{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Empire Development Company",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Empire Development Co.",
    "Empire Development Corp."
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Harrison"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "Harrison County Corporate Grantor Archive",
  "active_era": "1955-1978 Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Harrison County Deed Records (26 Recorded Subdivision & Tract Deeds in A-16, A-256, A-514, A-763)",
  "canonical_url": "https://empire-development-company.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://empire-development-company.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Harrison County Surveys A-16, A-256, A-514, and A-763 (Marshall & Caddo Lake Corridor)",
    "Subdivided Residential & Timber Tracts in Harrison County, TX"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Express Oil, Gas & Mineral Reservations Across 26 Harrison County Warranty Deeds",
    "Subdivision Roadway & Utility Strip Dedications"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "vesting",
      "unit": "Harrison County Parent Tract Vesting Into Empire Development Company",
      "citation": "Harrison County Deed Records (Parent Survey Acquisitions in A-16, A-256, A-514, A-763)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Harrison County Landowners -> Empire Development Company (Harrison County, TX)",
      "notes": "Vests parent survey acreage in Harrison County surveys A-16, A-256, A-514, and A-763 into Empire Development Company prior to subdivision."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral Reservation",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "26-Deed Harrison County Subdivision Out-Conveyance & Mineral Reservation Series",
      "citation": "Harrison County Deed Records (26 Recorded Warranty Deeds)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Empire Development Company -> 26 Harrison County Lot & Tract Grantees",
      "notes": "26 recorded warranty deeds conveying subdivided tracts in Harrison County surveys A-16, A-256, A-514, and A-763 while reserving oil, gas, and mineral estates to Empire Development Company."
    }
  ]
}