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Metes and Bounds
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Joy Fisher <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:03:12 -0800
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Hello:

I have collected some of the old surveys for lands in Virginia. They were done in the 1700's using metes and bounds. "N30W 100 poles to a white oak sapling, etc."

What system does VA now use as a legal land description? Has VA adopted a rectangular survey system of some type?


 
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