Money of Kentucky to him in hand paid by the said John Crain, the receipt In consideration of the sum of two hundred pounds lawful One thousand eighteen hundred and ten between Rice BEADLES of Lincoln County, Kentucky of the one part and John CRAIN of the other part witnesseth that for and This indenture made this thirteenth day of February SutheĬomputer Programs to draw plat maps of tracts. Mple of such a project, consult Some Original Land Grant Surveys along Green River in Lincoln and Casey Counties, Kentucky (1972) by James F. I've been working with the land owned by Rice Beadles in Mercer County, Kentucky and found that it can be a large undertaking. That finding the exact location may require you to plot several tracts to createĪ larger contiguous section which can be identified from river courses or otherįeatures. That 30-40 acre tracts are large enough to not get lost. Geological Survey's 1:24,000 topographic maps as basis for finding the current location of the land described in deeds. Thorndale's chapter in the The Source suggests using the U.S. The end and the beginning to do not meet exactly. There may be slight gaps or crossings where Thus 'north 50 east' in the deed below means 50 degrees east of north and 'south 30 westįrequently, the description of the tract does not define a closed figure. With the first direction listed and moving toward the second direction. The directions are measured in degrees as compass bearings, beginning In indiscriminate metes and bounds, distance is measured in 16 1/2 foot lengths which are interchangabley known as poles, rods, or perches. Shown below with the land description emphasized. An example of a deed which uses the metes and bounds land description is This survey system uses natural land features, such as trees and streams, as well as neighboring land owners, along with distances to describe plots of In the Southern United States in the State-Land states, land is surveyed in the indiscriminate metes and bounds

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I'm now wondering what planet my brain was on when I drew the first NOTE: This section and the associated maps were revised on 10/21/95 with the advice of Birdie In Public-domain States, land is surveyed in the Federal Township and Range Nd Johni Cerny, Ancestry, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT. States, see Land and Tax Records by William Thorndale in The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy (1984) edited by Arlene Eakle a Legal Land Descriptions in Indiscriminate Metes and Bounds Legal Land Descriptions in Indiscriminate Metes and Boundsįor further discussion of Land Records in the United

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