Colonial Surveyor's probably won't cringe when they read this. The "story" is this; The owner has been placed in a nursing home and the attorney has been tasked with liquidating the estate. This deed was found and the taxes have been paid, however according to the tax card the location is "unknown."
I've found it, and prepared a perimeter plan for recording. Only problem is that my area is 12,000 S.F. instead of the 14,520 called for.
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Edit: this was one of those projects where the survey cost more than the land is worth. This is literally a "swamp in a swamp" piece of property. This is one of many small cranberry bog lots in an area full of large bogs that were cut up but haven't been tended for many years. All over grown swamps with straight ditches running through them. I don't know the actual value of this land, but it's going to the local conservation fondation. Oh, and north/east/south/west are general guesses in these deeds.
I would say that the 2500 +/- sq ft you are missing is under water now.
>Only problem is that my area is 12,000 S.F. instead of the 14,520 called for.
Should have used a 15' rod 😉
Just another survey day in Colonial America, LOL.....
My favorite was one I prepared several years ago. The description read:
"All the land I own in Baker County, Georgia"
That was it....
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
Only issue looks to be the east bounds.
Jim
Lots of research time to determine chain of title on the adjoiners.B-)
heard that!
I guess grab all those deeds, run them back and forth as best as you can, get your chest waders and see what you can find for ditches and such (good luck!). Set your corners, and let anyone prove you wrong.;-)
I know exactly where that is; but it's gonna cost ya;-)
I spoke from a certain amount of experience. I spent about 1-1/2 years surveying in your neighbor to the south. Connecticut. Ran into similar problems with deeds that the only descriptions were bounds descriptions. Traced a couple back into the early 1700's.
B-)
There have been times where I wished I had a description that good!