

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

Survey & Deed Provenance · Madison County (1940s)

Boundary Calls and Recorder Citations: Noranda Oil Company at Deed Records Vol. 176, Page 572 (1945-

Organized during 1940s, Noranda Oil Company operated across the Trinity-Navasota divide and Old San Antonio Road (El Camino Real), recording its primary instruments at Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08). Examiners researching Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180) in the Madison County Courthouse trace both surface lot lines and corridor alignments back to the calls established by Noranda Texas Petroleum Group and Noranda Oil Company.

“Tracing metes, bounds, and survey calls for Noranda Oil Company across Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180) in Madison County.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180)
Title & Reservation Analysis · Madison County (TX)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in Noranda Oil Company's Madison County Deeds

In Madison County, the out-conveyances of Noranda Oil Company (Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)) expressly documented: Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. Additionally, the record index notes: Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. 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 Madison County (Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)): Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth
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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 Noranda Oil Company (TX Ref: TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley)) in Madison, Grimes 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: Noranda Oil Company (Est. 1940s · TX Ref TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley))
Primary County Record: Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08) (Madison, Grimes County, TX)

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