The other side had an A and a B carved in it. Just too bad it was laying flat. Had the pin not been there I would have probably reset the stone.
This is what I picture whenever someone mentions old property corners in the old New England states. I'm guessing the surveyors of the past had to hew and carve their property corners as they went ?
That's an excellent find!
R.J. Schneider, post: 447923, member: 409 wrote: This is what I picture whenever someone mentions old property corners in the old New England states. I'm guessing the surveyors of the past had to hew and carve their property corners as they went ?
That's an excellent find!
Take that one home for the flower bed.
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Take that one home for the flower bed.
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It's possible that the surveyor who set the pin, knows more...
It was a practice around here to remove the original stone, set a pin, and lay the stone beside the pin. This was thought to provide a "specific point of measure", while maintaining the pedigree of the corner.
I have found original stones, removed them, and placed a pin underneath them, and replaced the stone.
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R.J. Schneider, post: 447923, member: 409 wrote: This is what I picture whenever someone mentions old property corners in the old New England states. I'm guessing the surveyors of the past had to hew and carve their property corners as they went ?
That's an excellent find!
Most of the time in this area the carving would have been done by the property owners. Especially in this instance when no bearings were given on my deed or the adjoins deeds.
"Thence westerwardly with so and so's line and the fence X amount of poles to a stone with an A and B carved in it."
mattsib79, post: 447995, member: 1138 wrote: Most of the time in this area the carving would have been done by the property owners. Especially in this instance when no bearings were given on my deed or the adjoins deeds.
ah! Thank you. Here in Texas it is not uncommon to find the calls for bearing trees to be inscribed with the initials of the land owner(s).
I supposed it was a duty of the original surveyor.
That sure beats anything I've ever found.
Property owners have killed many a witness tree by making the marks easier to see.
nice find, but I vote for leaving it in the woods