I could use some help with translating the highlighted portions of the attached field notes. Any ideas?
I am sure you will need to download or "right click-magnify" the following image.
Bottom line - Intersect the N-S line 69 lks South of the post...
Line above that - set some kind of post V for variation 7 degrees 50 min.
Line above that - Land second rate
Top line - Set a ...post in prairie from which a Hickory?? 12 in. in dia. bears S 7 E 220 lks ??
Set a Maple? post from which a (something tree) 12in? in dia bears S7E, 220 lks dist.
from which a (something tree) 4in diam bears N69E, 21 lks dist
ground 2nd rate
set a (something) post 9in v.(variation) 7d30'
intersect the N-S line 69 lks south of the
Knowing the types of trees in that area would help to resolve the notations. Clearly a Black Oak is one of the bearing trees.
THese seem to be references to bearing trees from 1815. Is it all academic?
Not academic- going to the original notes.
I am in a very rural county in Indiana that doesn't publish sec. corner ties - I will need to catch the county surveyor in the office and she will let me look at her laptop. 😕 One published survey of relevance - all descriptions are aliquot parts - initial inspection does not reveal any section corners.
I can make out enough of the notes to get what they did (Sr. Theresa-Carol did an excellent job teaching us cursive in 2nd grade). There are 4 or 5 words I wish I could decipher. Seriously doubt I will find the bearing trees or wood posts, but I might need to do some proportioning. It doesn't look like they are preserving/recovering corners like they should.
I am doing this one for in-laws - how do I get roped into this stuff? No good deed goes unpunished.
@scott-bordenet
Stumbled onto this a few minutes ago. #17 describes your dilemma.
Also try to find a few other sets of notes from same surveyor/scrivener/crews to see if you can find a pattern that is discernible and the same values. AI could be used for this type of issue amazingly well, but someone would have to train it to get it started. Another reason why Surveys should never cost $300.00; this is an example of what we have to do to do it correctly, and not almost good enough.
I agree here - looking at notes vs final plat helps make some decisions. I attribute this to the difference between field notes and office drafting - office drafting will be more legible.