Texas county · 22 estate, heirs and trust leases
Ward County estate, heirs and trust leases
22 oil and gas leases in Ward County that reported for a year or more since 2020 carry ESTATE, HEIRS or TRUST in the name filed with the Railroad Commission, and 16 of them still produce. 8 were already reporting in January 1993, when the state’s monthly records begin. Each name opens the lease’s page, with what it produced month by month through Aug 2026.
- Leases
- 2218 estate · 1 heirs · 3 trust
- Producing now
- 16
- Reporting since Jan 1993
- 8
- Stopped before 2020
- 22no page
Where it sits
This county
Don’t see your relative’s name in the lease title?
Only a fraction of Texas leases carry the owner’s name in the lease title—most mineral owners hold a royalty share inside a lease named for the original ranch or survey. Search 146 Texas county mineral appraisal rolls by your relative’s name to see every lease they are listed on.
Leases, A to Z
Ward County, A to Z
| Lease | First year | Status | Last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes, D. E. Estate | 2007 | producing | 36,324 bbl |
| Brown Heirs | 1993 | inactive | 158 bbl |
| Campbell Estate Et Al | 1993 | producing | 29,448 mcf |
| Campbell Estate Et Al | 2000 | producing | 51,132 mcf |
| Campbell Estate Et Al | 2000 | producing | 22,282 mcf |
| Campbell Estate Et Al | 2003 | shut-in | None |
| Campbell Estate ETAL | 2003 | producing | 217,290 mcf |
| Campbell Estate, Et Al | 1993 | producing | 28,645 mcf |
| Cooper Estate | 1998 | producing | 2,431 bbl |
| Edwards Estate | 1993 | producing | 2,951 mcf |
| Edwards, J. H. Estate "B" | 1993 | producing | 15,643 mcf |
| Lowe, Ralph Estate | 1996 | producing | 1,797 bbl |
| Lowe, Ralph Estate 77 | 2001 | producing | 39,051 mcf |
| Marston, E. J., Estate -C- | 1993 | producing | 3,691 bbl |
| Sealy Estate "79" | 2003 | inactive | None |
| Thomson Estate | 1993 | shut-in | None |
| Thomson Estate "A" | 1993 | shut-in | None |
| Tubb, J.b. Estate B | 2013 | shut-in | None |
| Turpin, Robert M. Estate | 1993 | producing | 432 bbl |
| Wheat Trust 1-36 | 2012 | producing | 22,505 bbl |
| Wheat Trust 1-36 | 2016 | producing | 8,307 bbl |
| Wilson Trust 34-145 | 2014 | producing | 1,575 bbl |
Reported only before 2020
22 that stopped before 2020
| Lease | Years reported | RRC district / number |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell Estate Et Al | 2002–2005 | 08 / 191733 (gas well) |
| Edwards Estate | 1993–2017 | 08 / 072340 (gas well) |
| Edwards Estate | 1993 | 08 / 28871 |
| Edwards Estate | 1993 | 08 / 33672 |
| Edwards Estate "a" | 1993–2018 | 08 / 24629 |
| Edwards, C.w. Et Al Trust "d" | 1993–1996 | 08 / 127733 (gas well) |
| Edwards, J. H. Estate -C- | 1993 | 08 / 29274 |
| Edwards, J. H. Estate -D- | 1993–1994 | 08 / 31346 |
| Edwards, J. H. Estate "b" | 1993–1994 | 08 / 115631 (gas well) |
| Marston, E. J. Estate -C- | 1993–1996 | 08 / 034647 (gas well) |
| Marston, E. J. Estate -C- | 1996–1998 | 08 / 35003 |
| Marston, E. J. Estate -D- | 1993–2006 | 08 / 31305 |
| Marston, E. J., Estate -D- | 1993–1994 | 08 / 20213 |
| Marston, Edgar J. Jr. Trust.-B- | 1993–2016 | 08 / 25355 |
| Miller Estate | 1993–2018 | 08 / 28760 |
| Moody, W. L. Estate | 1993–2005 | 08 / 07214 |
| Schenecker Trust | 1993–1998 | 08 / 30086 |
| Sealy Estate | 1993–1994 | 08 / 32250 |
| Sealy Estate "c" | 1993–1999 | 08 / 28645 |
| Sitton Estate 44 | 1997 | 08 / 36049 |
| Tubb, J.b. Estate -B- | 1993–2014 | 08 / 25460 |
| Wilson Trust 126 | 2008–2019 | 08 / 39206 |
A family name on a lease is where an heir starts
The name shows whose land it was when the lease was signed, often decades ago. It does not show who owns the minerals today: that is in the county clerk’s deed records and on the appraisal district’s mineral roll. When an owner dies, the company that pays usually holds the checks until the heirs show who inherited.
If someone in your family owned minerals in Ward County, the estate report searches the county appraisal rolls by their name, adds up what each interest earned from the state’s records, splits it among the heirs and writes a letter to each company that pays. Searching the name is free; the full report is $199 once.
Not legal advice. Who inherits is for the will, or Texas law when there is none. How an affidavit of heirship works.
FAQ
Questions about Ward County estate leases
Does an estate lease in Ward County mean the estate still owns the minerals?
No. The lease name is what the operator filed with the Railroad Commission, usually when the lease was signed, and it names whose land it was then. Who owns the minerals now is in the county clerk's deed records and on the appraisal district's mineral roll.
Why is a lease I know in Ward County not listed?
This list holds the Ward County leases with twelve or more months of production since January 2020 whose name has the word ESTATE, HEIRS or TRUST. A lease that stopped before 2020 has no page; the 22 of them with the most production are named below with their district and lease number. The county's full lease list has every lease with a page.
What does the first year mean?
The first year the lease shows in the state's monthly production records, which begin in January 1993. A lease shown since 1993 was already producing then, and may be much older.
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Found the family name?
The estate report starts from a name. Seeing how many accounts the county rolls hold under it is free.