{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Highland South Addition (Big Spring, Howard County)",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Highland South Addition to the City of Big Spring",
    "Amended Plat of Highland South Addition, Howard County, TX",
    "Highland Acres, Inc. (Subdivider & Mineral Grantor)",
    "Section 8, Block 32, T-1-S, T&P RR Survey A-1280"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Howard"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "Plat & Deed Vol. 289, Pg 129",
  "active_era": "1963-1984 Platting Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Howard County Deed Records Vol. 289, Page 129; Vol. 454, Page 75 (1976-1984 Severances) & OPR Vol. 1666, Page 759 (2017 Carve-Out)",
  "canonical_url": "https://highland-south-addition-big-spring.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://highland-south-addition-big-spring.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Highland South Addition (68.887 Acres across 6 Parent Tracts in NW/4 of Section 8, Block 32, T-1-S, T&P RR Survey, A-1280), Howard County, Texas",
    "Willie Scott A North Unit & Willie Scott B North Unit (OPR Vol. 2367, Pages 104 & 109, Recorded July 31, 2026)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "100% oil, gas, and mineral reservations across 1976-1984 residential deeds (DR Vol. 454/75, 454/78, 466/151, 472/330, 480/570, 504/111, 504/234, 506/93, 556/153)",
    "Reserved fee boundary strips (DR Vol. 422/271, 426/384, 427/173, 492/591, 546/532) and 68.887-acre Save-and-Except in OPR Vol. 1666, Page 759"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Highland South Addition 68.887-Acre Parent Vesting Deeds Into Highland Acres, Inc.",
      "citation": "Howard County Deed Records Vol. 289/129, 291/75, 298/405, 320/431, 341/189 & 433/998 (1960-1973)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Parent Tract Grantors -> Highland Acres, Inc. (68.887 Ac. in Sec. 8 & Sec. 9, Blk 32, T-1-N / T-1-S, T&P RR Survey)",
      "notes": "Six recorded parent conveyances vesting 68.887 acres in Block 32, T&P RR Co. Survey, Howard County, into Highland Acres, Inc."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral Reservation",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Highland South Addition Out-Conveyance & 100% Mineral Reservation Series",
      "citation": "Howard County Deed Records Vol. 347, Page 183; Vol. 454, Page 75; Vol. 504, Page 111 (1965-1984)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Highland Acres, Inc. -> Highland South Addition Grantees (Block 32, Howard County)",
      "notes": "Recorded warranty deeds conveying subdivided parcels out of Highland Acres, Inc. while reserving all oil, gas, and other minerals and unplatted roadway/drainage strips to the corporation."
    }
  ]
}