Gordie, You will first need to obtain a topographic showing Mountain Creek and the small branch to define the boundaries of the 400 acre parcel. Then you need to identify the two streams named in the deed on the topographic map and then superimpose the 137P line until it lines up on the banks of the two streams. It looks to me that Mountain Creek meanders east and then south. The small stream flows easterly into Mountain Creek to the south of the POB something less than 137P. There is nothing more from the description that tells the actual meander of the two streams. Jan > Hi, > > I have not used the software in a couple years and have started using it again. > As I have tried to plat patents in the Bush River Mountain Creek area of Prince > Edward, I have come across descriptions with two meandering lines in a row. For > example, Creed or Greed Haskins 400 acres patent in Patent Book 18 page 106 is > described (both sides of Mountain Creek of Bush River) as follows: > > "Beginning at a corner poplar on the lower side of Mountain Creek . . . thence > south eight degrees east one hundred and thirty seven poles to corner red oak on > a small branch thence down the said branch as it meanders to Mountain Creek > aforesaid and thence up the said creek as it meanders to beginning" > > Do you estimate the first meandering line say Lm S; 40P? Then the final > meandering line would just be Lm ; ;. Any other suggestions? > > Thanks for your assistance. > > Gordie Fears > > > > > ==== DEED-MAPPER-USERS Mailing List ==== > Send all messages and replies to <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com>. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >