Rusk, Jacksonville, Alto: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Cherokee County, Cotton Valley and Travis Peak gas on the edge of the East Texas Field.
Cherokee County sits on the southern edge of the East Texas gas country, where the Overton Cotton Valley field spills over from Smith County and the Travis Peak sands carry the rest. There is a little Woodbine oil at Neches and Maydelle and a great deal of timber. The royalties are old and modest, and Caturus Energy's 17,500-foot Megalodon permit this year is the first sign of anyone looking deeper.
What produces here. Railroad Commission production for August 2026: 11,457 barrels of oil, 7,433 barrels of condensate, and about 928,000 Mcf of gas (16,000 casinghead, 912,000 gas well), from 80 fields and 56 operators. Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) makes most of the gas, with Doyle Creek (Travis Peak), White Oak Creek (Travis Peak), and Southern Pine (Travis Peak) behind it; Girlie Caldwell (Goodland Lime), Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) and Neches (Woodbine) lead the oil. The operators you will see on checks and in the county records include Sabine Energy, Valence Operating, Diversified Production, Urban Oil and Gas Group, Jamex, Faulconer Energy, Burk Royalty, Buffco Production, Peles, and WMO Oil. The Commission approved 3 new drilling permits in 2026 through November 7: Caturus Energy's Megalodon 1 at a permitted depth of 17,500 feet, Neches Bend Resources' Blackwell 13, and WMO Oil's Mina.
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 Texas.
The county's main gas field, shared with Smith and Rusk counties, where Sabine, Valence and Diversified hold most of the wells.
Doyle Creek, White Oak Creek, Southern Pine, Overton, and Decker Switch: Travis Peak sand gas across the county, mostly older vertical wells.
Neches (Woodbine), Maydelle (Woodbine), and Girlie Caldwell (Goodland Lime): the small oil fields that still pay.
Wherever your tract sits in Cherokee County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.
We buy in every Texas county, including ones without a page here. See the full county index, or start with how to sell Texas mineral rights.
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 Texas, what heirs should do.
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In a hurry? Text a photo of a royalty check stub to 918-984-1645 and our preliminary offer puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide.