Morris County, Texas
Sell Mineral Rights in Morris County, Texas
Rose City Resources is drilling horizontals here, MGM 1H, Ballys 1H and Venetian 1H all permitted between late 2025 and mid 2026.
Producing formations: Cotton Valley
Where Morris County sits
Dry gas country, the Haynesville, Bossier and Cotton Valley run underneath this county. All twenty-three counties we buy in are shaded; click one to open it.
The history of oil and gas in Morris County
A thin record, and horizontals being drilled right now
Morris County is the hardest county in the district to write a history for, because the standard sources barely mention oil at all. What they talk about is iron ore and steel. The interesting thing about this county is not its past, it is what somebody is doing here in 2026.
Iron, not oil
Morris County's industrial history belongs to Lone Star Steel, which built a mill at Daingerfield on East Texas iron ore. Through the middle of the twentieth century that plant was the county's economy. The county histories cover cotton, corn, livestock, timber and steel, and pass over petroleum almost entirely.
We are not going to invent a discovery well for this county. The record does not support one, and a made-up history would be worth less to you than an honest gap.
What is actually underneath
Morris County sits in the Cotton Valley gas trend that runs across the northeastern counties, the same section being worked in Cass, Marion and Camp. It has been drilled without ever producing a field that made the county's name.
The part that matters: 2025 and 2026
Here is why this page exists.
Rose City Resources is drilling horizontal wells in Morris County. The Venetian 1H was permitted in December 2025 and approved in January 2026. The Ballys 1H was permitted in March 2026 and approved in April. The MGM 1H was permitted in April 2026 and approved in May. Barrow-Shaver Resources permitted the White 1 in 2024.
Three horizontal permits in six months, from one operator, in a county with no drilling history worth recording. That is not routine. Horizontal wells are expensive, and nobody drills three of them into a formation they have not re-evaluated.
Rose City is doing the same thing across Cass, Camp and Marion. Someone has taken a fresh look at the Cotton Valley up here.
What to know if you own here
- If you have been contacted about a lease in the last year, this is why. Leasing activity in a quiet county usually precedes drilling by twelve to twenty-four months.
- Old leases may not cover a horizontal program. Depth limits, Pugh clauses and pooling language written for vertical wells matter a great deal here.
- This is early. Three permits is not a play. It is a test, and we will price it as one rather than pretending we know how it turns out.
Sources: Handbook of Texas (Texas State Historical Association) county and field entries; American Oil & Gas Historical Society; Texas Almanac; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas energy research; Railroad Commission of Texas permit and completion records as published through texas-drilling.com and the weekly drilling reports of the Longview News-Journal and Tyler Morning Telegraph. Verified August 2026.
Who is operating in Morris County
These operators have filed permits or completions in Morris County with the Railroad Commission. If your check comes from one of them, we already know the wells.
- Rose City Resources
- Barrow-Shaver Resources
What we buy in Morris County
Mineral rights, royalty interests, overriding royalty, non-participating royalty, non-operated working interest, and non-producing minerals. There is no size limit in either direction. We buy a single interest in one unit and we buy whole family positions.
If your piece feels too small to bother with, call anyway. Small interests in the same tract usually belong to relatives, and we would rather work with the whole family at once.
How an offer gets made
You call or fill out the form. We pull the county records, the appraisal district roll and the Railroad Commission production history ourselves. Within three business days you get a specific cash number in writing and a plain explanation of how we got there. If we think you should hold, we say that too. We cover title, recording and closing, and you keep every royalty check until the day we close.
Call or text (936) 289-3438 Or email offers@longleafmineralco.com
Morris County questions
What formations produce in Morris County?
The producing formation we track in Morris County is the Cotton Valley. In short: dry gas country. The Haynesville, Bossier and Cotton Valley run underneath this county. Ask your operator or check your division order to see which formation your own check comes from.
Who operates wells in Morris County?
Operators that have filed permits or completions in Morris County with the Texas Railroad Commission include Rose City Resources and Barrow-Shaver Resources. If your check comes from one of them, we already know the wells. You can also look up any well yourself in the Railroad Commission's public records.
What should I check before selling minerals in Morris County?
If you have been contacted about a lease in the last year, this is why. Leasing activity in a quiet county usually precedes drilling by twelve to twenty-four months. Old leases may not cover a horizontal program. Depth limits, Pugh clauses and pooling language written for vertical wells matter a great deal here. This is early. Three permits is not a play. It is a test, and we will price it as one rather than pretending we know how it turns out. If any of that is unclear, call or text us and we will look it up with you for free. We also buy in the counties that border Morris County: Bowie County, Titus County, Camp County, Cass County and Marion County.
Other counties we buy in
Own minerals next door too? We also buy in the counties that border Morris County: Bowie County, Titus County, Camp County, Cass County, Marion County.