Very good explanations. In areas where the Courthouse has only grantor/grantee books, this could happen easily. Well, back in the day, that is. W...

@mightymoe Use the same process to see if it's divisible by 9. If it is and an even number, it's divisible by 18. In your case, find if the digits...

That's a bit like challenging someone to give you a number with eight digits and you wil tell them in under five seconds if that number is divisible b...

@pls8xx You caught my reference to Westsylvania in the fictitious description. There was a time when it could have become the fourteenth American ...

The client's deed says it is the southeast quarter of a correctly identified section. Jack Hanks received the patent signed by President Andrew Johns...

The client's deed says it is the southeast quarter of a correctly identified section. Jack Hanks received the patent signed by President Andrew Johns...

The deed provided to the surveyor reads, "Lot 8, Block 3, Nurple Addition to the Town of Westsylvania, Hermrick County, West Virginia" Everything is ...

Does this seem to be vague? Government (River) Lots numbered 3, 4, 6 and 8 in Section 22, Township (a correctly identified S-T-R) Forgive the brevi...

Thence running northerly with the brow of the hill to............ I forget who posted about this term many years ago. But, it struck me that first ...

Jim's true passion was raising, trading, buying and selling critters of every possible kind. Everything from alligators to yak spent time on his farm...

Content, and plenty of it, is what built this site. It's much like a technical library. The library may hold 800,602 books, but, finding the one tha...

My request for clarification reflects only the difference between the practices in Colonial States versus those in the PLSS States. We try to avoid P...

@landbutcher464mhz "Commencing at the REC:MAP.7781" This part is one hundred percent foreign to me. Please explain fully and slowly. I don't li...

@jim-frame "and using ground distances." AMEN I detest basing description writing in "in the sky" coordinates. That can be a far larger descrep...

I will guarantee you that , Joe Fieldwanderer, does not perform up to the goals that have been stated. The only way those goals will be met is if the...

It happened again today. Reviewing a rural subdivision consisting of 10 lots. There was no identifier (Lot A or Lot 1) shown on any of the lots. Th...

We would insist on further identification of the sub/add listed. If in a city, identify the city. If in a rural area of PLSSia, provide the section,...