Today's center corner find

holy-cow · 2022-02-14T01:52:00Z

A lovely 6" x 12" sandstone with the top three inches below the surface.?ÿ It was placed there in 1883 by the County Engineer/Surveyor.?ÿ We went to where four tree rows/fence rows converged and found a corner post that had completed rotted off and was hollow.?ÿ A couple of feet to the north was one taking its place.?ÿ We started digging by where the rotten one had been and within a minute we found this beauty, standing vertical. A bit later we were surprised to find a stone at the quarter-quarter corner to the west of center.?ÿ I had no record in hand saying it existed.?ÿ It was about two feet from the midpoint of our quarter section line.?ÿ It was sticking up about four inches or we might not have even looked for it.?ÿ It matched possession very well.?ÿ This was an important find as the property is the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 30.?ÿ The record line from the center to the west quarter corner is 2.5 chains short of the standard 40 chains, so the northeast corner of Lot 3 should have been 1.25 chains further to the west of the stone found.?ÿ Possession along the south section line also falls at the midpoint instead of matching the record.?ÿ Time to head back to the courthouse to follow the full chain back on the entire quarter section. ?ÿ

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@richard-germiller?ÿ

I am sure they don't need no flatlander Kansas rube.?ÿ Besides, my old pal Norm Bowers works just fine for me!

Posted : February 16, 2022 2:05 pm

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@bill93 I have a scar on my left hand from a section corner search at the intersection of old fences.?ÿ Found the stone after ripping my hand on some wire.?ÿ Nope, never will forget it.

Posted : February 28, 2022 1:27 pm

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