{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Southern Land Development Co.",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Southern Land Development Company",
    "Southern Land Development Co., Inc."
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Reeves"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "Reeves County Corporate Grantor Archive",
  "active_era": "1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Reeves County Deed Records (111 Recorded Tract Conveyances Across H&GN & PSL Surveys)",
  "canonical_url": "https://southern-land-development-co.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://southern-land-development-co.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "H&GN RR Co. and Public School Land (PSL) Survey Sections, Reeves County, TX",
    "Pecos Valley Agricultural & Subdivision Tracts (A-237, A-263, A-393, A-690, A-1284, A-1834)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Subsurface Oil, Gas & Mineral Reservations in 111 Reeves County Conveyances",
    "Section-Line Roadway, Canal & Access Easement Reservations"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "vesting",
      "unit": "Reeves County Parent Survey Vesting Into Southern Land Development Co.",
      "citation": "Reeves County Deed Records (Parent Section & Tract Acquisitions in A-237, A-263, A-393, A-690)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Reeves County Section Owners -> Southern Land Development Co. (Reeves County, TX)",
      "notes": "Vests parent section acreage in the H&GN and Public School Land surveys of Reeves County into Southern Land Development Co. prior to tract subdivision."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral Reservation",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Reeves County 111-Deed Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Series",
      "citation": "Reeves County Deed Records (111 Recorded Conveyances Across 9 Surveys)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Southern Land Development Co. -> Various Tract Grantees (Reeves County, TX)",
      "notes": "111 recorded conveyances out of Southern Land Development Co. across Reeves County surveys A-237, A-263, A-393, A-690, A-1284, and A-1834 with zero blanket corporate exit deeds."
    }
  ]
}