Question for my Georgia colleagues;
Where does one go (on line) to find information about the Georgia Land Grant Lots regarding dimensions and such. I've been dealing with Florida section land my whole career and was asked to find some info on Georgia Land Grant Lots.
Thanks in advance;
Randy
The gospel.
Sorry. I guess the dimensions are not on the map. The are here.
There are 5 different size of Land Lots. 40, 160, 202.5, 250 and 490 acres, depending on the lottery date and the location in the state. To determine the nominal length of the sides divide the size (in acres) by 10, take the square root, and multiply by 10. i.e. 490 acre lot, 490/10 = 49, square root of 49 = 7, times 10 = 70. 70 chains per side. The Georgia Archives have the original District maps.
A good reference would be Georgia Land Surveying History and Law, written by Farris Cadle.
Andy
Also check this out: http://www.keckwood.com/files/gis/galandhistory.pdf
Thank's a lot Andy that will help tremendously.
Thanks Rick I'll check out and read that link.
Andy I have not ever seen it done that way. It works as all Land Lots are in 10 chain increments. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Another unique feature of the Land Lot System is that there can be one of three orientations. Most are North/South. We have Districts that are N30ES60E and one District that is N45E/S45E. The idea was to get more complete lots between rivers. I have rarely heard of anyone finding an original corner. The only way that the corners have been perpetuated has been through individuals surveys over the years. Some Surveyors will only describe LL lines as apparent. A Land Lot (LL) corner does not have the same weight as a Section corner. We are a metes and bounds state and do not apply proportionate measurements between Land Lot corners. Then of course, we have a large portion of the State with Head Right Grants and no LL.s. Often times when I read about the challenges you guys in the sectionalized states are having retracing sections, I think that I wish we had those problems.
There ought to be a law against putting valuable information on the internet, and then killing the link so that others can't find it.