Check the Probate records in the County Courthouse where the land is located and you should be able to find when it was sold and to whom it was sold if it was indeed sold. I assume the land was in Cook County, Texas where your great grandfather was listed on the 1887 tax rolls. In some states you can reserve the mineral rights when a tract of land is sold. Ann Lusk > I inherited mineral rights to the following section from my grandfather: > > The South Third of the Northwest Quarter (S 1/3 of NW/4) of Section 4, > Township 7N, Range 1E and containing 53.33 arcres, more or less. (This > is the Canadian Township.) > > Since my grandfather had a brother and a sister, I assume my > great-grandfather had the entire NW/4. > > > My great-grandfather, George Talbert, was listed on the 1887 tax rolls > in Cooke County, Texas. > My great-grandmother's bible has my grandfather, who was born in 1889, > as being born in Indian Territory. (But I can not prove it.) > My grandparents were living on the property in the 1910 census. In 1923 > they were in California to stay. Between 1910 and 1923 they moved > around a lot (Colorado, California, Oklahoma) so I cannot tell you when > they sold out. > > -- > Jack D. Lovelace > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message