Here are several and their equivalents in feet and/or inches from the FamilySearch “ Metes and Bounds” Wiki: Here’s another example from the same document: “…to a stone, thence by the same north seventy degrees west one hundred & fifteen perches to a post thence by George Kline’s land…” So, continuing from the stone, you would turn northwest 70 degrees and travel 115 perches to a post and you would be bordering George Kline’s land.īut, what’s a perch? A perch is just one type of measurement that the surveyors used. At the end of this distance, you would come across a stone. This is the first “mete” and you would draw this line if you were platting the land. From there, the surveyor turned 97.5 degrees south west and traveled 7.5 perches. The description of the land begins as follows: “Beginning at a white oak corner of David Beilor’s land by the same south seven degrees and a half west ninety seven perches and a half of a perch to a stone…” In this example, the “white oak” where this land touches David Beilor’s land is the first bound and it is also the starting point. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book X, page 414 (close up), “Dorothea Kline & Al to Nicholas Kline.įor instance, let’s take the 1781 Lancaster County indenture example I used earlier this week. At the end of that direction and distance, another “bound” is given. This is the “metes” part of the survey which includes a direction and a distance. Then, the survey gives a direction (such as north, south, east, or west) and the number of degrees (between 0 and 90) and then a distance. This type of survey starts at a starting point which is a “bound” or some type of physical feature. Since Pennsylvania is a state land state, the land was surveyed using metes and bounds rather than townships and ranges.
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