Gary
I didn't try to plot this, but when you are dealing with calls along a
meandering stream sometimes there are large bends and the distance is really
much shorter as the crow flies. - What the survey record did was give a
shorthand of telling what they measured along the creek bed as it meanders
they just didn't give all the change in the courses and made it into one
mete and bound when it really was a larger number of individual measurements
to tedious to record- roughly sw or ne or whatever.
If you tried to plat it - it wouldn't work unless you can find and old line
on an existing Assessor's map and then figure out where the parcel was and
then redraw it using existing parcels or intermediate deeds that have more
specific information.
Best regards
Swisher/Switzer Family Historian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bradford" <GBradford(a)tntech.edu>
To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: [DMU] Daniel Clarke patent
Hello,
I am having trouble with the thousand acre part of this patent and would
appreciate any help. I think I have plotted the 698 acre part correctly
(came up with 685.9 acres). I have highlighted the thousand acre tract in
blue.
Thanks,
Gary
Daniel Clark
1698 acres Total
To al Va Whereas Va Now no ye That I the said Sir William Berkeley Knight
Governor VA give and grant unto Daniel Clarke Sixteen Hundred and ninety
eight Acres of Land in the County of Charles City bounded Vizt, One
thousand Acres part thereof being a neck of land lying between two creeks
Vizt. the Creek lying upon the North Easterly side called by the name of
Old Mans Creek(Gunns Run) and the Creek that lyeth on the Southerly side
Called by the name of Queens Creek being bounded Vizt.
South Westerly towards the river and running North Westerly into the woods
between the two creeks Four hundred and forty poles for length until it
meets with arun of Water that falleth into Queens Creek and thence
crossing at the head from Queens Creek by the said run of Water for part
of the breadth three hundred and twenty poles Northwesterly and from the
said run of Water Crossing the woods westerly by marked trees until it
meets with part of the head of the Old Mans Creek Three hundred and forty
poles more.
And Six hundred and ninty eight Acres of Land the residue at the head of
the above said Queens Creek between Sellar Run(Courthouse Creek) and
Fishing Run(Glebe Creek) in Charles CountyVizt. West One hundred poles,
North Sixty poles, North West thirty poles, North twenty poles, North
North East Sixty poles, North East by East twenty poles, North East twenty
poles, North North West two hundred poles, East by North twenty poles,
North North East one hundred and Sixty poles, East South East Three
hundred and twenty poles, South South West One hundred and sixty poles,
South West by South one hundred thirty eight poles, West South West forty
poles, South West Sixty poles, South South West eighty poles, South One
hundred and sixty poles. This said Land being formerly granted to Thomas
Stegg by Patent dated the twenty fourth of November One thousand six
hundred and fifty three and by him sold and assigned to the said Clarke.
To have & to hold Va. To be held Va yeilding and paying!
Va provided VA Dated the twenty eighth of January One Thousand six
hundred and sixty two.
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