# How can I know if I still own this mineral acreage?
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044
**Category:** Reeves County, TX
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044 "2023-03-08T06:20:30Z")
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### Author:  [@BradReed](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/BradReed)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/1 "2023-03-08T06:20:30Z")
I have a deed from 1919 giving title to my great-great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather. Section 48 Block 6
Certain tract of State School Land, situated, lying and being in Reeves County, Texas, and being the NW 1/4 of Section No. 48, Block No. 6, H&GN Ry Co survey, containing 160 acres.
How can I find out if we still own the land or minerals?
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### Author:  [@out\_of\_state](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/out_of_state)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/2 "2023-03-08T16:30:38Z")
If you google “search online Reeves County TX deeds” you can pull up the Reeves County website and search for their names to see if conveyances were recorded in which they were grantors. I assume copies of the deeds can be ordered from the County for a nominal fee. This would just be a way to get started.
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### Author:  [@BlackGold](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/BlackGold)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/3 "2023-03-08T18:37:11Z")
Chances are you would no longer own them if you don’t know about it now. The reason for this is property taxes. If no one paid the property taxes for the past 100 years, the land would have been sold off for the taxes long ago. If there was no mineral production, chances are the minerals would have followed the land and been sold off as part of the land sale. If the minerals were in production at some time during the time they were owned, taxes would also need to be paid yearly. If they weren’t, chances are they were also sold off for past due taxes. Sorry for the bad news. Some tiny chance that if somehow the minerals were separated from the property and never produced, then some chance you could still own them. You can use websites like Texasfile for a fee to look up deeds and transfers. Not sure if it goes back to 1919 in Reeves County, but possible.
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### Author:  [@nop\_llc](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/nop_llc)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/4 "2023-03-08T20:44:24Z")
Didn’t see your name on the Reeves County CAD mineral roll, see previous comment, but looks like Great Western Drilling Company operates a few wells in that section. Not sure if they would be helpful, but seems like they could at least tell you whom they show as having an interest there.
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### Author:  [@James\_Garner1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/James_Garner1)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/5 "2023-03-10T18:19:55Z")
As far as the surface rights, those most likely have been sold for non-payment of taxes. Checking on TexasFile will work conducting some research. Start with the deed in 1919 and work forward. They may have sold the surface and reserved a part of the mineral interest. For $50 and a day of work, you should get better information to tell you if there is value in further research.
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### Author:  [@Judy\_Kemp](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Judy_Kemp)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/6 "2023-04-07T17:41:48Z")
I have a deed from 1923. The property went into receivership and I only found out about the deed about six years ago when someone called and wanted to buy the mineral rights. After much searching, I finally was able to get my portion out of receivership, so I definitely think I would check out the deed. Just because a property is sold, doesn’t mean mineral rights are.
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### Author:  [@BradReed](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/BradReed)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/7 "2023-04-17T04:58:14Z")
Thank you, I appreciate your response.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-can-i-know-if-i-still-own-this-mineral-acreage/70044/8 "2023-06-06T06:21:06Z")
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