{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Caro Townsite Company",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Caro Townsite Co.",
    "Caro Northern Railway / Lumber Townsite Affiliate"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Nacogdoches"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Historical Corp Charter (1904-1909 Nacogdoches Sawmill & Rail Townsite)",
  "active_era": "1904-1909 Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Nacogdoches County Deed Records (842 Recorded Grantor Deeds, 1904-1909; Zero Post-1909 Exit Deeds)",
  "canonical_url": "https://caro-townsite-company.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://caro-townsite-company.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Townsite of Caro & Surrounding Sawmill/Tramway Surveys, Nacogdoches County, Texas",
    "Nacogdoches Haynesville Shale Deep Gas & Gathering Corridor"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Abandoned townsite streets, alleys, depot grounds, and short-line railroad/tramway right-of-way strips across 842 deeds",
    "100+ year dormant corporate grantor spine (last recorded Grantor deed September 9, 1909)"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Caro Townsite Company",
      "citation": "Nacogdoches County Deed Records (Prior to Nacogdoches County Deed Records (842 Recorded Grantor Deeds, 1904-1909; Zero Post-1909 Exit Deeds))",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Survey Owners -> Caro Townsite Company (Townsite of Caro & Surrounding Sawmill/Tramway Surveys, Nacogdoches County, Texas)",
      "notes": "Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Caro Townsite Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance."
    },
    {
      "series": "Deed Records",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Caro Townsite Out-Conveyance Spine",
      "citation": "Nacogdoches County Deed Records (Rec. 1904-12-27 to 1909-09-09, 842 Grantor Deeds)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Caro Townsite Company -> Town of Caro Lot Grantees (Nacogdoches County)",
      "notes": "842 recorded townsite deeds executed between 1904 and 1909; complete corporate silence for 117 years with zero blanket quitclaim or dissolution deed."
    }
  ]
}