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Alice Owens <[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, 4 May 2012 12:05:45 -0700
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Hi Everyone:
 
Hope someone has the answer and can also give me a citation for answer.
 
In Virginia land recording; i.e. tax records, deeds, etc.,
1) when a county has a river as a boundary/border, where does the boundary begin/end?  Is it the middle of the waterway, the closest edge or the the other side?  
 
2) Is this consistent throughout the commonwealth?
 
3) If there are islands surveyed in a river, and at that same point this river is boundary between two counties - what determines where the islands are located and is it possible a deed was recorded and taxes are collected in two counties?
 
Anyone with any similar problems found in land records?
 
Thanks for input

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