Reeves County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: National Banking Charter / 1965 Express Trust Instrument (Vol. 250, Page 506) Primary Recorder Entry: Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4)
First National Bank of Midland, Trustee Est. 1964-1983 · TX Ref National Banking Charter / 1965 Express Trust Instrument (Vol. 250, Page 506) · Reeves County Land Archive

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

How First National Bank of Midland, Trustee Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Reeves County.

Organized by 1964 Midland Express Royalty Trust (Reeves County Mineral Archive) (1964-1983), First National Bank of Midland, Trustee assembled and subdivided tracts across Reeves County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1964-1983
County Seat & Archive
Reeves County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4)
Archival Facsimiles Inspect Recorded Plats & Deeds → View scanned Reeves County Clerk and GLO instruments. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
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Recorded Deeds, Survey Files & Historical Press for First National Bank of Midland, Trustee

Inspect authentic county clerk instrument scans, General Land Office files, and archival newspaper facsimiles harvested for First National Bank of Midland, Trustee in Reeves County (TX).

Reeves County Clerk Records · Doc #24687032

First National Bank of Midland, Trustee - Recorded Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease (Doc #24687032)

Recorded county clerk instrument (Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease, Doc #24687032) for First National Bank of Midland, Trustee in Reeves County, Texas.

Reeves County Clerk Records · Doc #24687035

First National Bank of Midland, Trustee - Recorded Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease (Doc #24687035)

Recorded county clerk instrument (Oil, Gas And Mineral Lease, Doc #24687035) for First National Bank of Midland, Trustee in Reeves County, Texas.

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1933034

The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 315, Ed. 2 Monday, April 29, 1968

Archival Texas newspaper edition (The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 315, Ed. 2 Monday, April 29, 1968) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1933034), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Reeves County corridor.

Chronicle of Reeves County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee

During Public School Land sections, artesian farms, and multi-bench Wolfcamp shales, 1964 Midland Express Royalty Trust (Reeves County Mineral Archive) organized First National Bank of Midland, Trustee (1964-1983) to acquire, plat, and convey tracts across the Toyah Basin, Pecos River valley, and Delaware Basin plains around Pecos. Indexed in Reeves County at Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4), these conveyances govern title across Section 20, Block C-18, Public School Land (PSL) Survey, Reeves County, Texas (Apache Corporation Kangaroo & Foolish Pleasure Units) and adjoining survey abstracts to the present day.

  1. 1964-1983 TX Charter · National Banking Charter / 1965 Express Trust Instrument (Vol. 250, Page 506)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Reeves County Mineral & Royalty Vesting Deeds Into First National Bank of Midland, Trustee

    Organized by 1964 Midland Express Royalty Trust (Reeves County Mineral Archive) (1964-1983), First National Bank of Midland, Trustee acquired parent survey acreage across Reeves County (TX), anchored at Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to First National Bank of Midland, Trustee encompass Section 20, Block C-18, Public School Land (PSL) Survey, Reeves County, Texas (Apache Corporation Kangaroo & Foolish Pleasure Units) as well as Section 40, Block 4, H&GN RR Co. Survey, Reeves County, Texas.

  2. Recorded at Reeves County Official Public Records (Blk C-18 PSL & Blk 4 H&GN Survey) Reeves County Official Records · Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (First National Bank of Midland, Trustee)

    Across its Reeves County out-conveyances (Reeves County Official Public Records (Blk C-18 PSL & Blk 4 H&GN Survey)), First National Bank of Midland, Trustee embedded express deed clauses: Express trust mineral and royalty estate conveyed on December 27, 1965 (Vol. 250, Page 506) for the benefit of the three 1964 Grantor Trust Trusts. Record title standing in the name of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee across producing Delaware Basin survey sections in Reeves County.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Reeves County chain of title include: Unindexed successor-trustee chain following the October 1983 FDIC receivership of First National Bank of Midland.

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

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Section 20, Block C-18, Public School Land (PSL) Surve

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Section 20, Block C-18, Public School Land (PSL) Survey, Reeves County, Texas (Apache Corporation Kangaroo & Foolish Pleasure Units) in Reeves County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1964-1983 instruments of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee at Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the First National Bank of Midland, Trustee records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Reeves County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for First National Bank of Midland, Trustee.

Historical cross-reference of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Reeves County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Reeves County Mineral & Royalty Vesting Deeds Into First National Bank of Midland, Trustee Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965) & Vol. 333, Page 50 (Rec. Dec. 9, 1974) Prior Mineral Grantors -> First National Bank of Midland, Trustee (Sec. 20, Blk C-18 PSL & Sec. 40, Blk 4 H&GN) Recorded mineral and royalty conveyances vesting Delaware Basin mineral and royalty interests in Reeves County, Texas, into First National Bank of Midland, Trustee. Vesting Into Trustee
Reeves County Delaware Basin Producing Royalty & Unit Spine Reeves County Official Public Records (Blk C-18 PSL & Blk 4 H&GN Survey) First National Bank of Midland, Trustee -> Reeves County Producing Unit Tracts Record title standing in the name of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee across producing Delaware Basin survey sections in Reeves County. Mineral & Royalty
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

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

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

Survey & Deed Provenance · Reeves County (1964-1983)

How First National Bank of Midland, Trustee Assembled and Conveyed Reeves County Tracts (1964-1983)

The Reeves County grantor index records First National Bank of Midland, Trustee conveying interests out of Section 20, Block C-18, Public School Land (PSL) Survey, Reeves County, Texas (Apache Corporation Kangaroo & Foolish Pleasure Units) (Reeves County Official Public Records (Blk C-18 PSL & Blk 4 H&GN Survey)) while embedding specific tract calls across Section 40, Block 4, H&GN RR Co. Survey, Reeves County, Texas. Because Public School Land sections, artesian farms, and multi-bench Wolfcamp shales relied on private corporate surveying, these recorded deeds serve as primary cartographic evidence for Reeves County land historians and surveyors.

“Conveyed out of the parent holdings of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee (1964-1983) in Reeves County: Reeves County Official Public Records (Blk C-18 PSL & Blk 4 H&GN Survey).”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Section 20, Block C-18, Public School Land (PSL) Survey, Reeves County, Texas (Apache Corporation Kangaroo & Foolish Pleasure Units)
  • Section 40, Block 4, H&GN RR Co. Survey, Reeves County, Texas
Title & Reservation Analysis · Reeves County (TX)

Statutory Succession and Recorded Reservations of First National Bank of Midland, Trustee (Reeves County)

Whether reviewing mineral ownership, royalty suspense, or linear easements in Reeves County (TX), researchers must account for the clauses retained by First National Bank of Midland, Trustee at Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4): specifically, Express trust mineral and royalty estate conveyed on December 27, 1965 (Vol. 250, Page 506) for the benefit of the three 1964 Grantor Trust Trusts. This archive indexes those exact instruments for rapid Volume, Page, and survey verification.

“Severed estate and corridor record for First National Bank of Midland, Trustee in Reeves County (TX): Express trust mineral and royalty estate conveyed on December 27, 1965 (Vol. 250, Page 506) for the benefit of the three 1964 Grantor Trust Trusts”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Express trust mineral and royalty estate conveyed on December 27, 1965 (Vol. 250, Page 506) for the benefit of the three 1964 Grantor Trust Trusts
  • Unindexed successor-trustee chain following the October 1983 FDIC receivership of First National Bank of Midland
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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 First National Bank of Midland, Trustee (TX Ref: National Banking Charter / 1965 Express Trust Instrument (Vol. 250, Page 506)) in Reeves 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.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: First National Bank of Midland, Trustee (Est. 1964-1983 · TX Ref National Banking Charter / 1965 Express Trust Instrument (Vol. 250, Page 506))
Primary County Record: Reeves County Deed Records Vol. 250, Page 506 (Rec. Dec. 27, 1965; PSL Block C-18 & H&GN Block 4) (Reeves County, TX)

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