I was mainly curious why the metes would be called out in the way they
were. I believe that it was in order to compensate for magnetic
declination. The original grant was from 1755. It was sold in whole 3
times over the course of the next 45 years although I don't have a copy of
the original or any of the others so I can't compare the directional
lines. Part of the grant was sold in 1803 to a Thomas Carter and then in
1805 he bought the remainder from a second owner. Over the course of 50
years we can expect some drift, but I've just never seen it taken into
account like it is in this deed. Plotting the two pieces of the whole
grant from 1755 and varying the metes between the numbers given allows the
two parts to fit together like a glove although the direction given for the
final line is a little off, but that isn't unusual.
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Stephen Nuckolls <nuckollsstephen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Greg,
I have never seen this before and am far from and expert, but I would
enter as N50.5W and S47W.
Stephen
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 4, 2017, at 8:23 PM, Greg Matthews <cheekygnome(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm entering some deeds from Chester County, SC and the directional lines
> for one them is in a form that I've not come across before. In the same
> deed both of the following formats are used:
>
> N50&51W
>
> I'm assuming the ampersand is correct. It looks like a little "and"
sign.
>
> Also in this deed is the following:
>
> S from 49 to 45 W
>
> How should I enter these? I don't think I've ever worked with SC deeds
> before so maybe this is normal. If it matters, the deed is from 1805.
>
> Thanks
> Greg Matthews
>
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