# Leasehold lost long ago in condemnation
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasehold-lost-long-ago-in-condemnation/34867
**Category:** Howard County, TX
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasehold-lost-long-ago-in-condemnation/34867 "2018-10-09T18:27:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@W\_J\_A](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/W_J_A)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasehold-lost-long-ago-in-condemnation/34867/1 "2018-10-09T18:27:04Z")
Without getting too specific, I just found that my grandfather had a leasehold for some mineral rights, probably acquired in the late 1920s. 5 years after he died, during the WWII, the Federal Government took the land to create what became the Webb Air Force Base, after publishing notices in the Big Spring newspaper… which I’m fairly certain his widow did not see since she lived in Oklahoma, and their sons were both in military service far away.
Any chance that the mineral rights still belong to the family?
W J
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### Author:  [@William\_E\_Gee](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/William_E_Gee)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasehold-lost-long-ago-in-condemnation/34867/2 "2018-10-09T20:42:05Z")
No. But if they are under Webb, they are not going to be developed, so don’t fret. You might check though, not likely they took the mineral rights and the surface rights unless unsevered. May be a case here to sever and retain. Ask a lawyer.
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### Author:  [@Dave\_Christian](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Dave_Christian)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasehold-lost-long-ago-in-condemnation/34867/3 "2018-10-09T20:52:13Z")
You need to check the county records to see what was conveyed in the condemnation.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/leasehold-lost-long-ago-in-condemnation/34867/4 "2025-01-11T17:31:59Z")