Thanks for the info. Do they have some surveyor's benchmarks at the corners now rather than a tree? --- On Mon, 2/14/11, Mary E. Stewart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Mary E. Stewart <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Metes and Bounds > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 1:36 PM > Virginia still uses metes and bounds > and that is how my land is described in > my deed. > > Mary > > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Joy Fisher <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > The fish are biting. > > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search > Marketing. > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please > see the instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see > the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html