{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Southwestern Settlement and Development Company"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Jasper",
    "Newton",
    "Tyler",
    "Hardin"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Trust / Corporate Charter (Est. 1916 / Reorg. 1933)",
  "active_era": "1916-07-14",
  "anchor_citation": "Jasper Vol. 32/212 (1920) & Vol. 59/625 (1934); Newton Vol. 22/301 (1920) & Vol. 55/69 (1937)",
  "canonical_url": "https://southwestern-settlement-development-corp.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://southwestern-settlement-development-corp.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Hundreds of East Texas & Gulf Coast LNG Feeder Corridor Surveys (348+ Recorded Deeds in Jasper & Newton Counties)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Blanket 1920s-1940s reservations of oil, gas, sulphur, and other minerals together with perpetual surface-entry, timber-tramway, and pipeline rights-of-way in gross"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation",
      "citation": "Jasper, Newton, Tyler, Hardin County Deed Records (Prior to Jasper Vol. 32/212 (1920) & Vol. 59/625 (1934); Newton Vol. 22/301 (1920) & Vol. 55/69 (1937))",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Survey Owners -> Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation (Hundreds of East Texas & Gulf Coast LNG Feeder Corridor Surveys (348+ Recorded Deeds in Jasper & Newton Counties))",
      "notes": "Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Southwestern Settlement and Development Corporation prior to subdivision and out-conveyance."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Jasper County Survey Out-Conveyances (199+ Deeds)",
      "citation": "Deed Records Vol. 32, Pages 212, 262 & 267 (Feb. 1920) & Vol. 59, Page 625 (1934-09-29)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Southwestern Settlement and Development Co./Corp. -> E. C. Gandy, W. H. Gerald & J. A. Deitiker (A-49, A-237, A-587, A-232)",
      "notes": "Verified in Enverus Enhanced Clerk & Historical Plant Indexes (Record IDs d2afd867, 57a7da31, 38d6f69a)."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Newton County Survey Out-Conveyances (149+ Deeds)",
      "citation": "Deed Records Vol. 22, Page 301 (1920-10-23), Vol. 55, Page 69 (1937-06-01) & Vol. 62, Page 272 (1940-08-27)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Southwestern Settlement and Development Co./Corp. -> Grantees in Surveys A-9 & A-521 (Newton County, TX)",
      "notes": "Verified in Enverus Enhanced Clerk & Historical Plant Indexes."
    }
  ]
}