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Athens County, Ohio has sections, fractionals and river lots
Hocking county has sections, and maybe, river lots. Any fractional lots that exist is figament of someone's imagination back years ago ... just another way to describe the lands at that point in time ...
Now, it's been years, but I understand sections quarter sections ... and so on ... I understand halves of sections and halves of quarter sections ... and so on.
The property involves the west half of the northeast quarter of section 27, plus a part of the west half(?) of the southeast quarter of section 27. The west half of section 27 is indicated, but no surveys ever denoted the west half of the southeast quarter ... there is evidence that the north half of the south half of section 27 was quartered, and there's evidence that the east half of the east half of section 27(about 1320' south into the east half of the east half of the southeast quarter) was a 4000' N-S by 1320' E-W parcel, with no quarter line for the ne quarter of section 27
BUT! I do not understand 3/4 lengths half sections ... that is about 4000 feet N-S & about 1340 E-W, unless the half is actually only 2640 N-S by 1320, plus to the north ... or south of this half section, a half of the half
Halves and quarters make sense, but can anyone tell me is there such a thing as a 3/4 of a west half of a section of land, in which one quarter of that half is not part of that division?
If there, does anyone know what it's called? ... maybe a "tri-quad" or a tri-split half section... I'm trying to be funny ... I think.
John are you in the 'Ohio Company' area ? If so I seem to recall that some strange "lotting" in the area. without digging out my copy of Sherman's Book, which may take some time. and never having the privilege of working in that area of the state. I think I would do a little research??
Found it on my first try, more luck, than sense.
In the are, but maybe the seven ranges.
It's been years since I "physically" worked this area. the Congress lands had fractionals for servicemen, of different sizes, but in Hocking county fractional lots came with the redrawing of taxmaps.
In any case I've never heard of a 3/4 part of a section type split ... all the splits(in hocking County), were full sections, halves and quarters ... halves of halves halves of quarter and quarters of quarter and quarters of halves ... but never a "3/4" of anything.
I'm curious to know if any type of 3/4 of something split exists anywhere, and if it does, what's it called?
3/4 should, by my thinking have something in front of it. As in, the West 3/4 of the E 1/2, or the North 3/4 of the E 1/2.... that kind of thing. I can't imagine the NW 3/4 of something.
I might have to read your post more thoroughly. I don't think I have heard a call for 3/4 and would probably expect more calling to two portions (the w1/2 plus the west 1/2 of the east 1/2 type of thing, or a call for a parent tract excluding a 1/4 area.
I look ed at it again ...
it looks like the north 3/4 (4000' N-S & 528'E-W)of the section is in quarters from west to east the lots are 1320 by about 4000'
Then the bottom 1/4 appears to be the west half and the east half(1320'N-S & 2640'E-W).
I have seen all sorts of configurations, but I've never seen a configuration that didn't have a term ... like a type or style.
Fractionals, river lots, divisions, sections ... but what is a 3/4 mile high, by 1/4 mile wide lot, in sectional land called?
Based on the before the Law of 1796 numbering and Figure 'A', what would have been section 27, this may have been close to the 4000 N-S distance.
There's the PLSS, and there's Ohio. I admire you guys who have to work in the sandbox where early iterations of the PLSS were developed.
I hope to know more tomorrow about what to actually call it ...
for now it's part of the west half of the northeast quarter and part of the west half of the southeast quarter ... my problem is the southeast quarter appears to be the north half of the southeast quarter ...or the north 3/4 of the west half of the northeast quarter ...
RETIRED69, post: 363972, member: 1248 wrote: Hocking county has sections, and maybe, river lots. Any fractional lots that exist is figament of someone's imagination back years ago ... just another way to describe the lands at that point in time ...
John, I believe the fractional lots, in Hocking County, and after reviewing the Athens County GIS and County Auditor's Pages, the same thing occurred in Athens County, under the "Law of 1859" or revision thereto, where the County Auditor or Appraisers, could request the County Surveyor to "Plat" parcels, "to difficult to describe" and number the parcels as "fractional "lots" and sufficient to transfer the properties by using the numbers . I also believe, this was allowed under the old "General Code" and and "Revised Code". I think, that has now been repealed. I also think the original "plats" would have been as shown in Sherman's book and report. Not knowing how the original tracts were described it take would take more research to put it all together.
Taken from the following site, Ohio Company Info
probably, explains the WEIRD lotting 
I'm still waiting to get an answer on this half & quarter thingy ... hope to get an answer in the next few days.
But, in the meantime, if this winds up being the west "half", of the north half of the southeast quarter, is the term half of a half synonymous with a quarter where you come from?
After getting back my copy, from one of my off springs, I would suggest reading chapter 3. " The Ohio Company's Purchase" of James L. Williams' book, "Blazes, Posts, & Stones", a history of of Ohio's original land subdivisions.
I did boundary work in Ohio Co. Lands. The sections were broken up by the county surveyors not the feds. Usually it was into halves/quarters but the county surveyors would have broken the section into whatever split the section owner would have wanted.
If you are in Athens Co. your best bet is to go out to the County Engineer's Office out on SR 50 and look at the early County Surveyor Plats for that section. The County Surveyors started in Athens Co in 1830's and worked till around 1900. (what Twp/Section are you in? I have scanned copies of some)
The fractional lots the Auditors talk about down there are the 262 acre lots that the Ohio Co made. Some counties in the Ohio Co Purchase forced imaginary sections over the fractions that the original Ohio Co made, like Athens Co...but other counties like Vinton left the fractional lots be. Take a look at the County Engineer road map for the county, those usually show the sections/fractions.
Side note: There is a set of very early tax maps at the recorders office in Athens. One of the original county surveyors later became one of the first County Auditors. When he left the Auditor's office he took his hand drawn tax maps with him. When he died his kid found the maps and gave them to the recorders office, they have it locked in a cabinet...just ask they will let you see. Very helpful tracing back original owners.
Look how the county surveyors broke up section 31 in attached image.