Rusk County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive Primary Recorder Entry: Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments)
So He Drilling Inc. Est. 1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive · Rusk County Land Archive

Rusk County Surveyor & Land Broadsheet · Rusk County (TX)

How So He Drilling Inc Assembled and Reserved Oil, Gas, and Leasehold Estates Across Rusk County.

Organized by HEMUS, SOLLY (PRESIDENT, ) (1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era) (with historical principal office recorded at 6565 WEST LOOP SOUTH, STE 555, BELLAIRE, TX 77401), So He Drilling Inc. acquired and conveyed oil, gas, mineral, and leasehold interests across Rusk County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments). This broadsheet preserves the recorded assignments, mineral conveyances, and subsurface reservation index of the company.

Original Era
1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era
County Seat & Archive
Rusk County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments)
Archival Facsimiles Inspect Recorded Plats & Deeds → View scanned Rusk 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 So He Drilling Inc.

Inspect authentic county clerk instrument scans, General Land Office files, and archival newspaper facsimiles harvested for So He Drilling Inc. in Rusk County (TX).

Texas General Land Office Original Land Grant Patent ยท Abstract A-1 (Title)

Allison, William F Original Cursive Land Grant & Field Notes (Rusk County, Abstract A-1)

Archival 19th-century handwritten cursive land grant patent and surveyor field notes from the Texas General Land Office for the Allison, William F Survey (Abstract A-1, Title) in Rusk County, Texas, forming the sovereign root of title for tracts conveyed by So He Drilling Inc..

Chronicle of Rusk County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of So He Drilling Inc.

Across Rusk County, the archival abstract index places So He Drilling Inc. within a broad mineral and leasehold history. Its verified survey abstracts include A-1, A-100, and A-105. The Rusk County Official Public Records identify 98 recorded instruments associated with the company and retained subsurface interests. Later lease memoranda in those abstracts show continued leasing interest, but survey-level activity alone does not establish that any particular So He tract was covered.

  1. 1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era TX Charter · TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Rusk County Parent Survey & Mineral Vesting Into So He Drilling Inc.

    Organized by HEMUS, SOLLY (PRESIDENT, ) (1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era), So He Drilling Inc. acquired parent survey acreage across Rusk County (TX), anchored at Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to So He Drilling Inc. encompass Rusk County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-1, A-100, A-105, A-11, A-115, A-13, A-135, A-136, A-141, A-15, A-162, A-169, A-17, A-171, A-173, A-175, A-182, A-183, as well as Regional Oil, Gas & Subsurface Reservation Corridor (Rusk County, TX).

  2. Recorded at Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments) Rusk County Official Records · Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (So He Drilling Inc.)

    Across its Rusk County out-conveyances (Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments)), So He Drilling Inc. embedded express deed clauses: Express Oil, Gas, Royalty & Mineral Reservations Across 98 Recorded Rusk County Instruments. 98 recorded instruments in Rusk County indexing conveyances and retained subsurface interests of So He Drilling Inc. with zero blanket corporate exit deeds.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Rusk County chain of title include: Retained Subsurface Ingress/Egress & Leasehold Rights with Zero Blanket Corporate Liquidation Deeds.

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

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Rusk County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-1, A-100, A-1

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Rusk County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-1, A-100, A-105, A-11, A-115, A-13, A-135, A-136, A-141, A-15, A-162, A-169, A-17, A-171, A-173, A-175, A-182, A-183, in Rusk County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era instruments of So He Drilling Inc. at Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the So He Drilling Inc. records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Rusk County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for So He Drilling Inc..

Historical cross-reference of So He Drilling Inc. deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Rusk County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Rusk County Parent Survey & Mineral Vesting Into So He Drilling Inc. Rusk County Deed & Official Records (Parent Acquisition Series) Prior Rusk County Grantors -> So He Drilling Inc. Vests parent tract, mineral, and leasehold estates in Rusk County (TX) into So He Drilling Inc.. Vesting Into Company
Rusk County 98-Instrument Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Schedule Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments) So He Drilling Inc. -> Various Rusk County Grantees 98 recorded instruments in Rusk County indexing conveyances and retained subsurface interests of So He Drilling Inc. with zero blanket corporate exit deeds. Mineral Reservation
Railroad Commission & Courthouse Leasehold Cross-Reference

RRC Operator Profile, Lease Succession Chain & API Well Index for So He Drilling Inc.

Cross-referencing So He Drilling Inc. across Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Form P-5 operator filings, 6-digit oil and gas lease production ledgers, successor operator transfers, API well completions, and Rusk County Clerk recorded oil and gas leases.

Landman Chain-of-Title & Leasehold Forensic Brief · Rusk County

The Rusk County Official Public Records associate So He Drilling Inc. with a parent acquisition series and 98 recorded instruments indexed under OCR Body Key 1983_33058. The index describes conveyances and retained subsurface interests and identifies no blanket corporate exit deeds. The individual instruments must be examined to establish each tract, reservation, grantee, and interest conveyed or retained. In A-100, the archival abstract index identifies a memorandum of lease dated November 21, 2024, for SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC under the recorded reference 00257939. In A-105, it identifies a lease ratification dated December 10, 2025, for the same lessee under reference 00267842. Neither reference alone establishes a connection to a particular So He interest.

Railroad Commission of Texas · Form P-5 Organization Record

SO-HE DRILLING, INC. · RRC Operator #800282

INACTIVE / DELINQUENT P-5
RRC Operator Number(s)
#800282
Recorded P-5 Office Address
6565 WEST LOOP SOUTH, STE 555, BELLAIRE, TX 77401
P-5 Filing / Last Refile
1980-01-02 / 1985-08-13
Historical RRC Form P-5 Corporate Officers & Resident Agents on File:
  • HEMUS, SOLLY - PRESIDENT
Railroad Commission API Well Cross-Reference

RRC API Wells & Operators Indexed Inside So He Drilling Inc. Survey Abstracts (Rusk County)

Verified Railroad Commission API wells permitted or completed inside the exact Survey Abstracts (A-###) where So He Drilling Inc. holds recorded deed and subsurface entries.

API well identifiers, survey calls, and operator assignments associated with So He Drilling Inc.
API Well Number Lease Name & Well # Survey, Block, Section & Abstract Operator of Record Abstract / Title Quote
API 42-401-35361
RUSK County · Permit 2015-08-17		 CECIL BUNN #1
RRC Lease #06-15492		 ALLISON, W F · A-1 GENEPA PETROLEUM COMPANY (P-5 #299369) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-34008
RUSK County · Permit 2006-07-20		 BOLEY #1 ALLISON, W F · A-1 GMT EXPLORATION CO TEXAS, LLC (P-5 #311419) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31334
RUSK County · Permit 1990-02-01		 MCMILLAN GAS UNIT NO. 2 #1
RRC Lease #06-133523		 WILLIAM F. ALLISON · A-1 ODEGARD ENERGY, INC. (P-5 #618230) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-32211
RUSK County · Permit 1988-06-01		 IRWIN #1 WILLIAM F. ALLISON · A-1 CNG PRODUCING COMPANY (P-5 #161397) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-32119
RUSK County · Permit 1986-09-29		 SELPH #2 WILLIAM ALLISON · A-1 LOCKLIN OIL COMPANY (P-5 #504913) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-32104
RUSK County · Permit 1985-12-03		 SELPH #1 WILLIAM ALLISON · A-1 SUEMAUR EXPLORATION, INC. (P-5 #828339) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31303
RUSK County · Permit 1985-08-16		 MILEY, CLARENCE #1 WM. F. ALLISON · A-1 CONSOLIDATED OIL & GAS, INC. (P-5 #172740) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31998
RUSK County · Permit 1984-12-12		 MOORE-TURNER #2 WM. F. ALLISON · A-1 R.D. OIL COMPANY (P-5 #685889) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31922
RUSK County · Permit 1984-06-11		 MOORE-TURNER #1 WM. F. ALLISON · A-1 HIGHLAND PRODUCTION COMPANY (P-5 #385780) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31864
RUSK County · Permit 1984-02-09		 SELPH UNIT NO. 1 #1 WM. F. ALLISON · A-1 MOBIL PRODUCING TX. & N.M. INC. (P-5 #572550) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-32367
RUSK County · Permit 1992-04-30		 COLEMAN, BETTIE #2
RRC Lease #06-145889		 JAMES BURKE · A-100 HIBBARD ENERGY, LP (P-5 #383757) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31414
RUSK County · Permit 1982-02-04		 COLEMAN, BETTIE #9
RRC Lease #06-10908		 JAMES BURKE SURVEY A-100 · A-100 CHINN EXPLORATION COMPANY (P-5 #149423) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-31761
RUSK County · Permit 1983-08-19		 COLEMAN, BETTIE #10
RRC Lease #6E-07515		 JAS. BURKE SURVEY A-100 · A-100 R2Q OPERATING LLC (P-5 #687719) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-84031
RUSK County · Permit 1979-02-27		 COLEMAN, BETTIE #7
RRC Lease #6E-07515		 JAS. BURKE A-100 · A-100 R2Q OPERATING LLC (P-5 #687719) Quote Abstract / Title →
API 42-401-35513
RUSK County · Permit 2026-07-09		 COLEMAN B CV (AW) #2H BURKE, J · A-100 SABINE ENERGY INC. (P-5 #103925) Quote Abstract / Title →
RUSK County Clerk · Survey Abstract A-1

279 Recorded Courthouse Oil & Gas Leases Indexed in A-1

Our Virtual Abstract Plant holds 279 recorded courthouse oil and gas leases (0 flagged inside active HBP units) in RUSK County A-1. Sample recorded instrument anchors:

  • 00165831 (2015-11-12) - Memo of lease to RHC ENERGY LLC
  • 00165831 (2015-11-12) - Memo of lease to RHC ENERGY LLC
  • 00165830 (2015-11-04) - Memo of lease to RHC ENERGY (USA) INC
  • 00165832 (2015-11-03) - Memo of lease to RHC ENERGY USA LLC

Full Sovereignty-to-Present Grantor/Grantee Runsheets, Unredacted Lease Expiration/Royalty Terms, and Certified Instrument PDFs are custom quoted based on instrument count, page volume, and tract value.

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RUSK County Clerk · Survey Abstract A-100

79 Recorded Courthouse Oil & Gas Leases Indexed in A-100

Our Virtual Abstract Plant holds 79 recorded courthouse oil and gas leases (0 flagged inside active HBP units) in RUSK County A-100. Sample recorded instrument anchors:

  • 00257939 (2024-11-21) - Memorandum of lease to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC
  • 00257939 (2024-11-21) - Memorandum of lease to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC
  • 00244111 (2023-07-18) - Memorandum of lease to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC
  • 00241076 (2023-03-30) - Memorandum of lease to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC

Full Sovereignty-to-Present Grantor/Grantee Runsheets, Unredacted Lease Expiration/Royalty Terms, and Certified Instrument PDFs are custom quoted based on instrument count, page volume, and tract value.

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RUSK County Clerk · Survey Abstract A-105

61 Recorded Courthouse Oil & Gas Leases Indexed in A-105

Our Virtual Abstract Plant holds 61 recorded courthouse oil and gas leases (0 flagged inside active HBP units) in RUSK County A-105. Sample recorded instrument anchors:

  • 00267842 (2025-12-10) - Lease ratification to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC
  • 00267842 (2025-12-10) - Lease ratification to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC
  • 00266726 (2025-09-10) - Memorandum of lease to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC
  • 00264486 (2025-08-08) - Memorandum of lease to SABINE EAST TEXAS BASIN LLC

Full Sovereignty-to-Present Grantor/Grantee Runsheets, Unredacted Lease Expiration/Royalty Terms, and Certified Instrument PDFs are custom quoted based on instrument count, page volume, and tract value.

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RUSK County Clerk · Survey Abstract A-11

81 Recorded Courthouse Oil & Gas Leases Indexed in A-11

Our Virtual Abstract Plant holds 81 recorded courthouse oil and gas leases (0 flagged inside active HBP units) in RUSK County A-11. Sample recorded instrument anchors:

  • 74395 (2008-10-21) - Memo of lease to Buffco Production Inc
  • 75629 (2008-10-20) - Lease to BUFFCO PRODUCTION, INC.
  • 74660 (2008-10-14) - Lease to Buffco Production Inc
  • 74660 (2008-10-14) - Lease to Buffco Production Inc

Full Sovereignty-to-Present Grantor/Grantee Runsheets, Unredacted Lease Expiration/Royalty Terms, and Certified Instrument PDFs are custom quoted based on instrument count, page volume, and tract value.

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Custom-Quoted Abstract Runsheets, Instrument PDFs & Royalty Suspense Audits

To protect landowner privacy and chain-of-title integrity, individual Net Revenue Interest (NRI) decimals, living heirship trees, unredacted lease expiration schedules, and complete sovereignty-to-present abstract runsheets are withheld from public display and quoted on demand based on page volume, instrument count, and unit value.

Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

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

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

THE CORPORATE TRAIL

An Operator Falls Quiet

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) ledger identifies SO-HE DRILLING, INC. under Form P-5 number 800282, with Solly Hemus as president. Its P-5 status is listed as inactive and delinquent, with a last refile date of August 13, 1985. That status does not by itself determine ownership of the company's recorded interests.

“r, producing and owning all gas, gaseous hydrocarbons and gas rights, including without limitation any condensate, distillate and other hydrocarbons (hereinafter called the "Pooled Minerals") recovered or extracted from gas produced from an”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Rusk County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-1, A-100, A-105, A-11, A-115, A-13, A-135, A-136, A-141, A-15, A-162, A-169, A-17, A-171, A-173, A-175, A-182, A-183,
  • Regional Oil, Gas & Subsurface Reservation Corridor (Rusk County, TX)
THE ABSTRACT CLUE

Production in the Allison Survey

In A-1, the RRC ledger lists the CECIL BUNN No. 1, API 42-401-35361, with cumulative production of 84 BBL of oil and 705 MCF of gas and a last production cycle of October 2026. The well is listed as inactive. Its presence in the same survey does not establish that it produced from a So He tract or held a particular lease by production.

“Recorded in the Official Public Records of Rusk County, TX.”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Express Oil, Gas, Royalty & Mineral Reservations Across 98 Recorded Rusk County Instruments
  • Retained Subsurface Ingress/Egress & Leasehold Rights with Zero Blanket Corporate Liquidation Deeds
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Entity: So He Drilling Inc. (Est. 1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive)
Primary County Record: Rusk County Official Public Records (OCR Body Key 1983_33058; 98 Recorded Instruments) (Rusk County, TX)

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