# Houston Leon County Coal Company
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962
**Category:** Leon County, TX
**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962 "2024-01-24T13:46:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@c\_king](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/c_king)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/1 "2024-01-24T13:46:58Z")
On top of the mineral rights I found out I’m inheriting, I found out that I apparently am also going to be getting a percentage of something called the Houston Leon County Coal Company. A bit of googling makes it seem like this is quite an old entity.
Has anyone else belonged to a company or partnership like this before?
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### Author:  [@Mineral\_Owner5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner5)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/2 "2024-01-24T15:58:22Z")
The King Coal Company was pretty big many years ago. The King family has or had a huge mineral right interest in several counties! HUGE!
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### Author:  [@c\_king](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/c_king)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/3 "2024-01-24T16:16:00Z")
I’m not sure if I’m related to those Kings or not but I think my dad’s mom married into the Kings that were related to GQ King aka Gail King. I think they may have had some type of dealership for cars at one point too maybe. Slowly learning my family history.
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### Author:  [@Mineral\_Owner5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner5)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/4 "2024-01-24T17:06:01Z")
Gail Sr. had the Chevrolet dealership for years and was passed down to his two sons.
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### Author:  [@c\_king](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/c_king)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/5 "2024-01-24T17:26:06Z")
I see you’re from the Crockett area. If you know any of the Kings then you might have known my dad depending on how old you are.
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### Author:  [@Mineral\_Owner5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner5)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/6 "2024-01-24T19:56:44Z")
Johnson King was one of the brothers.
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### Author:  [@acurmudgeon](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/acurmudgeon)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/7 "2024-01-24T20:55:00Z")
Is this the King of the Goree King that lived close to the Navasota?
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### Author:  [@Akranch](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Akranch)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/8 "2024-01-25T15:12:10Z")
Here is some history of the coal company.
[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=155413](https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=155413)
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### Author:  [@Bembo](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bembo)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/10 "2024-01-25T21:24:24Z")
You might check with the Jewett Historical Museum in Jewett (Leon County). There are some photographs of the mine and a little information about the mining community of Evansville. 903-626-5353 or 903-626-5872 (adjoining library, which has a book called A HISTORY OF LEON COUNTY). Both open 12-4 M-F.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/houston-leon-county-coal-company/73962/11 "2024-04-23T13:47:14Z")
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