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Jean Marie Turner <[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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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:57:58 -0500
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A friend who is a civil engineer says that Virginia is on a state grid.




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> Hello:
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> 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."
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> 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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