# Noranda Oil Company (1940s) - Madison, Grimes County (TX) Land & Surveyor Archive

> Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index documenting recorded conveyances into and out of Noranda Oil Company in Madison, Grimes County (TX).

## 1. Entity & Archival Summary
- **Corporate / Record Name**: Noranda Oil Company
- **Indexed Variations**: Noranda Oil Co.
- **County & State**: Madison, Grimes County, TX
- **Charter / Archive Reference**: TX Historical Oil & Gas Charter (1940s Brazos Valley)
- **Original Active Era**: 1940s
- **Primary County Clerk Anchor Citation**: Madison County Deed Records Vol. 74, Page 260 (Doc #00013537) & Vol. 76, Page 7 (Doc #00013906, 1945-08-08)
- **Canonical Broadsheet URL**: https://noranda-oil-co.web.app/
- **Records & Curative Inquiry Desk**: https://noranda-oil-co.web.app/#inquiry

## 2. Primary Surveys, Subdivisions & Abstracts Indexed
- Madison & Grimes County Gas Corridor Tracts (116+ Recorded Royalty & Mineral Conveyances in Madison Vol. 76 and Grimes Vols. 176-180)

## 3. Documented Subsurface, Mineral, Royalty & Easement Reservations
- Reserved oil, gas, and casinghead gas pipeline rights-of-way and fractional royalty/mineral estates between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth

## 4. Chain-of-Title Runsheet (Conveyances Into Company & Out-Conveyance Reservations)
- **[Vesting Into Company] 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))` | Parties & Tract: 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)) | Notes: Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Noranda Oil Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance.
- **[Deed Records] 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)` | Parties & Tract: Noranda Oil Company -> E. A. Showers & W. H. Skipwith (Madison County, TX) | Notes: 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)` | Parties & Tract: Noranda Oil Co. -> Ovila Sauve & Lucia Dupuis (Grimes County, TX) | Notes: Verified in Enverus Abstract Plant Index (Record IDs 62f3dd10 & 7f506c2b).

## 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 Noranda Oil Company in Madison, Grimes County (TX) may submit the Volume/Page, Document Number, Survey/Abstract, or Parcel ID through the Archive Desk form at https://noranda-oil-co.web.app/#inquiry for chain-of-title and corporate records verification.