Comments on: The Most Confusing Land Division I’ve Ever Come Across! http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/01/14/the-most-confusing-land-division-ive-ever-come-across/ One Branch at a Time Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Vickie Eyford-Thornton http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/01/14/the-most-confusing-land-division-ive-ever-come-across/comment-page-1/#comment-3461 Vickie Eyford-Thornton Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:14:19 +0000 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4530#comment-3461 Three man made hack marks on a nearby tree that point to a corner stone or stake of a survey.

]]> By: Janet http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/01/14/the-most-confusing-land-division-ive-ever-come-across/comment-page-1/#comment-2562 Janet Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:37:54 +0000 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4530#comment-2562 I am working on some Bedford County deeds, too, and I notice that they refer to pointers in the land descriptions. I think that pointers must be man-made benchmarks –probably large metal stakes or small stone obelisks. Today, surveyors imbed brass disks in rocks as “benchmarks” –the place where surveys begin.

They must have used pointers where the surveys crossed open lands, because in other places they name the trees –the red oak or the white oak. Dontcha think???

]]> By: Ginger Smith http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/01/14/the-most-confusing-land-division-ive-ever-come-across/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 Ginger Smith Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:02:46 +0000 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4530#comment-2357 Jen, I think it just refers to pointed stakes that are in the ground. They have to be pointed in order to be driven into the ground. This probably differs from the standard “rock” that is used as a property boundary on many homesteads. I can imagine it would be like we use a chalk line today. To do a corner, we must wrap it around a stake. I wonder if they did the same with their chains?

]]> By: Jen http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/01/14/the-most-confusing-land-division-ive-ever-come-across/comment-page-1/#comment-2338 Jen Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:12:33 +0000 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4530#comment-2338 I’ve added the text Ginger. :)

]]> By: Ginger Smith http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/01/14/the-most-confusing-land-division-ive-ever-come-across/comment-page-1/#comment-2337 Ginger Smith Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:07:17 +0000 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4530#comment-2337 Hi Jen, thanks for sharing. Do you mean “pointers” that is written on this plat or do you have text to go along with it? Might be more helpful to see the context of the text if you have it as well.

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