{"id":1353,"date":"2014-05-13T21:54:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T04:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2014-05-13T21:54:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T04:54:18","slug":"american-land-descriptions-and-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/american-land-descriptions-and-records\/","title":{"rendered":"American Land Descriptions and Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally, American land holdings used an ancient system of marking boundaries between each piece of land called Metes and Bounds.<\/strong>\u00a0 About the time of the American Revolution, and under the new government of the United States, the Rectangular System <\/strong>was applied based upon a standard grid\u00a0 laid out on the land by surveyors.<\/p>\n

Metes and Bounds–<\/strong>
\nPhysical objects
\nNeighbors who were named
\nBearings and Measurements
\nConnectors<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong>–degrees
\nDistance<\/strong>–Poles, Rods<\/p>\n

Rectangular Survey–<\/strong>
\nRange
\nTownships
\nNumbered Sections<\/p>\n

New England–<\/strong>
\nTownship, 6 miles square
\nLand parcels by quality<\/p>\n

New Jersey–<\/strong>
\nMetes and Bounds
\nNew England System<\/p>\n

New York–<\/strong>
\nRectangular Survey
\nLarge Patents
\nNumbered Lots<\/p>\n

Ohio–<\/strong>
\nMetes and Bounds
\nRectangular Survey
\nNumbered Lots<\/p>\n

Southern States–<\/strong>
\nGeorgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi<\/strong>, Tennessee<\/strong>
\nRectangular Survey<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina,
\nDelaware, Kentucky, Tennessee<\/strong>
\nMetes and Bounds<\/p>\n

Texas<\/strong>
\nLarge land Tracts and Grants
\nMetes and Bounds
\nNumbered and Surveyed Lots<\/p>\n

Each system made distinctive patterns on the land.\u00a0 These patterns are visible on maps and aerial photographs.\u00a0 The Metes and Bounds<\/strong> system required that the people walk the boundaries on a 2-3 year rotation to implant the boundaries on the collective memory of the local community,\u00a0 to replace markers that weather and time eradicated or shifted, and to cut boundary disputes between neighbors and relatives.\u00a0 The local courts adjudicated when neighbors could not or would not agree.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/a><\/p>\n

PS\u00a0 Land records are among the core records<\/span>, the very basic sources used to create a pedigree.\u00a0 They are also among the most complicated research sources available.\u00a0 You could check out my two books on using land records to prove your family tree.\u00a0 The books are listed on my Home Page under Arlene’s Store<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you haven’t checked recently, my books put a correct and complete genealogy with proven ancestors within your grasp.<\/p>\n

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