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GLO government lot question
Hello,
I have a question regarding government lots in the north boundary of a GLO-surveyed township. There is an acreage written on the official GLO plat for the government lot. The lot was patented in 1891, and eventually was divided into several portions along a north-south orientation, leaving the length north to south intact. On the ground, a deeded portion of the government lot has an old fence on three sides (minus the road side to the north) that is approximately in the “right” location given the acreage from the GLO plat and the field notes in terms of distance north to south. If one were to survey this parcel, would the fence, GLO plat, and field notes be taken into consideration, as opposed to simply relying on surrounding monuments in the section set over the years by timber companies, most of which are not original and are not well supported by the GLO field notes?
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