{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Watburn Oil Co",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Watburn Oil Co",
    "WATBURN OIL CO"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Freestone"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive",
  "active_era": "1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Freestone County Official Public Records (ASSIGNMENT (Doc/Vol 578/516); 83 Recorded Instruments)",
  "canonical_url": "https://watburn-oil-co.pages.dev/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://watburn-oil-co.pages.dev/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Freestone County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-105, A-144, A-16, A-188, A-2, A-234, A-25, A-269, A-276, A-333, A-344, A-371, A-395, A-437, A-447, A-483, A-486, A-487",
    "Regional Oil, Gas & Subsurface Reservation Corridor (Freestone County, TX)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Express Oil, Gas, Royalty & Mineral Reservations Across 83 Recorded Freestone County Instruments",
    "Retained Subsurface Ingress/Egress & Leasehold Rights with Zero Blanket Corporate Liquidation Deeds"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "vesting",
      "unit": "Freestone County Parent Survey & Mineral Vesting Into Watburn Oil Co",
      "citation": "Freestone County Deed & Official Records (Parent Acquisition Series)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Freestone County Grantors -> Watburn Oil Co",
      "notes": "Vests parent tract, mineral, and leasehold estates in Freestone County (TX) into Watburn Oil Co."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral Reservation",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Freestone County 83-Instrument Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Schedule",
      "citation": "Freestone County Official Public Records (ASSIGNMENT (Doc/Vol 578/516); 83 Recorded Instruments)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Watburn Oil Co -> Various Freestone County Grantees",
      "notes": "83 recorded instruments in Freestone County indexing conveyances and retained subsurface interests of Watburn Oil Co with zero blanket corporate exit deeds."
    }
  ]
}