and I think I finally have it nailed down. The south line of this survey has drove me nuts. I finally figured out who and where the name called for on our south line is, after finding his deed dated Aug 8, 1873; not very easy considering all references to his name were misspelled. Now if we can just find some evidence along the south line, any at all, I will be very happy. Surveying in WV...
you guys dont have sections cut out up there do you? I've always wanted.. just once.. to survey something up there like that. Do you have a county GIS map or anything with historical data? Florida has Labins.org which has the entire state online, all old GLO maps and field notes and everything...
No sections. Just deeds that have the same description for the past 100 years. Some of the counties have GIS online. The tract I am working on right now would be landlocked (another reason for so much research on this one), but I did find an agreement to use the existing driveway dated Feb 1897, but that was left out of all descriptions after that.
Most of the descriptions around here are along "Smith's" line to 2 poplars at "Jones'" corner, then with "Jones'" line to a stake in "Brown's" line... so you have to search each adjoiner back to find out where Smith, Jones and Browns properties were when that description was written. Just where do you draw the line?
2 1/2 days all at once would be a treat. My guess is was 3 hrs here, 2 hrs there, 3 more hrs at here again, few hrs at adjoiners, etc. Hopefully your courthouse and/or DOT isn't 2 hrs away. Then there are numerous calls of inquiry, etc.
Then to reconcile all that with field evidence and come to a confident decision. Sounds like a fun one.
Yeah that is about how it went, ending with 4 1/2 hrs research today. We are lucky with courthouse location as it is only about a 5-7 min drive from the office. If only I can now fit the "description" (using the word loosely) to the evidence on the south side.
DLee, that sounds vaguely familiar. Just had a property out in the boonies down here that this old lady inherited thirty years ago. It was a left over piece from the original deed that was supposed to be thirty acres. Well guess what, the 14 acre tract that is supposed to be there isn't and the GIS says it is and she's been paying taxes for the past thirty years on it. Now what?
> and I think I finally have it nailed down. The south line of this survey has drove me nuts. I finally figured out who and where the name called for on our south line is, after finding his deed dated Aug 8, 1873; not very easy considering all references to his name were misspelled. Now if we can just find some evidence along the south line, any at all, I will be very happy. Surveying in WV...
1873?
That there is the recent past, my friend. 🙂
Our registry goes back to 1780 or so. After that, it's a trip down to the MA state archives.
All kidding aside, I did a survey a few years ago of a parcel in Boothbay. Other than a couple of out parcels, it had not been surveyed since this map had been created:
This is why we get paid the big bucks.
Who else has the patience and persistence to sort through what most people consider the driest drivel ever written? This is what separates boundary surveyors from measurement experts.
Holy Cow
That was a classic!
Good job,
Loyal
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> Who else has the patience and persistence to sort through what most people consider the driest drivel ever written? This is what separates boundary surveyors from measurement experts.
Thats why the chicks dig us:-)
Chicks?
Where?
Old hens, maybe.......
Seriously, I had fun once trying to find an access easement to what otherwise appeared to be a landlocked tract. As above, it was mentioned one time in a deed filed about 1887. The deed was for the remainder of the property. It reserved the access easement to the party of the first part for use by him and any future owners of the parcel he was keeping at that time. The larger parcel had been split into several pieces over the years, but, the easement was never mentioned in any of the deeds.