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Research from Patent
I spent most of the day researching at the recorders office. Started with the GLO patent and worked down through the paper abstracts until 1993 when it went on the computer.
Interesting thing and the reason for the project. Everything about normal until about 1980, descriptions stable. That’s when the surveyors showed up. A real mess, multiple section corners set by pro ration and other ingenious means. Stakeout of the record from there. Chains convert in descriptions to feet and hundredths. Bearings to the nearest degree or 30 minutes go to minutes. Boundary lawsuits get going. I even found three boundary line agreements with specific language to keep the boundary along the boundary fence that has always been the boundary since day one. It actually says something to that effect in the agreements. This is one of the ugliest places in the county. When I pulled the book, the recorder saw where I was and said, you don’t want to go down there. I’m just getting paid to do the research, I already new from past experience what mess this is.
So why is this?
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