# Sell Mineral Rights in Jefferson County, MS | Berlin > Sell Jefferson County, MS mineral rights: Fayette, Church Hill, and the Wilcox fields near Fayette and Lorman. Free valuation from Berlin Royalties, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mississippi/jefferson-county/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. Where We Buy · Mississippi · Jefferson County ## Sell your Jefferson County mineral rights. Fayette, Lorman, Church Hill: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Jefferson County, old Wilcox and Lower Tuscaloosa fields around Fayette. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Jefferson County is old Natchez District land, and its minerals carry the oldest title chains we work in Mississippi: antebellum plantations, Reconstruction-era partitions, and twentieth-century oil leases on top. The fields around Fayette and Church Hill are stripper wells now, pumping far more water than oil, but they have paid for generations, and the heirs are everywhere but Fayette. **What produces here.** Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board production for October 2025: 49 wells, 2,745 barrels of oil, and 1,256 Mcf of gas. Fayette's Stewart A, Wilcox, and 4600 Wilcox pools made about 1,370 barrels, Church Hill's Artman pool 482, North Church Hill 490, South Fayette's Lower Tuscaloosa pool 312, and Idlewilde 94, most of it with water cuts above 90 percent. The operators you will see on checks and in the county records include Burnsed Oil, KFG Petroleum, Mammoth Service Group, McGowan Working Partners, T.O. Kimbrell, Black Jack Oil, and Pistol Ridge Partners, which carried 20 idle wells at Fayette. Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in Mississippi](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/mississippi/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Fayette and South Fayette Wilcox, Stewart, and Lower Tuscaloosa oil pools around the county seat, a dozen producing wells among many idle ones. ### Church Hill, North Church Hill, and Idlewilde Artman and Wilcox oil pools on the Adams County side, stripper wells with high water cuts. Counties ## Communities we see in Jefferson County title Fayette Lorman Church Hill Harriston Wherever your tract sits in Jefferson County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. 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See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/), or start with how to [sell Mississippi mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mississippi/). ### Inherited Mississippi minerals? Whether you need a probate, the affidavit and transfer on death routes, the dormant mineral rules, and where unpaid royalties go: [inherited mineral rights in Mississippi, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/mississippi/). [What Mississippi mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/mississippi/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Mississippi royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/mississippi/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Mississippi mineral owner's guide Everything a Mississippi owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up. [Read the Mississippi guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/mississippi/) Questions ## Straight answers for Jefferson County owners What are mineral rights worth in Jefferson County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Jefferson County that ranges from legacy stripper royalties to active development, so county averages mislead. We value off the actual wells and activity and show the work, free. My Mississippi minerals came through an estate. What clears the title? Mississippi has no dormant mineral act, so an inherited fraction does not lapse for lack of use, but the operator will not pay it until the record shows who owns it. What clears inherited title is the probate if there was a will, or a chancery court determination of heirship under Miss. Code 91-1-27 if there was not. We read the chain and tell you what is missing before any sale, free. What happened to the royalties the operator could not pay my family? If the operator cannot find an owner, it holds the money in suspense, and after five years of dormancy it goes to the Mississippi Treasurer as unclaimed property, where it stays claimable. Part of our free title work on an inherited interest is checking suspense and the unclaimed property rolls for the family's names. What does it cost me to sell? Nothing. Berlin pays all title work, document preparation, and recording costs. The offer you accept is the amount you receive. ## Before you sign anything in Jefferson County The things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated. - [How mineral rights are valued](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/), including the rule of thumb people quote and why it is usually wrong - [How to sell mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [how to sell oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [Who buys mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/who-buys-mineral-rights/), the five kinds of buyer compared, and [the companies that buy mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-buyers/) and how to check them - [The Pugh clause](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pugh-clause/), the single most valuable sentence you can negotiate into a lease - [What a farm out is](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/farmout-agreements/), and why your operator suddenly changed - [The rule of capture](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/rule-of-capture/), and why a neighbor's well can legally drain your minerals - [Non-participating royalty interests](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/non-participating-royalty-interest/), if your deed carved one out - [Executive rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/executive-rights/), if somebody else signs the lease that binds your minerals - [Surface owner rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/surface-owner-rights/), if you own the ground and someone else owns what is under it - [Questions to ask a buyer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/questions-to-ask/) and [what happens if you want out after signing](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/can-i-back-out-of-a-mineral-rights-sale/) Free Valuation ## Find out what your Jefferson County minerals are worth. Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster. Prefer the phone? Call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day. In a hurry? [Text a photo of a royalty check stub](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/text-your-check/) to [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? OklahomaTexasNew MexicoLouisiana ArkansasKansasNorth DakotaMontana WyomingColoradoUtahCalifornia West VirginiaOhioPennsylvaniaKentucky MichiganMississippiAlabamaIllinoisIndianaAlaska Sand/Gravel/AggregateOther / Not sure County (if known) A few optional questions that speed up the valuation Interest type Select an option Minerals and Royalties Working Interest Overriding Royalty Interest An Entity (LLC, Partnership, Trust) Not Sure Are you currently receiving royalty checks? Select an option Yes No I Used To But They Stopped Not Sure Have you received offers for your minerals before? Select an option Yes No What best describes your situation? Select an option I'm ready to sell now I'm exploring my options I'm just curious what they're worth When would you like this done? Select an option This month This quarter No timeline, just researching Anything else? (optional) Get My Free Valuation No cost, no obligation, and we never share your information.